At last year’s Fyter Fest, Cody Rhodes took a hellacious chair shot to the head from Shawn Spears, which left him requiring ten stitches, and AEW was heavily criticized at the time, Many fans felt chair shots should be left in the past, and the risk of CTW was too great. Now speaking to the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Cody would reveal why having a chair shot in the first place was he wanted to bring back “chair shots to the head back for the boys” but safely. He would liken it to Captain America, hitting people on the head with his Shield in a movie. You can listen to his full rationale below.
While the chair was gimmicked by sanding it down, so it was more like a cookie sheet; Spears swung from the side and hit Cody with a back bar, causing the damage. Spears would get reprimanded by Tony Khan and Jon Moxley backstage, but Cody took the blame and told Spears how to swing the chair.
Thankfully Cody didn’t suffer a concussion and hasn’t taken an unprotected chair shot to the head since.
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