>>12458925Cody was starting to get go away heat by the end of his time in AEW, but was too stubborn to turn heel, even with his wife practically begging him to let them go full heel. He was also retarded enough to put a stipulation on himself to never win the world title.
Now he gets to be the main event face he wants to be, and because he didn’t burn his bridges on the way out, he leaves the door open to return to AEW once he starts to slip down the WWE pecking order so he can main event AEW as a face world champion.