During a recent appearance on “The Universal Wrestling Podcast,” former WWE referee Mike Chioda commented on Cody Rhodes jumping ship from AEW to WWE, what he believes All Elite Wrestling needs for talent management going forward, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Cody Rhodes jumping ship from AEW to WWE: “AEW’s got a hell of a lot of talent over there right now. I was shocked to see Cody go back, I really was. When Cody started with Tony Khan, this whole starting AEW, I was just shocked that Cody went back and Tony Khan let him go. So you knew there was things going haywire up on the top already before all this.”
On what AEW needs for talent management going forward: “I think they’ll work it out. You got a lot of old-school talent. You got Big Show. You got Regal there! You know, make somebody the Head of Talent Relations. I wouldn’t bring in Johnny Laurinaitis, but you need a guy that’s always been there to take the heat like Johnny Laurinaitis or Jim Ross and so forth to handle your talent. And that’s what Vince did, he always had somebody to handle the talent.”
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