Dustin Rhodes has been on a resurrengence since his fantastic match against his brother Cody at Double or Nothing.
The former WWE Intercontinental Champion hasn’t been silent on his unhappiness regarding his final run in WWE, previously expressing his frustrations on not being used by the company. Rhodes digs deeper over his situation with the company during his talk with Inside the Ropes as the former WWE star compares his last run with the company to prison (transcript courtesy of
fightful.com):
"A lot of people hate their jobs, and a lot of people love their jobs. I love pro wrestling. It's my first love. For the past four years with WWE, I kind of lost my passion," revealed Dustin.
"Let's face it, you're sitting in the back and not doing anything and it's hard and frustrating when you have so much to give but time is running out because you're getting older.”
“It sucks when you're not being picked, and you're pitching these ideas to the writers and Vince, and nothing happens. I wanted to do something with substance. Whether I deserved it or not, I don't know, but that's what I wanted. That's where my passion was and I lost it along the way. I wanted out. It was hard to get out. It's like prison. It really is. It's one of the prisons that they take good care of you in, but I needed to go and do something else. They had taken good care of me but I needed to get out, breathe, and find my passion again."
"[AEW] fell into my lap with [Cody]. When you push for something for so hard, for so long, and they look you dead in the eye and tell you, 'that's not good enough to be on the big show.' It [frick]ing pissed me off. I knew in my heart of hearts that they were wrong. I proved that [at Double or Nothing]."
Dustin is currently scheduled to team with Cody to take on The Young Bucks at AEW Fight for the Fallen in July. Check out the full video below of the statement that the former Intercontinental champion made above.