>>14519704Pretty sure it was just him overreacting to his father's ghost. Like, the one thing that tarnished Dusty's career in a lot of people's mind was how he booked himself to win and main event so much. So Cody didn't want to have people bashing his dad by association by inviting the comparison, even though they still did it when he put himself over shitters like Ogogogo. Basically, he just went too far in the other direction, where he banished himself to the midcard forever. Thus, the Codyverse was born.
