AEW held a virtual media call earlier today with Cody Rhodes ahead of tomorrow’s Homecoming edition of Dynamite from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes commented on the stunning release of Bray Wyatt from WWE, and he gave his thoughts on Wyatt possibly coming to AEW.
“Bray Wyatt, before he was Bray Wyatt, was my rookie at the second season of NXT. The Rotunda family and the Rhodes family certainly go way back. I can’t comment on if I see a spot for him (in AEW), but I can tell you, (he’s) an incredibly creative individual and an incredibly creative man. Whenever I see someone like that lose their job or move into the next phase in their career, as someone who left WWE on my own, I can’t be everyone’s sounding board but I really want to be. I would have never thought Matt Cardona would be GCW Champion and getting pelted with trash, but I should have thought he would be doing something. To circle back to Bray, I can’t comment if he fits with us, but I can say that if he has an ounce of passion for this, he can fit anywhere because he’s a special, special talent.”
“If there’s a free agent out there that can move the needle and be something significant for us, I personally, I’m not saying thing from the company perspective, personally, I think you have to go after them. Does that change the landscape of the show and the roster? For sure, but that is an area where, as much as things can get personal, it is business. No one is immune from that. We’re doing wonderful. There’s a lot of AEW programming and room has opened up, but there’s not incredibly that much more room. I don’t know of the specifics (in the number of free agents to sign), but if you’re asking me, I say the more the merrier.”
One would presume that the former WWE Champion has a 90 day no compete clause attached with his release. What he does after that will be very interesting.
(h/t Fightful for the transcription.)
