With how much success Cody Rhodes has found since returning to WWE in 2022, it’s almost hard to remember that he was once a key figure in All Elite Wrestling.
Having helped form the company, Rhodes was one of the biggest names in the promotion, despite locking himself away from the AEW World Championship in 2019. Before his exit, it seemed the groundwork was being set for Rhodes to become a top heel in the company – and a major match was planned.
Cody Rhodes Had Amazing Offer From AEW To Resign, Included Match With Sting
While speaking with ComicBook.com, Cody Rhodes would reveal plans for him to wrestle The Icon, Sting in AEW. Rhodes had the following to say, as he made these plans public for the first time.
“I was going to wrestle Sting. I don’t think I’ve ever shared that with anybody and nothing was on paper or anything like that. But I can say I got a tremendous offer from AEW creatively, financially, the full package. You won’t hear me say anything bad about AEW or Tony Khan or my time there. It was a tremendous offer, but the offer wasn’t right for me. What I wanted to get back to was the first goal that I ever had, winning the WWE Championship. But yeah, that probably would’ve been the endgame. That’s what had been discussed, was to get one match with one of my heroes, Sting.
And it’s one of those things, you can wrestle one of your heroes or you can work with one of your heroes and he can be the head of creative, you can’t have it all. And I think one thing I do pride myself on as a wrestler is I will make a decision. It might be a left turn, it might be exactly where you think I’m going, but I will make a decision. I will not get stuck because I felt like I’d been stuck early in my career and never want to be that way again.”
Given the quality of the work from both Rhodes & Sting in 2023 – this would have been a very special match. Sting has mainly stuck to tag team wrestling in AEW, but it’s possible this might have been his only singles match for the promotion.
Would you have wanted to see Rhodes vs. Sting? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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