Chris Jericho Discusses Cody Rhodes Not Challenging For The AEW World Title, Cody Embracing His EVP Role

For those who don’t remember, Cody Rhodes was also an EVP of AEW along with The Elite when the company first started.

The latest Talk Is Jericho episode was a recording of The Jericho Chronicles from Glasgow. Chris spoke about Cody’s decision to never challenge for the top title of the company he helped build as well as how well Cody embraced his role as an EVP within the company.

“He was adamant. I’m still not too sure why he you put that rule that he can never challenge for the world title again. For whatever reason, that was completely his idea.” said Chris Jericho, “I guess maybe he wanted people to know that he wasn’t just gonna win the title. He wanted to be the face of the company.

We’re all faces of the company but he really embraced the EVP part of it. The other guys kind of did it in the shadows, but he was doing it on camera and all that sort of thing. So I think he wanted people to understand that he wasn’t gonna take advantage of this position that he was in and he did the ‘I’ll never fight for the world title.’”

Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho

Rhodes would admit later on that the decision to have him unable to challenge for the AEW World Title was a mistake. Rhodes is currently signed to WWE where he is currently out of action with a torn pectoral muscle with his return expected at the start of 2023.

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