Speaking on Busted Open Radio (per Wrestling Inc), Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer gave their thoughts the way AEW has been booking Dustin Rhodes lately as he is currently one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions alongside Marshall and Ross Von Erich.
Ray: “The straps just went on him the other night. As far as him being on television, he’s used sporadically. Personally if I owned a wrestling company, if I had the pencil, Dustin Rhodes — would he be my world heavyweight champion? Absolutely not. Would he be in major feuds? In blood feuds? In angles that would help younger talent get over long-term, not just for this night? Absolutely. The number one name in professional wrestling right now is Cody Rhodes.”
Dreamer: “I also think Dustin was injured a little bit. I wouldn’t put anyone who’s older on television all the time, ’cause then there’s backlash. I do feel AEW has used veterans very, very well,” Dreamer said. There is ageism in WWE. I think if Dustin was in WWE, I don’t know if he’d even be on television at all, just because of his age.”