Cody Rhodes speaks out on WWE, AEW: Wrestling Observer Radio

[@grizfu906]

“You know you know you know you know you know” - Dave Meltzer

[@Assman_gold]

Ummmmm uh ummmmm uh but ummmmm uh Dave 2022

[@350z1984]

No no no. You guys are missing the point. I mean I mean…at this point, Dave is trying his best to….well….you know… it could actually you know make sense. My guess is ummm…well whatever.

[@AGxAG]

@@350z1984 A lot of people forget that uh you know ,uhhmm,you know that uhmm. Its funny that uhmm ,you know uhm and i was you know ,so yeah ,theres that!

[@shaunmartinell5825]

No um, duh. D. Ummmm. Ahhhmmm. Like Uh, it’s funny because, eh, uh but Also! Uh yeah, ummmm, BUT! And uh, ya know, ya know, eh, you know what I mean, and duh, if uh…….well, there is, d. Wait, but uHhhhh🙄

[@MyChannel-ol1zz]

Don’t listen then

[@savvv5416]

Hey WWE did exactly what WWE does. They realized that overselling this show they would have under delivered so they finally under sold the show so they could actually deliver. It was WWE done right and I'm just grateful that Austin didn't seriously hurt himself and KO did a fantastic job of taking care of him out there.

[@blablablaa14]

You obviously didn't watch Raw or Smackdown for the past few months. If underdelivering means having a terrible weekly product that makes you question if Mania is even worth a watch then yeah they underdelieved

[@dislocatedweasel6228]

This guys a mark haha aew is pathetic bro

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@blablablaa14 no one gives a shit about raw or smackdown but wwe still knows how to put on a good show.

[@unfixingbowl5454]

“Let’s start a Revolution” really meant “Let’s get Cody Over”

[@bennyomega9153]

This was his plan all along. He just wanted to make daddy Vince proud. Certain people at AEW realized this in 2020 and distanced themselves from the prince.

[@ivanpabon2741]

@@bennyomega9153 all makes sense

[@wrestlingp]

@@bennyomega9153 😂 you're living in Fantasyland lad.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

If that was actually true - even slightly - aew would deserve massive fucking credit for going from 'most laughable reason for a startup since Trump tried to make his own Twitter' to 'fiercest competition Vince McMahon has ever encountered (without telling WHATTA MANEUVER at it)' in two years or so

[@Rmamba24]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 In the business sense if you look at it differently, it was AEW vs NXT. AEW won that. But then one of AEW's top draws went to WWE. If we know Vince, it's because he thinks AEW is an excellent talent farm (obviously I think AEW and WWE are both great, but Vince, idk)

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

Cody doesn't owe anybody anything. He wants a legacy of his own and access to his father's IP - that's all fine and dandy. He even admitted his mistakes as an EVP in AEW. That takes a level of honesty and maturity he probably didn't have before.

[@yellowscarlightningscream8347]

The definition of insanity is to believe in WWE that they will do the right thing with their talent

[@williamrussell1125]

Exactly. A great PPV, but let's not forget the other 11 months... Prove me wrong WWE

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

I'm the Polar Phantasm and I approve this message Friends don't let friends believe the E. If you or someone you know has an Etardation (fandom developmental disorder) please contact a licensed therapist who has experience with sports entertainment related damage to the dignity and/or brain

[@DRod268]

I think it’s going to be very interesting in the future to see how AEW guys are presented. Seeing him come out yesterday makes me believe he has a certain degree of creative control which could be a game changer

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

@@DRod268 The one realistic possibility is that WWE will bend over backwards to keep Cody sweet solely to use him to undermine AEW. I can see them trying to keep him in the upper card and main event at least until 2024 so they can use a rematch with him to lure MJF away, as well as to try and appeal to other AEW talent by going "See? You can leave AEW to come work for us! We won't completely bury and squander you, no matter what all your coworkers who we completely buried and squandered before they went to AEW told you!" Because the only thing more important to Vince than stroking his own ego is crushing any opposition to maintain his monopoly... to stroke his own ego. Hell, it's even possible he might sacrifice his beloved Roman if that's what it takes to forge Cody into a weapon he can use to kill AEW.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@ArcaneAzmadi as diabolical as this strategy could become... just gonna throw this out there: Cody's been in the dumpster fire again for less than twelve hours... meanwhile, he's been gone completely from AEW for what feels like months due to how densely packed with awesome dynamite+revolution+ROH resurrection have been. Also, Cody has spent much of his AEW career on (perhaps as?) what MF Steve Here of Going In Raw fame refers to as "Cody Island"... Unlike a jets fan speaking of Darelle revis, though, there is no inherent majesty or awe in his invocation of this slang. What I'm saying is Cody had rendered himself to 'a part, but apart' status by the time his Coco vs Ogogo match graced our screens. He's been playing with himself in a corner for nearly 30% of AEW's entire life. He has left only scant traces in his absence, too- ffs, FUEGO II has had a funeral service already and most aew fans aren't aware that ever happened 😂 Conclusion: Cody Rhodes has, through his own efforts, taken great fucking pains to erase his own legacy from Tony Khan's Tshirt Company, School of Twitter Announcements & Outlaw Mudshow Emporium. He's less noticeably absent than Brian Cage, who fans last saw in AEW around HALLOWEEN last year, iirc. Bears mentioning that only mentions of Rhodes family members not named 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes have been related to how Brandi is sorely missed due to how much an expy of Jim Cornette enjoys calling her a stripper when she's a thing. Just sayin', WWE gonna have to REALLY play up how important Coco was to AEW in the early phase of Elite Era dominance... because he's squarely shoved his own legacy into the "Where are they now?" file with Jimmy Havoc and Ivilesse. Impressive as usual, Coco... you managed to beat Janela and Mr. Fun Size into that bitch 😂

[@suprcrzy]

5:30 - 5:34 4 ya knows in 4 seconds.. Truly impressive stuff!! Meltzer in WM form!

[@diceman1243]

VINTAGE UNCLE DAVE

[@bogeaqYT]

Well... You Know

[@miky5941]

It true....uncle Dave can never finish a sentence!

[@MattSingh1]

*How sad and pathetic are you all that you keep track and highlight this sort of thing? Typical IWC smark douches.*

[@petiepablo4221]

Amazing comment thank you

[@leerich2479]

Punk came into AEW with his WWE music, his WWE gear and his WWE entrance

[@sangan3202]

of course now all the wwe fanboys adore cody after months of saying he sucked just cus he was on AEW

[@bash8387]

Dude it goes both ways

[@paulearl8203]

Like AEW cult weirdos have done with every WWE reject.

[@joseplays2145]

@@bash8387 Not necessarily. People began to turn on Cody way before he left AEW.

[@MrWebweaver]

Cody had the music and entrance before AEW existed.

