10 Biggest Disappointments From Cody Rhodes’ AEW Career
9. “The Match Beyond”
When Cody teased “A Match Beyond” between The Elite and The Inner Circle, it was enough to send shivers down spines. Fans recognised the allusion to the War Games stipulation invented by Cody’s father Dusty Rhodes.
Sadly, the sudden changes forced by Covid 19 robbed us of this match. No one can blame Cody or AEW for not delivering on this deliberate tease. They weren’t to what was about to happen and lockdowns and restrictions started to hit everyone had other priorities.
AEW did later repurpose their own Blood And Guts version of the stipulation. What we didn’t get to see is what Kenny, The Young Bucks and Cody could have done if their imaginations were allowed to run wild all over two rings and a cell.
The Bucks in particular excel as this type of multi-man carnage and we may still get to see them in a Blood And Guts down the line. For Cody however, it was a missed opportunity to once more pay tribute to his father.