10 Wrestlers Who Broke Kayfabe In Unusual Ways
4. Cody Rhodes Asks What We Want To Talk About
The 19th January edition of AEW Dynamite featured a number of segments designed to address numerous complaints about a real stinker of an episode the week prior.
There, interruptions and run-ins reached an insane and untenable level for a show keen on preserving the sporting framework they'd worked hard to establish. Promos didn't shine, matches didn't sparkle, and future combinations teased felt anything but elite.
The fix was simple and instant and achieved with aplomb. A far more concise show saw most matches deliver relatively clean finishes, angle advancement was logical and contrived, and signposted feuds boasted vim again. And then there was The Codyverse.
Yet again existing on his own plane, Cody cut promos on or related to (deep breath), CM Punk, Jay Lethal, Ricky Starks, NXT, WWE, Brody King, The Elite, FTR, ReDragon, before settling on actual opponent Sammy Guevara for all of two minutes at the end. He dipped between shoot and work with the usual undulation he saves for his heel/babyface shtick in a manner that was as engaging as it was utterly preposterous.
A fun watch, but impossible to view strictly through the prism of the one tenet always worth trying to protect.