>>5346290TBS and HBO wanted Cody.
The guy might not be wrestling dimes, certainly not in AEW, but he's big mainstream TV entertainment dimes as far as the networks are concerned.
The reason to give AEW a deal (Cody's TV appearances and TV shows), left AEW.
TBS doesn't give a shit about wrestling. AEW won't go the way of the dodo but this whole TV business will be over soon enough.