Cody Rhodes won the TNT Championship on AEW Rampage, Saturday night. This makes Cody the first three-time champion in All Elite Wrestling. Many fans are calling for Cody Rhodes to become a heel (villain) in AEW, but I think he's already a heel.
Cody reminds me of Ric Flair more than his father, Dusty Rhodes. Dusty was a wild cowboy while Ric Flair was a businessman. Cody isn't a cowboy he prefers to wear suits and fancy shoes like Ric Flair. Lately, Cody has received a lot of boos from the fans in different cities. It seems that in places like Greensboro, North Carolina where Jim Crockett Promotions had a great stronghold, Cody received a strong babyface (hero) reaction. Greensboro was the place where Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes were major superstars with the Starrcade wrestling event in the 1980's.
All Elite Wrestling has their own version of Ric Flair and his name is Cody Rhodes. He can be heel or babyface just like Flair because the fans may not like him all the time, but they respect him. Cody has been apart of the wrestling business for more than a decade. He made his name in WWE from 2006 to 2016 and then moved onto the independent scene from 2016 to 2018 before becoming apart of All Elite Wrestling.
Currently Cody is the first three-time champion in All Elite and I'm sure he'll have more championships in his future. Personally, I loved Cody winning last night. I thought he and Sammy had a great match and they told a great story. Cody is the Ric Flair of All Elite, from the business suits to the blonde hair and I love it.
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