Cody Shoots On "Toxic" AEW/NXT Divide & Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2020
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Cody has opened up about the ongoing "war" between AEW and NXT fans in an interview with Busted Open Radio.
He said; "I think about this a lot because it's so toxic, and when I say toxic, I mean social media. Social media is becoming an accepted part of our lives now. I keep reminding people about how life was like before we had Instagram and Twitter and what we used to do, it's almost like saying remember when we didn't have cell phones? Social media is not going away so what I've tried to learn from it and study from it is that there is a logic to both sides of this big, deep divided argument. Whether there's a little bit of fear from long-time WWE fans or whether there is a dislike of the bold personalities because we have done some pretty bold things like the breaking of the throne or taking little fun jabs like Chris Jericho did here and there. But, on the other side of that is the defenders of AEW that are kind of overly protective and sometimes being too generous to us because obviously, we are going to slip and make mistakes too. But it's like you said though, if you those people together with one side wearing NXT shirts and the other guys wearing AEW shirts they would get along just fine because they are wrestling fans."
Though his character has repeatedly taken shots at the opposition, he continued to try and draw this distinction with a Tweet relating to the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and an otherwise-convivial relationship with WWE.