Ricky Saints Thinks Cody Rhodes Would Be a Great Matchup: ‘The Story Is Within Itself’

Ricky Saints believes there would be a natural matchup between himself and Cody Rhodes considering their history. Saints battled Rhodes in his AEW debut back when he was Ricky Starks. Now both of them are in WWE and have long been friends. Saints even earned headlines when he attended the 2023 Royal Rumble, which raised speculation about his future as he was still with AEW.

Saints appeared on Busted Open Radio and was asked about a potential match with Rhodes. You can see highlights from the NXT Champion below:

On a Possible Match With Cody Rhodes:

“You know, I could see that being a great matchup too. I think the last time we wrestled was my debut for AEW actually. Or no, it was — there was a tag match after that. But singles-wise, yeah, that was it.”

On the Potential Story Inherent In the Match:

“I feel like there’s so much to it. Because when you add a real-life friendship to things and you add — and you actually have evidence of history of how things have gone. I feel like the story is within itself. And I’m sure within time we’ll get to that point. But it’s always funny to hear that like, that’s one of people’s like dream matches. “Which hey, , I’m with it 1,000%, obviously.”

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