i couldnt believe he said that. he supposedly is an insider with informed opinions. he actually reports wwe news and this happens all the time there.....maybe not for 4 miilion a year but regardless.....
The whole “they won’t sign him for big money just to make him look bad” falls flat the second you remember they put his 3 time NWA world champion dad in polka dots and gave him a frumpy middle aged woman as a manager. 😂
@@MrRyanlennie2005 I wasn’t arguing that. I just think the comparison is flawed and lazy. Dusty was fired from WCW and started a regional promotion. He had no leverage when negotiating with WWF. Cody was a VP of the #2 promotion in the country that has not been shy opening the chequebook.
I actually have a friend who keeps up with all of the drama by watching wrestling videos on RU-vid(and BTE) but he's only actually watched a handful of shows in his entire life. Ironically enough he's going to see Dynamite live with me tomorrow night.
They have a guy on the roster that they're paying to sit at home simply because he wants to be released. If you think WWE are not petty enough to bury this dude the first chance they get for founding a company that has embarrassed them once, you have more confidence in them than I do.
True because I don't think Vince sees Cody as a "WWE Guy" anymore like when Hogan and Nash popped back up. I'd literally die laughing if his redebut is as Stardust.
I feel like I’ve heard the whole, “With the amount of money they’re paying him, there’s no way he won’t be pushed like a star” thing about a dozen guys who go there and then don’t get pushed like stars. I feel like Cody will get pushed for a bit, then Vince will get bored with him and put him in a feud with the Miz or something else at the bottom of the card.
I guess it depends on how much Vince wants to try to harm AEW versus how much he wants to punish Cody for being over in another fed. Vince will act like Cody's best bud for the former or humiliate Cody for the latter. Well, it also depends on how much Vince even remembers Cody exists a week after signing.
Bryan gives Vince far more credit than I do. We’ve seen how petty he can be many times. Maybe Cody gets a push for a few months, then he slides down into the midcard. I hope Cody gets the best deal possible if he goes there.
Bryan sounds fake in his WWE praise. Like he doesn't want to be called out for being paid by AEW so he hams it up for WWE. Just a vibe I get from him. Almost like reverse psychology in a way.
We've seen many would be stars get buried by Vince rather quickly - even after they've been established as the "next big thing." Big E lost his belt quick. So did Lashley.
Even though everyone seems to hate Cody, this makes me sad. At the beginning of AEW he was cutting tremendous promos, stellar matches and great story telling. His "hard times" promo still holds its own and will be in every promo class.
Go back to 2018 when Rhodes was breaking the forbiden door between ROH & New Japan , there was not 1 negative comment for him, NOT ONE. Seriously go back and check if you don't beleive me. Then as soon as the dfit between TK and Rhodes happens in December 2019 , thats when you started to see the Hate comments . Low key, I think TK was using bots for the twitter mob. Plus hes pursing a career in politics as congressman , he knows all about smear campaigns.
I think one think that killed Cody's momentum in AEW. Was his feud against QT. It went on way to long no one cared about it. It took time away from other star's. That's when I noticed Cody started losing fans and getting booed.
I’ll miss Cody. I loved Cody. Still not gonna watch WWE. I’ll see Cody on 5 minute recap on wrestletalk. Sounds to me like its just about money and maybe him not liking that Punk/Danielson/Page are bigger names and he’s not considered a pillar? Even Dustin Rhodes is like, “Nah, I like working at AEW.”
Jam That Jam indeed and i agree with you on your first statement. I find it baffling considering he was just on AEW Unrestricted along with Amanda Huber talking about all the good work they do with the community outreach. I don't see where he's going from here but all the best to him. Sad to see him leave. Hoping it's some super creative work in the back of my mind but not investing too much thought into it for now and I'll let it play out cos it's so fresh.
