Kenny Omega has praise for Cody Rhodes.
Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, Matt & Nick Jackson joined AEW not only as talent, but as the co-executive vice presidents of the company. Along with regularly appearing on television, all four men filled various roles behind the scenes, whether it was creative ideas, working with other companies and organizations, or hiring talent.
Speaking to Swerve Strickland, Monteasy, & Rich Latta on the Swerve City podcast, Omega was asked what he's learned being an EVP four years into the job.
"The fourth EVP, we can’t mention his name. Just kidding, it’s Cody. He really...I will assume this is just from knowledge of being in the business all his life because he was born into the business and he understood a lot from his father. He knew what we needed. He knew what we needed to line up and the things that I couldn’t get. I’ve got good contacts for any unsigned Japanese talent that you guys need, I can be that guy. The Bucks would be like, ‘we know great guys from So Cal or Indie guys.’ Cody is like, ‘Okay, cool, how about this guy and this guy.’ We’d have a list of talent and put them together. Then, Cody is like, ‘What are we going to do about medical staffing?’ Oh, right, we need that too. We should have doctors. ‘I have a contact for Doc Sampson.’ That’s probably not going to be enough, so I had a dude named Bryce (Ready). I thought, ‘Hey man, I know you’ve taken care of some of our guys and you really love wrestling, would you be able to take a full-time opportunity to do that?’ We got trainers through that. ‘What else do we need?’ We needed producers for TV, guys that actually have experience doing wrestling production. That was a Cody thing. ‘I can get in touch with this guy.’ The Bucks maybe knew a guy. At the beginning, just to build that small infrastructure, which we didn’t have, when you start checking names off the box, you think you’re there but you’re not because we were so understaffed at the beginning. Even to this day, I can confidently say, we can use an extra trainer or two. The tables are always busy. We could have a couple of gophers in case we’re running low on certain things and materials. As things go, you naturally require more people to keep things running," he said.
Despite his EVP status, Cody would end up leaving AEW at the beginning of 2022, re-joining WWE at WrestleMania 38.
Omega and the Bucks remain co-EVPs and are the AEW Trios Champions. During the interview, OMega discussed his bond with the Young Bucks. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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