“All that aside, if I ever write a book one day, a whole chapter will be about how good that guy is and how he’s super valuable to WWE, and he’s still undervalued, in my opinion. Having Monday nights with him and I in a nice, competitive ‘who’s the guy,’ without ever having to be in the ring with each other, I couldn’t ask for a better sparring partner in that sense.”

Though their trilogy of matches captivated many WWE fans last year, Rhodes noted that he never wants to fight Rollins again. Outside of the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble match, Rollins and Rhodes have only faced off two other times this year. Those respective bouts took place at a pair of non-televised WWE live events in early February. Since then, Rollins and Rhodes have pivoted their focus to other competitors.

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