Former WWE star and a former WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes who is also the current and three times AEW TNT Champion recently said that every AEW show has to be A+. He also talked about Battle of the Belts.
Cody Rhodes is the younger son of professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer the late great Dusty Rhodes. His elder brother Dustin Rhodes is also quite famous in the world of professional wrestling. He is mostly known as Goldust, the gimmick he played throughout his WWE career.
Cody Rhodes Thinks Every AEW Show Should Be A+
Cody started his professional wrestling career back in 2006 at the age of 20 only. His professional wrestling career started under WWE. The promotion had high hopes from the young professional wrestler. He was never presented as a main event star in WWE, but he was a solid card throughout his WWE career. He won the WWE Tag Team Championship a total of six times, and he also won the WWE Intercontinental Championship 2 times in total.
He stayed with WWE for a decade and he was quite famous in the promotion. But he was quite frustrated with the way the promotion was beating him resulting him asking for his release in 2016. He was granted his request and he was released from WWE in 2016.
After spending fun times on the independent circuit and other professional wrestling promotions, he came to the newly founded promotion that was currently the biggest Rival of WWE, the All Elite Wrestling. He is currently going quite strong in his new promotion.
Cody Rhodes who is also the current and three times AEW TNT Champion recently spoke with FITE in FOCUS where he said that every AEW show has to be A+. He also talked about Battle of the Belts. He said;
“I’m really excited that Tony named it Battle of the Belts because it’s right there in the name. I’ve really disliked — in wrestling, in the past, and this is across the board not speaking anybody specifically. I’ve disliked in wrestling when a belt has been tarnished or they’ve lost their value to a wrestler. Don’t be fooled.
“You talk to a lot of wrestlers, we love our belts, we really do. Most wrestlers who are worth their salt have their own display of all the belts they’ve ever won. It’s a significant thing. It’s, you know, no different than in Hollywood winning the Academy Award.
“It’s unique in that sense, and to name it Battle of the Belts and put the emphasis on titles, and I’m not sure if all titles will be defended in this very first TNT special, but I do know just with that in mind, it being the very first special that we’re doing as part of the new contract, you know, myself and The Bucks and Kenny, and Tony, that’s not one that we can leave — we are not capable, we are not able, at this point, to have a B+ show, everything has to be A+.”
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