#2 Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes was a mid-carder at best in WWE and held the Tag Team Titles and the Intercontinental Title during his run. After splitting from the company, Rhodes began working towards something huge.
This turned out to be an entirely new promotion called AEW, which is backed by a billionaire named Tony Khan. The promotion of AEW's first show, Double Or Nothing, saw Cody taking shots at WWE and vowing to "kill the Attitude Era".
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Cody took the jibes at a whole new level at the PPV, when he made his elaborate entrance, which saw Brandi handing him a sledgehammer and Cody proceeding to destroy a throne with it. Now, AEW has come up with official T-shirts highlighting the infamous moment. Although a true wrestling fan wouldn't want it to happen, if AEW closes someday and Cody tries to come back to a Triple H led WWE, he might face some serious issues doing the same.