This is a fair point.
Perhaps you're right! I'm just thinking that it could work out fine as a story for both Sammy and Cody as something to get us to Full Gear. I don't think 50/50 is poison here if it's used as a tool for a longer story. Because eventually it naturally stops being 50/50 when they inevitably meet in the ring 1 on 1 for a third time, right? Unless it's a draw lol
I personally think Cody getting caught off guard by Sammy and us seeing potential in those lower card, less visible guys makes for a more interesting story than just having Cody look unstopable until he reaches Jericho.
I suppose it depends on how you look at it.
I look at Cody vs Sammy like I look at Undertaker Mania matches of old.
For me, if Sammy goes out and loses but puts on a killer match with Cody and looks good in defeat then Sammy gets the rub.
That's one thing I appreciate about a lot of NJPW matches, the loser very rarely comes out looking bad and it's typically a case of one mistake was made or the other guy was slightly better on this particular day. Ideally this is what I want from AEW.
I suppose it depends on what you value more, the performance or the result.
I think the performance does more for Sammy than the result in the eyes of new fans.
If they give him the win then should he get a title shot? Beating Cody would give him his first win in AEW. Should someone get a title shot after winning just one match? Does the first win being against Cody matter more than say if he beat Sabian? Obviously it does but we don't have clear defined rules other than "wins and losses matters" right now.
Jericho had to beat Omega.
Page had to win a battle royale.
How much does the context of the matches, the competitors in the matches, weigh into who gets title shots?
This is why I keep coming back to that I'd rather Sammy lose in a valiant, star making effort. If he does that then he'll stand out and work himself out of the mid card
If he beats Cody then there's no where to go in the immediate but down, AEW already has Hangman and PAC and tag team wrestling filling up the cards.
People remember matches for the moments, drama and performances rather than the result.
If Sammy wins but goes nowhere then back to the mid card as would happen right now, people will eventually forget beating Cody ever happened and it will have been all for nothing.