Rhodes Says He Is Trying to Get a Group on WWE TV
Summary: Cody Rhodes said on his podcast, released Thursday, Nov. 12, that he has been "actively trying" to get "a little bit of a group" on WWE TV. He named no one. WWE has said nothing about a Rhodes stable.
The quick version
- On the Nov. 12 episode of his podcast "What Do You Want To Talk About?", with guest Chelsea Green, Cody Rhodes said: "It's no secret that I'm actively trying to maybe get a little bit of a group on TV," per Fightful. F4W Online prints the line with slightly different wording.
- Rhodes did not say who would be in the group, what it would do or when it could start, in anything the outlets printed.
- He said he thought he had "easter egg'd it multiple times" but was "not doing it hard enough."
- Rhodes leads Team USA at Survivor Series on Saturday, Nov. 28, in Houston. Team USA is Rhodes, CM Punk and Je'Von Evans so far, per Fightful.
Cody Rhodes said he is trying to get a group onto WWE television. He said it on the Chelsea Green episode of his podcast, "What Do You Want To Talk About?", released Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, per Fightful and F4W Online. We did not listen to the episode. The quotes below are as the two outlets printed them.
What he said
Fightful quotes Rhodes as saying: "It's no secret that I'm actively trying to maybe get a little bit of a group on TV. Maybe it is a secret. I thought I've easter egg'd it multiple times, but I'm not doing it hard enough." F4W Online prints it as "It's no secret, I've been actively trying to maybe get like a little bit of a group on TV. Well, maybe it is a secret. I've thought I've Easter-egged it multiple times, but not doing it hard enough." The two agree on the substance and differ in small words. Neither outlet gives a name, a stable title or a date.
F4W says Rhodes made the remark while talking about Carmelo Hayes, whom he called a "go-getter" who has "so many ideas." Rhodes did not link the two ideas in the lines printed, so we do not know whether Hayes is part of what he means. Fightful says Rhodes has been a solo star through his WWE run. WWE has not announced a group, and we found no WWE comment on it.
What is public now
Rhodes has a team job coming up. He leads Team USA against Rey Mysterio's Team Mexico at Survivor Series: WarGames on Saturday, Nov. 28, in Houston. Fightful lists Team USA as Rhodes, Punk and Je'Von Evans so far. F4W says two more partners will join them, and that Mexico has Mysterio and Penta with three to be named. Our Raw results from Nov. 9 show how Punk and Evans joined, and our earlier story has Rhodes volunteering to lead. A one-night team is not the same thing as a standing group, and Rhodes did not say that Team USA is what he meant.
The same episode produced one item we have already covered: his apology to Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green over Kevin Owens' comments.
What to watch next
Whether WWE puts anyone alongside Rhodes on Raw or SmackDown before Survivor Series, and whether he says more on the next episode of the podcast.
Source: Fightful (Jeremy Lambert) and F4W Online (Joseph Currier), both read in full, and the iHeart page for the podcast, read for the episode's guest and release date. We did not listen to the episode, and we did not contact WWE or Rhodes. Nothing in this story is a rumor. The quote is Rhodes' own, as printed by two outlets. What the group would be is not known.
Sources
- Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Cody Rhodes Says He's Been Trying To Get A Group On WWE TV", Nov. 13, 2026, 7:15 am, no time zone shown (the quote, the Team USA lineup). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cody-rhodes-says-hes-been-trying-to-get-a-group-on-wwe-tv/
- F4W Online (Joseph Currier), "Cody Rhodes praises Carmelo Hayes, teases new WWE group", Nov. 12, 2026, 10:20, no time zone shown (the second printing of the quote, the Hayes remarks, the Survivor Series teams). https://f4wonline.com/news/wwe/cody-rhodes-praises-carmelo-hayes-teases-new-wwe-group
- iHeart, "What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes", episode "Chelsea Green", listed Nov. 12, 2026 (the guest and the release date). https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-what-do-you-wanna-talk-ab-277807093/
- WrestlingNews.com, "Raw Results: Punk Joins Team USA, Reigns Challenges 946", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/raw-results-nov-9-punk-joins-team-usa-reigns-challenges-946/
- WrestlingNews.com, "Rhodes Volunteers to Lead Team USA at Survivor Series", Nov. 7, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/cody-rhodes-volunteers-to-lead-team-usa-at-survivor-series/
- WrestlingNews.com, "Rhodes Says He Apologized to Cardona and Green Over Owens Episode", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rhodes-says-he-apologized-to-cardona-and-green-over-owens-episode/
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: compared Fightful's and F4W Online's printings of the quote, checked the episode listing, and checked our own site for an earlier story on the group remark (none). We did not listen to the episode or contact WWE.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.