Cody literally left Two TV shows, EVP role, and the company he helped start, for the chance to get cheered again. I am sure he is gonna get a raise but I will look forward to the time he reads a script again. I feel like Cody forgot how much worse it is for a wrestler in WWE
AEW and the elite guys helped cody Get over in roh and lead bullet club Put on all in PPV ro a sell out 10k arena Become nwa champ Found. Aew Become an evp Employee his brother and friends Work a part time schedule Book his own matches Be part of creative Get his wife a cooking show Get a reality show Get a gig as a judge on a game show He would basically have a job for him and his wife for life in aew. He is throwing that away. Khan has never hired a guy who has chosen wwe over aew. Good brothers. Morrisson and his wife. Ect. Ppl saying cody can come back are mistaken
@@ronniejdio9411 TK doesn't afraid to go down and burn his name with Swole. He's really proud of himself and the thing he created. I don't see we will see Cody in aew if he really go to wwe and talk bad about AEW.
@@ronniejdio9411 Yeah he's smart at connecting with people who would get him over. I honestly think its because he wants to be John Cena and thinks Vince will make him a big baby face like he wants to be. He also thinks he will be a baby face when he returns to AEW and he wont be
I actually think Vince would pay 5 mil to bury Cody right away. I wish I couldn't say that. But when I look at the list of top stars WWE has had less reason to bury, and they still went ahead with it, I have no faith at all. Cody is the first AEW guy to come over. What if they want to make an example of him? Yes, it would be stupid to bury him and scare off potential AEW talent. But it was also stupid to squash Bianca in 20 seconds, never use Toni Storm, and practically hand nearly every NXT Champion to AEW, but all that still happened. It's almost at the point where the more stupid something is, the more likely it is to happen in WWE soon. Crappy Rumble? Done. Crappy Big E title run? Done. Dusting off more legends since no new stars have been made? Extra done.
You got one thing wrong Vince isn't paying 5 million to bury him he is signing a 5 million plus contract then getting buried and future endeavored well before expiration that's sports entertainment.
To Vince, money > everything. If he thinks there's money to be made, he'll set aside his feelings for just about anyone. Will he bury Cody? Maybe unintentionally with his usual bad booking. But not to get back at AEW.
Vince is a narcissist, he enjoys destroying things that he's 'not a fan' of, he'll sell Cody the World then bury him within a few months, guarantee it. Cody will never ever be a main event star
@@kyril98741 I like Cody but he lost a lot of his leverage once AEW acquired Punk and Bryan. They are going to be at the top as long as they are in AEW and will be paid like that. I just hope he knows what he is doing because he ain’t getting a main event spot in WWE with Roman still being there and them still bringing back Brock!
@@aarong3000 star wise I agreed. However Cody also hold lot of power among young wrestler and staff too. His nightmare factory and lot of people he brought are in aew. I think he taught he deserves more as a founder and influence factor in aew. Just look at all the vlog, Cody was present in all of them except for BTE. He value himself highly and would probably want the best for himself. I don't feel surprised if some billionaire approach him to create/bought wrestling promotion and offer some ownership/booker for him to run. He only in talk with WWE camp and anything could happened.
@@kyril98741 He had that kind of deal when AEW first started but it changed once Khan became more involved and they got the Turner deals. You are going to give up some power if you wanna go big time!
What's a head scratching decision is that he in AEW -Was treated as a main event star -Was able to hold not 1 but 2 reality shows on the network with the business working around him -Gave him the inaugural TNT championship 3 times -Let him remain the EVP and have his wife in segments ON THE SHOW -Let him spearhead the Community outreach program -Let Cody be Cody and do Cody You're telling me that all of that community and asset can be straight up bought for 10 mil. It kinda hits my soul. You gotta remember Cody's fans aren't WWE fans. He excells with Story and Progression. And his support is from the people that has followed him his whole career, not just based on him as a name. Good luck to him and Brandi... But man that kinda sucks
This is why wrestling stars are not treated like celebrities in the mainstream (except for selected few) because they have no soul and brand credibility. They have circus mentality where they think everything is about shocking fans and creating controversy
@@num1Jaysta No man, that's true, We are open our arms for Cody, no matter how much money he wants we shall give him, we have Brock and Roman who draws millions of money time to time for us, we have hired special costume designer from Paris for upgrading "star dust" suit..
