I don’t see Cody going back to AEW, he played the Bucks and while AEW won’t suffer from losing Cody, the Bucks are hurt, but when you think about it, Cody was eventually gonna dip his toes back into WWE, that’s where he started and his father played a big part into developing the stars that are present in WWE.
Did Cody play em? Yeah. Was Cody being a carny? Yeah. Was Cody wrong for not being upfront about what his plans were? Yeah. That said, the Bucks got their first taste of how things really go in big time wrestling so this should be a learning lesson to them that there’s no friends in the industry and building a “revolution” is a fantasy, this is their wake up call.
Btw, I don’t blame Cody for going back to WWE at all and I think it was great decision on his part, he did a great job promoting and building AEW as well.