Cody Rhodes shares story about Aaron Solo’s failed attempt to “shoot his shot” with Fallon Henley
While speaking on his podcast with guest Fallon Henley, Cody Rhodes shared a story about AEW star Aaron Solo’s failed attempt to “shoot his shot” with Fallon Henley. Cody noted that the moment took place while Henley was working for AEW as an extra…
“You were working there. You were doing some extra work, and it was kind of the COVID bubble. There were a lot of us in the hotel, and I had a workplace proximity associate, Aaron Solo. He often talked about you very fondly and very sincerely. He’s like, ‘Oh, she’s so pretty, and she’s really smart.’
Then this whole thing… and finally, he didn’t talk a lot. If you remember, he’s very—not Mr. Personality, right?
The last time I saw him, I reintroduced myself to him because that’s how limited our conversations have become over the years. But I think we’re kind of friends.
Anyways, he had said so much that finally we all were just like, ‘Well, you should talk to her.’ This is basic, common… you learn this in high school. You learn this before. You should say something to her. You should say hello. You should ask her if she wants to hang out. You should do anything, anything other than talk to us about it.
We were all sitting right adjacent to the elevators at the Marriott in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s important because the way I remember the story, with the correct food being Arby’s, you walked in and you had a bit of a social club there. I felt there was a group that was always together. It was a good crew, and you guys always seemed to be in good spirits, which was nice for me because my time there was up and down.
You walked in and you had a bag of Arby’s, and he literally nudged me. He goes, ‘I’m gonna go say hi to her. I’m gonna go. I’m gonna do it.’
I thought, ‘Great. This is you. Do it. Here he goes.’
Now we’re watching, and we’re not roasting him. We’re not giving him a hard time. We are sincerely hoping this goes well. No one is making fun of him, which is normally what guys, I feel like, would do to each other.
You walked past, so he missed that first opportunity. Then it’s even weirder now because he trails you to the elevator, and you have a group, so it’s not looking good.
You turned and you smiled at him. You were very nice.
Then he just looked at you and he said, ‘Arby’s, huh?’
And you went—and I feel like I could hear you say it because we were far away at this point—’Yeah.’
Then the elevator door shut, in my story, and you went away.
Then he came back to us, as if… why would you even walk back to us? Walk to your car. Drive away. Leave the city. Don’t ever come back.
All that talk, like a month of buildup, all that for that moment. ‘Arby’s, huh?’
But he shot his shot, I suppose, and that was it. And, you know, nice guy.”