Cody Rhodes On Leaving AEW For WWE, Meeting With Vince, WrestleMania 39 Loss To Roman Reigns

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the premiere of "American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes" in Atlanta, GA. He talks about his decision to leave AEW and go back to WWE, wrestling Seth Rollins with a torn pec at HIAC, how the meeting with Vince McMahon went before he re-signed with WWE, how the "WOAH" in his entrance caught on, the origins of "Finish the story", the biggest things that have changed in WWE since he left in 2016, his new documentary which debuts on Peacock on July 31 and much more! Use the code CVV to get a 50% welcome bonus at http://mybookie.ag Quote I'm thinking about: "All great changes are preceded by chaos" - Deepak Chopra For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleley!
0:07.9	Oh, we got a good one here today.
0:10.6	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:14.4	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:16.4	So good to see you here.
0:17.7	This interview has been a long time coming.
0:23.3	It's been four years since the last time I sat down with Cody Rhodes. It was May of 2019. It was three days before AEW's very first show,
0:30.2	double or nothing. We did that interview in Miami. Of course, the show was in Las Vegas.
0:35.1	A lot has changed since then. Of course, the biggest being the three letters
0:39.1	that he works for, it was AEW at the time. Now it's WWE. And we did this interview in person
0:45.2	in Atlanta. I flew there for the premiere of Cody's new documentary called American Nightmare
0:50.9	Becoming Cody Rhodes. It comes out on Peacock on July 31st, and it's fantastic.
0:56.8	It's so good. Gives you the full scope of who Cody is and his whole story here, beginning with
1:04.2	growing up the son of the late, great American dream, Dusty Rhodes, becoming a state champion
1:09.6	in amateur wrestling. And then I think a part of his
1:12.1	story, which a lot of people don't focus on or maybe don't even know about, he moved to Hollywood
1:16.0	to focus on becoming an actor. That didn't work out. And then he moved home and then got into the
1:22.6	family business, if you will, of wrestling. That led to him signing with WW and OVW.
1:30.1	It was OVW first, then he made his debut in WWE, Stardust, leaving WWE, starting this new company.
1:37.6	He keeps calling it the alternative company in the documentary, but it really dives into like
1:42.9	starting AEW, his decision to leave AEW,
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