Cody Rhodes talks signing with AEW.
In November 2020, the Young Bucks released a memoir titled 'Killing The Business: From Backyards To The Big Leagues'. In the book, the Bucks detailed the creation of All Elite Wrestling and noted that Cody Rhodes was the last member of The Elite to sign his contract.
While speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Rhodes confirmed that he was the last to sign with the promotion before also noting that he was the first person to ever meet Tony Khan. Rhodes made sure to hammer home the fact that he was just as bought in to the idea of AEW as anybody else.
“I hated that in The Young Bucks’ book they said I was last to the signing. Because that’s a big thing. Some of the AEW defenders who don’t realize they’re turning people off to their product more than they’re turning people on. That’s one of the things that people always sight, Oh, he was last, he wasn’t that big a deal to the origin? No. This guy here who is off camera [Brian] was the first person to ever meet Tony. And he met him in a vetting process for all of us. So yes, I guess I was the last and yes, I had different thoughts and it’s not incorrect at all what they said. Yeah, it’s not incorrect but I was just in on it as well as anybody else.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Rhodes spoke about the WWE WrestleMania XL documentary. Learn about his comments by clicking here.
Fans can check out the lineup for the July 19 edition of WWE SmackDown by clicking here.
Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet for the quote(s) above.
