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Cody Rhodes responds to CM Punk’s claim that AEW President Tony Khan “is not a boss”

Aaron Rift

As previously noted, CM Punk spoke about what allegedly happened backstage between himself, Jack Perry, and Tony Khan at AEW All In 2023. At one point, Punk said the following about Khan…

“He’s not a boss. He’s a nice guy. I think ultimately, that is a detriment to the company.”

Cody Rhodes appeared on The MMA Hour and was asked about Punk’s opinion of Khan. Here was Cody’s response…

“That is his assessment. It is not my assessment. It’s always important for me to remind people that I am so proud of what me, Matt, Nick, Kenny, Tony, Bernie, Brandy, and Dana, and Chris. And I name all these people because I was in those meetings. As much as the Internet will try to spin a narrative one way, if one of those people had not been at that startup level, the company have happened. And I am so proud of what was created. I am so insanely proud of what it does for the industry overall.”

“I just think what happened was a ton of misunderstanding there, a ton of miscommunication. I love Matt, Nick and Kenny. And I love CM Punk. I don’t know how, but I do. I just think it was a ships in the night thing but I wasn’t there though.”