Cody Rhodes Says He's "A Little Terrified" Ahead Of WWE NXT Appearance

WWE star Cody Rhodes has admitted he is feeling a bit 'terrified' about going to the Full Sail campus for the loaded October 10 edition of NXT, due to the strong connection between NXT and his late father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. 

Asked whether he would consider teaching a class at the WWE Performance Centre during the post-Fastlane press conference, Cody said: 

"My manager can tell you this, when I came back to WWE, I flat out told them I will never step foot in the Performance Centre. The reason was not my dislike of the Performance Centre. [The reason] is he's everywhere in there, and that's hard. Then I ended up being in the Performance Centre, like a month later to do medical or something. [I'm like] 'Okay, I went back on that'.

"I just want to go. I have a specific announcement that I want to bring. I'm excited to be there. I'm excited to see Shawn Michaels and what he's done. Carmelo Hayes is one of my favourite people. Trick [Williams] I mean, the whole [roster] it's an impressive group. I don't think that's in the cards for me. But here's the thing. I have probably told you guys a bazillion things and somehow ended up in that exact spot. So I don't know."

Continuing, The American Nightmare noted that he thought someone would take over from Dusty to teach promo classes, while again stressing that he's only going to NXT to have some fun and make an announcement; 

"Dusty taught communication. He taught promos. He called it communication. No one really filled that spot after he left. I always thought somebody like a Mick Foley or somebody would fill that spot. Somebody who's been there, did it, you know?

"But I am not going to teach them anything. I'm going to be there with them and just enjoy it and have a little fun. It's outside my comfort zone. I'm genuinely terrified. I'm a little terrified of it. We're in a crazy time for our industry and I'm excited for my announcement and to be able to bring that to the NXT universe and sports entertainment fans and wrestling fans," Rhodes said. 

Cody will be showing up at Full Sail with his Undisputed WWE World Tag Team Championship belt, having teamed with Jey Uso to defeat The Judgment Day's Finn Balor and Damian Priest for the titles at Fastlane. 

H/T SE Scoops