5 Likely challengers for Chris Jericho's AEW World Title after Cody

Le Champion may have some formidable foes coming his way.

#1 Dustin Rhodes

Could Cody's big brother avenge his loss?

Dustin might be an interesting choice, seeing that he sits at 2 wins and 3 losses overall thus far in his AEW tenure, but sometimes there's more than just win-loss records. Wrestling is a sport that was made for exceptions, and Dustin Rhodes might be the perfect one. It doesn't have to be a PPV match, but he's supposed to be on the mend and making his way back to AEW soon, so you have to expect that Dustin will be going right after Chris Jericho and his Inner Circle mates who broke his arm.

They may have injured the older Rhodes brother in an attempt to get into Cody's head and hurt someone he loves, but they may have failed to realize that Dustin Rhodes has forgotten more over the course of his career than most of the members of the Inner Circle may ever learn.

I could see AEW doing their big first TV episode of 2020 headlined by Cody vs. MJF and Dustin vs. Jericho. The chance of the son of a son of a plumber actually taking the gold from The Painmaker is quite low, but the two veterans know how to create drama along wih the best of them, and it could be a stellar match to go along what has been a stellar storyline thus far.

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

I am also the co-founder of the RBR: Weekly Wrestling Talk podcast, which started in the summer of 2005 and is still going strong today, almost 15 years later. Due to school, work, and family commitments, I left the team in 2011 but still remain a part of the family.

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Edited by Nicholas A. Marsico