Tony Khan is the teacher who wants to go to dinner at his student's house, then they catch him getting too friendly with their dogs.

AEW is deadly.

The reason he leaves the children unattended is to jack-off a pinscher that wandered onto school grounds.

That I believe! LOL fucking Tiny Khan

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Pretty awesome that Cody is back in WWE, though. His return is going to be epic and I can only assume Triple H as the head of creative will make it even better.

Assuming he wins the Royal Rumble and defeats Roman at WrestleMania.

Lol, that seems to be the implication. I don’t really buy Cody’s tweet. Maybe he’s being genuine…I dunno. It seems like it could be a political flex. But he did seem to say a lot without saying it, didn’t he?

It could also be a dig at Chris Jericho too.

I don’t think this needed to be stated.

So, what was Cody’s tweet?

Exact Tweet below...

"I didn’t leave because of the Bucks/Kenny. I’m forever bonded to those men over what we created and I remain very proud of it, and I didn’t leave because of/or have issues with Punk. We got along. Not money, not booking, just a personal issue and my wanting to go for the big one."

He didn't specifically name Will Hobbs as being fine with him though so Hobbs backstage cancer confirmed, AEW to shut down in the coming weeks due to it.

Well yeah, nobody asked if he left because of Will Hobbs. That said, Hobbs turned on Ricky Starks, and that is Cody's boy, so Hobbs is probably a jerk!

Fortunately for Cody, returning to WWE was always his goal so he can easily fall back on that being the reason. Even if there is actually more to it than that.

There’s more.

I didn’t realize Hobbs was a powerbroker in AEW. Fuck, dude’s pretty humble not even putting himself on TV.

LOLOL!!!! That's fantastic

I could definitely see it being Jericho, but with all the struggles this company has had in the past few weeks, I just tend to believe that it is Tony Khan.

Wasn't it Khan who came up with the idea that Cody will have a match and if he loses, he will never get a World Title Shot in the company?

Like Cody was red hot at the beginning of AEW and that's the angle you take with your company?

Probably should have seen this all from the start.

Cody shouldn't dethrone Reigns, get outta here.

Definitely remember Cody saying at the time that the “I can never challenge for the world title again” thing was his idea and that the other EVPs and Tony were against it. He said he didn’t wanna face the same criticism others, mainly Dusty, had faced booking himself on top and wanted to nip it in the bud immediately.

I recall that as well. But we are all unwashed marks.

Well the whole point of a “such and such can’t challenge” angle is that they eventually get to challenge. Everyone was so certain that it was going somewhere…nope.

Cody had his issues in AEW. But he also faced issues. He was clearly more a pro-wrestling guy than The Elite were. Cody made some references early on about the bad refereeing and how you won’t see refs ignoring blatant interference in the future. Lol.

A clear divide obviously popped up between Cody’s camp and The Elite’s camp. They didn’t appear in his reality show. Omega himself brought them up on Dave’s show. If things were sunshine and roses, things wouldn’t have been the way they were.

TK, Jericho, The Elite, Punk, Danielson coming in — it could have been a bunch of things. But it is interesting what Cody didn’t mention in a tweet that was clearly going to be analyzed. And hey, that could be a strategic move too. Making TK or Jericho the problem when they aren’t going anywhere is a good way to make talent uncomfortable there and either force the company to shift from the outside or unify talent in their discomfort.

Could be the first subtle shot in an Elite/Jericho war.

lol all I'll say is every time I hear Britt Baker open her mouth outside of a kayfabe context, she sounds like such a bootlicker. Probably Destor's favorite wrestler at this point.

Hard disagree. Dude was massively over and is going to be even more over when he comes back. You also have the built in storyline of Cody winning the title his father never could.

There is no better option than Cody right now.

Well, how else is she going to get to go to all the Basketball, Football, and American Football games?

I'll reserve that for when he comes back and how it's done..... but yeah. He never has seemed like "the man" to me, even in AEW. Better than he was in WWE, but still not "it".


I don't give a shit about him winning something his daddy didn't. I'm sure that'll tug some heart strings because RIP Dusty.


And the fact there is "no better option" IS the fucking problem IMO. Honestly, right now, Sami Zayn has a better story as to why/how he will dethrone Reigns.





