Bully Ray, while evaluating Cody Rhodes’ aggressive promo, offered suggestions that could’ve made the promo better, one of which was for Rhodes to blur the lines between kayfabe and reality.

“This should be the most un-pro wrestling promo. This should’ve been Adam Pearce coming to the ring in the middle of Cody’s promo going, ‘Cody, you can’t say these things. You’re gonna kept the plug pulled on us.’ [Cody should’ve responded] ‘Adam, get out of my ring. You know what, eff you too Adam.’ I would’ve painted this picture so differently to the point where wrestling fans would’ve had to take a step backwards because they wouldn’t know if Cody was going into business for himself or not.”

The tag team legend thinks that if Rhodes had said what he suggested, the promo would’ve been in a gray area between kayfabe and reality, like CM Punk’s iconic pipe bomb promo. Ray suggested that while some fans might have enjoyed the promo, he believes it’s probably a 50-50 split between those who liked it and those who didn’t

He was also confused about Rhodes stating that it was fair game for The Rock to bring up Cody’s mother’s name in his promo because Cody brought her into the storyline first. Ray believes that Rhodes should have begun his promo by addressing The Rock’s claim that he would give Cody’s mother a weight belt covered in her son’s blood.