One of the first shocking moments of 2022 happened when Cody Rhodes left AEW after helping launch the promotion in 2019 alongside Tony Khan and The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks).
He was used as a top star for the promotion. Months later, Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 as Seth Rollins’ mystery opponent.
While speaking in a new interview with Grapsody for Fightful, the AEW President recalled losing Rhodes earlier this year and how it affected AEW.
“It was, certainly, whenever you lose a star the caliber of Cody Rhodes, it’s going to have a major impact on your company and affect a number of different departments and number of different things in terms of the presentation and the backstage. Personally, I really like Cody and I know Cody really well and he was so involved in so many different facets with the start of AEW and what we were. When he left, that was a major challenge. Going into Revolution, we had so many great stories and I think it helped us and helped keep us strong that people were so invested in what was happening in AEW at the time.”
Rhodes has stated that his departure from the company had nothing to do with money or creativite. You can watch the entire interview by clicking on the player below:
