Cody Rhodes Discusses Brandi Rhodes Not Talking About Their Reason For Leaving AEW
Cody Rhodes has addressed Brandi Rhodes choosing not to talk about their AEW departure.
On February 15, 2022, All Elite Wrestling confirmed that Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes had both left the promotion following the expiration of their contracts. While Cody has cited a personal issue as the reason behind his exit, Brandi Rhodes has made it clear that she does not intend to discuss the pair’s decision to leave AEW.
Appearing on The Breakfast Club, Cody Rhodes addressed his wife Brandi Rhodes’ decision not to discuss her departure from All Elite Wrestling, acknowledging that it opens the door to speculation but saying he is appreciative of her selflessness.
“Our departure from when we left the company we were with and helped create, and that was AEW, it came down to her deciding to not talk about it. That departure. Like, ‘We’re not gonna talk about it. We’re moving on.’ Did bad stuff happen? Good stuff happened, too. I’m not gonna talk about it. And one of the sad things about not talking about why we left and the departure, one of the difficult things was narratives get created. So stories get told, podcasts happen, fans literally think they know what happened when no one’s been even close. And what I would say is the selfless part, she lives with that. She owns that. She respects not just here, but the place we left enough to, ‘I’m not gonna talk about that.’ And that made it so that, they’re good. They’re out of here. That was very, very helpful for us. And again, good stuff happened there, too. But that’s what I mean by selfless because she lives with that. And one of the things about that is wrestling fans, I mentioned, they create a narrative. They think they know. I had to remind her. I’m like, ‘Hey, it’s not all the fans.’ And WrestleMania 40 was the prime example of that. I said, ‘You’re gonna come out with me at WrestleMania 40.’ And I was so happy because the fans reacted. Big pop, big excitement. And I just needed her to kind of nudge her like, ‘See? They’re the real ones. They get it. They ain’t mad at you.’ And that was very important that she felt it because a lot of wrestlers take a step off, they go away or they do something or they screw up, make a mistake, whatever. And then they come back and the fans, they always cradle you back in. They’re really special.”
-Cody Rhodes
Following his departure from AEW, Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022, with Brandi Rhodes making sporadic appearances to support her husband throughout his second run with the promotion.
Cody Rhodes is set to defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Elimination Chamber winner Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, with ‘The American Nightmare’ now in his third reign with the title.
Ahead of last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW, Cody Rhodes named the WWE Superstars he believes will be the company’s next big thing. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on future plans for Cody Rhodes and the details behind his AEW departure as soon as we hear more.
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