(VIDEO): Cody Takes A Surprising Shot At Bayley, Other AEW Star Comments

There’s a random one. This weekend, all of the eyes of the wrestling world will be on Las Vegas, Nevada for AEW’s premiere event, Double Or Nothing. The show marks the first big step that the company has taken and there is almost no way of knowing where things are going to go from here. The weekend also features a convention called Starrcast, where various wrestling personalities were speaking. This included one comment that came out of nowhere.

During a Starrcast panel, Cody spoke about AEW performer Kylie Rae, who is rather similar to WWE’s Bayley. Cody praises Rae and referred to her as a “ball of emotion”, and “not some wacky inflatable tube men pretending to be nice.” The following day, Cody walked back the comments, saying that he meant no harm. Rae also commented on the incident, praising Bayley and saying there would be no Rae without Bayley.

Made a crack about the wacky inflatable tubeman. Meant no harm. She’s awesome. https://t.co/YrzzxHuPmu

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) May 24, 2019

I think what’s hard is that we’ve been instilled for so long to see wrestlers as “gimmicks” rather than genuine human beings.

I genuinely hope to help change this perspective for other fans who want to be themselves and feel comfortable doing it. ?? https://t.co/yCasbQS55h

— KYLIE RAE (@IamKylieRae) May 24, 2019

And of course it’s on tape. Check out Cody’s rather surprising comments:

Opinion: That’s quite the random shot at Bayley, who is hardly considered to be a mean person in wrestling. I can understand the idea of the companies being being against each other, but it feels a bit mean spirited to take a shot at someone who hasn’t exactly done anything wrong as of late. At least Cody did walk them back, which is about all you can do in something like this.

Was Cody being ridiculous here? How many other such comments should be expected? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2000 Monday Nitro and Thunder Reviews Part 1.

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