Fuego Del Sol discusses Cody Rhodes' departure from AEW and how it affected his status in AEW.
Del Sol is currently traveling the independent wrestling scene, as he departed from All Elite Wrestling on July 1, 2023. In the days leading up to his exit from the company, 'The Master Of The Tornado DDT' noted that he was looking forward to showing the world what he was capable of in a free agent capacity.
Throughout his time with the promotion, Del Sol was often featured on episodes of Sammy Guevara's vlog, where he was sometimes on-screen with Cody Rhodes. Rhodes and Del Sol would end up teaming together for four matches at the tail end of 2021, where Rhodes used the 'Fuego II' moniker.
In a new interview with Nick Hausman, Del Sol spoke about Rhodes and how he knew it was going to be a bit more difficult for him in AEW after 'The American Nightmare' departed the company in early 2022.
“I feel like I have to preface this by saying that Cody Rhodes was a huge help to me when he was there. So the second Cody Rhodes left, I knew things were going to be a little bit more difficult. Cody was a middle man in a lot of ways, but he believed in me and I don’t feel like I ever got that same type of belief from Tony Khan that I got from Cody Rhodes. So, it became more difficult when he left. I had to try and use QT, but QT has aspirations of his own and I get it. He’s having to balance everything, he’s in there with Tony Khan when all of these guys are coming in and pitching ideas, he knows how Tony thinks. He would talk to me and maybe calm me down if I was upset or open my eyes if I was confused, so shout out to QT in that respect. But when Cody left, it was much harder to get clear answers I feel like, or at least direct information from Tony Khan unless it was from QT.”
Fightful interviewed Fuego Del Sol in June, just days before he became a free agent. Fans can find the full interview by clicking here.
Furthermore, Fightful recently interviewed Cody Rhodes during the red carpet premiere for 'American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes'. Fans can see that full interview here.
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