Cody Rhodes Says Leaving AEW For WWE Return ‘Made All The Sense In The World’

The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes is perhaps one of the biggest attractions in the wrestling world today. The Prodigal Son went on from being a mid-card attraction to a pioneer of the business and is now positioned as a top star of WWE. However, that all happened thanks to his successful run on the indies and the establishment of rival promotion AEW. Recently, Rhodes revealed his decision to leave the company.

Cody Rhodes, alongside his wife Brandi, Kenny Omega, and The Young Bucks were major driving forces for the formation of AEW. They were backed by the owner, Tony Khan who helped them establish a direct competitor to the global juggernaut, WWE.

After three successful years in his own company, Cody Rhodes left AEW and returned to WWE, making his grand comeback last year at WrestleMania 38. Rhodes recently opened up about his decision to leave Tony Khan’s promotion during an interview with The Rich Eisen Show.

“It felt like the block had been filled, right? The alternative company exists. They’re doing great. I’m super proud of everything we built, super proud of all of my kids who are over there who I recruited and hired. They’ve got a show that’s airing, a reality show that’s slightly spun off from what Brandi and I did and we were able to help that option move forward. So, it was just a matter of the block had been filled, and I said this the night after I came back to WrestleMania last year, sometimes you find your destiny on the roads you take to avoid it.”

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Cody Rhodes further stated that he returned to the Stanford-based promotion to fulfill his dream of becoming a World champion, while leaving AEW on good terms.

“And I took a lot of roads all around to come back to the thing I wanted the most at eight years old was the WWWF Championship at the time, which was the title my dad never held. I’d be the one in the family to ever get it and that is the title now that Roman Reigns has under the name, the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship. And it just made all the sense in the world when I came back. No hard feelings. Left on great terms.”

Cody Rhodes is inching close to realizing the dream for which he returned to WWE. He is set to battle the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39 this weekend for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

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