WWE's Cody Rhodes Comments On Upcoming John Cena Classic, Worlds Collide: Doomsday

The first main roster star revealed for the John Cena Classic was the "American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes, who Cena called out to welcome to his event on the November 2 edition of "WWE Raw." The "Never Seen 17" also revealed the event will be held at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Walt Disney World on December 14, and the day after, the company will present WWE x AAA Worlds Collide: Doomsday from the venue.

Rhodes appeared on "Big Day ESPN" to hype up the two-day event. He called the Classic "unique" because fans get to vote, via Club WWE, on who wins the championship.

"The John Cena Classic is, I'd say, fan appreciation meets an all-star game," he said. "It's very much all about John's whole mindset, in terms of 'NXT' and the young upstarts. The same way he debuted in WWE. He walked out, he slapped Kurt Angle across the face. A complete unknown. Now, we have that again, basically, we have the 'NXT' upstarts and you have the established main roster stars."

As for Worlds Collide, Rhodes admitted he's not sure what the connection to "Avengers: Doomsday" is, outside of everyone looking forward to the movie, set to be released on December 18. Marvel is, of course, owned by Disney. Rhodes is excited to be at the Disney World venue with WWE for the first time ever, and said he'll keep touting he was the first person invited to the Classic.

"Knowing John and knowing who he selected for this tournament this looks to be a seminal event for WWE, and it looks like we're beginning something, a tradition, that hopefully goes on for years and years," Rhodes said.

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