Cody Rhodes Reveals If He's Interested In Winning The WWE World Heavyweight Title

Cody Rhodes has spoken about the new World Heavyweight Championship, which was unveiled by Triple H on last week's episode of Raw. 

The new title will be exclusive to the Raw brand, which is where the American Nightmare was drafted to in the recent WWE Draft. Roman Reigns will take his Undisputed WWE Universal Title to SmackDown. 

Talking about what the new title means and whether or not he intends to pursue it during an interview with ComicBook Nation, Cody said: 

"Well Triple H being the coach here and calling the shots and making it clear that this World Heavyweight Championship — just from a fan of belts, the physical belts historically and all the nods and things that were done. You know, the lines and pieces of old titles kind of strung onto this honking piece of metal that Triple H unveiled. As a fan of classic titles, it's definitely something that piques my interest. 

"That's the title that represents Raw, that's the title that main events Raw, that's the title that is the franchise title for the USA Network. So I can't say I don't want it. I can't say that that's not something that would be, if you look and revise your goals and say, okay, this is the route we have to go, especially particularly with me being drafted to Monday Night Raw and that might be more of a case of like I just said, a story, a different story. 

"The goal is still the same for me but by no means am I or should anyone be looking down on the new World Championship because it's one of those things I think in time, people will hopefully come to love and revere. It's being positioned as the lead title for the brand itself and it'll take a lead individual to do it and handle it and Raw has a stacked, stacked roster so I definitely wanna throw myself in the mix. 

"I try not to get into the discussion because people still very much, like I am, over how WrestleMania 40 — I mean WrestleMania 39 ended, a lot of people wonder, how would I look at this? And I try not to get into the discussion on it because it's more one of those things where in my mind, the goal hasn’t changed but also other things are gonna come up. You're gonna confront new — gosh, I can't believe I'm gonna say this word — 'adversity' and for me right now, that's Brock Lesnar more than anything so I can't even think about that beautiful belt that Triple H showed until I'm able to do something that very few people could ever do. Get into the ring with The Beast. Not just survive but win".

Rhodes will take on Brock Lesnar at Backlash this Saturday. 

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