Former All Elite Wrestling Star and recently returned WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes spoke with Variety on a number of topics such as how he told WWE CEO Vince McMahon as well as WWE Executives Bruce Prichard and Nick Khan that he truly believes he is the best wrestler in the world and there's no one close in being the second and now the opportunity has come to prove it.
Cody Rhodes said:
“I told Vince McMahon, Bruce Prichard and Nick Khan — this very small circle of individuals — I told them what I truly believe and it’s that I’m the best wrestler in the world.” “And to go further with it, I actually don’t think there’s a close second. But with that said, the opportunity now exists to prove it, and that’s what I’m most excited about.
Cody Rhodes also talked about how he chose to remain silent about his departure from AEW and is going to keep his word on that as well as how there were so many different theories about his AEW departure but none of them are correct as it was a personal matter and they couldn’t move past it. Cody said he has nothing but respect for Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Kenny Omega and is rooting for AEW CEO and President Tony Khan, who he knows will be in the history books.
Cody Rhodes said:
“I chose to remain silent about my departure from AEW and I’m going to keep my word on that.” “There’s no shoot interview. There’s no nefarious tale that’s going to be told. There were all these different theories and none of them are correct. I mean, there were things about money and creative control. They were printed as fact and it’s been a very difficult two months to see that, when the reality is it was just time.”
“It was a personal matter and we couldn’t move past it.” “I have nothing but respect for Matt [Jackson], Nick [Jackson] and Kenny [Omega]. I’m rooting for Tony Khan. His name is going to be in the history books as someone who helped to bankroll and support this entire alternative and revolution that AEW became but for me, it was just time to move on. I get an opportunity at my dream, I get another chance at it. And you really can’t leave any stone unturned with that.”
Cody Rhodes then spoke about how he wasn't the most desirable person in the WWE, but they did respect him as a wrestler.
Cody Rhodes said:
“To quote some of these individuals who courted me for this moment, ‘It’s not broke’.” “And this was a place that didn’t care for me. And it wasn’t that they didn’t have love and respect for me but as a wrestler, I wasn’t considered their most desirable. If anything, I was kind of undesirable.”
You can check out Cody Rhodes' comments at this link.
