When it was announced Arrow alum Stephen Amell was trading in his superhero suit for a pair of tights on the pro wrestling drama Heels, coming to Starz later this year, many fans wondered how quickly AEW star Cody Rhodes would sign onto the project. After all, the two are friends and have worked together before. Don't expect to see Cody in Season 1 of Heels, though--and for a very good reason.

"I actually don't ever see me being on a show that's about wrestling because that's just too much wrestling," he explained during an appearance on GameSpot's professional wrestling podcast Wrestle Buddies to promote AEW Double or Nothing. "I don't think I could live in a world where I was wrestling within wrestling. There's too much wrestling in my life. So for me, as Heels goes, I would rather if I was ever on the show be a slimy promoter or a [drunk] fan in the front row or an anti-wrestling personality, things like that. I don't think I'll ever put on tights in a television format ever. It's just too much wrestling for me."

It also hits a little close to home for Rhodes. "I looked at the script for Heels two years ago--maybe three years ago now--and was terrified at how much I related to it," he said. "Because here's two brothers in Georgia and their dad was a wrestler. It just felt a lot like my life. And then it got revised and revised and it became its own thing that is vastly different from the Rhodes' upbringing."