Cody Rhodes Goes Big With AEW

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 7 a.m.

Cody Rhodes had a pair of great matches, including a dog collar match, with Brodie Lee just before Brodie\u2019s tragic passing. Cody talks about planning those two matches, how NJPW\u2019s Big Van Vader vs Inoki factored into the squash, the back-up plan for the dog collar match, and why it\u2019s so bittersweet for him to have had the last match of Brodie\u2019s career. Cody also speaks to AEW Dynamite\u2019s first year, the pros and cons, what Dynamite can do better in year 2, his hopes for AEW as a company in 2021, and why he loves his job as EVP. Plus, Cody details his experience on the new TBS series, \u201cGo Big Show,\u201d including what it was like to film in a quarantine situation, working with fellow judges Jennifer Nettles, Snoop Dogg, and Rosario Dawson, and why he believes the show deserves a second season.