Cody Rhodes – ‘I Left AEW Due To A Personal Issue’
The “American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes” documentary is now airing on the Peacock streaming service. The documentary looks at Cody’s career in WWE and his time in AEW.
Speaking during the documentary, Rhodes commented on why he chose to part ways with All Elite Wrestling. While the American Nightmare said he “can’t and wont” tell you exactly why he left the promotion he helped build from the ground up, he did say it was due to a “personal issue.”
You can check out some highlights from the documentary below:
Cody Rhodes on his choice to part ways with AEW: “This is my one request in this entire documentary. This one answer, I don’t want edited in any capacity. Don’t edit this part. I can’t tell you why I left AEW. I can’t, and I won’t, but I’ll tell you the reasons that were said that didn’t actually matter. I didn’t leave AEW because of money and I didn’t leave AEW because of other talents. I left AEW because of a personal issue. That’s it. The byproduct of leaving AEW is the opportunity to go for the biggest dream I ever had and the first dream I had in my life.”
Triple H on Rhodes’ opportunities since returning to WWE: “To then take that gamble again and say, ‘this is not what I wanted to be. I didn’t grow up dreaming of being the champion or the face of a secondary promotion. I wanted to be the WWE champion.’”
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