I really liked Cody when AEW started. Lately something has seemed off. Maybe it’s the ‘Cody goes Hollywood’ stuff. He’s wrestling Shaq and having Rosario Dawson involved in a feud that’s he’s hardly shown up for except for the matches. An injury angle in 2021 when the guy that’s supposed to be injured is appearing on shows on the same channel, sometimes right before or right after AEW programming, is just a weird choice. Arn, Cody, and Brandi all turning heel could work, I don’t know if it would be better to have them turn on Dustin so it’s still an Anderson turning on a Rhodes or if there’s some way for Dustin to turn too, but something needs to happen. Cody just feels like he’s lost his way. I don’t know if it’s all the outside ventures, the trademark battles with WWE, trying to be a ‘rah rah’ America babyface but in a way that definitely turns off AEW’s core fan base and seems to appeal to a different crowd, the decisions are baffling without a heel turn.