Arn Anderson addresses possible reunion with Cody Rhodes in WWE

Arn Anderson says he hasn’t spoken with Cody Rhodes about possibily reuniting in WWE.

Rhodes made headlines last month when he appeared on Busted Open Radio and said he was potentially looking for “a classic wrestling manager” to be by his side. The following week, Anderson revealed on his podcast that his AEW contract expired on May 31. Considering the timing of Rhodes’ comments and Anderson’s contract expriing, many fans felt Rhodes was teasing a reunion with Anderson in WWE.

Anderson appeared as a guest on Busted Open Radio on Friday and was asked about the possibility of managing Rhodes again. He responded by saying that whatever he does in the industry moving-forward will be in an effort to help his son, Brock Anderson, get established in the business.

“Well, in case you don’t know, I am 65 and my liver is 127,” Anderson said. “I am on short-time and I don’t have a lot of time probably on the planet, much less in the business. But I am dedicating whatever time I have left in one way or the other to helping my son Brock, who is breaking in, get a spot in the business with some company and get established and help him get to a position where he can make a living, can contribute and be a viable asset to whatever company uses him. That’s what I want to dedicate whatever time I have left for.”

He continued to say he’s not sure if he would come back for a short-term reunion with Rhodes.

“Would I come back in the right situation for a short-term something with Cody? If anybody out there thinks it’s a good idea let me know, I don’t know. That would be something because he and I have never had that conversation,” Anderson continued.

Anderson said he recently had contact with Rhodes when he texted him to check in on the health of Brandi Rhodes, who had surgery for stage four endometriosis last month, and the topic of reuniting their act never came up.

“After (Rhodes’ comments about wanting a manager) blew up just a couple of weeks ago or whatever it was coming off you guys’ show, I mean, that blew up and it was like, ‘Okay, he’s coming back.’ And I sent him a text, his wife has been ill, asked how she was, asked how he was, ‘Everything going okay?’ And we had a couple of texts back-and-forth and it never came up. So, I went maybe that was just him testing the waters himself when he threw that out there, I’m not sure. I was honored, flattered of the things he said, but it’s all true and that’s the way I handled Cody, you know, ‘Hey, you’re the star of the show, go out there and act like one.'”

Rhodes’ comments about wanting a classic manager came shortly after a contract signing segment he had on SmackDown with Logan Paul. He suggested that he was a little jealous of Paul’s entourage at the time.

“One of the reasons I liked having Arn Anderson around me was the same reason I would have loved to have my dad around me. Because I’ll tell you I’m lucky, and I’ll tell you how hard I work, and I’ll tell you how grateful I am. And that is true. But it was nice to have a guy over my shoulder say what you just said,” Rhodes said. “Say, ‘We’re not apologizing for greatness. Mediocrity loves company and we’re not joining that company.’ Like — it was nice to have that voice in your ear.”

“It was something I actually missed when Logan and I were doing this contract signing, to see him flanked by so many people,” Rhodes continued. “I don’t know, maybe I’m looking for the classic wrestling manager to join me on this title reign.”