Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso New Tag Team Champions

[Lizuka #BLM]

Greatest tag title reign since John Cena & The Miz, can't believe it's over.

[Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000]

Leave the memories alone.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

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I suppose you can’t have two of your big WM matches in each other’s faces constantly from six months out.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Well, that was a pointless diversion from a proper storyline.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Oct 8, 2023 21:05:25 GMT -5 Sponsored by Groose Wipes said:

The story is complete for Cody.

LOOKS LIKE THE STORY IS BACK ON BOYS

[4real]

We’ll always have that press conference I guess.

[Nosnorb]

Oct 8, 2023 13:57:00 GMT -5 4real said:

ITS JUST ME UCE!

About F***ing time. After 3 long years, Uceheads can finally rejoice - It is just Jey.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Oct 16, 2023 22:28:27 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

🤷‍♂️

I suppose you can’t have two of your big WM matches in each other’s faces constantly from six months out.

Then idk why they even did it at all, this all felt incredibly pointless and the show's repetitive as f*** Bloodline ending really didn't help matters.

[lionheart21]

Oct 16, 2023 22:47:43 GMT -5 4real said:

We’ll always have that press conference I guess.

Yeet!

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Oct 16, 2023 22:49:29 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Oct 16, 2023 22:28:27 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

🤷‍♂️

I suppose you can’t have two of your big WM matches in each other’s faces constantly from six months out.

Then idk why they even did it at all, this all felt incredibly pointless and the show's repetitive as f*** Bloodline ending really didn't help matters.

Probably to specifically do that tease of the Reigns v Rhodes rematch, and the cross-brand tag belts were the only way they could get Rhodes on SmackDown within the “rules of the brand split”… Which is weird because the rules are only slightly less rubbery than car tyres, like, he could probably still be on there this week regardless.

Maybe our mistake is the idea that any run with the belt is meant to be this big showcase run of great matches and whatnot that serves to put over the prestige of the belt, or something that is a tangible reward for somebody’s hard work. They can be this, sure, but often they’re just storytelling tools to move things from A to B to C… or back to A, I suppose.

(F*** do I know, I didn’t watch this, I was at work LOL)

[ChitownKnight]

I think the idea of Cody winning the tag belts with his arch nemesis’s cousin is also a good story point

[Bang Bang Bart]

Oct 16, 2023 23:02:15 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Oct 16, 2023 22:49:29 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Then idk why they even did it at all, this all felt incredibly pointless and the show's repetitive as f*** Bloodline ending really didn't help matters.

Probably to specifically do that tease of the Reigns v Rhodes rematch, and the cross-brand tag belts were the only way they could get Rhodes on SmackDown within the “rules of the brand split”… Which is weird because the rules are only slightly less rubbery than car tyres, like, he could probably still be on there this week regardless.

Maybe our mistake is the idea that any run with the belt is meant to be this big showcase run of great matches and whatnot that serves to put over the prestige of the belt, or something that is a tangible reward for somebody’s hard work. They can be this, sure, but often they’re just storytelling tools to move things from A to B to C… or back to A, I suppose.

(F*** do I know, I didn’t watch this, I was at work LOL)

It’s likely a device to get us to WarGames with the Corporate Ministr—- erm… Bloodgement Line versus the superface alliance.

[papagiorgio]

Yeah, this feels like a Survivor Series War Games set up.

[Lizuka #BLM]

What I don't get is why have Cody and Jey win the belts after the alliance with the Bloodline? If the Judgment Day and Bloodline aligning happened after that it'd have made the story make far more sense and that alliance a lot more impactful instead of being immediately undercut.

[Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED!]

What? WWE doing pointless title changes for the sake of it? We must be talking about different companies.

[HMARK Center]

Oct 17, 2023 5:43:51 GMT -5 Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! said:

What? WWE doing pointless title changes for the sake of it? We must be talking about different companies.

To be fair, the irony in that is how some have felt that WWE has done some pointless longterm title retentions at this point, given how long numerous recent title reigns have been.

[polarbearpete]

Yeah I don’t think you can really accuse WWE of hotshotting title switches and devaluing titles any longer, at least under Triple H.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Oct 17, 2023 8:45:51 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Oct 17, 2023 5:43:51 GMT -5 Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! said:

What? WWE doing pointless title changes for the sake of it? We must be talking about different companies.

To be fair, the irony in that is how some have felt that WWE has done some pointless longterm title retentions at this point, given how long numerous recent title reigns have been.

As with a lot of this stuff, general opinions on booking methods may vary depending on the individual talents involved.

[Deleted]

My issue here is not taking it off of them (I had guessed it was always going to be a short term thing) but that it renders the Fastlane win pointless because they just gave it right back to JD anyways.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Oct 17, 2023 9:20:17 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

My issue here is not taking it off of them (I had guessed it was always going to be a short term thing) but that it renders the Fastlane win pointless because they just gave it right back to JD anyways.

It’s presumably just to give the group one more big moment before WarGames and the infighting hopefully begins after that.