Former WWE Superstar Val Venis is a stranger to controversy. Venis has made headlines once again as he recently made comments about AEW star Nyla Rose being a man portraying a woman and winning the AEW Women’s Championship.

I never claimed #NylaRose was cheating. Its scripted & could be a heat seeking story line when portrayed responsibly. My position was & still is that portraying a biological MAN winning the Womens championship is not something to portray as moral, ethical or logical. Here is why https://t.co/Z6Evz1YkPV pic.twitter.com/yGlOuwfawt — Val Venis #DigiByte (@ValVenisEnt) February 16, 2020

AEW’s own Cody Rhodes recently took part in a media call and Wrestling Inc. asked Cody about Venis’ recent comments about Rose.

“It’s just disappointing. If you’re somebody that grew up liking Val Venis – he’s kinda like the Disco Inferno of WWE as I don’t think anyone really knows who Val Venis is anymore – but it’s disappointing. I don’t think he actually means the terrible things he put in writing; I think he’s just trying to get a booking. We’re not booking Val Venis and you’re not gonna be booked anywhere near us.”

“I’m not giving Val Venis any oxygen when it comes to Nyla Rose. Nyla won the championship because she was the best woman at AEW and that’s just it. I think we should all just stop hitting the ball back to those people. It’s 2020 and everybody should love everybody in some capacity.”

Click here to listen to Cody’s comments.