Cody Rhodes Addresses Allegations Against Vince McMahon

Following the Royal Rumble 2024 PLE last night in which the Road To WrestleMana began, all eyes were on the Royal Rumble press conference to see if any questions would be asked regarding the huge news and scandal which emerged over the past week involving Vince McMahon’s lawsuit and sexual assault allegations. Both Triple H and 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes were asked questions on this topic.

Rhodes responded with more of an answer out of the two, and this is what he had to say in response to a question from Nick Hausman of Haus of Wrestling.

"I know as far as the news is concerned, we were finding out and reading the same things you guys were reading. You said a dark cloud, certainly. As far TKO, Nick Khan, and the board, clearly took it very seriously, acted immediately, and looking at the future, I don't know the answer to that and I think somewhere is a really probably basic tenant of this crew, more than ever, from a roster standpoint, is very family. Never seen anything like this. Most of the time, wrestling locker rooms are fighting, talking trash about each other, making fun of each other, sandbagging each other in the ring and all that nonsense. This crew is very team-based. Perhaps that's the ingredient, everyone looking out for everyone, being accountable. 

“For me as a performer, I've been through dark periods on our industry. It might sound cheesy, but it's very reinforcing if you're in my position, that it's a time when, 'Hey, we have 50,000 people out here, I want to give them something else from this weekend that isn't a terrible situation, terrible news.' I think we were able to do that. Obviously, as more news comes out, we'll be seeing it like you do.”

Rhodes’ answer was, as expected, very reserved and didn’t address the allegations directly.

H/T Fightful