[@happytomakeyousick4172]

Music yes, entrance no

[@MrWebweaver]

@@happytomakeyousick4172 only difference with the entrance is the riser. In AEW Cody had the pre entry music too. All In likely didn’t have the budget to get a riser.

[@ADoseofEntertainment]

The entrance and presentation first started in Aew he got the music before Aew he owns the rights

[@popshot8898]

Literally gave Cody everything for an amazing re-debut. Here's goodluck to him for this WWE run, cuz we're all aware of WWE booking style and Vince's bipolar decision making abilities. I'd feel so bad if Cody gets buried, so I'm praying and hoping he is treated as a megastar or at the very least not buried or treated like an after thought lol.

[@jmreeves89]

Why would you feel bad for him? I'd say that would be getting what he deserved.

[@ivanpabon2741]

@@jmreeves89 exactly. If he starts bitching about it being used in a year then that's his fault. Fuck em

[@thesportsguy126]

Cody is smart. i doubt he'll allow it and if he does he makes 2-3 mill to lose im sure hes fine.

[@WinterSolder1911]

Cody situation will be like AJ n Drew.. will get great treatment mark my words 🙏🏽

[@originalrkmorton]

He isn't a celebrity or Roman Reigns, so there's two strikes against him

[@rkrivera]

The WWE audience that says AEW is hot garbage just creamed for a guy AEW booed out of the building. The irony runs deep.

[@jamesbuckley972]

he got booed because he was booking himself poorly and fans wanted him to turn heel

[@kevinr8579]

I kind of never see that. It's usually the AEW fans saying wwe is hot garbage

[@rkrivera]

@@kevinr8579 really. That's very interesting.

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

And now everyone is booing all of AEW and Cody is World Champion, you're right, irony does run deep ..

[@rkrivera]

@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind you guys can't even get Chicago to boo Jack Perry. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Get the sack out your mouth.

[@unclegumbald989]

“I will never turn heel!!” **Gestures vaguely while wearing Homelander gear**

[@debking3064]

Cody vs Rollins had the match of the night and ko had the performance of the night raw women's title match was great it was a great show

[@ThaTruth223]

a lot of big moments from last night, and we got one more to go

[@joker-sh5hv]

I feel wwe gets forgiven for so much bad if there are moments of greatness.

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@joker-sh5hv they have way too much tv time to fill to be good anymore. Every angle has been played out a million times, there’s no creativity left. But for a one (or two) night big event, they can still knock it out of the park

[@TomClancy-cq5om]

The only bad spot of the show being the Reigns/Lesnar match

[@unfixingbowl5454]

WWE views Drew Mcyntire pretty highly yet he’s been in meaningless feud after meaningless feud but Cody thinks it’s going to be different for him lmao,he’s just the shiny new toy that’ll wear off real quick

[@juicerbythedozen1083]

Like 10 minutes after his debut it felt dry lol

[@sagaradhikari4547]

I guess cody will be in a similar position as AJ Styles..

[@finbarobruadair2761]

This WWE not AEW.. WWE don't bury their debutants by having them wrestle 30 min matches with jobbers.

[@ivanpabon2741]

@@sagaradhikari4547 he wishes

[@khanyisasimelela1522]

WWE has a lot to gain from booking Cody well.

[@bennyomega9153]

He was literally booed out of the company. And Brandi getting the stfu chant in her last appearance was the final straw.

[@jedsithor]

The funny thing is, a lot of people were absolutely convinced that his last 10 months in AEW was actually a subverted heel run, that he would hint at a turn every now and then but deliberately avoid doing it in order to make the crowd hate him more and build anticipation for the eventual turn. But as it turns out, no he just wanted to be a babyface and couldn't make it work. One of the reasons people wanted him to turn heel is the kayfabe reason he's giving for leaving. They wanted him to turn heel so that he could break his promise and challenge for the title. Had he done that he could have been the biggest star in AEW. But he's in WWE now and I hope for his sake that whatever promises were made to him are kept but we'll see how it goes.

[@marcussalazar6122]

The Ego of Cody was his undoing, now he can't accept not being liked now he crawled back to Vince. Wwe will prove to us time and time again that Cody is nothing more than a mid-carder.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

What I'm very worried about is that Cody has bought into his own hype. He might think he's the new Hogan, bigger than the industry, able to go wherever he wants and be the top guy, and that he genuinely refused to turn heel because he just couldn't accept that people didn't want to cheer him any more even after he fatally derailed his character with the terrible Ogogo feud. Rather than playing a delusional heel character, maybe he was just actually delusional. Maybe this will work out for him, probably won't, but if he thinks he's the new Hogan and that he can dictate terms to the famously petty and egotistical Vince, he's out of his mind.

[@kennethallen3843]

@@ArcaneAzmadi As soon as the fanfare and bump in ratings disappears, he'll be buried to make a point

[@CapitalPSY]

To be fair, he was doing his fair share of teasing it. Like the meticulous setup for the tiger driver (make people think he's going for the pedigree), when he "mistakenly" almost went down the heel tunnel after challenging Sammy, etc.

[@lolllololllo]

The ONLY reason I hated his gimmick was because of the patriotic stuff. Other than that, I don't know why everyone seemed to hate him, he's a great wrestler and a superb storyteller

[@jonpower9728]

Cody was told 6 years ago by WWE he wouldn't be anything more than a mid-carder. So then he left and saddled himself with the hottest indy act with the Elite amd travelled the world creating his personality. Then he helped to form a rival promotion in which he could make shots at his former employer and make it seem like he's done with WWE, thus making it irresistible for Vince not to want him back when the time came. The more a former employee craps on WWE, the more of a victory WWE sees it if you return to them. Well played, Mr. Rhodes.

[@chinafuture6484]

Let's see how Cody likes doing scripted promos 😂😂

[@Epsilonsama]

@@chinafuture6484 He already said what he was gonna do. He will tell the writter what they want to hear and then throw the paper in the trash.

[@chinafuture6484]

@qtsssim Stardust was the best incarnation of Cody Rhodes.

[@dolphindive4348]

everyone kept saying he shows up with aew outfit/entrance/nickname etc but cody has been using all those thing after he left wwe and before aew was created.

[@ZoobleZi]

Would say sellout but as an AEW fan I'm happy he's gone also laughing at all the e-drones that said he was bad when he was in AEW and are now creaming themselves LOL

[@shuttelsworth3245]

Those WWE fans are the same ones who are like aew fans calling them e drones. What a weird statement.

[@ZoobleZi]

@@shuttelsworth3245 Was that even English or did you just want to say something just to say something?

[@outlaw9140]

You said e drones which makes you look like a man child. Weird.

[@shuttelsworth3245]

@@ZoobleZi You can’t read? i said the same people he’s talking about are the same aew fans who said the word e-drones.

