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Cody Rhodes Says He Will Not Challenge For AEW World Title

October 6, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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In an interview with Popculture.com, Cody Rhodes said that he will not go back on the match stipulation from 2019 that says he can no longer challenge for the AEW World title. Rhodes said that if he could not defeat Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear, he would not challenge for the belt anymore. He lost, thanks to interference from MJF. Since then he has not been in the AEW World title picture and says he won’t change that. Here are highlights:

He said: “This will disappoint so many and maybe it won’t, maybe this will excite, but two things I can guarantee you. And I’m not saying this to wave one hand while you’re not looking at the other. I’m telling this from the most honest standpoint, I am not going to turn heel on this company. And I would retire before I did that. Now I’m the head of the community outreach group. I have a little girl now. I’m not going to be doing heel stuff on TV. I am not turning heel and I’m not going back on my word to challenge for the title. That stuff was real. It hurts. It is a large regret that that ever happened, but it did happen and I can live with it. And I got to do that dance with Chris Jericho, and I will not go back on that stipulation, me personally. If Tony wanted to change things he could. And again, you can never say never in wrestling, but I do think there’s this idea that evil corporate need would turn the stipulation around and challenge for the world title, that I can say never will happen.

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