10 Future AEW World Champions

Of course, this one can never happen. But it will happen. We don’t yet know how long it take or what storyline contrivance will get him there but we know he’ll get there. Just like the retiring wrestler who will, inevitably, return to the ring, Cody will one day hold the gold.

Maybe a heel champion will goad him into reneging on his word. Maybe they’ll attack his ever sympathetic older brother?

Perhaps a title challenger and friend, let’s say Scorpio Sky, will fall victim to a vicious backstage beat down. Unable to compete, he’ll beg Cody to fight in his place.

Would anyone really begrudge him? Cody remains arguably the most over star on a roster with “Hangman” Adam Page, Jon Moxley and countless others.

However they get there, one day Tony Khan will turn to Chris Jericho in the Dynamite staff canteen. “You know how I know this business is in the toilet?” He’ll ask, “We’re putting the belt on Stardust!”