[@paulearl8203]

Exactly what AEW fans have done with all the ex wwe debuts. The lack of self awareness is amazing.

[@zodiac3981]

let's be honest, Vince only brought him back as a way to stick it to AEW. I wouldn't be surprised if he's midcard or lower mid card by this time next year. hope I'm wrong though.

[@tipicofutbal]

He was doing fucking worst in AEW. Though he'd like to say that the TNT Title will never be secondary, it is a secondary title. It prestige became worsen when Sammy Guevara and Scorpio Sky holds it. But that isn't the point. What I'm tryna say is in AEW, if he wins a match or a title, people automatically assume he buries younger talent with his EVP status. If he keeps losing, he isn't doing any better for his career or for the Rhodes legacy. I'll say he make the best decision returning back to WWE. He may be the reason for AEW existence. But he did what he had to do. And that is separating PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING fans and SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT fans.

[@farhanalwiairbrushstudio]

@@tipicofutbal are u stupid?? Scorpio just hold the tittle for 2-3 weeks.. how can u consider it bad reign while u havent seen anything yet? U want him to defend it like sammy almost everyweek??? Hell no..

[@DannyBZ9]

@@tipicofutbal Right Im an AEW fan, but their current choice of belt-holders/champions are terrible!! No star power at all.

[@farhanalwiairbrushstudio]

@@tipicofutbal thats the fact.. he getting stale bcoz of his babyface run and his boring feud… QT marshall, agogo, unfinished feud with mjf, ..thats why people want a new side of cody… like jericho did,. Like kenny did.. thats the point

[@tipicofutbal]

I try not to say he does worst in AEW. I mean if it's on TV, yeah probably. But if it meant to put over people, he damn well does it. To me, it's too early for him to be on an executive role. Once the fans knows the role you're playing, the pressure will be on you. You win, you bury people. You lose, you're a loser. Nonetheless, one day, he should play a big role backstage in WWE. Just like what Dusty used to do. And I have to agree. The current title holder in AEW doesn't have star power. Hangman might go down as the most boring World Champion of all time followed by Jinder Mahal. Regarding his run, I have to admit it has become stale. But I have to disagree that he has to turn heel just to get over with the crowd. There's more that they could do with his babyface run to actually make it more exciting.

[@primekiller5729]

Funny how WWE let Cody keep his AEW entrance & presentation yet the NXT 1.0 call ups had everything that got them over on NXT changed on the main roster!

[@sandmanofchaos]

@qtsssim Twist what knife? AEW is actually doing better and having more consistently great shows since Cody left and Vince is a carny, he wishes he was a savvy businessman, but he has way too many skeletons in his closet to be one.

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

I mean this is just nonsense. AEW has consistently inconsistent shows. They have great segments are great but there's a lot of dross, including anything with their World Champion, which isn't a good look.

[@wolfcola3401]

Cody had that song and entrance before AEW. Back in 2018 at all in, before AEW.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@qtsssim "Tony Khan has a problem retaining talent" This statement is at best misinformed as fuck, and at worst STRAIGHT UP BULLSHIT 😂 please explain to me how Tony Khan has a problem retaining talent sir I am wondering how this will go, Etard mental gymnastics skills on this dude could be impressive af! Who knows? He's prob gonna try and say AEW has been bleeding A list talent but fail to mention they weren't offered contracts on purpose because that list they're on is the "ah fuck em" list 😆

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 what are you gonna do when mjf bails? Probably cry to your lord and savior daddy Dave

[@DoubleRR44]

Hard to respect someone who for 3 years sold me on being anti-wwe and selling me on how they tried to bury him and how he was part of a revolution only to go back after stealing my money and fandom. AEW for life!

[@dinskywalker2103]

Agreed. Even his theme is pretty much a slight at VKM and Hunter - and they played it out loud haha. The guy could have been amazing in AEW if he just accepted the crowd wanted to boo him - just play into it and turn heel! Would have been sooo easy. Attack Adam Page from behind, go back on your word and challenge for the world title - instant heel heat. But he took his ball and went 'home' because his ego got bruised.

[@robertsterling3878]

You never truly know what is really going on in someone’s head but I have to agree. It is hard to respect someone that goes back on, at least what a fan believes, as their beliefs or standards. People would get irritated at the wwe shots on aew when most of the visual ones where from Cody himself. I don’t like tribalism but I feel like cody almost pushed it on us during that time and now leaves us with the burden. Naturally, chemically, automatically my trust just goes down.

[@wolfcola3401]

It's all about him wanting to be dusty. He's close, he's got the lisp, all he needs is 75 lbs of belly fat.

[@MyChannel-ol1zz]

Serves you marks right lolol

[@megatinmand5524]

You mad you got worked mark?

[@popcultureforever]

Cody wanted AEW to be all about him and it backfired bigtime when TK took the reins in the booking.

[@alo4912]

Stay mad, he's in a real company now

[@ZoobleZi]

@@alo4912 WWE a real company 🤣 good joke kid

[@mervstash3692]

lol so what about the Bucks & Kenny? he take the reins off them too?

[@TheJSexton24]

Yeah which was never part of the original idea. Shit is ridiculous what qualifys him to be Booker. He just wanted to live out his wrestling dreams and now people like Cody and MJF are looking at this mark for the mark he is.

[@alo4912]

@@TheJSexton24 dude thank you, someone here with some sanity

[@johns3491]

I love how some folks are just spewing hate toward Cody over this. His father taught him Carny 101, which is always go where the best deal is and milk that company for all you can. The only complaint I had about his Wrestlemania debut was that it wasn't a surprise. Everybody on Twitter, KZbin, Reddit, WOR, etc. have been calling each detail as it happened since Cody left AEW, so his music playing didn't hit me as hard as it should have because it was expected.

[@dylanlevine6745]

I swear Dave does not know what he’s talking about sometimes with all of his “you know”. I just wish they could be positive for once. Wrestlemania this year was entertaining even if there were a couple duds. They did a fantastic job making it all feel epic.

[@princealirogers]

They try to suck all the fun outta WWE but hype up everything AEW does lmfao I watch both but bruh it’s so blatant

[@Notorious_BJC]

Can't we not look at all the negatives and focus on the moment in a vacuum? This was a great moment, the match was great, there is finally another star in the company that feels interesting, don't try to make this moment a negative, let it breathe.

[@Mogwai-ug9op]

No, we have to be whiny babies.

[@CTDisqoTeck78]

I appreciate the analysis and fanfare. I just question that "what on earth" makes any of you think that this is all just a "Johnny Nitro" rework that's going to eventually have the same result? There's a return, and then there's an aftermath and the downside. I'm wishing Cody and Brandy Rhodes (as well Cody, Brandi and Liberty Runnels) all the best. My thumbs down is that I'm not sold on an organization with the original "Carnival Barker" still in the Chairman's seat. All that person does is a construct of madness, business and nepotism. My open mind which is closing very fast like the AT&T Stadium roof does will work my best to keep an open mind.

