Cody Rhodes On AEW: I Wouldn’t Root Against My Former Company, I Have A Lot Of Good Memories

Cody Rhodes wants the best for All Elite Wrestling.

AEW recently celebrated its fifth anniversary as a company at AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV event, the first event held there featured a brother vs. brother battle between Cody and Dustin Rhodes, Cody was huge for the event not only as a competitor but as an EVP for the company.

During an interview with Busted Open Radio, this is what Rhodes had to say when he looks back on AEW and what it’s become today.

“I think I’ll always have an eye on it because it’s just not something you can abandon in your mind in a sense that me, Matt (Jackson), Nick (Jackson), Kenny (Omega), Tony (Khan), Brandi (Rhodes), Bernie (Cahill), Chris (Harrington), and Dana (Massie) started this thing. Especially if you were in those initial meetings. I’ll always have an eye for it. I could never pretend it’s not there anymore. Jacksonville is a funny place because always, when WWE comes to Jacksonville, people ask, ‘How do they respond to you here?’ I was really proud of how it was on SmackDown because that’s really what it was. I spent a year, I spent my pandemic in Jacksonville. I was at Daily’s gym. We were there on the beach and at Daily’s Place. All we were trying to do was to get people through the toughest times and hard times with sports entertainment and with pro wrestling. I’m always appreciative that Jacksonville is appreciative of it. I wouldn’t root against my former company and I keep eyes on them and I have a lot of really great memories, really more than anything. Sometimes, things are just for a season in your life. That was a season in my life and it was a really great season,” Cody said on Busted Open Radio.

Rhodes is scheduled to battle AJ Styles once again for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Clash at the Castle in an I Quit Match.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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