How AEW Failed Cody Rhodes Before His Epic WWE Return

Hello wrestling fans welcome to another thought provoking video. Let's look into the fascinating journey of Cody Rhodes, exploring the twists and turns that led him from All Elite Wrestling (AEW) to becoming a bonafide star in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Join us as we analyse the pivotal moments that shaped Cody's career, examining how AEW may have missed the mark in harnessing his potential and how WWE capitalised on the opportunity to turn him into a household name.
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[baffourappiah]

People don't get how over Cody is, I've never seen such backlash from someone not winning a championship than for Cody not winning at Wrestlemania 39. Not to mention, He got the wrestling community to turn on THE ROCK of all people, and #WeWantCody was the highest trend on X for three days straight. Nothing wrestling related has ever trended that long. Whether you like him or not, Cody Rhodes is truly UNDENIABLE!!

[reddragon]

The story of Cody Rhodes is The Lion King.
His father dies, he leaves his home where he meets new friends that help him to become the best version of himself! Then he returns to his home to take the throne from a ruthless villain.

[deroistewart]

Cody Rhodes is legitimately a real life 10 year challenge and definition of betting on yourself. Definitely finishing the story this year

[stefanjordan]

You can say. Cody pulled the Ultimate AEW heel move in going back to the WWE.

[icards]

A predictable story can still be a great story, and so far Cody has had one heck of a story.

[franklingoodwin]

From boos and comparisons with Homelander to top babyface, top merch seller, biggest crowd pops, WWE 2K24 cover star all within the space of two years. How did AEW drop the ball so badly with Cody?

[Taco]

I know it's corny to say, but honestly, Cody has been an inspiration for me. Like Cody, i have professionally struck it out on my own and bet on myself to succeed. Although my "story" as it were is far from over. So far, it has been successful. Hard work and self-belief, and honestly, a little bit of luck can do wonders.

[jeremiahbsanchez]

Who's here after Cody winning Wrestlemania 40???

[beep]

Cody didn't fail at Aew he was helping Tony K run Aew he was the TNT Champion

[bonzaicastillo]

What happened in AEW is that fans didn’t like how much the nightmare family started taking TV time. Brandi wanted to win the woman’s belt. Qt wanted to be a single’s star. Dustin was the only other guy beside Cody in that faction worth watching. The best moment of that group was Arn Andersons infamous Arn with the Glock promo when he was calling Cody out for being too soft.

Cody did the right thing leaving because after that stipulation loss to Jericho, he basically wrote himself out of the big title picture and into a mid card guy. Whoops. It wasn’t worth the shock value of losing. He realized he still has the desire to be the #1 guy and he went to pursue it.

If you noticed you haven’t seen Brandi wrestling on wwe. Not even on nxt. They didn’t cater to any of the bs she was doing in AEW. Tony’s a nice guy, but sometimes too nice.

Cody has earned a lot of non believers including myself about his appearance in wwe. No one can take away what he’s done for wrestling.

[lifebydanielsan]

The "cody cant win the title " angle booked themselves into a corner. Thankfully it helped MJF get more heat but still.

[rajathabib]

Can't believe how a storyline can make u boo someone and later cheer for the same guy...I'm a a #codycrybaby....this time story needs to finish...#codyrocks

[breonwilliams]

Cody has to Finish the story, because I’ve never seen someone as over as him besides Daniel Bryan in 2014.

[CozyHumanoid]

Actually what he is doing now is basically WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IN AEW! BE THAT BABYFACE WITH A STORY. I believed locking himself out of the AEW Championship in 2019 working with the young guys eventually with the TNT Championship he was on the way to possibly challenging again for the AEW Championship but with new renewed babyface gimmick but what did that AEW faithful do? They didn't give it a chance to blossom and Cody took it to WWE and made himself the most prized commodity in wrestling today. HE BASICALLY SKYROCKETED INTO THAT JOHN CENA LEVEL CATEGORY OF BEING THE FACE OF THE COMPANY.

[SlamSessions]

Cody Rhodes is 38 years old, he might still be active for ATLEAST 5 years from now, but there have been more miraculous appearances and with older wrestlers, even if temporary

[Obscusion]

While some of Cody's time in AEW was definitely due to his own decisions, I'm sure Tony Khan never really bothered to push Cody towards any other ideas & directions, instead simply allowing Cody to do what he felt was best, even when it really wasn't for his own benefit. In essence, and it kind of matches what was recently happening with the whole Rock situation for Mania this year, Cody seemingly wants to be the least selfish guy in wrestling, even when said behavior actually might do more harm to him than good &, ironically enough, may actually be selfish, in its own way.

[darmok]

Dusty Rhodes did NOT lose the match for the WWF title against Superstar Billy Graham, he WON the match but it was on a count out so the title didn’t change hands.

[jesussalazar]

The best thing Cody ever did was leaving WWE and joining NJPW with the Bullet Club faction. Adopting the American Nightmare (HEEL) persona. In doing so, his matches and his ideas of a good storyline were must watched across the world, along with building a trusting friendship with the Elite and other indie wrestlers. Hence, the creation of AEW was made for wrestlers who want to get recognized by western audiences and live up to the 90s wrestling fans. A succession AEW has become, all while he became a standout star and the company can succeed without him, as he was ok with. Now that WWE brought him back again, he proved to HHH/Vince that he can live up to his dad reputation...and he has so far. All while trying to obtain a WWE title that his father was robbed for throughout his career. I do believe he will become the WWE Champion at Wrestlemania 40, he'll finish the story.

[jacobsteinmeyer]

AEW was always just a part of the long game Cody played to get to the top in WWE

[jesterr]

I think you encapsulated the entire aura around Cody really well at the end of the video. People are behind Cody, not the character. In real life, he did what we all dream of doing. He knew what he wanted, bet on himself, worked his ass off, and went out and got it. On top of that, you have the history with his family to add to everything. The real story is better than any storyline that even the best writer could come up with. Because of the real life drama in his story, people believe like they did in the kayfabe era, and that hasn't happened in 30 years. Cody has captured something special, and I hope he finishes the damn story.