I'm really glad you wrote this piece because, as a wrestling fan of > 40 years, this jump confused me the most out of any I've seen. When you wrote "Most of all, it’s okay for him to make the choices that work best for his life," I guess that's where I'm stuck. I worry for Cody because yes, while this is all a work, he seems to have shoot worn out his welcome with fans and management in two companies in less than 10 years. And his focus (almost obsession) with WWE in his promos, symbolism and his dang entrance music is tough to reconcile with him joining that company which is only MORE profit-focused and ignoring wrestling (compared to when he left) as it prepares to be acquired. I get the arguments about money and that it was time for him to move on; I just fear that after 2 years or so, he'll be exactly where he was in AEW: the fans will be ambivalent at best, annoyed and hostile at worst, and he'll have to manufacture some story about why he's making his next move, while dragging his wife along with him for the third time. Anyway, I really appreciated the post!
I'm really glad you wrote this piece because, as a wrestling fan of > 40 years, this jump confused me the most out of any I've seen. When you wrote "Most of all, it’s okay for him to make the choices that work best for his life," I guess that's where I'm stuck. I worry for Cody because yes, while this is all a work, he seems to have shoot worn out his welcome with fans and management in two companies in less than 10 years. And his focus (almost obsession) with WWE in his promos, symbolism and his dang entrance music is tough to reconcile with him joining that company which is only MORE profit-focused and ignoring wrestling (compared to when he left) as it prepares to be acquired. I get the arguments about money and that it was time for him to move on; I just fear that after 2 years or so, he'll be exactly where he was in AEW: the fans will be ambivalent at best, annoyed and hostile at worst, and he'll have to manufacture some story about why he's making his next move, while dragging his wife along with him for the third time. Anyway, I really appreciated the post!