Cody Rhodes Responds To Rumors About His AEW Departure

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Cody Rhodes has revealed some of the misconceptions behind his departure from AEW, clearing up several of the erroneously alleged reasons.

In an appearance on Flagrant, Cody Rhodes spilled stories from behind the scenes in WWE, but also some comments about AEW.

Cody 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 that ‘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.

“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.”

Rhodes departed from AEW in January 2022 and after a couple of months of speculation, he made his return to WWE at WrestleMania 38 the following April.

Elsewhere in the interview, Cody Rhodes revealed that while he and Roman Reigns rarely interact backstage, he did recently tell him something.

You can click here to read more about Rhodes thanking Reigns.

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• AEW
• tony khan
• Cody Rhodes
• Brandi Rhodes

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