The story of Cody Rhodes becoming one of the key people of the All Elite Wrestling reminds pretty much of Jeff Jarrett leaving the WWE and forming the Total Nonstop Action in 2002. Their experience in WWE has been quite similar, and their journey beyond is not much different either.
Even after being vastly talented, Cody Rhodes had never Been post higher than a mid card role. After he received a gimmick change, when he became Stardust he proved to the world how much talented he is.
Jeff Jarrett Praises Cody Rhodes
But the WWE was quite farm in their decision not to push him higher than mid card. As a result, Cody Rhodes left WWE and became a member of the newly found wrestling promotion the All Elite Wrestling. Since then he has been going pretty strong.
The story is pretty much similar to Jeff Jarrett coolest WWE in 1999 to join WCW. In a small time he won four WCW World Heavyweight Championships. But after Vince McMahon purchased WCW in 2001 she decided to take part and form a new promotion which is known as the Total Nonstop Action wrestling.
Recently Jeff Jarrett talked with comicbook.com to promote his new podcast where he praised Cody Rhodes. He said;
“Yes, the short answer is absolutely…. Me and Dusty [Rhodes, Cody’s father] used to have conversations about Cody. The acting bug and his amateur [background], to fast forward, when he came on board for that short period, he’s got a charisma like his father, and I’ve worked with Dustin [Rhodes, Cody’s brother] back in the late ’80s. Dustin took his character of Goldust and that could have been… It goes without saying, that wasn’t the easiest character, but you talk about taking a character and making it your own? Dustin has a unique ability that Cody doesn’t, but Cody has the ability, like his father.”
He also said that Cody is one of the fewest AEW wrestlers who can connect with the fans;
“You talk about the acorn not falling from the oak tree, he’s got a magnetic charisma about him. He looks the part and he’s obviously a great athlete, but the one thing that, fast forward a couple of years, when I saw Cody and Nick Aldis in Nashville in the NWA 70th Anniversary, knowing obviously the box office numbers and the live event are sold out in the sports arena and the pay-per-view numbers, but when I saw the work that he had been away from the machine and gotten Stardust behind him, just all that with it.
“So your question was, ‘Did you know he had it?’ In the, we’ll call it the Global Force days, yes. I knew, Next*Gen champion, he had a different aura about him… but on AEW when you see him and he’s one of the few, in my opinion, that really is connecting with his audience, and that is what sets him apart.”