Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes says he will never root against AEW. Cody Rhodes was a founding Executive Vice President of AEW, and he was arguably the face of the company. He left AEW in February 2022,

Former AEW cornerstone and current Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes, has openly stated his enduring support for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Having played a critical role in the establishment of AEW,

Rhodes was one of the founding fathers of AEW, working as both a wrestler and executive vice president of the Tony Khan-owned company. But he departed the promotion in 2022 and is now the top champion in WWE. Rhodes has always said that he left AEW because of a "personal issue," though he's never gone into detail about what that issue was.

As the new WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes has been doing a ton of media to promote his spot at the promotion's top star, especially as he gears up for his first Premium Live Event title defense at Backlash this weekend against AJ Styles.