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Post by Session Moth is over on Mar 22, 2015 8:04:20 GMT -5
Stardust is a poor mans Goldust.
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 22, 2015 9:19:13 GMT -5
IMO Cody Rhodes is the most overrated wrestler by the general online fans. That would be Ziggler. Cody has a fanbase but you wont see many threads complaining about his position on the card.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Mar 22, 2015 9:22:11 GMT -5
I don't think it is ALL creative's fault to the people saying that. I liked the gimmick but as soon as the mother f***er started hissing like a cat I was done. You're trying to hard to say, “Guys look I'm wacky" at that point. I guess you really hate Goldust when he bites at people. Nope. I don't. Now if he barked like a dog for no reason maybe. You've heard the rule about assuming right?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 10:34:14 GMT -5
Next year's Royal Rumble though, they definitely need to make a thing where Cody enters the match as each of his characters. Clean-cut Tag Team Champion Cody Rhodes is going to WrestleMania!
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Mar 22, 2015 11:12:30 GMT -5
For what it's worth. I really like Stardust. The altered mannerisms, the altered moveset. It all just displays his versatility as a performer so well.
Also, I really liked his Macho Man c. WM 7 look, dunno how that's generally been viewed, but I thought it was cool and a further step towards distinguishing the character from goldust.
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Post by Abdullah on Mar 22, 2015 11:57:12 GMT -5
All this talk about reactions...
He gets 'Cody' chants which is like booing him, given the character.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 22, 2015 12:00:50 GMT -5
All the same bad writing that he's currently going through as Stardust won't improve if he's Cody Rhodes.
At the least now he has a stand out distinct character. As plain old Cody, he wouldn't, and he's not going to go back to being Dashing or Doctor Doom.
My suggestion would be to give him a solid feud with Daniel Bryan if Bryan wins the IC title. It'd be good for both of them. Stardust gets a higher profile feud, and Bryan gets a talented worker to wrestle.
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Post by The Heenan Family on Mar 22, 2015 19:28:51 GMT -5
I guess you really hate Goldust when he bites at people. Nope. I don't. Now if he barked like a dog for no reason maybe. You've heard the rule about assuming right? Goldust makes a chomping sound and bites at people for no other reason than to make himself look wacky.
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Post by SkullTrauma on Mar 22, 2015 19:35:15 GMT -5
No one else in the WWE has made chicken salad, out of chicken crap better than Cody. chicken salad and chicken crap are the same thing. yuck.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Mar 22, 2015 19:36:43 GMT -5
Nope. I don't. Now if he barked like a dog for no reason maybe. You've heard the rule about assuming right? Goldust makes a chomping sound and bites at people for no other reason than to make himself look wacky. Well it was a sexual thing upon inception. The cat hiss is stupid. If anything it's done to mimmick Goldust and that makes it even more desperate.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Mar 22, 2015 20:04:09 GMT -5
I can't stand Stardust. But I'm a rare breed around this place that can't wrap my head around why everyone seems to think Cody Rhodes deserves to be a main eventer. He's exactly where he needs to be, no matter who he's performing as. I couldn't agree harder. There are quite a few midcarders on the roster that I could definitely see getting bumped up to the main event and fighting for the Heavyweight Title. But Cody... I just don't see it. To me, Cody is a solid hand at best, but nothing about him in all his years in the WWE has ever amazed me and made me think "This guy deserves a World Title run". And honestly, if he's doing anything in the main event, then it's most likely being a JttS. Otherwise, he's just a guy who screams Lifelong Midcarder, just like his brother. And there's nothing wrong with that. Except there was a time that they could have legitimately put the world title on Dustin. Having said that, I am a little torn on Cody. It seems that he gets it, for the most part. If he had a bit more in the personality department the way his dad and brother did, he could go far. The problem is that my general impression of Cody is that he is a piece of lightly browned toast. You can put some nice fixings on him and surround him with a solid breakfast and he could be an okay part of a good thing, but in the end he is still dry and slightly burned white bread.
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Post by schma on Mar 23, 2015 3:39:26 GMT -5
The hissing I could do without, the rest I'm good with.
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Post by "Dashing" Dr.VonPhoenix on Mar 23, 2015 4:16:09 GMT -5
See... I actually like the hissing. It's kind of femme, kind of primal.... in a way that's reminiscent of Goldust without being a direct imitation. It's another part of the world they've created. Think of Dame Edna and Rupaul, if you would. Both do drag, but they're by no means the same. You know?
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Post by Ruthless Pessimism on Mar 23, 2015 4:30:47 GMT -5
Cody's got a solid look, is a good worker and has legit charisma when he's given the chance.
But he's just not the kind of guy who headlines a major promotion. Maybe if it was NXT or some indy fed but not the WWE.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 23, 2015 6:09:45 GMT -5
It's a good gimmick and he plays it well, but the writers don't know what to do with him You just described the vast majority of Cody's career.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Mar 23, 2015 9:35:43 GMT -5
Cody needed to slip into that hybrid persona using the "Surfer Sting" look that he had at Fastlane.
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Post by Big Poppa Pumpkin on Mar 23, 2015 9:50:18 GMT -5
Cody's got a solid look, is a good worker and has legit charisma when he's given the chance.
But he's just not the kind of guy who headlines a major promotion. Maybe if it was NXT or some indy fed but not the WWE. Like Daniel Bryan, he was born to be a perennial B+ player
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Post by Ruthless Pessimism on Mar 23, 2015 17:04:31 GMT -5
Cody's got a solid look, is a good worker and has legit charisma when he's given the chance.
But he's just not the kind of guy who headlines a major promotion. Maybe if it was NXT or some indy fed but not the WWE. Like Daniel Bryan, he was born to be a perennial B+ player Bryan at least has the big match presence to be a main eventer. Cody is a good hand but not a "larger than life" type.
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Post by JTH on Mar 23, 2015 17:45:24 GMT -5
Put all his gimmicks together.
Stardust, with a mustache, wears a face shield, looking in a mirror, teaming with Hardcore Holly, coming out to "It's a New Day".
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Post by cabbageboy on Mar 23, 2015 17:46:31 GMT -5
Bryan also wrestles with such ferocity that you can buy him against big men and main event level players. Cody is a thoroughly perfunctory pro wrestler. He's not actively bad. He's not actively great. Cody isn't notably better than his old OVW tag partner Shawn Spears, but he has a better last name.
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