{"id":21942,"date":"2016-06-06T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21942"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:44:35","slug":"video-al-snow-explains-cody-rhodes-others-following-advice-view-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/06\/video-al-snow-explains-cody-rhodes-others-following-advice-view-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Al Snow explains Cody Rhodes &#038; others following his advice on how to view WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3860752360\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>C.M. Punk, Wade Barrett, and Cody Rhodes. What do they have in common? They left WWE on their own, thanks in large part to training advice from Al Snow while in OVW.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy for Cody,&#8221; Al Snow told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcpWZrbYzye7-FY4i1ALfVw\" target=\"_blank\">Hannibal TV in a new interview<\/a>. &#8220;The reason I&#8217;m happy for him is one of the lessons I always tried to tell those guys &#8211; make yourself successful enough to where you can get out of the business on your terms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leave when you want to leave the way you want to leave. Not because you have to, or because they released you. Leave on your terms. Be in a situation where you can make the choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Snow also broke down the business relationship between promoter and wrestler, noting\u00a0wrestlers cannot be fired or hired anyways because they&#8217;re not employees. So, if you&#8217;re not advancing on\u00a0WWE TV and not happy with your position in the story, why not leave and go somewhere else?<\/p>\n<p>Snow said one of his frustrations is wrestlers and\/or fans seeing WWE as the end-all, be-all destination. Snow foresees Cody wrestling\u00a0other places, enhancing his own brand\/product, and potentially returning\u00a0down the road to be part of the next wave\u00a0of WWE storylines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cody could come back, and maybe for Cody it might be the best thing for him (to leave),&#8221; Snow said. &#8220;The best thing that ever happened for me in my\u00a0career was to go somewhere else and actually get a chance to reinvent myself and come\u00a0back, brand-new, as a different product that I can re-sell all again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Snow added, &#8220;WWE is the biggest stage you can perform on, but if you use the stage correctly, you can now sell your product in other places because you&#8217;ve established the biggest audience you could possibly establish. And then you can always come back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re not in a place that you want to be in, instead of spinning your wheels, leave. And then at some point another opportunity comes up. That&#8217;s the way it works. 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