10 Iconic Wrestling Images That Show History Repeating

2. Game Of Thrones

People loved Cody smashing the throne.

Grabby symbolism to pander to ardent acolytes it might have been but wrestling's got a rich history of that - as well the 'American Nightmare' knows. Vince McMahon trained his audience to loathe any form of wrestling outside of his own vision of it, and this was Cody's personal take on it.

The smart acknowledgement that Triple H was as much to do with the current monopoly as Vince himself was inspired too. It took a shot at somebody that had been partially babyfaced thanks to a well-liked NXT product and the general consensus that he could "fix" much of what was wrong about WWE. Cody found his own billionaire rather than trying to battle the existing one and his son-in-law.

The AEW EVP isn't a man of the people in spite of this grandiose statement aiming to suggest otherwise. He's the latest promoter/power player to heap dirt on the old ways in an effort to plough forth with the new. Just as Vince McMahon reduced other rivals to "rasslin' in smoky bingo halls" and Eric Bischoff gave away results on Nitro, Cody used 'The Game's ridiculous weapon to smash an accepted institution.