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Cody Rhodes Addresses Refusing To Speak About His AEW Exit, Fans Creating Narratives About His Departure
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What does WWE Superstar and Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes wanna talk about? Well, one thing he doesn’t want to talk about is why he left AEW, of course. The wrestler has repeatedly said he won’t talk about his AEW exit, which continues to be the case. During a recent interview with Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, Rhodes was asked about a previous comment where he praised his wife, Brandi Rhodes, for making a “selfless” decision not to talk about why the power couple left AEW in 2022.
According to Cody, Brandi’s decision has helped them move forward, despite fans continuing to create narratives regarding their exit. Below are some highlights (via F4WOnline.com):
Cody Rhodes on the Decision To Not Talk About Leaving AEW
“Our departure from when we left the company we were with and helped create, and that was AEW, it came down to her deciding to not talk about it, that departure. Like, ‘We’re not going to talk about it. We’re moving on. Did bad stuff happen? Good stuff happened, too. I’m not going to talk about it.'”
On Fans Creating Narratives About Why They Left
“And one of the sad things about not talking about why we left and the departure, one of the difficult things was narratives get created. Stories get told, podcasts happen, fans literally think they know what happened when no one’s been even close. And what I would say is the selfless part, she lives with that. She owns that. She respects not just here, but the place we left enough to, ‘I’m not going to talk about that.’ And that made it so that — they’re good. They’re out of here. That was very, very helpful for us. And again, good stuff happened there, too. But that’s what I mean by selfless, because she lives with that.”
Back in April 2024, speaking to The Athletic about leaving AEW, Brandi Rhodes hinted that AEW was drifting away from her husband’s original vision. She said at the time, “What I feared with that company, I was seeing before my eyes. When you start to see things drift from the original vision and … I’ve seen this happen before, then you start to (think) this may not be what we thought it was.”
One thing that is for sure is that Cody Rhodes will continue talking about not talking about why he left AEW for years to come.
