Cody Rhodes Admits He And Tony Khan Were "Drifting Apart"

Cody Rhodes has given several interviews since his WWE return at WrestleMania 38 and The American Nightmare has delved into why he departed All Elite Wrestling - the promotion he founded - in February 2022.

Immediately following his debut, an interview with Cody noted he quit AEW because "it was just time," before he alluded to a personal matter that both parties were unable to move past.

Speaking with Ariel Helwani for BT Sport, Cody commented further on the personal matter, revealing he felt he and AEW President Tony Khan were "drifting apart."

"Unfortunately, I can't comment on the personal matter itself. Tony Khan, who I have genuine respect for and I hope history is really kind to because he bankrolled this entire grassroots movement that was starting in ROH and then All In happened, then, of course, AEW happened and then he was able to buy that footage back. I felt like we were drifting apart. It just genuinely felt like it was time. I can't comment on the personal nature of it but it was nothing nefarious or scandalous, just we couldn't agree. Nothing but respect for him, his family, the infrastructure there," Cody said.

"I don't know if he'll ever share ultimately what went down but it was nothing crazy. It just was a rather easy decision. Hard, and hard to explain to the fans, which we didn't, and hard to explain to the talent because one week I was there and the next week Ricky Starks and QT [Marshall] are bringing in bags and getting all my stuff out of the box and making the biggest scene they possibly could instead of being discreet as I asked them to," he continued.

"I had a wonderful experience there and I feel the experience had maxed out. You never want to start getting into a situation where the love goes away. I know Matt, Nick, and Kenny, I don't know if they sit in circles and hate on me or talk poorly about me, I hope they wouldn't but if they don't know, I try to tell them on a regular basis, I absolutely love those guys."

After his second WWE debut, Cody also noted that he believes he is the best wrestler in the world and wants to win the WWE Championship, the title his father Dusty Rhodes was never able to capture.

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