AEW's Cody Rhodes: "We're Not Doing What's Been Done Before"

Cody Rhodes has ambitious plans for 2022 and the three-time TNT Champion noted his future won't walk "the path that you think."

Speaking on Sammy Guevara's vlog, The American Nightmare noted he was thankful for everything from his mother to Diet Coke in a somewhat heelish promo before he hinted at plans for the upcoming year.

"I'm thankful to Sammy [Guevara]. He said in an interview backstage that he would carry me and he did. He did carry me for a moment. He had me on his shoulders in kind of a Torture Rack-like position, turned it into a GTS manoeuvre. That's his special thing, his big finish, and I kicked out. So I am thankful to him for that. I am thankful for me, for all the sacrifices I've made and all the hard work I've been doing since I was 15 having literally never taken a day off. Nepotism my ass," Cody began.

"I'm thankful for Diet Coke. At every party you're there when people are eating gluttonously and drinking and you have to sit there and sip that Diet Coke and spit Twizzlers into a red solo cup because you can't actually consume them so you can look good with your shirt off. I'm thankful for those sacrifices that have put me in a position to have almost immeasurable wealth as a wrestler, NFL-level wealth as a wrestler," he continued.

"I am thankful for that because my mother told me that if I quit WWE I was screwed and well, of course, I'm thankful to my mother... I'm just really overall thankful for everything. I have no complaints.

"I am thankful to the fans that cheer me and I am thankful to the fans that boo me because both sets of fans are getting ready to go on a ride that is just bizarre and not the path that you think. We're not doing what's been done before," Cody added.

While a babyface for his entire AEW run so far, Rhodes has displayed more heelish tendencies in recent months and he defeated Sammy Guevara on Christmas Day to become the first three-time TNT Champion.