Kind of a sad end, remember the early days of AEW when Cody was just knocking it out of the park with the promos, he really seemed like the heart and soul of the company. Then the fans turned on him for whatever reason and now its just died with a whimper
Cody was beating all the wrong people and feuds were booking him to be a full on superhero. Not to mention the fact he made the ridiculous decision to rule himself out of the world title picture. He definitely lived up to his name as a Nightmare where booking was concerned.
A part of the reason the fans turned on Cody was his booking - Cody Wins Lul isn’t just a joke at this point. The guy was given the Super Cena Booking, to a core audience that’s smarks and people who lapsed from WWE’s booking - the most likely people to boo the Super Cena style of booking. Add in the fact that Cody didn’t seem to want to retool anything about what he was doing in response to the crowds reactions, it basically became it’s own vicious cycle.
@@shanehaney6040 I don't see it that way at all, as far as the "Cody Wins" thing. He put over Brodie, he put over MJF, put over Darby, aside from the weird TNT interim shit a few weeks ago he put over Sammy eventually, etc. I could see it being an ego thing where he thinks he should be top of the card and in the current pack he can't be, but I wouldn't say he hasn't been willing to lose.
@@ryanrockwell2245 dude broke the throne with the sledgehammer like HHH, all to just turn around and book himself like H back in his evolution days, coming out to the fireworks and 10 person entourage 😖 shit was cringe worthy and didn’t help that his wife had go-away Heat with her scripted promos
I think Cody and Brandi having tv shows outside of AEW hurt them and most likely created heat in the locker room due to their possibly having over inflated egos. That said, this could all be a work and everyone in the end lives happily ever after.
People saying Cody wouldn't make it outside WWE were rooting for him to fail because they didn't think he was good enough. People saying Cody won't make it in WWE are saying they'll waste his talent, because, well, LOOK AT THE LAST TEN YEARS.
I'll miss Cody Rhodes. That being said, while AEW would be better off with him, it definitely does not need him, and if he plans on going back to WWE even after all they did to him, then my respect for him will definitely go down.
I agree whole heartedly with losing respect for him. If he does legit go back, he's in the Russo territory for me lol but I hope you're right about AEW. I THINK they can be good without him, but with Kenny having less than a year, and with Jericho teasing a return to WWE as well, I do find myself slightly worried
All this talk about losing respect when fans have been hating on him for a year. Hilarious to see AEW stans being full on meltdown mode about how the guy they hate is leaving. Also, AEW absolutely needs him. He can have a great match without flippy shit, cuts a great promo and has done great outreaching to other media. Cody is the one who has the reality shows etc. not Omega or Hangman.
I don't blame him for checking the bag. If they shelled up enough to get Steve Austin out of retirement they are desperate. Tony Khan can't match that contract and be profitable.
To me there are many factors to this and I think a major one is his wife Brandi. That segment she had with Dan Lambert a couple weeks ago killed that entire show absolutely dead. Not even Punk vs MJF was able to recover the hundreds of thousands that tuned out. I think she was given a pill that was extremely difficult for her to swallow and that is with all the trials and tribulations she is not fit to be on tv either as a wrestler or a tv character. The evidence strongly supports it. I dont think anything she was a part of creatively or on the show was a success at all. No question in my mind Kahn gave her the cold hard truth and I think her days were numbered being prominent in the promotion.
Brandi had far too much TV time for her personal storylines considering that none of them ever got over. She only ever worked well when she was playing the concerned wife for Cody's babyface moments like when MJF had Wardlow whip him.
I said to myself that it probably had something to do with Brandi. I said that Khan probably didn't want to keep/pay her, or put her back on TV given all these big names they're signing, and given how bad her segment was recently. I doubt Cody is going to WWE tho. He might go back to NWA, Impact and or New Japan, maybe even ROH, but he'll never go back to WWE unless they open the "FORBIDDEN DOOR!" And give him the creative freedom he wants, which I doubt they will.. look what happened to Bray, one of the biggest creative minds there is in the business. If Cody goes to WWE, to me it's a money thing, especially because him and Brandi has a child now and they just want to get paid. I'm pissed if this isn't a work. I don't even watch WWE completely, if at all. AEW will definitely be different and it's gonna suck to me not to see Cody on Dynamite and future ppvs. #NightmareFami💪y!!!
