Cody Rhodes Responds To WWE Using 'Great American Bash' & Other Dusty Creations
The AEW EVP on WWE's continued use of his father's original ideas.
Cody Rhodes has no issue with WWE using his father Dusty Rhodes' greatest creations - as long as they do them justice.
The AEW Executive Vice President said as much on Wednesday. Responding to a fan who had suggested WWE should give the 'Great American Bash' show name to Cody and Dustin for use in AEW, Cody pointed out that WWE owns the rights to this and a number of other Dusty creations, but he can't feel bitter about his dad's legacy being honoured:-
Business is business. They have the rights to many of Dusty’s greatest creations. My hope is that they do them justice and I will never be bitter about his legacy being honored and a whole new generation seeing he was a genius w/lasting concepts. https://t.co/vKSoyTZCdm
Advertisement— Cody (@CodyRhodes) July 6, 2021
WWE has owned the trademark for 'The Great American Bash' since July 2019. This enables them to legally run the show, with WarGames, another Dusty creation, a regular fixture on NXT's annual calendar.
Cody has filed trademark applications for a number of his father's old ideas in the past, though he abandoned his attempts at acquiring the WarGames-adjacent 'The Match Beyond' and 'Slamboree', an old WCW pay-per-view, in November 2020, after WWE had issued notices of opposition.
Rhodes recent abandoned his quest to trademark 'The American Dream', but revived Dusty's old nickname to face Anthony Ogogo at AEW Double Or Nothing 2021 in May nonetheless.