In February 2022, Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes announced their departure from AEW.
Cody was one of four Executive Vice Presidents alongside Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, and Kenny Omega. Brandi was the Chief Brand Officer. Both helped play a pivotal role in the start of the company.
Speaking on The Flagrant, Cody gave more insight into his AEW departure.
"There are so many factors that went into it. When I start talking about this, people try to cite, 'Oh, it was this. It was this.' Here's what I can tell you it wasn't. It wasn't anything to do with Tony (Khan) and Brandi. That's a big one you hear all the time that 'Tony didn't sign Brandi.' No, Brandi had been re-signed. Rhodes To The Top, we had a nice show on TBS, that had been renewed for a second season. Go Big Show.
"It was just a situation that felt icky. This is how I look at it in the end, I had really great memories with all of them, all the way back to All In. I had a really beautiful experience for a while, and I wanted to keep the memories good. I wanted to be able, in ten years, if I see those guys, I wanted to keep them good. I also wanted them to know, this is the Louisiana Purchase of wrestling, I will make sure, but I had great memories with them, and I wanted them to know."
Cody returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 as the mystery opponent for Seth Rollins.
Elsewhere during the interview, Cody revealed what he said to Roman Reigns at WWE Bad Blood. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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