Story about Cody booting Russo from All In weekend once he found out that Conrad booked him for Starrcast
I dont mean to take his accolades away, Cody told us. His name got caught up in a lot of modern issues he had with homophobia and things of that nature. Thats not getting heat, thats being an idiot. Thats being naive. Thats being ignorant. The wrestling world is open to everybody.
The homophobia that Rhodes is referring to stems from yet another Russo rant, this time from a 2017 episode of his show Castrating the Marks, where he infamously criticized male wrestling fans who chant things like this is awesome at WWE and NXT events for homosexually reacting to male wrestlers in a way that he deems abnormal. During the show, he claimed, Men do not react to other men that way. Its not a normal function.
Upon hearing our interview with Cody this weekend, Russo took to his Twitch channel to record an angry, impassioned rant spanning more than 40 minutes entitled (in all caps) VINCE RUSSO ABSOLUTELY OBLITERATES CODY RHODES AND HIS HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS.