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THE LOCKUP

IT'S THE BIGGEST and most shocking wrestling news story of 2022 thus far, and it’s unlikely to be topped. Cody Rhodes, one of the founding forces behind All Elite Wrestling—some would say its entire original reason for being—left Tony Khan and company behind.

What’s more, Rhodes was reportedly headed back to the place he’d wanted to get as far away from as possible—right back into Vince McMahon’s arms. And yet, the Cody Rhodes of 2022 is not the Cody Rhodes of 2016. He’s no longer the frustrated mid-carder who asked for his release after basically

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