Daniel Bryan also developed a friendship with AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes while they worked in WWE. The two wrestlers shared the WWE locker room for nearly six years and battled many times during that period.
Rhodes left WWE in 2016. A year later, he became World Champion in another promotion. In 2018, Bryan issued what seemed like a challenge for the 36-year-old son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes via Twitter.
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"I don’t think it was a challenge, just fun. Daniel Bryan remains one of my friends (...) I have always looked up to Dan. It would be major, major box office for all involved," Rhodes responded to Bryan's tweet in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan in AEW soon.You would have never thought this would be a reality one day. pic.twitter.com/uHnsLhmTCN
In 2019, Cody Rhodes announced the launch of All Elite Wrestling. In addition to being an in-ring competitor, Rhodes also became one of AEW's Executive Vice Presidents.
Rhodes recently refused to discuss the possibility of AEW signing Daniel Bryan. The former AEW TNT Champion is currently on hiatus from AEW television after losing to Malakai Black at AEW Dynamite: Homecoming earlier this month.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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