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Cephalopods posted...

As someone who doesn't really know shit about modern wrestling/WWE, what exactly was his story and why was finishing it such a big deal? I've been seeing this everywhere but I've got no context.

Cody Rhodes was in WWE a long time ago (like 2008-2016), never won a world title becuase WWE never saw the potential in him, then he was released. His father, hall of famer Dusty Rhodes, and his older brother, Dustin Rhodes (AKA Goldust in WWE) also never won a world title in WWE. Cody went out to wrestle for other promotions like ROH, TNA, and NJPW, and also helped create WWE's current biggest competitor, AEW. All of that raised his popularity enough that WWE wanted him back, and since he came back, he's been on a quest to win the WWE Championship, the title that has eluded the Rhodes family for decades.

He's a super popular babyface (good guy) with the younger viewers and casual WWE fans, but due to the outside-of-WWE stuff I mentioned, he also has the backing and respect of a lot of the hardcore wrestling fans. It's very rare for WWE to have a star that's so organically popular with both of those groups of fans (usually it's one or the other, like John Cena being loved by the younger/casual fans but hardcore fans hating him or someone like AJ Styles having the hardcores behind him but a lot of the casuals not really getting him) and yet, now that they finally have one, they're throwing him aside for a single big money match with a part-time Hollywood Rock and a heel (bad guy) Roman Reigns that's been champion for 3 and a half years and people are sick of seeing him as champion.

In other words, the vast majority of WWE fans, casual and hardcore alike, want to see Cody dethrone Roman for the WWE title and "finish his story", but The Rock swooped in and is threatening to derail that.