Cody Rhodes

The former AEW executive vice president returned to WWE after six years away and returned to a huge ovation as he battled and defeated Seth Rollins on Night One ...

But yes, Triple H and I spoke right before my match, I was very excited to see him,” Rhodes concluded. I was very loud and vociferous and very angry. “And I think Triple H did it in such a Triple H fashion. I get to be me?! Especially come from where I had left here, there is nothing to be angry about. “Also to see him healthy.

Cody Rhodes got the full big-surprise treatment both in front of the camera and behind the scenes at WrestleMania.

I understand that now as an adult, but as a kid, that was the only reason I ever wanted to get in, so that I could get what he didn’t get.” It was a personal matter and we couldn’t move past it.” They were printed as fact and it’s been a very difficult two months to see that, when the reality is it was just time. “It was such a unique experience.” “You chase ’em, you chase ’em. It’s a moment I’ll never forget.” The former All Elite Wrestling executive vice president was hunkered down in his bus with wife Brandi and young daughter Iris Saturday until it was time to perform.

WWE has posted a video documenting the behind-the-scenes footage leading to Cody Rhodes' return at WrestleMania.

WWE has released some brilliant behind-the-scenes footage from Cody Rhodes highly-anticipated WWE return during WrestleMania 38 in Dallas last ngiht.

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Cody Rhodes has revealed that his multi-year WWE contract is "the most complex contract ever drawn out in the history of our game."

I didn’t know what a contract was, I think I was 19 when I was in OVW. Now it’s a different story; it’s no longer, ‘this has to be a certain way.’ And the perception of is all over the place. I got everyone here with me tonight [for WrestleMania Saturday]. They bet on me, so I’m going to bet on WWE. I’m really looking forward to it.”

Cody Rhodes stated numerous times in recent years that he plans to wrestle only until he's 40. 'The American Nightmare' will be 37 this coming June and his ...

And the kicker was I was a bad guy, so it's a lot of falling down. It's a lot on your body and I just didn't want to have the saddle walk, I didn't want to not be able to pick up my kid," Rhodes told ComicBook. But I think maybe 40. Because I was the king of absolutes for the last six years and a lot of them are coming back to bite me in the a—. Which is fine, we change our minds. But here's what some people forget about me — I was in the WWE system at 19, 20, and I was on the road full-time, never one weekend off, except when I tore my trap and that was three weeks. "The American Nightmare" will be 37 this coming June and his new contract with WWE has been confirmed to be a multi-year deal.

Cody Rhodes is back in WWE after an incredible performance at WrestleMania 38 and the former Intercontinental Champion has big goals for this run in WWE.

I understand that now as an adult, but as a kid, that was the only reason I ever wanted to get in, so that I could get what he didn’t get.” I didn’t want to be a 15-time TNT Champion and hold the belt hostage.“I wanted to move on to a different piece of leather. “I’m so proud of AEW. I’m so proud of Matt, Nick, and Kenny, and I really want to see Tony move forward, no bad blood, in the best of ways and all the respect in the world, but the decision to come here was the easiest decision I ever made.”“It was just time. It’s not so much about, ‘this has to be this way,’ it was just more of, I was the Executive Vice President of AEW, one of the founding fathers.“I wanted to make sure that leaving, it was with the utmost respect and not, I hope no one is lazy enough here, which no one is, to make AEW jokes or bingo hall references or anything like that. It has to be Kingdom. It has to be The American Nightmare.’”“To hear Vince say, ‘Well, it’s not broke. Had that meeting not led to anything, had it just been a conversation about ‘wrestling, sports entertainment, so fun,’ just a conversation on that, it would have been great closure on the last loop.”“I left here on the worst of terms. And to go further with it, I actually don’t think there’s a close second. I was 19 when I went to OVW. Now, it’s a different story. For my family, there is something we never got, and I want to be the one to get it.” Cody went on to win the TNT Title in AEW, but when his deal expired earlier this year, he put out a statement that he was leaving AEW. “One of the most special parts of it was Bruce (Prichard) and the Chairman himself [Vince McMahon] flew down to meet me. You spend all the time trying to prove the people wrong who doubted you and prove people right who were on board with you.

Cody Rhodes speaks about his WWE return and reveals he had a conversation with Triple H just prior to his return match at WrestleMania 38.

I gotta do me and that doesn’t mean not listening to these individuals who have knowledge because all the books if you want to get over in wrestling are usually just here. Just to work and compete without fear because the worst that can happen is you say sorry it won’t happen again but you’ve got to go out. I’m not going to be rude to anybody but I look forward to the first writer to come up to me, I can’t wait. Look around, there’s 50 people monitoring this interview, there’s the Chairman himself, there’s guys like Hunter, there’s Stephanie, there’s dynamic figures, Nick Khan. When you’re a kid, that’s scary even though you talk in the rental cars, I was a kid and to be able to come here and having known what works for me and keeping the disruptive things that I do. I think if anything I want to present myself without fear because when I was here I was a kid, I was scared. The kids are good and now I want to go and do something for me.