Cody Rhodes says buying a whole arena pizza was a babyface move.
CM Punk was the special guest referee for the NXT Championship match between Ethan Page and Trick Williams on the October 1st episode of WWE NXT. After the show went off the air, Punk told the Chicago crowd that he had gifted them all pizza from Lou Malnati's.
Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show on October 2nd, Cody Rhodes was asked about how he often takes pictures with fans after shows. Specifically, he was asked whether he was an old-school guy.
“I don’t know if it’s really popular to be old-school anymore, but I feel very much, I have to be old-school. I was raised in the business. My dad never smartened me up to anything. I just watched it, half-ass kind of figured out what was going on. Things like you’re talking about, Rhea Ripley does those things as well, Damian Priest, they’re also people who like to engage because when the lights go down and the cameras are off, it’s just as important what we do then versus when we’re on, in the moment," Rhodes said.
Rhodes went on to share his belief that spending time with fans after the shows go off the air should be mandatory, as it was important to connect with people. He then circled back to the pizza and said that Punk outdid him in the gifts department.
"You’re talking about this record business the WWE is doing. I’ve watched it because I grew up in it. It goes up, and it comes down, it goes up, and I know where I’d like to get the WWE at. I know WWE is expanding, I know our marching orders, so that stuff we do at the end of the night is, it really should be mandatory. For me, it feels like it’s part of it because it’s a way to reach across, connect with people and have that real moment with them. Let them know so, ‘I’m your guy, I’m your girl, whatever. WWE has a really good thing when it comes to the live events, live TVs, about just making sure that everybody leaves extremely happy. Prime example, CM Punk really outdid me in the gifts department, he bought pizza for all of Allstate Arena last night. I can’t imagine the pizza bill. That’s a babyface, and it should challenge everybody else, myself included…That was a very nice gesture of CM Punk to do so. He set the bar high," Rhodes said.
Punk also gave Trick Williams some pizza as he celebrated his title win.
Rhodes recently teased that the WWE WrestleMania 41 main event will be bigger than people anticipated. Check out his comments here.
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