Cody Rhodes comments on how much longer he'd like to wrestle full-time.
Even though Cody Rhodes is just hitting his stride in WWE now having captured his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL against Roman Reigns, he has been professionally wrestling on TV for almost 20 years. Some of his contemporaries have already retired from full-time competition.
Bryan Danielson (known as Daniel Bryan in WWE) recently wrapped up his full-time career at AEW WrestleDream. While there are plenty of examples of wrestlers who continue into their 50s and even 60s, Cody Rhodes says he would like to be wrapped up as a full-time wrestler by the age of 45.
He recently detailed his mindset during an appearance on the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast with Tom Segura.
"Well, third, 39 now, I'd say my contract is running till I don't want to wrestle full time, definitely, past 45 okay. drop-in? For sure. Keep myself in shape--"
Continuing on, Rhodes noted that he has a passion to continue storytelling beyond his days in the ring, revealing that he's open to transitioning into more of a focus on acting.
"I would love to tell stories like we do in the ring, in a different fashion," he said. "I would absolutely love, love to do [movies], but I've always been so linked into wrestling and coming back to WWE, where winning the championship for WWE is essentially like being the quarterback of the team. So, it's been the most fun and rewarding time I've ever had in my career, but I can definitely see, I don't think I'd be able to do it on this level -- because I feel the best I've ever felt. I feel the best I've ever felt at what to do in front of a live crowd, plus we have all these new kids. I was working with one the other day, Carmelo Hayes, really young guy coming up from our developmental system. To be able to see him, hear things, and hear an audience and, 'Okay, this is why that didn't work. This is why it did work.' I'd love to do it at this level, up until probably 45."
John Cena will soon be wrapping up his WWE career, having already transitioned into acting as his primary career. Cena's final run will begin on the January 6 episode of WWE Raw which will also be the debut of WWE weekly television on Netflix. Learn more here.
In the past, Cody Rhodes has asked John Cena about the possibility of them sharing the ring for a major program. Learn more here.
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