5 times superstars cut great promos after AEW Dynamite went off the air

#4 AEW star Cody Rhodes reveals how he fell in love with wrestling (Feb 20, 2020)

A year after AEW came into existence, Cody Rhodes delivered perhaps the most passionate promo of his entire career. On the February 20th episode of AEW Dynamite, Cody Rhodes faced Wardlow in AEW's first-ever steel cage match in the company's history.

The bout witnessed some gruesome spots, one of which was Cody Rhodes' moonsault from the top of the cage, which helped him win the match.

Hometown audience, steel cage match main event, what a moment this is.Is there a babyface more over with the AEW audience than Cody Rhodes? Good to see Brandi back with Cody also.#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/wKWbwpCfKJ
— Owen @ WrestleNews365 (@365Wrestle) February 20, 2020

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Despite the blood pouring down from his head, the American Nightmare grabbed the mic after the AEW show went off the air to talk about his incredible wrestling journey. Cody Rhodes stated that he didn't know he wanted to be a wrestler, but he saw his father, Dusty Rhodes, getting a big pop from fans, which made him realize that he wanted to become a famous star just like his father.

Rhodes also revealed how fans were too harsh on him in his early days but acknowledged the fact that they made him overcome every obstacle:

"It's about 200 yards away. It's a street called Baker street, and it is the exact spot I fell in love with wrestling. I'm going to tell you why. I came to a show; I could have been 8 years old, and I knew my dad was famous, but I really didn't know why. I didn't grew up in his prime, I didn't get to see a lot of classics, I didn't get to see [Arn Anderson] break his leg. Hey, I didn't get to see it. I didn't know I wanted to be a wrestler, but I knew 'I want to be famous, like he is. When I got into wrestling at 15, when I debuted in 2007, you guys were pretty hard on me. And I can't tell you how much I appreciate you being hard on me, it made me come back week, after week, after week. Somebody asked me earlier if I was going to jump off that cage," he added. "In my home town? You bet your ass, I'm jumping off that cage"

Nothing beats a full house ❤️ Who are we seeing when we hit the road? pic.twitter.com/gaPnH36VAc
— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) June 2, 2021