In a recent interview with Busted Open Radio, All Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes discussed AEW World Champion Jon Moxley’s recent appearance at GCW: Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, as well as AEW talents appearing for other promotions.

“You can’t put a saddle on a mustang, people need this, they want to experience other worlds and no contract in AEW is a blanket contract, everybody can go different places, the bridges are down, the doors are open. It makes for a, I know the classic saying in wrestling is perception is reality, but in 2020-2021, it kind of feels more like reality is reality, because we can see so many more wrestlers, just via social media and just these different platforms, so you can’t just say you’re the best anymore, you have to get out there.

I love when Jon makes the move out there and does something like that, he always represents AEW really highly because he always represents himself really highly, so that was a cool thing and I think you’ll see that as long as AEW is around, I can never see the doors closing or the bridges going up, it’s just not the type of culture Tony’s helped create and not the type of place we work.”

The interview is available in full at this link.