10 Most Vicious Personal Insults In Wrestling History

9. Cody Rhodes Burns Disco Inferno Alive

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Disco Inferno is a podcaster with one bad faith take: everything remotely connected to AEW is sh*t.

There are two reasons why Disco does this. The first is at least halfway strategic: the popularity of All Elite Wrestling personally offends a a certain pocket of the wrestling fandom too thick to grasp that, by being so defensive and gotten-to, they are effectively putting the promotion over. These people don't give it the cry-laugh emojis when, for example, DDT and STARDOM draw praise for their shows in 2021. Because those promotions aren't legitimately competing with their beloved WWE. These WWE ultras love the contrarian podcast racket. It validates them.

The more significant reason is that Disco Inferno in 2018 buried Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes for a spot that resulted in the latter suffering a gash just above the eyelid. "Nobody knows how to "work" anymore," he moaned.

In response, Cody killed him so effectively that Disco was forced to spend the rest of his days dedicated to a sad, bitter, and utterly transparent grift:

Disco was not a star. He appeared alongside the real stars during the most popular era of modern wrestling. Cody made this important distinction very clear with the best Twitter promo of all time.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!