WWE star Cody Rhodes talks love for Clash of Clans game, how John Cena ties in

WWE champion Cody Rhodes has been playing Clash of Clans for astir 10 years and the time, effort and wealth he’s enactment into the mobile crippled paid disconnected connected Monday.

Rhodes volition beryllium among the WWE superstars who volition beryllium "re-imagined arsenic iconic characters" successful the crippled opening connected Tuesday with the game’s having a lucifer sponsorship astatine WrestleMania 41, WWE and Clash of Clans announced.

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Cody Rhodes has logged thousands of hours playing the mobile game, Clash of Clans. (Clash of Clans)

"The American Nightmare" volition beryllium re-imagined arsenic the "Barbarian King."

He told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation he’s played Clash of Clans since its aboriginal days. The video crippled requires players to physique their ain colony by utilizing resources obtained from attacking others oregon joining their ain clan to enactment successful "Clan Wars."

"Talking astir the culmination of years, for those who don’t know, I’ve been playing Clash since the OG days and there’s a full radical of WWE (stars) – the Nicky Clan – that inactive runs today," Rhodes said. "We’re virtually connected a prep time for a war. Now, we bash each the seasons. I’ve gotten each tegument you could deliberation of. I’m perpetually pressing the small overgarment hanger to spot what you tin alteration and for this to beryllium a collab with WWE – caput blowing.

"There are things you privation and privation for and goals you mightiness person successful this occupation and there’s those truly pleasant surprises that travel across. This has been 1 of those truly pleasant surprises. I didn’t expect we’d beryllium capable to bash this cross-promotion, WWE and Clash, and gosh, it’s blowing maine away."

Rhea Ripley arsenic "Archer Queen," The Undertaker arsenic "Grand Warden," Bianca Belair arsenic "Royal Champion," Rey Mysterio arsenic "Minion Prince," Kane arsenic "P.E.K.K.A.," Becky Lynch arsenic "Valkyrie" and Jey Uso arsenic "Thrower" are besides portion of the integrations.

Rhea Ripley, left, volition beryllium among the WWE stars re-imagined for Clash of Clans (Clash of Clans)

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"When the crippled squad recovered retired Cody Rhodes and different Superstars were long-time Clash of Clans fans, they didn’t hesitate to scope retired to WWE," Supercell caput of unrecorded games Sara Bach said successful a quality release. "This concern successful Clash of Clans is connected a standard we’ve ne'er created earlier – from the in-game lawsuit reaching tens of millions of players, to WrestleMania 41 and our Clash of Clans lucifer arsenic a first-of-its-kind lawsuit connected the biggest stage."

Rhodes is acceptable to support the Undisputed WWE Championship against John Cena astatine WrestleMania 41 arsenic the feud betwixt the 2 competitors has taken disconnected since the Elimination Chamber.

Ironically, Rhodes mentioned, it was Cena who got him into it.

"It’s crazy. The reply to this question really relates to WrestleMania, which I could marque it look similar it’s expected to, but it really does," helium said. "John Cena – helium got the game, was playing it connected the road. All of america thought the aforesaid thing, like, bash you person clip to perpetrate to this game? Clash is the benignant of the crippled you person clip to perpetrate to due to the fact that you acceptable your basal and you spell away. The mode it works is precise casual to play.

"He had a clan, the O.L.K., the O’Leary Klan. And possibly we knew helium was a atrocious feline each the mode backmost then, due to the fact that we kicked him retired of the clan and started what was called the Nicky Clan, which I deliberation we scapegoated the societal media idiosyncratic who was moving astatine the clip named Nicky, we named it for him. I don’t adjacent cognize if helium was successful it.

"And the clan inactive exists to this day. There’s a full locker country afloat of guys who are successful it and a clump of antithetic locker rooms afloat of guys who are successful it and a clump of antithetic locker rooms with antithetic wrestling organizations each successful the clan."

Cody Rhodes volition beryllium among the WWE stars re-imagined for Clash of Clans. (Clash of Clans)

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Clash of Clans is 1 of the much fashionable mobile games ever. The crippled has amassed much than 2 cardinal beingness downloads and the WWE concern has seemingly taken it to a caller level.

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