[@jaymoney8518]

LOL Carnival Barker. I have to start using that.

[@CTDisqoTeck78]

@@jaymoney8518 kzbin.info/www/bejne/omiWgmd4Ys-bgpI The link I share with you here is about how old school wrestling used to be apart of the Carnival age. I will also acknowledge my mistake of not giving the term it's proper title since it is such. So I made corrections in my initial comment.

[@LuisGarcia-te5cr]

Crowd died down after his entrance, definitely not an AEW crowd that pays attention to each spot and reacts to each spot.

[@rickdangerous1956]

Felt the match got the stereotypical "wwe crowd" reaction. Cody got a big reaction for his entrance, then the match started and the crowd got a lot quieter. They got them back at the end when they started hitting finishers. By contrast, AEW often has crowds who will stay loud for entire matches. Black and gold NXT often had crowds like that too.

[@yoholmes273]

One of the dumbest assessments I've ever heard regarding a reaction ever.

[@alexunitedstand2210]

Hahaha, louder than any AEW match ever - And makes sense as that's Cody working with a bigger star than anyone on AEW's roster apart from Punk (WWE guy) Bryan (WWE guy) and MJF (WWE guy in 2 years)

[@jo46573]

When your in a huge stadium you can’t hear anything on tv comparing being there. Aew has smaller crowds with a smaller venue where you can hear the crowds better. Remember that.

[@AnthonyAnalog]

Vincels want to act like we can't physically see fans in the audience NOT reacting .🤣🤣🤣

[@yoholmes273]

@@AnthonyAnalog You are such a dork

[@heyyo7431]

The amount of people who hate on certain wrestlers is concerning. That’s why EC3 mocks those people, Get a grip on reality and life.

[@duffyy1]

Cody had his moment which I truly believe is what he wanted. I do believe by this time next year Vince will find a way to dump him but I am happy for him. He will regret leaving AEW at some point.

[@claytron3000]

He didn’t leave AEW. Khan decided not to renew him. He thought he should be paid on the level of the big players (Punk, Danielson). Khan disagreed. That doesn’t mean one is right or the other is wrong. Cody is making more money now than he would be at AEW. To him, that’s all that matters.

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

@@claytron3000 Thank you for clarifying this! People think Cody threw a tantrum and left. He's just on the next stage of his career. I like AEW, but he doesn't owe tham or the fans anything. He helped found the promotion and took a bet on All In - that's more than enough imo.

[@megatinmand5524]

Why would he regret leaving the sinking ship that has punk and Daniel Bryan yet can't get a million viewers?

[@nonechuks6683]

@@megatinmand5524 They get a mil all the time, my friend. And, at the rate they're growing, they'll be getting a mil consistently this time next year. You can't call AEW a sinking ship when they're the only US promotion outside of WWE to crack a $1,000,000 gate.

[@iamjeffreyalansmith]

They did everything right with Cody’s re-debut. He seems like one of the biggest stars on the planet right now. I can’t wait to see where this goes. Here’s hoping the powers that be don’t cock it up!

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

He's being paid a bag if wwe pay you a bag they'll push you

[@jmreeves89]

Shouting welcome back to the big leagues at him and commentators saying he hasn't been in a big league ring in six years made him seem like the mid carder he is, in my opinion

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

@@jmreeves89 that's part of the storyline they did to aj too. He's going to be told he's not won the big one until he does.

[@jmreeves89]

@@superstar_h_gamer5211 tell that to Braun Strowman, Gallows and Anderson, Bray Wyatt, and all the others who got a "bag" then got buried or not used and dumped. It doesn't matter one iota how much they are paying somebody.

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

@@jmreeves89 none of those guys were paid what cody is being paid. Cody is on par with rollins reigns aj etc

[@kevinwinkler1326]

If he's happy than i am happy for him. It was a great Moment! But i am afraid that is exactly the Problem! WWE is all about having great Moments. Raw and Smackdown are still terrible Shows. Cody won't change that!

[@wilsongaye2437]

Raw Been good lately

[@justinlowder2173]

💯

[@AWOJD03]

@@wilsongaye2437 not really maybe gone from like a D show to a C show at best the last two months. This mania build has been real weak, weakest of recent memory and that’s with two years on pandemic.

[@joshkiepper7102]

All y’all do is wine snd complain. Why even watch. Or go watch the b show AEW and stop whining.

[@babinghose1954]

Here another aewsexual lol

[@MattSingh1]

*Cody clearly has the same absurd ego of his dad.*

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

As does every top guy in the history of the business. Difference, of course, is Cody’s not a top guy. He doesn’t even have the name recognition or drawing power his brother had.

[@megatinmand5524]

Mark get back to mothers basement

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@user-uo1qr6vn1q Cody is a way bigger name than Kenny omega or the young bucks, that’s for damn sure.

[@ModulMazzle]

I'm interested to see how he will be booked in the coming month, since if he just wants to be a babyface, than I don't have that much hope given WWEs track record in the last few years. Also... it is the Wrestling world, everyone was/is/will be a face or a heel. Embrace it, to get more over and have longevity. Just look at Jericho and how he has done it every single time. And with how Cody got portrayed at AEW, with his wife being a heel since day one on Dynamite, their entire enterage thing, exaggerated pyro and this ultimately overbooking of blowoff matches with heel turn teases, sorry but of course fans would boo you. He could have used his expired contract to turn heel and challenge for the world title, be a prick about it and be on top there and after some time turn face when it is needed. I'm sure the fans didn't hate him as a person, but his gimmick got stale and people didn't want another Cena/Reigns for years and years.

[@chadcooper113]

This is SPOT…….ON………☝️☝️☝️

[@ivanpabon2741]

This is exactly thought was going to happen when they announced he left the company. What a sad reality

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Cody has decided to go start his own revolution, complete with hookers and blackjack. This masterplan needs time to properly be formulated and all that, and his people are busy working on it in his Nightmare Laboratory... so in the interim he will be taking a small role in a television series that's in desperate need of a fresh face. Unfortunately for him, this series is a WWE program... where his face has passed its sell-by date, and his neck-oration screams "Vince, make me wear body paint again!" His old lady, who was much of his heat-generation issues' source, has somehow managed to avoid involvement with WWE while securing a cable tv cooking series, leading many people to say "no justice in this world CONFIRMED". Her first recipe is rumored to be a three course meal consisting of only brown liquors; updates to follow when available.

