Every WWE Superstar has their very own unique workouts and rituals to get them as much as the usual they set for themselves, but within the case of current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor, they share one common technique: smoking. Balor was a recent guest on Rhodes’ “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” podcast, where the “American Nightmare” detailed what he enjoys outside of wrestling. He said that due to his children, their interests have effectively grow to be his interests as well, comparable to Princesses and the “Harry Potter” movies, but one thing that he has for himself is smoking an excellent quaint cigar.
“Cigars is the thing I’m in to,” Rhodes said. “You must hear some old-timer s***? The guy who does my eating regimen or training or whatever asked for 50 minutes of cardio. He said ‘You possibly can just walk at an incline for 50 [minutes], walk at an incline.’ Okay, I walk in my neighborhood, it’s roughly 45 to 50 minutes I do it. I now have just began smoking a cigar while doing it, which I believe is counterproductive to the cardio.” As for Balor, he also smokes during his training, with the one difference being that what he smokes is a bit of more green than a cigar. “I smoke weed while training,” Balor said.
Up to now, Balor would have actually been hit with a suspension by WWE for smoking marijuana because it used to violate the corporate’s wellness policy. Nevertheless, WWE has softened its stance on the substance lately, to the purpose where when Rob Van Dam was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, he made a cameo appearance at WrestleMania 37 where he handed The Great Khali and fellow smoker Matt Riddle a few of his very own RVD rolling papers.
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