WWE Champion Cody Rhodes recently discussed the conclusion of his AEW run on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet”. Rhodes, who co-founded All Elite Wrestling in 2019 with Tony Khan, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega, left the promotion in 2022. He described his departure as unfavorable but hinted that stories about it would eventually surface in books.
Rhodes mentioned that some AEW fans feel a need to portray him negatively, which he accepts out of respect for the promotion. He admitted that while AEW was significant, he felt there was “something greater” beyond it for him.
The American Nightmare also expressed frustration with The Young Bucks’ claim in their book that he was the last key EVP to sign with AEW, a detail that led to criticism from fans.
Here’s what Cody said:
“I hated that in The Young Bucks’ book they said I was last to the signing. Because that’s a big thing.
Some of the AEW defenders who don’t realize they’re turning people off to their product more than they’re turning people on, that’s one of the things that people always cite ‘Oh, he was last, he wasn’t that big a deal to the origin.’
No, this guy here who’s off camera was the first person to ever meet Tony and he met him in a vetting process for all of us.
So yes, I guess I was the last and yes, I had different thoughts and it’s not incorrect at all what they said [that I was physically the last person to sign]. Yeah, it’s not incorrect but I was just in on it as well as anybody else. That’s a little thing that when I write my book I get to tell.”
QT Marshall, an AEW wrestler and co-owner of Rhodes’ wrestling training school (The Nightmare Factory), defended Rhodes against the criticism by tweeting the following:
“Tell people to stop asking him about it. If you can’t handle his responses, don’t ask the questions. The responses he gives are some of the most politically correct responses.
He’s sitting on top of the opposition, and still keeps his responses classy.”
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