[@ivanpabon2741]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 mmmmmmmmm brown

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@ivanpabon2741 won't lie, Brandi herself has a surprisingly high chance at making me respond in that way bro 😂

[@AwayGoalRule]

“But where was Brandi?” -not a single soul on planet Earth

[@jcarreon1983jc]

She can show her face once in a while. Keep her away from a mic.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Someplace breast feeding an infant, I assume. "Lucky kid." - Tribal Chief Sempervive, the people's champ

[@jonathancoleman6482]

@@jcarreon1983jc facts 😂

[@jonathanellis6097]

I am sure Cody is being paid a shed load of money. Cody worked the fans it's that simple. When he was on the independent shows, and at AEW, he knew a large part of the audience don't like WWE there, so he worked that. Gotta admire that in some ways, he played to the audience he had. Cody alone is not enough to get me back to WWE. Good luck to him, he has secured his future financially, so great. I won't believe a single word he says anymore though, and when the WWE fans start to boo him (and they will) what then? He will be stuck again. Never mind it doesn't really matter that much in the end anyway.

[@LuisGarcia-te5cr]

Yes he worked me too. He's just a hypocrite now and not worth watching 3 hours of mindless television. Besides he's not going to go over clean against brock or roman if he does its BS because he's not at rge main event level. Wasn't main event at AEW. I think Khan and the bucks eventually figured out he was juat in it for himself an distanced themselves

[@youngbreezy5859]

Congrats to him. However it looks really stupid that he was constantly taking shots at WWE and now crawled right back lol.

[@dewamshah8713]

True but it was good comeback

[@Excremental_Discharge]

It's also pretty stupid that WWE fans said that he wasn't good enough for WWE and that's why he was cut. They talked shit about him for the last 6 years, and now all of a sudden they're pretending that they've been supporting him ever since his Stardust days

[@dewamshah8713]

@@Excremental_Discharge it's all about the money at the end of the day

[@730F-Sport]

They always go back

[@iamjeffreyalansmith]

Sometimes people change. He saw the writing on the wall in AEW and wasn’t satisfied, so he made a change for himself and his family. Can’t really hate on someone for doing what is best for themselves in this business.

[@seanwinter4784]

Take a drink every time Dave says "You Know". And I'm dead

[@carloslozada470]

Danhausen is more over than Cody

[@MyChannel-ol1zz]

At least the WWE fans know how to treat Cody with respect.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

The fanbase best known for "WHAT???" that's your classy room, eh? Some people just gotta say whatever they can to stand for something... here, guys, we see a person whose cherry picking of the absolute best case scenario WWE audience reaction - surprise return during WRESTLEMANIA ffs - is used as representation of what WWE crowds are like. Realistic comparison: AEW crowd: actual crowd WWE crowd: extras, seat fillers, huddled unwashed masses who allowed WWE to confiscate all their unapproved shirts and signs... and the audio? One word - THUNDERDOME

[@MyChannel-ol1zz]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 How easily triggered some seething AEW fans are, quite sad. Go write your long silly drivel elsewhere, I won’t be reading it. You hate Cody in AEW, then he leaves and you can’t stop talking about him. Tribalism at its finest.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@MyChannel-ol1zz 😂 you know nothing about my feelings, but man you suuuure know how to strawman the fuck outta some folk 😂 Give it up for the dude who's too lazy to read but never too lazy to troll- considering your lightning fast copypasta-quality dookie of a reply, I'd say you're the one who's triggered. *Click, click... Click.* "OWNED, WRESTLING FAN! GO WATCH WRESTLING AND LEAVE THE DISCOURSE TO THE PROS lol"

[@kennethallen3843]

I believe Cody is going to get buried at some point. I feel Vince won't let an AEW star and founder get over.

[@Liquidsunn87]

Fact's

[@timothycurrier2523]

They always do

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

This intensely obvious conclusion regarding Coco Roro's inevitable fate...? Yeah, I been feelin' that shit for sure. It's almost impossible for the E to NOT produce this result, Imho They're not creative or interested enough in anything to put effort in... Ever notice that Vince's best move to combat fan boredom for the last thirty plus years is also his only move to combat fan boredom? Step 1: Buy something people like Step 2: conceive of slight to moderate alteration to product, thus making it "the WWE version of..." Step 3: use product as part of the usual sports entertainment doodoo, never acknowledging its origins unless legal forces us to for purposes of ducking a lawsuit Step 4: (illegible, looks like 'incest angle with daughter?' written in pencil) Step 5: well whatever that didn't work who cares endeavour that jabroni vanilla midget ham-n-egger, let's buy a whole Japanese promotion and rename them all to onomatopoeia or something, I'm bored 😴

[@paulearl8203]

Yes be cares so much that he let Jericho back and let him advertise AEW. AEW are not competition by any metric stop drinking the bs iwc rhetoric ha.

[@mervstash3692]

Let the salt flow

[@toniklocc]

Why do ppl keep saying his AEW gimmick and music? When he’s being doing the same thing in new Japan, ROH and indys

[@xShoTime83x]

Because they're emotional idiots who claim to like professional wrestling, when they don't know an ounce of it's history. It's funny and yet sad.

[@EnAyeEm000]

It's a work! He's going to win the WWE title and go back to AEW with it.

[@Hizzoner21]

A man can dream, can't he??

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

When he completes this sentence in Stamford Supermax, I hope he finds a way to bring back his IC title belt from the Dashing etc period AEW should then use WWE's creative misspelling theorem to institute the WHEE INTERCOASTAL BELT (not a title, but in fact an article of clothing designed to assist your pants) as vanity title of undefined magnitude, white variant Double bonus points if he can also steal the European Title, so it can then be partially destroyed and instituted as the Eurotrash Title.

[@indiesongwriter5474]

Is the next PPV going to be called "Most In"?

[@JC-ok4yx]

They give him a title for a couple of months before taking it off him so a part-timer can challenge for in at summerslam. Sure Lashley, McIntyre, and Owens are in a “top spot” but WWE will always make sure you know they’re not the “best”. That’s my problem with the company, they make you not care by reminding you they all have a ceiling.

[@calcutlass]

Does every wrestler have aspirations to be the face of the company

[@SpaceGhost92]

Where are malaki black? And Keith lee? And all these other guys the marks got treated so badly in wwe? They’re in the exact same mid card spot they were in before, if not worse. Every company does it

[@JC-ok4yx]

@@SpaceGhost92 Keith Lee just made his debut, and since then he's been slowly building momentum. His match against Powerhouse Hobbs last week was awesome. Beyond that, it's believable that he could challenge for the title. Malakai is building up his faction and doing awesome in trios matches. Again, he may not be in the title picture yet, but their ranking system that resets each year makes it believable that he could get there. On top of THAT, he could go to another promotion if they wanted and be able to work and challenge for a title there if need be. I will give you that they need to do something better with the TNT title, I like how it's defended more often but the past few feuds have had weird pacing. The point is they have trained their audience to feel like wins and losses matter.

