Cody Says He’s The Happiest He’s Ever Been in His Career, Talks WWE Owning Rhodes Name

Cody Rhodes appeared on the latest episode of ‘Dinner With The King’ with Jerry Lawler and Glenn Moore. The audio and highlights are below:

On his status with ROH: “Ring of Honor hates the fact that I genuinely remained a free agent; I did not sign a contract with them. I signed on for various dates, and I have many dates left with them. I really like Ring of Honor. But I’m not going to be exclusive anywhere. I did exclusive.”

On his post-WWE career: “This is the happiest I’ve been in my career. It’s been so rewarding to get out there and do my own schedule. I’m very much a happy man. It’s a cool time.”

On WWE owning the Cody Rhodes name: “It’s a very simple matter of, if I want to ask for my last name, if I want to ask for Cody Rhodes back to perform under it — I perform under it at non-televised events, it’s not secret to the fans that’s my last name — but when it comes to television, that’s WWE’s intellectual property. And I am wholeheartedly sure that if I were to ask them to go by Rhodes, they would have no problem. But I don’t mind going by just Cody. I think there’s something cool about it.”