Cody Rhodes Reached Out To Top Star After WWE Return

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Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and current IMPACT star Nick Aldis has revealed that Cody Rhodes reached out to him after returning to WWE.

After leaving WWE in 2016, Rhodes reinvented himself, changing his brand completely ahead of his WWE comeback in April 2022.

One of Rhodes’ biggest matches outside of WWE saw him defeat Nick Aldis for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title at All In 2018.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Aldis noted that following Rhodes’ WWE return, the American Nightmare messaged him to show his appreciation for their rivalry:

“When Cody (Rhodes) came back to WWE, he sent me a very nice message after his WrestleMania return, just sort of acknowledging that our match really sort of helped set that journey for him and I appreciated that, and I’m proud of him and I’m proud of what we did together and what I’m most proud of is the fact that he’s obviously gone on to do so much and our journeys sort of went in different directions.

“But to this day, every day on social media, there’s somebody saying that they’re clamoring for that third match.

“That’s a huge compliment and man, there’s a lot of things that you sort of think about and you go, well, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility but at the same time, you don’t wanna speak it into existence for fear of it not happening.

“But, crazier things have happened in the last few years of this business so again, like I was saying before, it goes to what I was saying about just sort of staying open and sticking to your principles and just being consistent with your quality and your approach and your professionalism and knowing that good things will come.

Nick Aldis was recently targeted by WWE. For more details on Aldis’ status following WWE showing interest in him, click here.

Rhodes was most recently in action on the May 8 edition of Raw, competing in a three-way bout as part of the World Heavyweight Title tournament.

Brock Lesnar notably interfered with this bout, attacking Rhodes and costing him the bout.

Here’s a recap of what happened on WWE Raw:

Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins def. Damian Priest, Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Mustafa Ali def. Otis when Chad Gable and Maxxine Dupri argued and distracted Otis

Finn Balor def. Cody Rhodes, The Miz in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Brock Lesnar, who had cost Cody Rhodes the aforementioned three-way, attacked Rhodes and demanded a rematch from Backlash at Night of Champions, which Rhodes later accepted

Rhea Ripley def. Dana Brooke and was then confronted by Natalya

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn def. Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser

Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis reunited The Way backstage, and Gargano hinted at someone else returning soon which could be Tommaso Ciampa

Zoey Stark def. Nikki Cross

Becky Lynch returned and confronted Trish Stratus

Dominik Mysterio def. Xavier Woods

Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

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