[@JC-ok4yx]

@@calcutlass Depends on a lot of variables, I would argue there shouldn't be a "face of the company" in the first place.

[@popshot8898]

So some fans trashed Cody before his return, but praised him when he actually jumped ship. And on the other side of the fence some fans who've hated Cody the performer, not the character, are mad that he left and jumped ship. Aight.

[@Marcelg13]

yep thats an accurate description.

[@MilkmanC]

You're surprised to see dumb all over the place? lol

[@popshot8898]

@@MilkmanC nah not surprised. But just reminding some people of this toxic behavior, cuz they tend to forget lol

[@tordb]

E-Drones thinking Cody was a huge acquisition when in reality, he was never the draw in AEW in the first place. Bucks, Omega and Moxley were the huge draws.

[@tim13389]

Tony stan crybaby 🤣

[@alo4912]

AEW marks that can't be happy for cody going back to a real company🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mervstash3692]

bro I bet you jizzed your pants when he smashed the throne with the sledgehammer.

[@fartsound74]

Nobody in AEW is a "huge" draw. Danielson and Punk are the closest to it.

[@ZoobleZi]

@@fartsound74 Neither is anyone in WWE probably why they keep losing viewers every year 💀

[@robertsterling3878]

Everyone wanted a heel turn, now you got it lol

[@85futureshock]

People also missing another point why he came back. WWE essentially has Dusty’s legacy. They own the footage from his biggest drawing areas such as Florida, the 77 WWWF run, and Crockett. Cody is basically the exec for Dusty’s legacy and wants to protect that.

[@questionthemark4982]

yeah, that is a big part of it. Plus the money and moments like last night.

[@iorilamia]

No

[@diendong]

If Cody comes back to AEW, they need to reference on episode 7 of Dynamite that MJF was right all along. MJF needs to be AEW champion and Cody wants the championship. In the process, he gains his rights to the title picture but Cody still loses in the end.

[@mattsands161]

I think WrestleJuice hit the nail on the head with his video about the real reason Cody left AEW.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

MF Steve Here is massively underrated as a thinker, and for my money he is pound for pound the funniest MF in the IWC*. (* - that isn't Brian Zane singing that song about the WCW Monster Truck battle.)

[@mattsands161]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 Yeah, I just started watching his channel recently and I’m enjoying it.

[@davidj5910]

The Cody stuff was all pre AEW and Dave knows it. Just like he knows why Cody left but can't let on cause everyone knows...i means thinks he is being paid by AEW. Cody did great last night. Just as good as Seth. No goofy flips, no synchronized wrestling "art." Just a good wrestling match. Cody kept getting the crowd into it and they responded. Definitely the best match of the night.

[@beengreat8014]

Some weirdo on the previous cody video said WWE treated him like shit. Cody met his wife there, he got the recognition from WWE to go and succeed in the indies. You guys take wrestling way too seriously. That’s why people who are subscribed to this channel are laughed at.

[@dsadams17]

So why did he leave and talk all that trash about WWE if they *didn't* treat him like shit?

[@beengreat8014]

@@dsadams17 Go ask scott steiner the same thing, go ask the ultimate warrior, go ask road dogg and billy gunn, go ask RVD, go ask roddy piper the same thing. They all have a lot in common with cody, talked shit and came back.

[@chadk890]

@@beengreat8014 Exactly Thank you

[@jonathanschmeh5709]

@@beengreat8014 Money and time heals a lot of wounds.

[@ModulMazzle]

@@beengreat8014 Because WWE was for a long time the only place to make money in the Wrestling world. And yes, they can treat you like shit, but you can also work stuff out to come back years later. One is not exclusive to the other

[@ryanpetty8843]

I’m not the biggest WWE fan by far, but I’m glad Cody has found a place where the fans appreciate him. That pop last night was huge.

[@cameronallen5043]

Ya know ya know ya know ya know

[@schnauzberry4835]

For real it's like he made a deal with the devil to stay relevant as long as he says ya know

[@El_hombre_malo]

That Elbow with the cross Rhodes. Great combo finisher

[@djgracio]

Good for Cody, happy for him. But his comments and actions in the past, leaving a sour taste. But it's Vince and it's still a business.

[@AM500081]

This was the best match at this years Wrestlemania, hands down. It was worker vs worker, star vs star, standard bearer of WWE vs standard bearer of AEW. Give it a few years time and we are going to look back and remember this match as an all time classic. No doubt about it!

[@timothycurrier2523]

Its funny how a year ago he said he'd never leave aew. And constantly bashed wwe.

[@dokuganryu1565]

The main sentiment for everyone during the first year of AEW (and still now for some people) was pretty much "F*ck WWE". Cody just channeled it on tv.

[@LuisGarcia-te5cr]

He worked everyone even me. But now he's just a hypocrite. Some AEW wrestlers will leave in the future but they aren't out there bashing WWE.

[@dokuganryu1565]

@@LuisGarcia-te5cr Some do on interviews

[@xoxconversexox]

please explain to me how the "American Nightmare" is an AEW gimmick.....

[@Soren_Kierkegaard]

Happy for Cody

[@iorilamia]

Best comment here.

[@thewindozer]

Cody is more like Jeff Jarrett from 1998-2007. And that's basically all he'll ever be. With that being said, I am proud of him and he had a great match vs Seth last night and I hope this run brings him some satisfaction and TBH I believe he works the WWE style the best and I am more of an AEW/Niche wrestling fan than a WWE entertainment fan.

[@Chaz4543]

Yeah and when Jeff Jarrett was switching from WWE to WCW it wasnt a big deal like Cody switching is now. Probably has to do with the lack of social media back then and wrestling being more popular than it is now. Theres was so much big talent around that nobody cared what midcarder was switching promotions. They care now because theres far less going on to talk about.

[@NYRodriguez336]

I will miss Cody in AEW. But he worked his ass off to make a name for himself once he left WWE and now he's given main star opportunities back at the E. I know not everyone will love a wrestler. But I never understood why fans at aew booed him. Wish Cody the best.

[@rkrivera]

Because fans in AEW felt like he was doing things to get himself over in spite of the other talent. I didn't think that was an earned viewpoint but that's why the booing started.

[@MilkmanC]

It was a mix of things, from doing shitty TV, to Brandi having to pop in anywhere she could, to singling himself out and away from others to a point where it was like he was only working with his trained guys. The Factory thing was really the fuse(again mixed with many things) and Black was the spark. At Queens it was just natural for everybody to loudly boo this man.

