>>12641066No. His angles sucked and after Covid, he killed PPV crowds with his crappy safe matches. His last based match was the belt throw one. High impact, drama, multiple bouts of chaos at once, shilling/downplaying commentators, it had it all. But the guy was wack after 2021, and proved he isn't on that upper tier, due to:
>not knowing how to steer a crowd on his own>not knowing what a crowd wants, without being explicitly told>not being able to adjust gimmicks and face/heel dynamic on the fly or when the business calls for it.People say AEW crowds cheer anything AEW, yet Cody couldn't control them. Old school crowds were even more hostile, yet prime Dusty, Flair, Rock, Savage could steer them wherever they want. Heel MJF easily controled crowds. Cody can't do it, because he's a mark for himself. I liked his cringe kino in AEW and miss it, but it's true.
