10 Dream Matches Wrestlers Refuse To Work

7. Cody Rhodes Vs The AEW World Heavyweight Champion

Cody Rhodes
AEW

AEW have been steadfast in sticking to an awesomely unique stipulation that Cody Rhodes can't challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship thanks to his MJF-assisted loss to Chris Jericho at Full Gear 2019.

A recent Dynamite loss to Malakai Black saw Rhodes remove one boot in a symbolic gesture of retirement before Black returned to nearly batter him out of the other one, but this could represent Cody's half-in/half-out commitment to AEW in the months and years ahead.

Should he do the impossible and ease in to actual retirement, there's a chance the thirst for one of the company's founders to win its world title may subside. But in the meantime, the company have booked this sublimely. If they ever go back on the 2019 stipulation, it'll only be because fans have clamoured so hard for it in the first place.

Convincing audiences to want a consequence to be abandoned might be the organisation's most impressive act yet.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.