4 Superstars who refused huge WWE offers in 2018

Triple H and Shawn Michaels
Triple H and Shawn Michaels

#1 Cody Rhodes

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Cody Rhodes refused a huge offer from WWE in 2018
Cody Rhodes refused a huge offer from WWE in 2018

Cody Rhodes, or known as Cody now, was a part of the WWE for almost a decade, but quit in 2016 after being frustrated with the creative direction that his character was going towards.

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He wrestled in the indies, as well as NJPW and ROH, before he signed with AEW in 2019, joining The Young Bucks as executive vice president of the new promotion.

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Like The Young Bucks, Cody was also rumoured to have been offered a huge contract from the WWE to return to the WWE, but Cody confirmed that he had passed on a WWE offer late in 2018.

Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer reported that Cody rejected a multi-year deal worth "seven figures", before signing with AEW, where he will have a huge say in the creative direction of the new promotion.

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