To me, this is one of the best explanations/theories I have seen and I think you hit the nail right on the head. One point I will add to piggyback off this, is I think Tony probably did the same for Cody. What I mean is, his whole tweener super meta character was not working with fans, and I think Tony realized this and began to say enough is enough. The company has too much valuable talent and only 3 hours of TV time, they are better served utilizing other guys/girls as opposed to wasting it on Brandi and whatever Cody was trying to do with his character. He had a hell of a match with Sammy and he was a valuable piece of the company, but I don't think Cody was so valuable that you had to put up with whatever the hell was going on everytime they were on TV. I think Tony probably expressed this to them and either A) Cody and Brandi valued themselves more and bet on themselves and said were gonna leave and stick it to you OR B) Tony said, I want you but right now you're only worth $______ to me and I don't see you being worth more
Erm, I guess Bryan overlooked that Ziggler, Miz, Owens and many others are getting a 2-4m each and they're essentially midcarders. Just because Vince pays you a lot doesn't mean he'll book you strong. Cody needs to negotiate this carefully.
@@JamesR1986 impossible!! Brock is only highest person who getting 12 millions.. WWE will offer Cody about 3-5 millions which is far high then aew check..That's it ..
@Ze TheGame Exactly. Everybody acts like everybody is supposed to have a run with the WWE title at some point, otherwise it's a failure or they're getting buried. 💰 is the endgame.
Exactly. Miz and Ziggler are two of WWE's best assets. They can slot them anywhere in the card. They're also good for media or other non-wrestling stuff like their reality shows.
I always liked Cody cause WWE saw nothing in him, then he went on to help make the 2nd biggest wrestling company in America. I always thought that was so cool, but I don't operate on money so him going back just seems super douchy, but the guy wants to be an actor and get into politics, and WWE is still the biggest platform to jump off of, so I can't blame him. It just sucks cause it ruined a lot of what I liked about him and his actions.
I see you, though personally I find Cody more forgivable than Sammy and Tay. All originally some of my favorites, for the former I'm still holding out hope for the best because we're still seeing what he will do, the latter I lost all of my affection for because they've already done what they did.
@@tekingue9581 @Tekingue No one really knows the full story, to be fair. I hope they're both happy but it's all looked pretty sketchy if you followed Sammy's vlog and saw the distance grow between him and his fiancée and the closeness between him and Tay progress. Fuego tried to clear things up and tell people not to assume things, then Sammy & Tay announced their relationship soon after anyway. It's fair to say it's none of our business, definitely, however being shocked when people connect dots in aspects of your life you share publicly just seems silly. TLDR: It's all speculation. I just came to my own conclusion.
I was really enjoying Cody's recent gimmick. I also like him as a wrestler. But he's not a guy that AEW viewers will follow to WWE. He is not THAT guy. There'll be a buzz about it at the start but it'll fizzle out.
Dude anyone notice how much cooler Cody is when Brandi isn’t around… When he was in Japan and RoH when he was on BTE he was at his best but him trying to make Brandi a thing really hurt him and the way he is when she is around is completely different….and btw she’s making 2 million a year like wtf she’s had some of the worst segments in wrestling the last few years by far
Cody can't be a top star in AEW anymore, and that's because he permanently took himself out of the main event scene. He may have intended to go after the title as a heel, but during his slow burn heel turn, the main event scene became jam packed with stars who are all better workers and more popular
@@Charsi_Escobar They obviously did it to stop early rumors of “oh the EVPs will just hog up the titles” to prevent late WCW stuff from being mentioned. I fully believe they intended for a heel Cody to find a way out of it. They just never got there.
"People didn't think Cody could make it on the Indies, this is the same thing!" People making that judgement based on what they thought about Cody himself, which was based on an obviously incorrect view of him as a person. People deciding he's not going to make it in WWE are basing that on their opinions on WWE, which has a lot more basis in reality.
I'll believe Cody is going to WWE when I see it. I think he's pursuing something entertainment related, not wrestling, and will eventually make an AEW return down the line.
