Mere days ago, Cody Rhodes shared that he had asked for his release from WWE, shocking the professional world.
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It didn't take long for the WWE to acknowledge and oblige his request. Following his release, Rhodes shared months of frustration in one Twitter message.
https://twitter.com/PrinceCGR/status/734501299337584641
Here's the highlights, via Cageside Seats:
"My goal in pro-wrestling has always been to win the WWE Championship(the one accolade in the game my Father never obtained), and for a decade I tried to convince both Vince and HHH that I could be their star-player, their varsity quarterback if you will, but it seems we have reached the point where neither saw that in me.
"In the past 6-months I had pleaded with WWE Creative and both of my bosses to let me roll-the-dice and once again be Cody Rhodes. I had pitched to every writer on 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 and 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."
After slamming the writers, Rhodes note how he made the "Stardust" character something out of nothing, while also expressing frustration over a match being pulled at the last minute:
"Chicken shit into chicken salad became my speciality; and with those worthy opportunities afforded me...I can only hope I fully executed. I've made the walk down the ramp at multiple WrestleManias, and I have had a WrestleMania match cancelled while I stood at the curtain moments before my music hit. I felt like a had a bag of those brass-rings and when it came time for me to cash them in, I find I can't do so."
In the end, Rhodes said goodbye to his friends and that fans.
"Guys like Cesaro, Zack Ryder, Tyler Breeze, KO, Harper, Kofi, Tye, the wasteland and the NC...keep that locker-room clean and keep having a better match than you're supposed to, I do believe the cream rises and hard work prevails.
Again, from the BOTTOM OF MY HEART...thank you. Almost one year ago, the biggest light in my sky was ripped away from me when I lost my Father. As far as the future is concerned though, I'm a wrestler. So that's what I'll do...wrestle."
For now, it seems Rhodes will land elsewhere as a wrestler.
