10 Things We Learned From Cody Rhodes On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast
Cody Rhodes and Steve Austin talk AEW, Stardust, Bullet Club, WrestleMania, WWE and more.
AEW got a lot of love during the latest episode of Steve Austin's high-quality 'Broken Skull Sessions' show.
Cody Rhodes has been staunch in his refusal to outright bury a promotion he helped start since re-joining WWE, and that was never going to change here. In truth, 'Stone Cold' wasn't interested in towing some bullsh*t 'WWE good, AEW bad' party line anyway - he's been gracious when chatting about Tony Khan's company previously.
No, this interview was more about giving fans an all access pass to Cody's history. It did put a bow on his All Elite days, but Austin was keen to talk more about Rhodes' challenging relationship with the much-maligned Stardust gimmick and how it sneakily helped him during a tough time in his life.
There were also deep-dive moments on topics like pro wrestling psychology, Legacy and the Intercontinental Championship. Not settling there, Cody and Steve chatted about the independent scene and crucial advice to WrestleMania 38 and what the future holds.
Nobody who watches BSS regularly will be surprised to learn that Austin's intense-but-friendly nature brought the best out in Rhodes. Here's everything we learned.
10. “Not A Lot Of People Are Over”
Firstly, Cody doesn't think a lot of workers in wrestling today are over.
Austin leaned forwards in his seat when Rhodes dropped this thought. Explaining, Cody added: "I think a lot of people, myself included, are trying". Being over means something different to him though, and he defo thinks, 'He/she is so over' is an overused term.
"To me, over is a level of business that the mid-80s and the late-90s had". Rhodes, clearly attacking things with an old-school mindset, grew up the son of a top guy. Dusty was very-much over, so it must be hard for Cody to make peace with today's attitudes, especially when wrestlers confuse what being over actually is.
Rhodes used Austin vs. The Rock at WrestleMania X-Seven as an example of two workers who sold out huge venues on the strengths of their character work and star power alone. That, to him, is what being over truly represents.