Cody Rhodes has dismissed rumors about his AEW exit in early 2022. He left the company and later signed with WWE, making his return at WrestleMania 38 for a match against Seth Rollins.
Although Rhodes is no longer in AEW and is busy being a top WWE star, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to see AEW, a promotion he helped launch alongside Tony Khan, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega.
Rhodes has said his AEW run ended in a terrible manner, but eventually, there will be books with stories from it. While making an appearance on Flagrant, Rhodes discussed his AEW exit.
Rhodes said, “There are so many factors that went into it. When I start talking about this, people try to cite, ‘Oh, it was this. It was this.’ Here’s what I can tell you it wasn’t. It wasn’t anything to do with Tony (Khan) and Brandi (Rhodes). That’s a big one you hear all the time, ‘Tony didn’t sign Brandi.’ No, Brandi had been re-signed. Rhodes To The Top, we had a nice show on TBS that had been renewed for a second season. Go Big Show.
Rhodes continued, “It was just a situation that felt icky. This is how I look at it in the end: I had really great memories with all of them, all the way back to All In. I had a really beautiful experience for a while, and I wanted to keep the memories good. I wanted to be able, in 10 years, if I see those guys, I wanted to keep them good. I also wanted them to know this is the Louisiana Purchase of wrestling. I will make sure, but I had great memories with them, and I wanted them to know.”
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