10 Iconic Wrestling Images That Show History Repeating
10. Cody Goes All In
A glorious match that was effectively the making of Cody as the AEW lead babyface a full year before the company (and his in-ring role) was made real at Double Or Nothing 2019, the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match at All In leaned on family history as much as the belt's less-than-impressive present.
That's not to discredit Nick Aldis' work with the title before and after this quick switch with Cody, but the 'American Nightmare' evoking 'The Dream' was doing the work here.
He craved and cradled that title as if Aldis had been disrespectfully walking around with Dusty's ashes. As if Aldis was as bad as WWE locking down all of his Father's ideas in a trademarked vault. The chance for validation and vindication was available to the man that was deemed chiefly responsible for making the evening's miracle take place.
Much like Dusty's own victories over Ric Flair, this felt like one for America, for the common man, and for the dream.