>>5172842Tony gave Cody time and space and used him as propulsor for other stories. But nothing came out of them because Cody kept his word and didn't turn.
Malakai's main stat was that he beat Cody twice. Now that's useless.
Andrade had to wait for Darby to start rolling, after Cody put him on fire in the ring.
Sammy was lucky enough to have the matches with Dustin and Darby and elevate his second stint as TNT champion.
Lil Nigga basically got forced to do what Cody had to do, meaning elevate the new talent of AEW. But Cody had to talk about his father and his family and his wife and the fact that he made AEW to the crowd.