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Cody Rhodes is headed to the main event of WrestleMania 40 and after the show went off the air, Diamond Dallas Page was there to congratulate him. DDP and the Rhodes family have been close for decades all the way back to when Dusty Rhodes helped DDP navigate his way through WCW in the early 90's.
During his appearance on Chris Van Vliet's podcast (scroll down or click here to listen), DDP noted how Cody is part of an elite group of wrestlers who have won back to back Royal Rumble matches and he feels that Cody is a future Hall of Famer.
“When he (Cody Rhodes) started talking about, this vindicates a lot of the people who have been Cody Rhodes fans since the beginning, you know, the mustache guy," DDP said. "Nobody was a fan of Stardust. He had a lot of ups and downs in his career just like I did. I knew exactly what I was going to say (at the Royal Rumble press conference). Since he was 12 years old, I was mentoring him. The beginning part was to kind of pay Dusty back because Dusty did so much for me. I always say without Dusty Rhodes, there is no Diamond Dallas Page. When I first got my break in the AWA, it would have been gone. It would have been over. He brought me into Florida Championship Wrestling. He brought me into WCW, so I want to give back to him. By the time he (Cody) was 15 years old, I wasn’t doing it for Dusty at all anymore. I was doing it because I love the kid."
DDP continued, "The kid became a man. He’s obviously a Hall of Famer now too to be one of that elite group of four guys who won it (Royal Rumble) back to back, Hogan, Michaels, and Stone Cold.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Chris Van Vliet with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription. Quotes were transcribed by Jim for WrestlingNews.co.
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