Major AEW star was told "It's a bad look" after being spotted with Cody Rhodes at WWE event
AEW star Ricky Starks recently opened up about being spotted at WWE Royal Rumble 2023. The Absolute also made an interesting revelation about the visit.
At Royal Rumble 2023, Cody Rhodes made his in-ring return in the Men's Royal Rumble match after recovering from a torn pectoral tendon. The American Nightmare eliminated Gunther to win the match. After the match, a backstage photo was leaked where AEW star Ricky Starks was seen with Rhodes.
In a recent chat on the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, Ricky Starks recalled waking up after Royal Rumble and finding everyone asking him about his visit. He also revealed being told that attending the event was a "bad look."
"You know what’s so funny about that whole situation? First off, yes, I did go see a friend of mine for his match, obviously, because it was an hour away. Secondly, they caught me walking to the bus. So like, Okay. Third off, somebody who worked at Alamo decided to take a video, take that screenshot, and then post it. I remember the next day, Sunday, I woke up and this whole thing was blowing up. I was like what is this? I had people from my job, I had one guy who was like ‘Were you at the Rumble last night?’ I said ‘Yeah and what the f*ck about it?’ He goes ‘Just saying that’s a bad look.’ How is it a bad look? "
The AEW star further revealed that he was only there to visit a friend rather than cause a problem.
"I can’t control somebody taking security footage while I am walking to a bus, I don’t control that. Tell me how that is a bad look. We got people on our own program talking about people in the other company, but me having my security footage exposed is a bad look? Give me a break! It was simply visiting a friend. I was only on the bus. I stayed on the bus. I wasn’t trying to cause any type of issues or anything like that. The whole purpose was I was walking to the bus so I wouldn’t be seen by anybody.” [H/T: chrisvanvliet.com]
Former AEW star Cody Rhodes is the current Undisputed WWE Champion
The American Nightmare won back-to-back Royal Rumble matches in 2023 and 2024. He failed to dethrone Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 39. However, Cody Rhodes came prepared for The Original Tribal Chief at WrestleMania 40.
With some help from Jey Uso, John Cena, and The Undertaker, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns to become the Undisputed WWE Champion. He has had a great title reign thus far and is set to defend the gold against Kevin Owens at Saturday Night's Main Event.
Fans will have to wait and see whether Kevin Owens can defeat Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at the event.