@@schizzo8959 Money is main reason.. They spending heavy money on debutes, CM punk, Daniel all are they getting high priorities. Also Cody contract was expired in December, but still working for free. But when he released, his importance is diminsing in backstage, And Tony also declined his demands, that was the point when Cody decides to leave it.. And WWE already geared up for this. And 100% he Cody will be debute in WM 38 or in Main roster...
Do you think he got jealous that other stars came in and he wasn't the most over person anymore? Bryan, Punk, Mox after rehab...everyone felt more important plus Cody's will he or won't he turn heel was getting tiresome imo.
So Bryan doesn't think WWE will sign Cody just to bury him. I think that's exactly what Vince will do, sign him out of spite and bury him. Vince does have a long history of burying talent, particularly other companies stars
@@Merovingi92 it took McIntyre and Lashley a long time to get to the top even with their success elsewhere. The only reason they actually got up to that spot was they were beginning of their onslaught of releases. And, at this point now, they are not feeling too hot even though Lashley is champion a second time and McIntyre is going in the Corbin vortex.
@@deslamar1979 Are you kidding? Cody was usually the most out of place thing on AEW and now look at the roster they have. Full of talent who are willing to turn heel or babyface depending on fan reaction.
I was really digging what he was doing with his character these past couple of months and wanted to see where it was leading to. Now we’re gonna have to see him in WWE getting treated like shit again
Does bryan not remember who runs WWE? He really thinks Vince isn't going to be petty to the guy who help found the first big rival wrestling company since WCW? Don't forget what they did to guys like Sting Goldberg or even Cody's own dad in the 90s.
I'm so confused by this. Its like telling me Seth Rollins is leaving WWE today. I wouldn't believe you for a second. And I thought Cody Rhodes had passion for AEW, like it was his company, I thought he was never gonna leave, ever. Does Cody really need more money? I don't know, maybe AEW ain't paying him enough for Cody's three piece suit collection.
bro he has a child and will hopefully want more. If WWE is going to pay him more money good for him, he can provide a better lifestyle for his family. life is tough so if feels he wants to be paid more good for him. Cody is a special talent and he will make it big in WWE
It's Tony Khan's company, the EVP's are basically in name only titles. The thing is, Kenny Omega and the Yiung Bucks have made it this far without WWE and are willing to stay to keep the industry competitive. Chris Jericho is in his twilight years so he's doing whatever he can to end his career with a bang. Cody however, has always carried a chip on his shoulder over how WWE treats the Rhodes family name. I can easily see why he would want to come back and conquer the one spot his dad never could.
@@Basillikos I'd rather have the mindset of 'make me some money' instead of 'its my show and I will ruin it as i see fit. And Cody knows better than to blindly believe anything WWE promises him
Wait A minute, Is that Dashing Stardust Cody Rhodes sneaking up behind ( insert name ) ...oh my Gawd...Dashing Stardust Cody Rhodes is your new WWE 24/7 Champion !!
I don't usually comment on this channel, but I just have to honestly say I disagree with almost everything Bryan said. As was mentioned on wrestletalk earlier today Cody isn't that big of a deal to the majority of the WWE audience. He's a big deal to the AEW audience, but half the people who watch WWE might not even remember who he is. He was never pushed to any major degree and the more casual fans aren't really invested in any kind of promotion rivalry. I just don't know what track record Bryan is looking at to think they won't misuse Cody in WWE? There's plenty of people who they pay millions of dollars that are just mid-card filler feuds.
He'll be a big deal because of what he represents, which is the WWE "winning" a fight against AEW. The WWE crowds will cheer him for that. And the WWE'll parade him around and give him the red carpet treatment for a while because of that distinction and that alone - and he will adore every second of the spotlight they give him.
@@user-vq8fq1ty7c This could in turn be beneficial to AEW in the long term. After Cody has achieved everything in WWE, he could return to AEW and also bring his popularity in WWE to AEW. Based on what Bryan said, he left AEW in good terms, so there should be no issue for him to return there.
The first line of Cody's statement is all I needed to see to know what is up. "Tony Khan took the baton and ran with it" might as well have said 'took my baton'. Seems like Cody is being pretty about losing his control at AEW.
