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#4. AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes
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Daniel Bryan also developed a friendship with AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes while they worked in WWE. The two wrestlers shared the WWE locker room for nearly six years and battled many times during that period.
Rhodes left WWE in 2016. A year later, he became World Champion in another promotion. In 2018, Bryan issued what seemed like a challenge for the 36-year-old son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes via Twitter.
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"I don’t think it was a challenge, just fun. Daniel Bryan remains one of my friends (...) I have always looked up to Dan. It would be major, major box office for all involved," Rhodes responded to Bryan's tweet in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
In 2019, Cody Rhodes announced the launch of All Elite Wrestling. In addition to being an in-ring competitor, Rhodes also became one of AEW's Executive Vice Presidents.
Rhodes recently refused to discuss the possibility of AEW signing Daniel Bryan. The former AEW TNT Champion is currently on hiatus from AEW television after losing to Malakai Black at AEW Dynamite: Homecoming earlier this month.
