>>18336334
>Can't speak to what conversations were like between Cody and Brandi but at one point Cody approached Tony and said he'd be willing to take a reduction on his talent contract if it meant Brandi was offered a further years contract to coincide with his
>Everyone present felt this was bad for the brand and Tony in his usual autistic brain showed charts and graphs (yes literal charts and graphs) that things actually improved for AEW while Brandi was away and the interim brand officer was in charge
>Cody in his EVP position would be seen as damaging the future of the company if he ignored the results
>Negotiations and meetings continue between both parties and at some point Matt Jackson comes to Cody and basically explains all the turmoil that Brandi has caused backstage, points to an issue with Britt Baker and Awesome Kong as some of the problems
>Cody to his credit says that while he understands he wants his wife employed alongside him even if with his pay cut their cumulative income was lower
>The negotiations go back and forth in to December 2021 where essentially due to a stalemate in negotiations Cody says he'll stay for the option year but wouldn't be happy there
>Next thing we know Cody's working without a contract and Brandi hasn't been backstage in weeks at this point
>Tony reluctantly turns down the option year and allows Cody to leave
This is pretty much why Cody left and why Brandi wasn't part of the negotiation for his WWE contract - Cody learned never work with your wife.

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>>18218543
>Problem, Alfred?