Him hitting all these accomplishments is because of his work ethic & drive & was immensely helped by the fact there was no Vince McMahon at the top to stop him. I wish him the best in whatever he does though.
Saddest part of Cody leaving is we’ll never see where this Tweener character was going. Was really excited to see him go full heel potentially ajd win the AEW world title but hopefully in the future he comes back and does it
You will see when he returns at Double or Nothing to challenge for the title. I mean if this is a work like I think it is...TK is nothing if not a huge wrestling fan and he loves stirring sh!t up.
You should know better than this. Stardust wins a title his first day back then gets squashed the next show. He will be chasing the 24/7 title by the end of month.
WWE will make Cody a Star. Dust off those old gimmicks, Cody! I feel a bit sorry for Malakai Black. That loss to Cody in the 3rd match and losses in tag matches feel even more unnecessary now and yet somehow more explicable now. It feels like a very venal move if he goes to WWE. With everyone who has moved over from WWE he must have heard how toxic things are there currently.
I've said that since it happened. Black should still be undefeated and bubbling beneath the world title scene. Cody Helmsley had to get his win back purely to feed his ego.
Yeah because him and his wife were making a combined 5 million dollars. Not to mention what he is getting from the other TV programming he was doing. I can see where they would be hunting for money
You say they ain't paying all that money to make him stardust? This is the same old man who laughs when he farts in the bathroom. I'm calling it now, he'll float round the mid card with Owens etc then he's back to stardust chasing the 24/7 belt by next year. Least will get to see Brandi getting squashed whenever she has a match
Not at ALL, but it's all about the juicy drama. That's what will put some eyeballs on WWE short term. Hell, I can't stand Cody and I'll be watching out of morbid curiosity.
I feel like no? I though cody was always kind of meh in WWE as far as reception and booking. I don't think Cody debuting to WWE will bring viewers from AEW, we watch AEW because we can't stomach 12 minutes of RAW.
Everyone kept saying that Tony Khan was going to continue to just sign every piece of talent off the market and not let anyone go. You can’t just let the Joey Janelas & Marko Stunts go. Some hard decisions have to be made and at least we know that Tony Khan is as big of a pushover as the marks say he is. Khan wasn’t going to allow Cody Rhodes to push him to give him a CM Punk or Danielson contract.
Dude there is no way punk or danielson have "better" contracts then the bucks, kenny and cody had. Sure maybe there money per year number is bigger. But what they don't have is ownership steak in the company. I know Tony owns the company but what I'm saying is if this company went public tomorrow, then there were really only 4 wrestlers who were going to get a big chunk of shares.
@@illwill1991 the elite guys don't own any shares in the company, it is 100% Kahn family owned. But yes the longer term contracts they were on were phat.
@@juicybear7696 yeah I know. They don't own any shares because there aren't any shares. It's still a 100% privately owned company. But what I'm saying is that if/when it does become a publicly traded company they are most definitely going to get shares. No way they would ever be able to get controlling interest but you know a good 5% each.
Jesus Christ himself could sign for them, and I still wouldn’t watch WWE. If Cody really goes there for the money after all of the ‘revolution’ talk over the past 5/6 years, he’s lost my respect.
Not buying any of this. He spent over 2 years crapping on the company(WWE) yet trying to be like someone in the company just to go back? If he does, he will be jobbing after a month. The only person who thinks Cody is a star is Cody..and Brandi and now obvious Bryan (5 million? LOL) I don't buy any of this but if he does...he's a idiot. He will be wearing polka dots and Brandi will be renamed Tanzanite.
KO took the fat pay check to keep him away from AEW, they’ll give Cody double if it means signing away one of the EVPs. This is great for the locker room as well, now everyone’s price goes up
Exactly how I see it going. Like, that was literally the first thought I had “Oh, he’ll get a short run and then be like Owens, the guy good enough to be a champ, but always just loses in title matches.”
You must lower those expectations. This is Vince Mcmahon we are talking about and cody will get buried if he goes back. He is not a needle mover. Wwe will be no different with or without cody.
