Keeping a promise to wrestling fans is more important than promotional boundaries to Cody Rhodes.
Unfortunately, Pennsylvania wrestling fan, Tyler Williams aka Sooplex, lost his older brother this past October. In the wake of this, Cody Rhodes, who was AEW EVP at the time, promised the fan tickets to an event for he and his nephew so they could continue bonding over AEW.
However, when Cody Rhodes went to WWE, Williams believed that the chance of getting tickets to the Philadelphia episode of Dynamite may no longer be a possibility. However, Cody Rhodes made sure that it absolutely would be. in addition to tickets for Dynamite, Williams will be attending an upcoming WWE Saturday Night's Main Event house show in New Jersey.
Speaking with ABC 6 in Philadelphia, Cody Rhodes spoke about the importance of keeping his promise, and not caring about promotional boundaries.
"People come and go and wrestle and change and stars are all around and I'm currently fully on board and committed and all in with WWE as happy as I have ever been. But that does not discount what I helped create. It doesn't discount my friends that remain there (in AEW) or anything of that nature or fans of that product. I'm not intending on invalidating their experience and I don't think anyone of this generation is really looking to do that," Rhodes said. "I think it is important to not get into the weeds, and find the positives, find the people who enjoy what you're doing and are supporting and following. That's just a great example of wrestling as an international language. I hope it's going that direction, that there is more positivity, that it's not so much about the contrary and opinions selling yourself against it versus just hey, they like what we do. Let me help you see what it is that we do live and in person,"
Cody Rhodes explained that getting Williams the WWE tickets is partially selfish because he also wants to make sure that the Williams family gets to see what he can do in the ring as well.
"I tweeted that the night after I returned to WWE, at WrestleMania, 'wrestling is a love story' and I think for those who watch sports entertainment, watch wrestling, know exactly what I meant. (The Williams) family being one, and I'm excited that we're able to get those (AEW) tickets. Now part of this selfishly, I want them to be able to see me wrestle as well. So we're going to offer the same family the full WWE experience going to the Trenton, New Jersey show, and looks like we'll just keep it keep going. We'll just keep it going. They put it out there on social. Now they're part of the 'Nightmare Family.' So wherever I go, hopefully, they go to," Rhodes said.
In the past, Cody Rhodes has spoken about having no ill-will towards AEW. For him, it was simply time to move on. Learn more here.
