When Arn checked up on Cody, the subject of them working together again did not come up.
Joining Dave LaGreca, Nic Nemeth and Thunder Rosa on Busted Open was Arn Anderson. As the conversation moved along, he was asked about the idea of reuniting with Cody Rhodes in WWE.
Anderson expressed that he does not know how much time he has left in wrestling or on the earth. He is dedicating whatever time he has left to helping further his son Brock Anderson’s career. He added that he’s not interested in catching flights unless he has to.
Arn and Rhodes have yet to have a discussion about linking up for another run. He did text Rhodes to check up on him and Brandi Rhodes, but their conversation did not have anything to do with working together on-screen.
I wonder what that was about. What was he setting me up for on that deal? (Anderson said in response to Cody Rhodes’ positive comments about him)
I did, I did (hear what Rhodes said) and I was very, very humbled and appreciative and he’s right. It’s like, when I left WWE, I was prepared to be retired. Maybe do a couple of little Comic-Cons here and there. I’d had enough. Jesus Christ, 42 years in the business is enough, and guys, I was never without a job and I’m saying that positive and negative. I worked straight through 42 years. There was never a gap of a year or here or there, six months while I was out of work so, I was ready to be retired and when he called me, said, ‘Man, we got this new company and this is gonna be something cool. Why don’t you come up here and let’s talk and come to our pay-per-view and let’s talk about this’ and it was the last time that I had real fun in the business. He allowed me to have some fun on my way out, which I thought I was way past that so I was very appreciative of that.
In case you don’t know, I am 65 and my liver is 127. I am on short time and I don’t have a lot of time, probably on the planet, much less in the business. But, I am dedicating whatever time I have left in one way or the other to helping my son Brock (Anderson), who is breaking in, get a spot in the business with some company and get established and help him get to a position where he can make a living, he could contribute and be a valuable asset to whatever company that uses him. That’s what I wanna dedicate whatever time I have left for. If that means what we’re doing now, we’re running around, driving to some indies and people that are using us. A.M.L., thank you. Just whatever shots that are in driving range that are plausible. I don’t wanna get on a plane these days unless I just have to-to be honest with you so if I can drive it and he can drive it, let’s do it and we’ll just go around and exercise our name to help these young, independent promotions maybe draw a few more people. But, would I come back in the right situation for a short-term something with Cody? If anybody out there thinks it’s a good idea, let me know, I don’t know. That would be something because he and I never had that conversation, and after that thing blew up just a couple weeks ago or whenever it was coming off you guys’ show, that blew up and it was like, okay, ‘He’s coming back…’ And I sent him a text and his wife has been ill, asked how she was, asked how he was, ‘Everything going okay?’ And we had a couple of texts back-and-forth and it never came up. So I went, ‘Maybe that was just him testing waters himself, when he threw that out there.’ I’m not sure. I was honored and flattered of the things he said, but it’s all true and that’s the way I handle Cody. ‘Hey, you’re the star of the show. Go out there and act like one.’
Anderson’s contract with All Elite Wrestling expired at the end of May. He had been with the company dating back to 2019 and was paired with Rhodes as his on-screen manager.
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