All this speculation is ridiculous. He's NOT going back to the place where he and his family was humilliated, hurting AEW's reputation in the process. Also, is Brian even aware what they did to Sting? "No, they are not going to spend that much money into bringing a huge star to bury him". Suuure.
Cody was the king of aew in 2019 and 2020 a funny thing happened aew sign bigger star like cm punk and Daniel byran also tony Khan has taken over creative and I think Cody thought he find a money maker so he could run a wrestling company that didn't happen now he's a free agent WWE offered him lots of money to jump ship and in a year he is going to be a midcard heel like miz Owen and Zayn
Couple of thoughts... 1) Why would WWE pay top dollar? Cody left AEW...which means its WWE fighting against small players like NJPW, CZW and TNA. WWE has room to low ball this guy. Not given him a Lesnar contract that dwarfs anything AEW would ever give. It's clear Cody doesn't WANT to work for AEW so you can take advantage of that. 2) What part of Vince's history in this business makes you think and actually believe they'd tread Cody well? How many times have you said people in NXT are can't miss? How many times have you seen people re-sign with WWE get used for a few weeks then get tossed aside? How many times has Vince brought in an outsider just to treat them like trash because at the end of the day they crawled back to him? 3) I think its telling that BOTH Cody and Brandi left at the same time. If Cody wasn't having the best time there why have his wife give up a fantastic job that any woman in the industry would love to have? If she goes to WWE with him she's falling 15 rungs down the ladder in the process and its a horrendous move for their family and her career. It doesn't make sense. 4) To go along with the prior point...I'm wondering if they both left because they want to pursue something greater. Be it a new promotion or taking over at an existing promotion. Maybe even starting something outside of wrestling. Again...going from AEW to WWE is a step down unless the offer is something crazy like WWE wants Cody Rhodes to run NXT 2.0 going forward. Could happen I suppose. 5) If Cody DOES get hired by WWE as a wrestler. I think the most realistic and best option for them would be to make Cody a someone who vents and talks absolute shit about AEW in promos. The same kind of thing we see most WWE released talent who goes to the indies..or to AEW. I suggest this because Cody can bury all sorts of things even if they aren't true. His position and the unknown nature of things behind the scenes gives it credibility. He'll be a massive talking point and centre of attention for every segment because juicy gossip and drama is big business. It also suits Vince's ego and pettiness. People who think Cody can go to AEW and just play his AEW character unscripted with creative control have no clue how the WWE works or how Vince works. Cody is going to be scripted. He's playing the character Vince wants him to play. He's part of the WWE system. He wrestles how Vince and the agents tell him to. He's not THAT special. So you have to consider this when talking about his time in WWE.
I've said it from day one and never stopped saying it "Cody Bland Rhodes". The more actual talented ex WWE talent that comes into AEW, the more he gets pushed out. He'd have to walk thru a doggie door to even get into NXT. Personally if he retired, wouldn't make a difference in the a wrestling world.
He's not just bland. People have grown to actively dislike and boo him. They find him obnoxious and dumb with the tattoo and weird gimmicks/promos. Even before this, they thought he was a sellout just after fame with the reality show.
Drew left...and came back a top guy Lashley left...and came back a top guy Lesner left...and came back a top guy I really hope Cody knows what he’s doing
Those guys are all much more physically impressive to look at. Cody still looks like a pumped up cruiserweight. Lesnar and Goldberg can make a return to the company and squash anybody in Vince's eyes.
I honestly don’t understand how anyone cannot see it like this. He’s going to get a bucketload of money and if it doesn’t work, two years down the road he can just go back to AEW for another big payday. There’s no way he makes this move without tons of financial guarantees.
Having faith in WWE booking him like a star and not getting tired of him is a bold strategy. Regardless I wish him the best of luck he was an incredible Babyface in the beginning of AEW
Imagine this was one giant work Cody is pulling off? He takes time off until Double or Nothing and wins the AEW title from Hangman? That would make him a mega heel there. I just don't see him going back to wwe where they mistreated and abused both him and Brandi. All wwe would have waiting for him is the stardust gimmick and the 24/7 title
