Cody Rhodes has said moving into Hollywood after his wrestling career ends is a definite natural extension of what he does, pointing to his Street Fighter film role and a long list of successful predecessors as the blueprint.
Speaking on The Rich Eisen Show, Rhodes was asked about his post-WWE plans following the announcement of his role in the Street Fighter movie, which releases this October.
“I definitely want to grow beyond telling stories in the ring. I got the opportunity to do Street Fighter, it comes out this October. Kitao Sakurai directed this movie, I saw bits of it the other day. I think it’s going to be a huge hit. I hope it is, because I had such a fun time making it. I want to do more of that. What we do in the ring is tell stories, I’d love to do it outside of falling down in the pro-wrestling ring, but that’ll come when this is done.”
He was clear that nothing happens before the wrestling chapter closes.
“Moving into Hollywood is a definite natural extension of what we do next. Just being able to tell stories. Batista, Dwayne, Cena, Terry Funk even. There have been so many examples of guys who really did well with it, and brought their skillset over to it. Beyond that, there’s a few matches left on the board at WWE I haven’t had, and there will be new matches coming about each day, because we have so many guys getting locked and loaded down in NXT that I’ll probably want to touch before all is said and done.”
Rhodes, 40, defends the Undisputed WWE Championship against Gunther at Clash in Italy this Sunday in Turin.
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