WWE: Cody Rhodes on Timeline for End of His Full-Time Wrestling Career, R-Truth on Career Future & Retirement Plans, 12/31 NXT Show to be Preempted in The CW’s Los Angeles Market

Dec 31, 2024

Cody Rhodes Comments on His Timeline for End of His Full-Time Wrestling Career

A recent episode of the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast featured current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about his current plans for the future of his wrestling career and his timeline for the end of his full-time wrestling career.

“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–
I would love to tell stories like we do in the ring, in a different fashion. 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.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

R-Truth Comments on His Career Future & Retirement Plans

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured R-Truth as the guest. One of the topics discussed included R-Truth’s thoughts about an injury he suffered in 2023 that led to an MSRA infection that could have ended his wrestling career.

“At one point I thought it was [the end], because it was when I caught the infection. A lot of people thought I just tore my quad. I did tear the quad tendon, but a couple of weeks out, when I go to get the stitches out it wasn’t healing. That’s when they found out I had five different bacteria like staph, MRSA, their cousins, kinfolks and relatives. Yeah, it was bad. It was so bad the doctor wouldn’t even give me a high five. I know it sounds crazy, I want a high five with the doctor. He’s like you don’t have time for high fives, this is serious. I just went to get my stitches out. He said, ‘What are you doing this afternoon?’ I said, I’m gonna pick my kids up. He said ‘Can somebody else go do it?’ I’m like, why? [He said] ‘We need to take you to surgery now.’ Yeah. So everything went from haha to you better be ready. It was serious.
There was a chance I could lose my leg. That’s how serious it got. The infection was that bad that he thought they would have to amputate if they couldn’t get it slowed down. I was on antibiotics that was like, it was $4,700 a week for it. I was on the heavy stuff. I had a PICC line for the first 6 weeks. Deep down it was like it might be gone. He told my wife if we don’t get this under control we are going to have to think of other options. My wife said what other options? He said amputation. I’m like what the? But that’s when I was thinking I may never come back to this, how can I adapt?”

R-Truth also gave his thoughts about the future of his wrestling career and potential retirement plans.

“I like being in the ring. I think I’m like Rey Mysterio with this right here. I’ll let my body be the guide and be the answer to that. I always listen to my body, always. Right now, man, to be honest, I’ve never felt as healthy as I feel now, clear-minded, clear-headed. Still can do my back flips, still can do my splits. There’s a lot of things that this generation hadn’t even seen me do yet, and I still can do, like you said, just sometime I don’t need to do it. Give me an opportunity, I will go out there and show that oh, sh*t, he could still go.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Tuesday’s WWE NXT Show to be Preempted in The CW’s Los Angeles Market

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on The CW’s KTLA network for the Los Angeles market will be preempted until 12:30 AM local time.

Johnson reported that the reason is due to KTLA airing New Year’s Eve programming during NXT’s timeslot tonight.

Johnson also reported that it is currently not known if tonight’s NXT show will also be preempted in other markets for The CW except for at least the New York market which will air the show at its usual start time of 8PM EST.