AEW Executive Claims Cody Rhodes Telling The Rock To ‘Go F**k Yourself’ Wasn’t Needed at All

The fallout from WWE Elimination Chamber is still sending shockwaves through the wrestling world, and now AEW’s Director of Business Development Jeff Jarrett has weighed in on one of the night’s most talked-about moments—Cody Rhodes’ explicit message to The Rock.

On the latest episode of his “My World” podcast, Jarrett made it clear that he wasn’t a fan of Cody’s unfiltered response, where he looked The Rock dead in the eyes and told him to “go fk yourself”** in front of a live crowd in Toronto.

“Not needed. That’s my gut reaction. What’s the upside? What did you get out of it? It just wasn’t needed at all.”

Cody’s words came at the height of an already explosive moment, where he rejected The Rock’s offer to become his “personal champion”, instead declaring “I want it all, Rock. My soul no longer belongs to me… I gave my soul to this ring and these people a long time ago.

The crowd erupted, but Cody’s uncensored message to The Rock only fueled the intensity, leading to John Cena’s shocking betrayal. In a moment nobody saw coming, Cena smashed Cody in the head with his Rolex, then held him down as The Rock whipped him with a belt engraved with Dusty Rhodes’ death date.

But while Cody’s words got a massive reaction, Jarrett questioned whether they added anything to the story.

Beyond Cody’s statement, Jarrett also commented on Cena’s new nickname that has been making the rounds online—“Break-A-Wish”, a play on his long-standing Make-A-Wish legacy.

“It resonates. It’s certainly not, ‘Confuse them, you lose them.’ It’s the opposite of that. Everybody understands that. Will it, in this politically charged environment… At the end of the day, it goes without saying, and I’ve said it a bunch on My World, yes, we’re pop culture, but people understand more now than ever that we’re theater. We really are Shakespeare to the masses.”

Jarrett doesn’t believe there will be real backlash over Cena’s new persona, arguing that his charity work and legacy speak for themselves.

“I just don’t think there’s going to be the offense that there could have been even 2, 3, 4, 5 years ago. I just don’t think it’s going to happen today because of John Cena and his legitimate record of setting all the Make-A-Wish records, and The Rock and the brand and WWE and the industry as a whole. We’re on seven nights a week, so we’re in people’s homes. People understand who and what we are.”

With WrestleMania 41 looming, the fallout from Elimination Chamber continues to divide opinions. Cena is fully embracing his heel turn, The Rock is at his most vicious, and Cody Rhodes is left bloodied but defiant. But was Cody’s explicit message necessary, or did it cross a line?

Was Cody right to go all-in with his response to The Rock, or did Jeff Jarrett make a point that it was unnecessary? Drop your thoughts below!