Darby Allin Discusses His Feud With Cody Rhodes, Explains Why He Doesn’t Care About Wins And Losses
The former TNT champion explains why he doesn’t care about wins and losses while praising Cody Rhodes.
At AEW Fyter Fest 2019 he went to a 20-minute draw against Cody Rhodes. The match and program took Darby to a new level as a relative unknown when AEW started.
Speaking to Diamond Dallas Page on DDP Snakepit, Darby reflected on the feud with Cody.
“That match, I knew everything was riding on that match and I needed to go all out for that match and get as wild as possible. That’s why you see me doing these crazy coffin drops on the apron. I knew this was the first impression for a lot of people. I remember, he texted me, ’20-minute broadway?’ I honestly, I didn’t know what a broadway was. I was like, ‘what the fuck is he talking about?'”
“The 20-minute broadway with Cody, it was a no-brainer to book at that rate,” he said. “I wasn’t under the impression that we would go to a draw. I thought it was going to be a loss. That was real cool of Cody to do that. I don’t take any of that shit for granted. People can say whatever about Cody now that he’s gone, but I have nothing negative to say. People’s lives and decisions and paths are all different. I love that dude. After that I had three other matches with Cody. He beat me the second time, he beat me the third time, but the fourth time, which was our final match, I beat him for the TNT Championship. I personally don’t give a shit about wins and losses, I really don’t. That’s the thing I hear from Sting. People think, ‘How do Darby and Sting get along?’ What they don’t see is our camaraderie behind the scenes. What Sting taught me more than anything is, ‘if you’re as good as you think you are, you can win in losing.’ I love putting other people over if I know…if the person is somewhat new to the company and they’re going to take that ball and run with it, it helps the whole place out. I have no ego when it comes to this stuff.”
Darby Allin on DDP’s Snake Pit
Allin is currently poised to team with Sting and Miro to face the House Of Black, with the match set to be confirmed on tonight’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
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