Cody closed last night’s episode of Dynamite with a promo on Darby Allin building their upcoming match at Full Gear. Then when the show went off the air, he would continue addressing the fans in attendance. After ribbing Billy Gunn, he confirmed the news we reported yesterday, that he could now use his famous surname again. The fans at Daily’s Place would show their delight with the revelation and broke into a spontaneous “Cody Rhodes” chant. Cody would then finish by telling them that “it feels really good to be Cody Rhodes again.”
It was a cool moment and is still available to watch on the FITE stream of the episode as of writing. But for those of you without an AEW Plus subscription on FITE, you can watch it below, thanks to Twitter user @FLWrestlingFan, who was in attendance.
Cody Rhodes lost his surname when he departed WWE in 2016, and from then he had to go just by Cody. On some occasions, he would try to get around this by being introduced with his wife Brandi as “Cody and Brandi Rhodes,” as she has no legal issues using the surname.
Once WWE allowed the trademark to expire earlier this year, Cody would apply for it. Unfortunately for Cody, WWE would file a late renewal and seemingly dashed his hopes of using his legendary surname again. However, while unconfirmed, it’s speculated that Cody and WWE managed to work out a mutually beneficial agreement that saw him drop his trademark applications for “The Match Beyond” and “Slamboree.” In return, WWE relinquished the “Cody Rhodes” trademark.
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