Rhodes was asked about his impact on the wrestling landscape.
2024 marked five years since the launch of All Elite Wrestling. Alongside company President and CEO Tony Khan, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) served as talents and Executive Vice Presidents.
As Rhodes was making the media rounds to promote being a cover athlete for WWE 2K24, he spoke with Shakiel Mahjouri. Rhodes stated that he still jokes with Matt and Nick about wanting more people to remember their impact on the wrestling landscape.
I think as I grow old, I’ll probably wax poetic and grow even fonder of the things I was able to be part of, the people I was able to team with. When we were a group, the BULLET CLUB, The Elite, the idea was change the world and we really did actually change at least our world and like you said, it’s so healthy now. I think all of us are very careful to talk about it because nobody wants to look like they’re saying, hey, it was all me. But the reality is I can name — it’s about eight people and if one of them wasn’t there, it wouldn’t have happened, an alternative wouldn’t exist. It wouldn’t have springboard me into this position I am now. None of it would have happened. It was all these factors and the biggest factor being the fans themselves. So, I just hope people remember it. Selfishly — I joke about this with Matt (Jackson) and Nick (Jackson) all the time — selfishly, you want more people to remember it was something that we did but, I’m just happy to see an industry that I grew up watching through the good times and the bad times is now as popular as it ever was and I appreciate you saying that.
Matt and Nick returned to AEW television at the ‘Homecoming’ episode of Dynamite. The duo have taken aim at Darby Allin and Sting ahead of Sting’s retirement match at the Revolution pay-per-view.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit Shakiel Mahjouri with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
