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What's the story?
On The Road to All Out - Episode 01 via the Nightmare Family YouTube Channel, Shawn Spears revealed that he hit Cody Rhodes with the chair because he referred to him as a 'good hand.'
In case you didn't know..
At AEW Fyter Fest, Shawn Spears hit Cody Rhodes with a vicious chair shot which left him bleeding across the mat. The shot was unprotected and resulted in Rhodes getting several stitches in the back of his head.
Shawn Spears was also involved in a 6-Man Tag Match at AEW Fight for the Fallen, where he pinned Darby Allin. He also revealed a new t-shirt dubbing himself 'The Chairman' of AEW.
The heart of the matter
One AEW - The Road to All Out - Episode 01, Jim Ross sat down with Shawn Spears to understand why he hit Cody Rhodes with a chair shot. The conversation veered into who Spears trusted in the business, and he revealed that there are only 5 people he trusts. One of them was Cody Rhodes.
He then said that there are things that you don't say in life out of respect to the other person. In the wrestling business, he said that Cody Rhodes broke that rule by referring to him as a 'good hand.' He then claimed that Rhodes changed when he took up the VP role, and that the main reason he wrapped the steel chair around his head was that sometimes, people need to be reminded.
Jim Ross then harkened back to his OVW days where he and Cody Rhodes met. Here's what Shawn Spears said:
He's (Cody) is the leech. It started in OVW, it started with me. He came in and I taught him to wrestle. Those were his words. He has made it public knowledge. And when that ran its course, he went on to bigger and better things. Bob Holly, Ted DiBiase Jr, Damian Sandow... where are those guys now?
He latches on, bleeds it dry and moves on. He's a leech.
Shawn Spears then spoke of the various times he was there for Cody Rhodes and that he has forgotten who he was. He said the chair shot was to show Cody that he bleeds the same color as him. Tully Blanchard then broke up the interview.
What's next?
It looks like a match will happen between Cody Rhodes and Shawn Spears at AEW All Out. It also looks like Tully Blanchard could be his on-screen manager for the foreseeable future. It should be interesting times ahead.
