As we reported last week here on eWn, WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes has kept his promise to a wrestling fan who he had earlier promised to get tickets to tonight’s AEW Dynamite TV tapings in Philadelphia, PA.
ABC 6 in Philadelphia is running a story today that looks at Tyler Williams and the passing of his older brother back in October. When Rhodes heard about the news of his brother passing away, he promised to get Williams tickets to an AEW event when they came to Philly.
Of course, Rhodes wound up leaving AEW for WWE earlier this year. Despite this, Cody Rhodes did in fact get the fan tickets to tonight’s Dynamite TV tapings.
The article features comments from “The Nightmare” himself where he reveals why he kept his promise and how he’d like to keep doing things like this in the future.
You can check out some highlights below:
On keeping his promise to get the fan tickets: “People come and go and wrestle and change and stars are all around and I’m currently fully on board and committed and all in with WWE as happy as I have ever been. But that does not discount what I helped create. It doesn’t discount my friends that remain there (in AEW) or anything of that nature or fans of that product. I’m not intending on invalidating their experience and I don’t think anyone of this generation is really looking to do that. I think it is important to not get into the weeds, and find the positives, find the people who enjoy what you’re doing and are supporting and following. That’s just a great example of wrestling as an international language. I hope it’s going that direction, that there is more positivity, that it’s not so much about the contrary and opinions selling yourself against it versus just hey, they like what we do. Let me help you see what it is that we do live and in person,”
On also getting Williams tickets to the WWE show: “I tweeted that the night after I returned to WWE, at WrestleMania, ‘wrestling is a love story’ and I think for those who watch sports entertainment, watch wrestling, know exactly what I meant. (The Williams) family being one, and I’m excited that we’re able to get those (AEW) tickets. Now part of this selfishly, I want them to be able to see me wrestle as well. So we’re going to offer the same family the full WWE experience going to the Trenton, New Jersey show, and looks like we’ll just keep it going. We’ll just keep it going. They put it out there on social. Now they’re part of the ‘Nightmare Family.’ So wherever I go, hopefully, they go to.”
