Cody Rhodes, who will lead Team USA at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames, admitted he is very worried about the build to the match against Team Mexico. Rhodes thinks Team USA could end up being the heels in the feud.
Rhodes recently appeared on ESPN’s Unsportsmanlike podcast and said he likes the idea, especially after his intense feud with Randy Orton. He defeated Orton in a Last Man Standing match at Crown Jewel. But Rhodes thinks it’s going to be a big problem to trash talk Team Mexico for three weeks without causing any controversy.
“Now that’s a positive, but there’s room for some trouble along the way, right?” Rhodes said. “We gotta keep this on the up and up. Team USA can’t be the good guys. We can’t, but are we? Right? I know Punk, it’s Punk right now. I gotta do three weeks of promos talking about how we’re gonna beat Team Mexico. How do you do that without getting in any trouble? How? You can’t, you can’t, you can’t. It’s impossible.”
Rhodes noted that WWE picked him of all people as the leader of the team, and he has a tattoo in the colors of the American flag on his neck.
“But this is also wrestling, and they’re wanting some trash talk,” Rhodes said. “They want a little, they want it. And then I can’t say, ‘Well, you guys talk trash to us.’ The whole thing feels like it’s a trap. It’s a setup. Oh, and the guy with the American flag tattooed on his neck. Yeah, 100 percent, it’s a setup.”
But Rhodes promised that Team USA will be the better team at Survivor Series. When the hosts asked him about it, Rhodes admitted he was worried as soon as he saw the idea on paper.
“But I’m gonna see how good I can navigate these waters,” Rhodes said. “If I can get to Survivor Series, which is in Houston, Texas. Again, I think Team USA might be the bad guys here. I think we’ll be the better team. I actually know we’ll be the better team. But it’s gonna be a minefield on the way there.”
“I’m very nervous,” Rhodes added. “This is, when this was on paper, I thought, ‘What are we thinking?’ … We’ve got a tough road ahead. Tough road ahead.”
Along with Rhodes, CM Punk and Je’Von Evans have been confirmed for Team USA, which still has two spots to fill. On the other side, Team Mexico, led by Rey Mysterio, has Penta. That puts Evans and Penta, who currently hold the WWE World Tag Team Championship, on opposite sides.
WWE will hold Survivor Series: WarGames on November 28 at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas.