What's wrong with Cody Rhodes?

The only problem with Cody is that they tried to make him THE guy (like a HHH) but he just isn't that. Now it's too late to downshift him into something else. So what you're left with is someone who is supposed to be the top dog, doing programs meant for lesser characters. He's stuck in this weird void where he can't be given the top storyline, but can't come out acting like a mid-carder. AEW really needs to somehow let his world title stipulation go away. Then he can go full heel and challenge a babyface champ. Cody works better as a heel in the first place. But if all he can do is go for the TNT title, or enter programs against someone who attacks him (Black) ... we're just left with: uhh ... ok, there's Cody again ... bathroom break I guess.

I love Cody’s entire AEW run, even what others consider missteps to me were solid

right now we’re seeing the meltdown from fan rejection that Cena never gave us

Good wrestler who has been booked very meh his AEW run and continues to have rambling promos that miss the mark. Honestly would prefer if he and Dustin just became a full time tag team.

I like Cody.

I really don't know why there is a reason to hate Cody. If not for Cody, AEW wouldn't really be here. He was a huge factor in getting AEW going.

And he should still come out of the face tunnel.

My take on Cody is that when AEW first started he seemed like an essential piece of the puzzle. In the years that have gone on, it just feels like the sore thumb that sticks out in a bad way.

He's trying way to hard to be everything that WWE is on the entertainment side, and its not AEW at all. The Big goofy ass, long-drawn out entrances, which draw comparison to Triple H which is funny because its everything he keeps trying to get away from. Every one of his stories essentially become a pity party. MJF betrayed him, Archer attacked him, Brodie and Dark Order brutalized him, Black took him out, grandpa Arn got beat up again, QT Marshall betrayed him, etc.. etc... etc... and he'll go away and then in a month or two make some grandiose return because why not? Its the same story over and over again, just insert Cody and "Wrestler B" and there's your Cody Rhodes feud formula.

Like kinnikuman said, he should be an upper main event guy but even when the roster wasn't loaded like it is now he didn't really quite cut it like others were. And the times where he disappeared to do other shows/media stuff didn't help either. People didn't tune in to Dynamite week to week, endlessly praying for that Cody Rhodes return, instead they moved on to interest in other talent. So now he kind of sits in this black hole space looking from the outside in at the true Main Eventers (Omega, Danielson, Hangman, Cole, Moxley, Punk, Jericho), the young guys that are really the spark of AEW and from a character development standpoint are way more intriguing (MJF, Jungle Boy, Darby, Sammy, Orange Cassidy, Hook) and the guys who are solid hands/attractions (Miro, Black, Pac, Andrade, Christian, Sting, Kingston).

In a nutshell it feels like AEW has passed him by.

I hate the Triple H comparison but thinking about it, I think the Jarrett TNA comparison works a bit. Not in that he’s put himself over so many people, but in that he was one of the bigger names for the company in the first couple years but as the company started signing bigger names and picking up, he became less of a major focus. He still has his role to play and puts on decent matches but when you have guys like Bryan, Page, Omega, Cole, and Punk, you don’t look like the star you did at the start.

I think most people that throw a fit about him are getting worked and it's hilarious.

🎶 adrenaline, in my soul, something, something Cody Rhodes! 🎶