AEW Star Almost Debuted In Cody Rhodes’ Final Match
Cody Rhodes wanted to debut an AEW star in his final match.
On January 26, 2022, Cody Rhodes wrestled his last match in AEW, losing a wild Ladder Match to Sammy Guevara, who walked away with the TNT Championship.
The special Beach Break episode of Dynamite also featured the AEW debut of Danhausen. The star made a surprise appearance during the Lights Out Match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy. Cole pulled the face-painted star from under the ring after trying to grab a chair.
However, the popular indie star was nearly part of Rhodes’ All Elite farewell.
During a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Danhausen revealed that Rhodes wanted him to have a cameo in his match if plans with Cole and Cassidy fell through. The star went on to praise the now-Undisputed WWE Champion for trying to help him out.
“So I was signed with the broken leg. I’d been talking to them a little bit, I would say within the last week or two before that. Then I showed up because I think I messaged Brody [King] and I was like, ‘Hey, you’re kind of close. I’m just sitting at home with a broken leg, am I able to come just say hello to people?’
And he goes, ‘I’ll ask.’ I think that was just, yeah, that’s fine. Then just, you know, you go through the motion, you sign up, just so they know who you are and everything.
I was there. I think that was the day where Cody asked and he goes, ‘Hey, are you doing something tonight?’ I’m not dressed as Danhausen at this point. I’m just probably in one of my boots or something. I was like, I mean I always have my stuff just in case, but I got a broken leg and I don’t work here so I don’t know.
He goes, ‘All right. Well, let me know. We’ll get you something if you’re not.’ I was like, Oh, wow.
So I think Cody was going to do something with the Sammy Guevara match, which I think wound up being his last match for the TNT title. So I think they were gonna pull me out on a ladder if the thing with Orange and Adam Cole didn’t happen, he was just gonna figure out a way to get me in his match to get me on and I was like well that’s awesome.
But we wound up doing the Adam Cole, Orange Cassidy spot, which was similar, but same thing. All that I could really do was I could curse him. I can’t really do anything. I can’t run, I can kind of hobble around.”
Cody Rhodes Set For Ladder Match Challenge
At the Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes will put his Undisputed WWE Title on the line in a Ladder Match against Kevin Owens. A recent contract signing at Saturday Night’s Main Event went totally off the rails, with Shawn Michaels hitting Sweet Chin Music on Owens.
The bout will be Rhodes’ first Ladder Match since that clash with Guevara.
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