Cody Rhodes believes All Elite Wrestling is thriving because it doesn’t operate under a singular focus.
All Elite Wrestling’s Executive Vice President and current TNT Champion Cody Rhodes recently sat down with Josh Shernoff for FITE TV’s FITE In Focus to discuss a variety of subjects. When asked to name his favorite pay-per-views that the company has put on so far, Rhodes named this year’s All Out and the first Double or Nothing pay-per-view. After he answered the original question, Rhodes went on to explain why All Elite Wrestling was thriving now, noting that it’s good that they offer something for everyone watching, and don’t just focus on one thing like some people have suggested in the past.
“I actually think it’s probably a really good sign that my favorite two pay-per-views one of them I wasn’t on and that’s most recently All Out where Bryan Danielson joined us, Adam Cole joined us,” Cody Rhodes said. “That pay-per-view and then, of course, the original Double or Nothing. I know which pay-per-view in my mind I thought was softest. I’ve never thought a pay-per-view we put out was weak by any means especially bell the bell, but the original Double or Nothing that was a feeling like no other in that energy and what this was and what it could be and its constant evolution since and then to have, three years later, All Out where big free agents, not just the surprises but the bell to bell content of that show was significant. And I think something for everybody.
“I know that I’m a little in the minority in terms of what I like in wrestling. I like storytelling and interviews. I’ll use WrestleMania III as an example. I like Hogan versus Andre. I also like Steamboat Savage, but I still like Hogan versus Andre more, and I love Steamboat versus Savage, but I know there are wrestling fans and there are people in management, there are people who like the latter more, and that’s what I like about AEW there really is something for everybody, and you’ll hear all these other luminary wrestling figures tell you that you can’t do that. ‘You’ve got to have one singular focus’ and I think that’s just BS. We don’t have one singular wrestler on the roster. It’s a very diverse palette. The table has a lot of different dishes on it, and I think that’s real good for fans.”
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