I'm aware this is an unpopular opinion, much like my views on both Edge and Christian.

Cody looks like a star, and carrys himself like a star. And he is consistently able to get the audience emotionally invested in what hes doing, whether its a promo or in the ring. A feat only a handful of guys are capable of accomplishing these days.

As amazing as sami and this storyline has been, I just can't see him as the one to dethrone reigns and be the guy. Cod's story and presentation just feels much more grandiose and fitting of the gravitas that comes with a wrestlemania program.

Sami will likely get betrayed, and it will lead to him reuniting with Owens as they've been teasing.

I'm with drave on this one. Cody just doesn't seem like "the guy". He still seems like someone pretending to be a bigger star than he actually is, and I feel like the more people see of him the more he will get "exposed"... such as how the AEW fans eventually turned on him and started booing. The switch to WWE made him fresh and exciting, but he still is just not as big a star as he wants to pretend to be.

The fact is there is literally no one ready or "at the level" to take the belt off of Roman Reigns.

As I have been saying elsewhere, I can really see it being Sami Zayn... but it isn't like he is going to be a "serious" champion or be a very long reining one.... but someone has to take the belt off Reigns eventually, and right now the way the story is going, that man should be Sami Zayn. Then the title can eventually go back "down a level" to where sure, eventually Cody can win it and have a run, why not?

Just feel like Sami taking the title is the perfect WM moment and buildup. Cody would be a letdown.

I have seen this mentioned about cody several times before, and I don't understand it at all.

How is he supposed to act? The whole point of wrestling is showmanship and acting like you're hot shit. Should he be yet another of these endless, boring, humble, so happy to be here guys? If everyone acted like they were a bigger star than they are, then wrestling as whole would be better.

Like, I'm not trying to be a dick here, but what the hell do you guys want from the guy?

This seems counter productive to me. We've spent years complaining that the wwe titles don't mean anything. Now we have one of the best reigns (lol) we've ever had, the title is more prestigious than its been in years, and you want to end with a guy you just admitted wouldn't be a serious long reigning champion, and would depreciate the value of belt enough for the guy you dont like to get it?

Help me out here, Jaw man.

I'm not saying that he 100% shouldn't act like that, and you're right, everybody should. Just saying that I don't necessarily always need to buy into what they are selling.

Like when they started presenting Jinder Mahal as main event world champion. Now, that is quite an unfair comparison because Cody is MILES ahead of Jinder Mahal. Just saying that it is a thing to be presented as/pretend to be a bigger star than you are, and it doesn't work all the time.

The title is gonna get depreciated no matter what once it gets taken off of Reigns, because there is no one else on that level.

So it might as well be with the best story/moment possible. That just isn't Cody, sorry. If it is Cody, the same goes for him, he wouldn't be a super long reigning champ and the title would still be depreciated......

So go for the best story/moment. That is what will stick out in the anals of history. (Spelling mistake on purpose because it is funny)

That's fair, but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Cody checks all the boxes for me, for what a top star should be.

And that's fine. I'm not one of those here to say my opinion is right and yours is wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own thoughts, feelings, and opinions. :y:

Well the story right now is between Sami and Jey, and I'm not sure I have faith in them to successfully transition all the heat to Sami and Reigns. Part of the reason this has worked so well is the chemistry between sami and jey. I still think we're headed towards Sami and Owens vs the Usos. We've seen the little moments where owens still believes in sami.

Nobody is taking the belt off Roman until Disney buys WWE and Roman retires.

I agree with Fignuts, Cody’s the guy to do it, especially after the torn pec, they lucked into this story.

Cody’s fine. I’m not feeling it right now, but he’s been gone. If he wins the Rumble and has the promos with Reigns, it could feel perfect. But there are other options they could go with too.

Lock Jaw summed it up well. I don't see him as "bad" - I just don't see him as "the guy" is all. And to your point, everyone DOES think they're hot shit (or should anyway), but when everyone does it, it's just kinda.... there.


I dunno man, just can't picture him dethroning Reigns. It would feel very underwhelming. I know I'm in the minority.

Well either way its a good sign we've got two different guys we can can argue towards main eventing wrestlemania, and getting excited for.

Cause usually its fucking nobody.