AEW Star Says He Should Have Won Cody Rhodes Feud

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An AEW star says he should have won Cody Rhodes feud.

In 2021, Cody Rhodes found himself in a feud against Anthony Ogogo that led to a pay-per-view showdown at AEW Double Or Nothing 2021.

Rhodes came out victorious against Ogogo on this evening despite some negative reactions from the fans.

Speaking with Stephanie Chase of Digital Spy, Anthony Ogogo reflected on his feud with “The American Nightmare.” He said:

“I was brand new to wrestling. I’d had less than 50 training sessions.”

“So I went from taking my first bump on day one to having a match with Cody Rhodes on a pay-per-view in front of thousands of people after less than 50 sessions which is unbelievable and ridiculous.”

“It was my third match in my life but really my first one as I’d had a 20-second squash match and a two-minute squash on Dynamite and then I had a match with Cody Rhodes at a pay-per-view, so for my first real match I think it was a great platform and I did my job.”

Reflecting on what he told about the feud before it started, Ogogo stated:

“When I was told they were going to do the America versus UK thing I thought: ‘Cool, sweet, you want me to be the bad guy, I’ll go and be the bad guy,'” 

“So I did my job but I don’t think the fans were into the whole America versus UK thing in this day and age but that’s the great thing about wrestling, you can do what you think is gonna work but why it’s such an amazing art form is the real-life… we have no idea how the fans are gonna read it.”

Ogogo continued on to explain why he believes that he should have won the feud against Cody Rhodes, saying:

“I think I should have won that feud, I think I should have won that match.”

“I think there’s some things in wrestling that have to happen and, this is my opinion, you’ve always got to win your first feud because you’re letting the audience know they’ve got to care about this guy, this guy is gonna be somebody.”

“I think I had this big introduction and then the rug was kind of taken from under me. I think other stuff was going on in the background and that’s why Cody went on to win the match.”

“Malakai Black came in the month after and beat Cody in under five minutes and I was like: ‘I wish they had of done that with me’, knocked him out with a right hand, early doors.”

“I’ve got a team, I’ve got QT Marshall and Aaron Solo behind me,”

“We can cheat, I can knock him out and now I’m the biggest bad guy in the company. But we went a different route and now I’m still playing kind of catch-up from that.”

Anthony Ogogo made an appearance at AEW All In London where he played a role on the Zero Hour pre-show team alongside Renee Paquette, Kip Sabian and Paul Wight.

Ogogo went on to join Wight and Grado in a brawl with Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh.

For the full results for AEW All In London, click here.

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