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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 21, 2019 13:57:05 GMT -5
So have 95% of people in any industry ever. You could be the second coming of Eistein, Oppenheimer and Hawking all rolled into one, but if you don’t know the right people to get your foot in the door to develop and groom those skills then you’re another untapped genius working as an unskilled labourer So how many of those people have Dusty Rhodes as their father? Dustin Rhodes as their brother? I fail to see what you point is that I haven’t already addressed in other posts. But I guess I can state this again: Yes, Cody started on 3rd base due to his name, so have ALOT of wrestlers. But the vast majority of them trip running home, while Cody is on his 3rd or 4th around the bag, has a bunch of RBI’s, and is a key reason his team is in the pennant race. Here’s another analogy. Cody’s last name being Rhodes got him an undeveloped piece of land for free, but his hard work and dedication are what landscaped the property, poured the foundation and built him a house. And now people are trying to claim he didn’t earn the house. Which is straight up, 100% bullshit and everyone here knows it.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Apr 21, 2019 14:23:28 GMT -5
Whether you are a fan of Cody as a worker or not I think it's pretty undeniable that the Elite would be where it is today without him. Dude has a great sense for the business and for building a brand.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 21, 2019 14:31:39 GMT -5
He gave his best in every role WWE gave him. As Orton's sex slave, as Dashing, as Dr Doom, and Stardust. Hell he even managed to make a moustache gimmick sorta entertaining.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Apr 21, 2019 17:00:00 GMT -5
My nickname and feelings about for him for YEARS has been Cody “I’d be exactly Curt Hawkins if it wasn’t for my last name” Rhodes.
The perfect C-average wrestler. Okay at everything.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Apr 21, 2019 18:23:06 GMT -5
I'm a fan cuz we share the same first name.
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Post by Larryhausen on Apr 21, 2019 18:44:44 GMT -5
I'm a fan cuz we share the same first name. My last name is Rhodes, so I can relate.
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Post by Malibu Albino on Apr 21, 2019 21:34:13 GMT -5
You think the Bucks were at this level before May 2016? The Elite? Hot Topic deal. Once again you cheapen his value by saying the Bucks would have achieved what they did without him. He brought something revolutionary with him. No revolutions happen in a vacuum. Your bias doesnt allow you to see his importance, and to his all time value. People will be talking about Cody and this time 20, 30 years from now. Excuse me? Who started selling the shirts that made them mega popular? Cody wasn’t originally on the elite. Who made prowrestling tees and the bullet club shirt popular? Not Cody Rhodes, he came in much later. He helped, but he’s not this visionary like you’re exaggerating him to be. He’s talented but his friends started this, not him. His friends went viral first not him. The Bucks were already changing everything when he asked for his release. I don’t have bias against him, he’s a good worker for what he is, like mentioned above the master of the three stars. Cody wasn’t responsible for Hot Topic, The Bucks were. 20 years from now people will be asking why Cody dressed up as dollar store Goldust and the time he won a dead nwa belt. Considering the bet with Meltzer that nobody could fill a 10,000 seat arena was one Cody himself responded to and got the Bucks and the rest of the Elite on. I'd say his impact on the group and what he brings to the table for them is pretty clear. From everything I've heard he was the one running the show backstage for the most part and did much of the planning with help from them. You can keep trying to paint him as a dude who jumped on the bandwagon, but he is definitely one of the reasons the bandwagon got as huge as it has.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 21, 2019 21:38:58 GMT -5
Excuse me? Who started selling the shirts that made them mega popular? Cody wasn’t originally on the elite. Who made prowrestling tees and the bullet club shirt popular? Not Cody Rhodes, he came in much later. He helped, but he’s not this visionary like you’re exaggerating him to be. He’s talented but his friends started this, not him. His friends went viral first not him. The Bucks were already changing everything when he asked for his release. I don’t have bias against him, he’s a good worker for what he is, like mentioned above the master of the three stars. Cody wasn’t responsible for Hot Topic, The Bucks were. 20 years from now people will be asking why Cody dressed up as dollar store Goldust and the time he won a dead nwa belt. Considering the bet with Meltzer that nobody could fill a 10,000 seat arena was one Cody himself responded to and got the Bucks and the rest of the Elite on. I'd say his impact on the group and what he brings to the table for them is pretty clear. From everything I've heard he was the one running the show backstage for the most part and did much of the planning with help from them. You can keep trying to paint him as a dude who jumped on the bandwagon, but he is definitely one of the reasons the bandwagon got as huge as it has. My point was that he didn’t started it or is responsible for it, he’s a great asset but not the main one. He can be replaced the bucks or Omega can’t.
