Rhodes wants Allin to be reliable.
There was a sit-down interview that Josh Martinez conducted with Darby Allin. When Allin was asked to pose a question to Martinez’s next interview subject, Cody Rhodes, he wanted to know if Rhodes thinks he can be the face of All Elite Wrestling.
The interview with Rhodes was pushed out and the Undisputed WWE Champion stated that he 100 percent believes Darby can be that person. He added that the spot is up for grabs far more than people think.
Rhodes reiterated that he believes in Darby, but he has to be reliable. He brought up Allin’s quest to climb Mount Everest and being hit by a bus. Rhodes said it’s dumb and he cannot hold that title if he’s in a body cast.
So the answer is a guaranteed yes (I believe Darby Allin can be the face of AEW). But, don’t let Darby fool you. He was never insecure and he was never not confident. Darby is almost overconfident and that’s what we do. We talk smack, we wrestle each other. This is entertainment. I don’t mind it but sometimes your overconfidence is actually arrogance, when in his case, instead of it being arrogance, the experience that he’s had. Now with Sting. The experience he’s had seeing the different changes in the company, all of that. That is the experience that you need to lead you to where you see the clarity and you see the moment and go, hey, I can be — I hate using this terminology — but I can be the guy. Absolutely, 100 percent could potentially be the person. But, but, and here’s the but: That spot is available to far more people than we think, in every company. Everyone thinks it’s about, oh, it’s the politics, it’s about who you know. There’s a degree of that in everything, sure. But it’s so much more fair than you think. If you look in the mirror and say, hey, I wanna be in John Cena’s spot. Look at John Cena’s schedule for the day. If you can do it, then perhaps you’re on the path to getting that spot. If you can do it every day, then perhaps you do get the spot. If you can do it every day plus one, then it’s yours and I think it’s a far more fair business than people think so 100 percent but there are other people that I would say that about as well. He certainly shouldn’t be remotely in doubt on whether can do that or not but also, the stupid climbing mountains and getting hit by buses, you can’t be the face of the company if you’re not relied upon, you know what I’m saying? You can’t wrestle anybody and you’re in a body cast. So, that’s dumb. But I say that with love.
Allin had a title opportunity scheduled for AEW Dynamite Grand Slam, but opted to put his title shot on the line against Jon Moxley.
Allin lost the match and now Moxley is headed to the WrestleDream pay-per-view to challenge Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship.
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