Vince Russo talks about Cody Rhodes
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The news of Cody Rhodes leaving All Elite Wrestling left everyone speechless. According to the latest rumors, the former AEW executive vice president is ready to sign a new deal with WWE and take on Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 38.
The 36-year-old from Marietta had already played in the Stamford-based federation between 2006 and 2016, winning the Intercontinental title twice, the WWE Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Goldust and once with Drew McIntyre) and three times the World Tag Team Championship (twice with Ted DiBiase Jr.
and once with Hardcore Holly). Cody was a founding member of All Elite Wrestling, in which he held the TNT Championship three times, as well as played a pivotal role backstage. In a recent conversation on Sportskeeda, former WWE and WCW writer Vince Russo explained what might be the reasons that led Rhodes to leave Tony Khan’s company.
Vince Russo on Cody Rhodes
“When All Elite Wrestling was born, there was a feeling of fraternity inside the backstage” – began Vince Russo. “Today one gets the impression that things have changed. AEW is a completely different company than in the beginning, I don’t know if I mean it.
Perhaps Tony Khan’s company has taken on very similar appearances to those of WWE. This could be the reason that prompted Cody Rhodes to take a step back. If he has the opportunity to do the same things in WWE and Vince McMahon offers him more money, there was no reason to stay in AEW” – he added.
In the latest edition of his ‘Hall of Fame’ podcast, Booker T expressed his point of view on this sensational separation: “All Elite Wrestling has always had many people in charge, it was likely that some disagreements would have emerged before or then.
You can’t have that many roosters in the chicken coop and expect everything to go smoothly forever. The amazement comes from the fact that Cody was one of the founders of AEW.” Cody Rhodes’ return to WWE is currently wrestling’s worst kept secret as the former TNT Champion…
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Source : wrestling-world