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Post by bog on Apr 21, 2019 21:51:17 GMT -5
I see more people asking why everyone likes Cody Rhodes so much than I see people saying they really like Cody Rhodes.
That being said, I really like Cody Rhodes.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 21, 2019 21:52:54 GMT -5
He's a big picture guy. There aren't always a lot of them in wrestling, and a lot of them are promoters rather than wrestlers. Guess he's now both.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 21, 2019 21:54:00 GMT -5
He's a big picture guy. There aren't always a lot of them in wrestling, and a lot of them are promoters rather than wrestlers. Guess he's now both. And I hope he doesn’t repeat the mistakes of his dad.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Apr 21, 2019 22:04:07 GMT -5
Considering the bet with Meltzer that nobody could fill a 10,000 seat arena was one Cody himself responded to and got the Bucks and the rest of the Elite on. I'd say his impact on the group and what he brings to the table for them is pretty clear. From everything I've heard he was the one running the show backstage for the most part and did much of the planning with help from them. You can keep trying to paint him as a dude who jumped on the bandwagon, but he is definitely one of the reasons the bandwagon got as huge as it has. My point was that he didn’t started it or is responsible for it, he’s a great asset but not the main one. He can be replaced the bucks or Omega can’t. Except for the part where he explicitly DID start it, by starting the bet and being one of the key driving forces behind it. All In doesn't happen without Cody, certainly not on the scale it happened.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 21, 2019 22:08:19 GMT -5
He's only smoke and mirrors.
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Post by FinalGwen on Apr 21, 2019 22:10:08 GMT -5
I'm a fan cuz we share the same first name. My last name is Rhodes, so I can relate. You only got where you are on this board because of your last name! If you were called Hawkins nobody would read your posts! (Am I doing this right?)
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Post by Cyno on Apr 21, 2019 22:17:17 GMT -5
Cody is one of the best character workers I've ever seen. He's not a Daniel Bryan in the ring, but he's good enough to get by and any shortcomings in the ring are made up for with his charisma (besides if top guys were judged purely on prowess in the ring, Hogan, Austin, and Rock wouldn't have gotten as big as they did). He also has an excellent business acumen and is good at taking raw ideas and making them practical, as we saw with All In and likely with AEW.
Also, he prefers Zelda 2 over the original? I like him even more now.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Apr 21, 2019 22:23:42 GMT -5
well he has an encyclopedic knowledge of professional wrestling
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 21, 2019 22:26:23 GMT -5
My point was that he didn’t started it or is responsible for it, he’s a great asset but not the main one. He can be replaced the bucks or Omega can’t. Except for the part where he explicitly DID start it, by starting the bet and being one of the key driving forces behind it. All In doesn't happen without Cody, certainly not on the scale it happened. Hes responsible for All In but the movement was already started and in motion well before he joined the Elite.
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Post by Viking Hall on Apr 21, 2019 23:31:24 GMT -5
So to sum up, Cody is a low level - average worker who only got to where he is today through his family name and the company he keeps.
In other news David Flair, Horace Hogan and Justin Credible are all sat at home wondering where it all went wrong for them.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Apr 21, 2019 23:37:15 GMT -5
Dude once cut a promo with a q-tip and did it with a straight face. His character work is quite good.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Apr 22, 2019 0:07:51 GMT -5
He can get me more interested in the build and outcome of a match on a regular basis than just about in other wrestler in years. Other guys can get me wanting to see a match for the quality or novelty or potential history but not much else. I wanted to see him win the NWA title at All In, I was invested in the possible Elite split in ROH, and he has me wanting to see him face Dustin right now.
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