10 Wrestlers Who Could Give CM Punk His First AEW Loss
9. Cody Rhodes
By now, most right minded AEW fans have accepted that Cody Rhodes knows what he’s doing. It may not have been his intention from the off for the fans to turn on him, but he has fully embraced his role as a tweener if not a downright wrestling supervillain.
There’s a long term game at play here, and if Cody’s intention is to fully embrace the dark side, there’s no better way of doing so than vanquishing a babyface CM Punk. Rhodes has been compared to Triple H of late, and acknowledges The Game’s influence on him. The story here could revolve around the tone deaf Rhodes, with his behind the scenes power, going over one of the most popular guys in the business.
The pair have gone at it a few times in their WWE days, but they might as well be completely different people in 2022, Cody especially. Punk vs an authority figure is a bit of booking that just works, and few are more effective at getting a rise than these two. `