WWE: Cody Rhodes on His WWE Return Was a Big Gamble & He Had a “Good Gig” in AEW, Rey Mysterio Injury Update, AJ Styles Files New Trademarks

Cody Rhodes Comments on His WWE Return Was a Big Gamble & He Had a “Good Gig” in AEW

A recent episode of the Six Feet Under with The Undertaker podcast featured Cody Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about how his return to WWE in 2022 was a big gamble for him and him leaving a “good gig” he had in AEW.

“I was presented as if I never existed there in a way. I was presented as this fully polished ready….if you didn’t know and you were this young kid watching you were like, ‘that’s so cool’ and you jumped right in. If you did (know), you were rewarded for knowing the journey. The situation, looking back at it now, so many things were happening. I had two television shows on Warner Media. I had to juggle that. I had to really weigh it out. Obviously, opportunity is amazing, but I had to weigh it out. ‘Is this a mistake? They didn’t see it the first time. They saw a little, but they didn’t see it.’ You think the first time leaving was the biggest mistake ever. Coming back, my fear was, ‘this could be the biggest gamble of all.’ I had a good gig. Contrary to what you hear, I had a good gig. I had an executive job. I loved the Bullet Club guys. Evolving and moving myself forward, it was a lot to weigh out. had I gone and belly flopped in the pool, it wouldn’t have hurt WWE at all. It would have been, ‘See, he wasn’t. He was little league all along.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Rey Mysterio Injury Status Update

As noted before, Rey Mysterio suffered a shoulder-related injury at this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that was later revealed to not be serious in nature. Mysterio recently revealed that he has traveled to Saudi Arabia for this weekend’s WWE SmackDown and Royal Rumble shows in Riyadh.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Mysterio is actually currently dealing with a rib injury and not a shoulder injury.

Johnson reported that the severity of Mysterio’s injury nor if it will prevent him from competing in the Men’s Royal Rumble match are currently not known.

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AJ Styles Files New Trademarks

AJ Styles filed new trademarks for “The Phenomenal AJ Styles” and his P1 logo on January 28th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

In the trademark filings, it was stated that Styles, real name Allen Jones, has used the “Phenomenal” nickname since 2001 and the P1 logo since 2012.

Portion of trademark filing:

Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Providing online interviews featuring professional wrestler and sports entertainer in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes.”