Overview
- Rhodes told TMZ in New York on Sunday that he would like WWE to hold a match on a decommissioned aircraft carrier, describing the setting as “really cool.”
- His suggestion was presented as a personal proposal rather than an announced WWE plan and was made while he was signing autographs for fans.
- Rhodes explicitly referenced Lex Luger’s 1993 bodyslam of Yokozuna on the USS Intrepid as the inspiration for the idea.
- Reporters placed Rhodes’s comments alongside a broader trend of combat sports staging events at unusual, high-profile sites, noting the UFC plans a Freedom 250 show at the White House on June 14.
- Rhodes framed unique venues as marketing opportunities that could be added to WWE video games and tied the remark to his high profile as the Undisputed WWE Champion after retaining the title at Clash in Italy.