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Cody Rhodes on feeling disrespected in AEW: “The greatest revenge on Earth is success”

Aaron Rift

While appearing on Bill Simmons’ podcast, Cody Rhodes opened up about his decision to leave AEW for WWE in 2022…

“There’s clearly bad blood, but there’s also clearly respect and love. And in the end, the way I kind of see it is – if I felt disrespected ever at WWE, that’s one thing. That’s a company that was built. That’s the Yankees. That’s the flagship of it all. If I ever felt there, you know, I was a number on a sheet, maybe. But feeling disrespected at something I built with my friends, feeling disrespected there, I wouldn’t stand for it. It was one of those where it was it, ‘I did way more here than you think. And you’re gonna find out the moment I’m out the door.’

I don’t believe in, like the cold-hearted, backstabby type of revenge. The greatest revenge on Earth is success. And I felt like we were sitting on something wonderful, something great, huge, potentially with what I was doing with the American Nightmare as a bad guy, as a good guy, something in between. We’re sitting on something magic. And if I’m not going to do it in the house that I literally, with Matt, Nick and Kenny built, then buddy, I’m going elsewhere.”

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