When All Elite Wrestling began, Cody Rhodes received immense praise for his now-classic match with his brother Dustin Rhodes at Double or Nothing. Fast forward a year, and Cody's match against Lance Archer at Double or Nothing 2020 has been on the receiving end of much criticism.

With the brother-versus-brother match serving as an exception, most of Cody's matches have since become among the most underwhelming of the nights' cards, feeling very much like his pedestrian WWE matches. AEW's first-ever Dynamite match was Cody versus the up-and-coming Sammy Guevara, and although the match proved to be decent enough, it showed the early signs of what would become significant flaws in Cody's AEW matches. This includes repetitive outside interferences, especially by Cody's ringside partners, such as his wife, Brandi.

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Cody's matches have consistently been the most overbooked within the entirety of AEW. His world championship match against Jericho ended when his ringside partner, MJF, threw in the towel on his behalf, simultaneously barring Cody from ever challenging for the world title again. His match against MJF ended with the latter cheating with a low-blow. And his TNT tournament match against Darby Allin ended after a very confusing pin reversal and a no-sell of Darby's finisher, the Coffin Drop. They're all very reminiscent of WWE-style booking -- with tons of ringside interference, referee blind-sides and fluke finishes -- something that has left a bad taste in the mouths of fans for years.

Double or Nothing's Archer vs. Cody for the TNT Championship was the culmination of all of these flaws. It included ringside interference from both Arn Anderson (Cody's supposed babyface manager) and Jake Roberts, who distracted and blind-sided the referee to the disadvantage of his client. There were also ringside ejections, which even included Mike Tyson getting involved. There were numerous camera cuts, in-between spots, of reactions from everybody involved, including one hilarious shot of Mike Tyson yawning ringside. All of these awkward moments are not unlike WWE's approach to pay-per-view matches.

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The ending to the TNT Championship match was also largely inconsistent, considering how much like a monster they'd previously booked Lance Archer. That was, until Double or Nothing, with Cody delivering two Cross Rhodes to Archer to get the pinfall, something other wrestlers have been able to kick out of. In the latter match, Cody had to improvise and introduce a figure four submission/pin to defeat Spears, while the former required less effort from the EVP to put down a monster such as Archer. Archer arguably comes out of this looking worse by losing in the finals, whereas Spears lost in the first round of the tournament.

However, the Murderhawk can easily, in the weeks to come, overcome what may just be a temporary shortcoming. The real issue lies in Cody's WWE-style approach to booking, which has plagued his matches for much of his AEW run. AEW needs to be mindful of how Cody's matches are booked in the future if they want to avoid having the clustered, messy, weakly paced matches that have become a defining feature of modern-day WWE. Less overbooking and foreign interference, and more actual in-ring psychology and wrestling -- like his inaugural AEW match against Dustin -- is what AEW fans have come to expect from the nascent, upstart promotion. Cody's next match would be against Jungle Boy for the TNT Championship next week. It remains to be seen if the issues that are raised from his Archer match are addressed come Dynamite.

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