[@anastasi2012]

I think Cody Rhode's problem is Cody Runnels. The man holds higher levels of expectation to himself and I don't feel like the fans or his peers hold him up to those same expectations. When Cody lost the TNT title to Darby Allin is when Cody got put in a tight spot because he agreed to never challenge for the AEW world title. So in his mind, he believed that the alternative was to be the top Babyface and he tried way too hard to make the fans see him in that light. His own stubbornness is what got him booed out of the buildings at the end. He should of got over himself and turned heel on Sammy Guevara after he dropped the TNT title to him and then went on to go back on his word to challenge for the AEW title. As proud as I am of that match and his return last night I have to ask, how long will it be until Cody gets frustrated again? It's guaranteed that no matter how much Vince caters to him now, that corporate hammer is eventually going to drop and when it does he's not going to bend for the founder of his competition. Look how long it took to make amends with Jeff Jarrett.

[@MilkmanC]

@@anastasi2012 he’s not the founder but deff a big contributor. That said he was the face and you’re absolutely right

[@TheDeviousDrDoom]

Cody Haters = PRAGS

[@ZoobleZi]

@@stevenweathers2989 He was great? LOL

[@F1rsttimer]

He's your next world champion. After Roman unifies the titles, Cody is the other world champion. It makes the most sense.

[@ZoobleZi]

LOOOL

[@wolfcola3401]

I still think Cody is trojan horsing the WWE. He's there to get back everything that Dusty came up with. Gain there trust, let them lower there guard, and get back all those trademarks and intellectual properties back.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Now THAT makes sense. Solid idea, bro

[@xShoTime83x]

Only clowns believe that and judging by the lone reply this comment has got, it checks out. XD

[@wolfcola3401]

@@xShoTime83x How did you know I'm a clown in real life. I can't believe you guessed my actual occupation.

[@wolfcola3401]

@@xShoTime83x I made a balloon animal for you. It's a trouser snake.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@wolfcola3401 this dude has a reply for everything, except it's always "you are a clown for having idea, whole squad laughing lol" and then he highfives his other account probably like the end of an 80s sitcom episode Shrug, I had to punch his shit up some cos his low effort troll vomit is so pedestrian it gets jaywalking tickets

[@Funkmonkv1]

Wasn’t American Nightmare & his theme what he was using in New Japan before AEW?

[@annettestr2393]

Yes American Nightmare. Same theme in Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling.

[@timothycurrier2523]

Lmao he made the decision to not challenge for the aew championship lmao

[@thedominatior39]

I feel Cody jumped the shark in AEW when he got the neck tattoo a feel everything before and after that moment just felt different

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

His neckoration + Vince's 'legendary creativity' = fast tracking that dude to body paint again, STAT

[@xMikeyHardyx]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 Weird cos Vince was vocal about hating Punk’s tattoos. HHH and Cena really were the poster boys for Vince’s fetish. Clean but grotesquely muscular men.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@xMikeyHardyx oh yeah man, I'm saying Vince will waste no time slapping gold paint over that shit and letting him "shine" 😂 as Stardust Dustin Rhodes has to be feeling pretty smart these days 😆 your bro talked you out of retirement, and now you're working legit matches and training the new cats up with the other legends. Meanwhile, he's getting his free 'welcome back pop' before the long dark teatime of the soul sets in :/

[@xMikeyHardyx]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 Now that is very true, Cody looks the villain from every angle here. The brother part is funny.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@xMikeyHardyx won't lie, I'd mark out for Dustin vs Ryan as 1:1 parody of a Coco vs Dolph thang. Shit, if it's an NXT thing they should put it on DARK that night as main event. Parody its angle build, then out work the match an hour before it happens 😂

[@hypnotics7886]

It’s not AEW’s music, Dave. Cody owns the song.

[@Wolvilax]

He is gonna get what he deserves, nothing Vince never forgets, cody is another guy to be book like shit and feed to roman. This is the reality.

[@Xehanort10]

Vince: We're turning you heel pal. Cody: But Vince I don't want to. Vince: ARE YOU QUESTIONING ME GODDAMNIT?

[@Wolvilax]

@@Xehanort10 exactly and the fans are gonna turn on him very quickly. Cody is a pure heel

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

Wrong

[@kurgerbing826]

How is it an AEW gimmick if he was the same way in ROH and other places? AEW didnt make Cody, Cody made AEW with help from Tony Khans Dads wallet.

[@rj5822]

These long drawn out Cody matches was the only thing I liked of early AEW. And I always compared that style to 80’s WCW matches. And Cody’s last AEW was one of the best things he ever did on AEW. Now for Summerslam how’s about we get a Fatal Four Way with Rhodes, Rollins, Balor and Ciampa

[@jamesgentry13]

Bryan the American Nightmare thing has been long before AEW

[@TheTristanDixon]

Well now I’m watching Monday night raw. Thanks Cody. You made me interested in wwe again

[@goodfella1401]

Be warned though. It's a long 3 hours if you haven't watched WWE for years. Especially if you mostly wanna see actual wrestling

[@TheTristanDixon]

@@goodfella1401 And I am done after that Raw lol

[@jlyon983]

Dave can literally not say “I don’t know.”

[@5IvanDrago5]

He can, he used to do a guest spot on the LAW for his insight and his answer to every question was, "uh I dont know maybe".

[@jlyon983]

@@5IvanDrago5 he’s still speculating with that response. It can never be a flat “I have no idea.”

[@ryanjohansson8950]

Honestly, this dude seems kinda delusional. If he’s happy in WWE then good for him. The shine will wear off and he’ll probably just be another guy in a month or 2 though. The fact that he can believe Vince at his word when he says “I don’t want to change you” is laughable. Seems to me like he quit AEW because the fans wouldn’t cheer him and he didn’t have booking power anymore. He dug himself his own AEW grave with his ego, reality shows, how he presented himself and how desperately he tried to get himself cheered.

[@Japaninhimself]

This is the TRUTH!! Now we all see what Cody truly is.

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

Cody proved you all wrong.

[@WinterSolder1911]

Lol wtf total AEW gimmick? He's already use it since ROH

[@DayFul]

I'll miss watching Cody WWE have burned me too many times to give them any more chances.

[@Voysh2Voysh69]

I’ll just keep up with Cody in the 3 minute KZbin clips. I ain’t watching anymore WWE

[@jayschil318]

I hope this paves the way for Goldust/Dustin for 2023 hall of fame.

[@princealirogers]

Wow Hollywood Mania too that would be perfect!

[@jonathanmays8203]

So many negative comments on here. 😂😂😂. Wow. Anyways I am very happy for Cody. He certainly deserves the moment he got last night. It was a big deal

[@jonathancoleman6482]

They hurt 😂

[@kushvibes6169]

So every time he gets boo’d he’s gonna leave the company , if he comes back to AEW H STILL GOING TO GET BOO’d lmaooo signing back with WWE again especially knowing how the company kills ya character is wild !

