WWE News and Rumors: Cody Rhodes' Takes the WWE Creative Team to Task in Statement on his Voluntary Release
Over the past few days, the WWE universe was engaged in speculation as to the real reason behind the sudden request by super star Cody Rhodes to be released from his contract and most people were under the impression that the star was simply too overwhelmed with the pressures of the business and simply needed a break. However, the star put all the speculation to bed by publishing a statement on Twitter in which he touched upon a range of topics that made him come to the decision to ask for a release and one of the issues included his problems with the WWE creative team.
Cody Rhodes was not happy with the character Stardust that he had to play for some time and wanted to go back to his original character, however the creative team would not do it. "In the past 6-months I had pleaded with WWE Creative adn both of my bosses to let me roll-the-dice and once again be Cody Rhodes. I had pitched to every writer on the staff like a door-to-door salesman on "how" & "why" & "when"...and believe me, there are many of those who sought to help me (Brian James, Nick, Faz, J Russo, Dave K, JBL&Cole for letting me go wild on their YouTube show and a few others I'm sure) but for all that, both "head writers" of RAW & Smackdown (one pretending to be Brian Gewirtz and the other too busy hitting on developmental divas) continued to not return my pitches or e-mails, and in face-to-face encounters tried to big league me by pretending to be on their clearly powered-off laptops...barely willing to listen to an idea I considered beneficial to more than one talent. What's that expression? Don't take no for an answer...what do you do when you don't get an answer at all?"
He praised the WWE management for helping him throughout his career, "Both HHH and Vince McMahon have given me many fun and challenging opportunities in my career, and I showed my gratitude by always pushing for the best segment I could create, the most interest I could generate. They gave me the chance to train on the job with some of the most brilliant minds in our world (gentlemen like Arn Anderson and Fit Finlay)."
