Matt Hardy On Why He Thinks WWE Made Cody Rhodes Champion Again

On the latest episode of Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy, the TNA star talked about WWE making Cody Rhodes WWE Champion again by having him beat Drew McIntyre and booking Rhodes vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Title at WrestleMania. Rhodes defeated McIntyre on the March 6th episode of Smackdown to win the title. You can check out some highlights below:

On WWE Making Cody Rhodes WWE Champion Again:

“We had spoke about this a little one-on-one, I think. My guess is, the reason this shift happened is because tickets are pretty pricey. It is WrestleMania, it’s their biggest event of the year. They’re doing it again in Las Vegas, and we’ve covered all this stuff. But if they weren’t moving as fast as they hoped they would, maybe they said, ‘Hey, let’s go to our guy who’s our proven ticket seller,’ which is Cody. And maybe they even said, ‘Hey, Cody and Randy. You know, that is a match we could do. It’s a big match. They’ve got a history. We can play on that.’ Maybe they think someone is going to turn heel in this or whatever else. I have no idea which direction I’m going to take the story.”

On Rhodes Being the Face Of WWE: “But once again, Cody is like the face of WWE, and we’ve said that many times over. And even, I know you’ve said how, ‘We should not turn him heel as of now.’ Because he is the guy that is the proven top babyface. He has been selling tickets, he has been a draw. He has been the face of WWE, especially past the John Cena era. And I feel like that’s why they moved him back in. They said, ‘Well, let’s maybe take Drew out, and let’s put Cody in that spot and see if that helps push tickets and move more tickets.’”

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