Diamond Dallas Page believes there would be no AEW without Cody Rhodes.
In early 2022 it was revealed that Cody Rhodes would be leaving All Elite Wrestling, a company he helped found. Soon after, he would make his blockbuster return to WWE at WrestleMania 38, taking on Seth Rollins.
Of course, for AEW, the show went on and have produced more stars and are currently on their way to breaking the record for the most fans attending one wrestling event with All In.
While speaking to Fightful, Diamond Dallas Page stated that without Cody Rhodes, there would be no AEW.
“100%. That’s what you have to do in this business. You can’t be afraid to walk away. You can’t be afraid to walk away from it when it’s not serving you,” said Page. “He would have never gotten past that mid-card, ever. He would even fall down lower, and he knew that. So, ‘It’s time for me to bail. Go show these guys they were wrong,’ and they paid a lot of money to get him back, a lot of money. So it’s time to get paid. He got paid.”
“There is no AEW without Cody. Without him making that statement, ‘I think me and The Bucks, and Kenny can draw 10,000 people,’ and [Dave] Meltzer getting on him and saying, ‘Now, Cody, you’re a little full of yourself. Maybe 4,000,’ and Cody said, ‘I’ll take that bet.’ That was all set on Twitter, and now he’s gotta back that up, and they did. They backed it up, but then the booking that he was doing early on was really awesome to watch,”
Diamond Dallas Page
At present, Cody appears to be working with The Judgement Day once again in WWE while AEW are on their way to hosting AEW All In from Wembley Stadium.
H/T to Fightful
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