Cody Rhodes has finally clarified what was meant to happen when Shawn Spears hit him in the head with a steel chair.

In a few months, AEW will have technically been around for two years. A lot has happened to the promotion during those two years, most of it good. However, there have been a few things that haven't gone to plan. It's a brand new company, there are going to be a few hiccups. The first of those hiccups came in the form of something that has been unofficially outlawed from mainstream wrestling.

Chair shots to the head. They were commonplace 20 to 30 years ago. However, having learned of the lasting effects those chair shots were having on wrestlers, most companies have decided to leave them in the past. It's a decision most fans have been on board with for years. That's why it came as quite a shock when Shawn Spears smashed Cody Rhodes in the head with a steel chair at Fyter Fest 2019.

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Not only did the shot to the head look incredibly nasty, but it also left Rhodes with blood pouring out of the back of his head. The backlash that followed only worsened when different people at AEW tried to defend the decision in a variety of different ways. More than a year later, Rhodes has explained everything on AEW's very own Unrestricted podcast.

Rhodes explained that the chair was indeed gimmicked. It has been sanded down resemble a cookie sheet. However, Spears swung it in such a way that the bar at the top of the chair hit Rhodes in the back of the head, busting him open. The EVP admitted he wanted to try and prove that chair shots to the head could still be done safely, but he failed in his attempt to prove that.

An interesting tidbit from the build to the chair shot included Tony Khan insisting that he take the chair shot too. Rhodes revealed on the podcast that they gimmicked two chairs and Khan tried to insist that he take a shot with one first to make sure it was safe. Rhodes talked him out of it. Sounds like the leader of AEW may have been inspired by Vince McMahon who many have said will never ask his wrestlers to do something he wouldn't do himself.

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