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Cody: "I heard you say ALLLLL of this is yours..."

Reigns: "Yep and that is why my cousin is getting the match bye bye"

Yall needa to stop lion. You don't give a shit about Cody. You just hate the Rock.

VeggetaX posted...

Yall needa to stop lion. You don't give a shit about Cody. You just hate the Rock.

Rock = Crapcom

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The amount of attention this has gotten outside of the wrestling circle is crazy.

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.

https://youtu.be/ki6qRi78woM?feature=shared

VeggetaX posted...

Yall needa to stop lion. You don't give a shit about Cody. You just hate the Rock.

For me, you're wrong on both counts.

I respect Cody for betting on himself outside of WWE and helping create AEW, and him using all of that experience to raise his stock enough for WWE to bring him back is great. The booking around his stories sometimes annoys me (whether it's him not being used to his full potential in WWE or him not wanting to turn full heel in AEW) but as a wrestler and as a person, I like Cody and I want him to finish his story like he deserves.

Also, despite The Rock's mediocre movies and this recent WWE power move, I still like him for helping keep the XFL (now the UFL) alive so we have football here in St. Louis. I don't hate him, but I hate what he's doing in this situation and how he's throwing a wrench in a multi-year story right at the end.

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.

Spark notes version: Cody's dad (The American Dream Dusty Rhodes) was a very popular wrestler in the 80s, but he never won the ultimate prize (the wwe title). He got close but never won, so Cody came back to the WWE (he spent 6 years away in New Japan and AEW) to finish the story by winning the title that eluded his father

Also this story has been going for around 2 years. He won the royal rumble last year to guarantee a shot at Roman Reigns (champ) but got screwed because Roman's faction (the bloodline, his cousins) interfered. This year he won the rumble againl, but then the rock randomly showed up and was like "Lol my story now"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7yRG-2Mg8Q

Fin_Dawg_004 posted...

Also this story has been going for around 2 years. He won the royal rumble last year to guarantee a shot at Roman Reigns (champ) but got screwed because Roman's faction (the bloodline, his cousins) interfered. This year he won the rumble againl, but then the rock randomly showed up and was like "Lol my story now"

Again, speaking as an outsider, but wouldn't it do more good for the business long term to give bigger pushes to currently actively talent vs catering to The Rock who probably just makes sporadic appearances in wrestling every like 5 years at this point >_>

Every thing I hear from modern WWE just seems very ass backwards.

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.

Ill let someone else summarize the story, but suffice it to say he earned his main event match at Wrestlemania for the big title (which is Romans title not Seths no matter how anyone tries to spin it). The Rock coming back after not wrestling for ages and instantly getting that match and that moment (instead of Cody) is rightfully pissing a lot of people off.

Cephalopods posted...

Every thing I hear from modern WWE just seems very ass backwards.

If it helps, it's been ass backwards the whole time.

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.

Imagine in 1998 Jimmy Superfly Snuka or The Ultimate Warrior came back and took over the Austin/McMahon story.

Cephalopods posted...

Again, speaking as an outsider, but wouldn't it do more good for the business long term to give bigger pushes to currently actively talent vs catering to The Rock who probably just makes sporadic appearances in wrestling every like 5 years at this point >_>

Every thing I hear from modern WWE just seems very ass backwards.

Yes it would, and yes it is. As a lifelong wrestling fan, I still halfway follow what's going on in wrestling, but I couldn't actually watch these shows week after week. WWE hasn't been as good as it was in a long time and it seems they love dropping the ball and cutting the legs out from under certain wrestlers who are getting popular without WWE's permission.

VeggetaX posted...

You just hate the Rock.

The Rock is cool, but the WwE's booking is what I hate.

Reigns vs The Rock is a dream match, but who was asleep at the wheel to script Cody to win the RR if the result was going to be changed? You had glass cannon CM Punk or 'Mid card' Jey Uso to choose from.

Roachmeat posted...

Reigns vs The Rock is a dream match, but who was asleep at the wheel to script Cody to win the RR if the result was going to be changed? You had glass cannon CM Punk or 'Mid card' Jey Uso to choose from.

I've seen some people speculating that CM Punk was supposed to win the Rumble (leading to him choosing Seth Rollins) but his injury forced them to call an audible mid-match, having someone else (Cody) win it and leaving the creative team scrambling to come up with an explanation.

But I do agree. Rock vs. Roman is a dream match any time but this one. If Cody had "finished his story" last year instead of him losing and having Roman hold the title for another year, we wouldn't have a problem right now because that match would still be huge even without the title involved. If they wanted to do Rock vs. Roman at any other major event but specifically this Wrestlemania, we wouldn't have a problem right now because it wouldn't be interfering with Cody's story. But they picked basically the only time where setting up that match is an awful idea.

cody stunted the growth of sami zayns angle with the bloodline when he returned.

the rock stunted the growth of codys angle with roman when he returned.

karma perhaps?

WalkingPlague posted...

cody stunted the growth of sami zayns angle with the bloodline when he returned.

the rock stunted the growth of codys angle with roman when he returned.

karma perhaps?

Sounds fair to me

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