>>11367553He wanted to go back to WWE and tried to weasel his way back through their 3rd party talk show a few years back, but Vince put the kibosh on that and with MMA and Hollywood off the table he was out of a job so he had not choice but to go to AEW.
He would give anything to be in Cody's spot right now. But that's what you get when you burn bridges with literally everyone -- eventually you run out of friends and you run out of options.
Once he fucks up his AEW deal he's done, he'll have to scrap by by doing straight to DVD horror movies and MMA commentary.