In my last interview with Cody Rhodes, the son of the “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes was confident he would defeat “The World’s Largest Athlete” the Big Show to retain his Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania XXVIII. Not only did Cody lose the title to his much larger opponent, but he’s since gone on a losing streak thanks to Show‘s humiliating distractions. But having retained the Intercontinental title against challengers such as Ezekiel Jackson, Sheamus, John Morrison and Booker T, Rhodes cannot be underestimated as he looks to regain his title this Sunday at Extreme Rules. But in this quick interview with Wrestling with Pop Culture, Rhodes reveals his intentions to challenge for one of WWE‘s more prestigious titles in the near future.

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Having elevated the status of the Intercontinental Championship to its former glory, what are some of your post-WrestleMania goals in WWE?

It’d probably be best to look at them in the short term because I’ve been looking at things long term in WWE. I’ve been the Intercontinental Champion, I’ve done things that I wanted to do with that title and I feel like we’re still going somewhere with it. But I feel like this is the  year that I step into a different picture, I step into the World title picture or the WWE Championship picture.

You recently referred to the Ultimate Warrior when talking about holding the Intercontinental Championship while challenging for a bigger title. Is that something you foresee yourself doing?

I would love to. I talked about being a dual champion a few months ago and that would mean a lot for the Intercontinental title. I’m not sure if I can handle all that stuff. That thing in your bag is a pain, it’s heavy, it never makes it through TSA. I couldn’t imagine having two of them.

Who do you think would be worthy of further elevating the status of the Intercontinental title?

Honestly, it could be anyone from a young group or an older group. If it’s somebody from the younger group, I’d probably say it’s Justin Gabriel. I think there’s a lot for him to showcase that we haven’t seen. If it was somebody from the older group, I’d say it’s my brother, Goldust.

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