Bully Ray On Cody Rhodes' Latest WWE SmackDown Segment: 'Polished And Soulless'

Bully Ray On Cody Rhodes' Latest WWE SmackDown Segment: 'Polished And Soulless'

After Cody Rhodes backed down from an opportunity to punt his friend-turned-enemy Randy Orton in the head at Sunday Night's Main Event, many wrestling fans and pundits expected "The American Nightmare" to rectify it by cranking up the heat, or in WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray's words, ["go[ing] off the deep end."](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/2256315/wwe-smackdown-cody-rhodes-bully-ray-off-deep-end/) Instead, Rhodes appeared cool as a cucumber on last Friday's "WWE SmackDown," indicating that he'd stay "uncompromised" moving forward.

In Ray's eyes, Rhodes' poise in the aftermath of an otherwise blood battle with Orton may have been more of a detriment than a benefit to his on-screen character.

"What we just heard, to me, everything about it was polished and soulless," Ray said on "Busted Open Radio," referencing Rhodes' four-minute interview with Michael Cole from "SmackDown." "There was nothing believable about it. I did not buy into it. I did not feel it. Nothing made me go, 'Yeah, good!' I'm going into this with complete benefit of the doubt, but when I see the perfect lighting, when I see the cufflink...