[@user-nc1wu2nm3i]

He'll be the greatest 24/7 Champion ever.

[@alo4912]

He's in a real company now, be happy for him

[@mattsands161]

This was the right move for all involved. WWE needs main event babyfaces, Cody was treading water in AEW, and his departure won’t hurt AEW at all.

[@larrybenton777]

Cody changed once he got that absurd clown tattoo on his neck... It all traces back to then.

[@TheJSexton24]

Yeah cause you know him personally lol. It changed when that Coke Head fan boy mark Tony Khan lied to him

[@thewindozer]

@@TheJSexton24 Hard to respect someone who for 3 years sold on being anti-wwe and selling me on how they tried to bury him and how he was part of a revolution only to go back after stealing my money and fandom. AEW for life!

[@TheJSexton24]

@@thewindozer you need to look at your own wrestlers and ask why their wrestling blow up Dolls and 9 year old girls that’s the thing you should be complaining about because that’s an embarrassment to all of us wrestling fans on both sides of the fence

[@ZoobleZi]

@@TheJSexton24 You're an embarrassment to wrestling fans tbh you think this shit is real and think Reigns can beat up people in real fights lmao, how much do you weigh and how long is that neckbeard?

[@larrybenton777]

@@TheJSexton24 Cody got the clown 🤡 tattoo days before his big match with MJF, didn't tell anyone. After seeing how silly he looked, it was the the easy TK decision to have Cody lose to MJF. Can't have EVPs walking around like that! Ha. Cody faded after that big loss (after starting red hot with AEW before the clown 🤡 tattoo).

[@cooljammer00]

Cody wasn't going to waste his heel turn for a company where he wasn't staying. If he does it, it'll be in WWE.

[@ClayClaydol]

Can't help but notice people cheer for Cody when Brandi isn't around..... it's almost like Cody could've been a Babyface again in AEW if Brandi wasn't on TV.....it really is the Stephanie McMahon effect.

[@GillBoldberg]

Loved the match but lost my respect afterward when Cody basically went on an ego trip saying he’s the best wrestler on the planet and then proceeds to kiss the backsides of Triple H and McMahon. It all just seems wrong but money and power talks.

[@11sdownie]

You made the right choice Cody, you’re better than the minor leagues

[@alo4912]

Bro thank you, finally someone gets it

[@ZoobleZi]

Cody is the minor leagues 🤣🤣

[@kdwindowcleaning]

@@ZoobleZi cody is going to enjoy that 24/7 title.

[@ZoobleZi]

@@kdwindowcleaning Hell yeah those matches with R truth gonna be lit 🤣🤣

[@zartan215]

WWE has put out three t-shirts out of Cody already while Bobby Lashley has one and that one came out almost two years ago!

[@paulkerr2654]

Hopefully the guy can find a bit of happiness, wwe probably suits him better to be fair. Both companies win with him in wwe, there wasn't really a place for him in aew anymore.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Cody was having a shitload of backstage and off set fun, which is something anyhow... hey, if WWE allows twitch nonsense again perhaps he can continue playing Halo Infinite! ...oh wait, that game died pretty hard I hear eeeek

[@TheJSexton24]

I hope y’all feel the same about MJF lol cause we want him next

[@nonechuks6683]

@@TheJSexton24 You want the idea of MJF. You wouldn't get MJF. You'd get a PG ver. that wouldn't be allowed to go all out because of the audience WWE caters to -- and because of his general height he wouldn't be pushed to the max like you want. If you actually want MJF, you let MJF stay in AEW.

[@TheJSexton24]

@@nonechuks6683 I believe MJF could get heel heat with in the restraints of being in WWE they’re starting to open up to their superstars coming in without their stamp on it. Look at Cody, became a bigger star in one night than 3 years with the competition

[@nonechuks6683]

@@TheJSexton24 You're experiencing that WM hangover, my friend. WWE does big spectacles better than anyway. But let's wait and see where Cody is 6 months from now after going through week-to-week WWE, which is famously bad. E: Also, you're very clueless if you believe they'll let MJF say whatever he wants. At least Cody was a WWE name before he left. MJF in WWE's environment would experience a complete 180 of corporate BS compared to where he is now. Especially since he's been actively booking side jobs, which WWE would make him give them a cut of his earnings for no reason whatsoever -- if they even LET him do it.

[@brettheath7127]

Cody will become WWE champion Mark my words then in the near future he will be joined by MJF in the WWE

[@ZoobleZi]

LOOOL

[@doug2731]

"In his mind it was time to leave.. and well ya know WHATEVER" - Uncle Dave stifling a temper tantrum

[@ianraguse6455]

Yup

[@jruewiley6110]

He had the gimmick and music before AEW but go on

[@SYMShutYoMouth]

This was a very good WWE Return. Cody looks like a million bucks. Definitely oozes Main Eventer. Here’s what I don’t understand: AEW fans spent the last year of Cody’s run shitting on him. You guys have absolutely no right to be mad he left. I’m no WWE fan, but Night 1 of WrestleMania 38 was pretty damn good.

[@bennyomega9153]

He stinks and we booed him out of the company. Last night was decent but not near as good as AEWs worst ppv.

[@rkrivera]

You seem more mad then most people I have read comments from. Most people who are AEW wished him well and said they hoped he is treated well. That's kind of the opposite of mad lol

[@MilkmanC]

I want the guy to do well, but as AEW fans, it was clear wrestling wasn't his priority. He's where he belongs. Good for him for getting himself over all this time, but this last year and some change it was obvious for all to see. For me personally I always thought he stood out like a sore thumb with those guys, and not always in a bad way. I didn't think this was coming,but makes perfect sense now. ps, not all AEW fans are the same. Just the super loud bitchy ones👍😂

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

@@rkrivera Eh, first comment I saw on this video was an idiotic self-professed AEW fan calling him a sellout, saying how glad he is that Cody is gone, and bragging that he didn't even watch the video because he only came here to "laugh at all the e-drones". As an ACTUAL AEW fan, I felt embarrassed by association with him, because he was acting exactly like the worst WWE fanboys do. All audiences have their morons.

[@thewindozer]

@@ArcaneAzmadi Hard to respect someone who for 3 years sold me on being anti-wwe and selling me on how they tried to bury him and how he was part of a revolution only to go back after stealing my money and fandom. AEW for life!

[@FriENTlyFire]

Biggest mania moment since the Hardy Boyz return

[@sentientbean1]

Bryan and Dave underplaying it a bit

[@jonathanmays8203]

Absolutely

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Funny thing to me is all the people trashing Cody and AEW for years now love him.

[@spac18]

Cody will do very well in WWE.

[@dewforpolitics]

Cody had a hissy fit because fans booed him in AEW and Tony Khan would not pay him like CM Punk. Good riddance. Bye Stardust