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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 24, 2024 6:15:26 GMT -5
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A MOD RULE OR MANDATE. IT'S JUST ME SPITBALLING. DON'T TAKE THIS SUPER SERIOUS.
But for real, he said he wanted to be at the "Head OF The Table." He's joined TKO and done just that. He made a slight tease at Roman and everyone automatically wants to turn Cody into the new Daniel Bryan, forever underutilized and a certain blown opportunity on behalf of the Evil Empire that is WWE. (Despite that Bryan was actually booked insanely strong throughout that whole run.)
Now, personally? I'd have Rock challenge Roman at Perth. If I can get any Rock match, it's at effing Mania. I think WWE delaying the match is a *bad* idea. If I have the book, I finish the Cody story with him pinning Rock for the belts, and that's to set up Cody/Roman III with Cody defending at ideally Summerslam this year. But sadly, I think they might delay it for like the Netflix premiere or something.
Either way, Cody isn't Daniel Bryan and Danielson wasn't even Daniel Bryan. He was never in a bad position, Cody was never in a bad position.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 24, 2024 6:26:41 GMT -5
I get how frustrating it is. It feels like despite everything that's happened in the last year and a half, nobody believes this company has changed from the worst of Vince's impulses.
But they're fighting the weight of their own history here. A history that includes this exact matchup where they took an ending that people were expecting to cement that they may be a different company now, and didn't go with it. Even if Rhodes does get the rematch here and wins, I don't expect it to fully go away because there's always going to be people that will doubt the story direction or simply like someone else that isn't getting that same big push to the world title.
But I'm right with you.
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Post by eJm on Jan 24, 2024 6:32:14 GMT -5
I get how frustrating it is. It feels like despite everything that's happened in the last year and a half, nobody believes this company has changed from the worst of Vince's impulses. But they're fighting the weight of their own history here. A history that includes this exact matchup where they took an ending that people were expecting to cement that they may be a different company now, and didn't go with it. Even if Rhodes does get the rematch here and wins, I don't expect it to fully go away because there's always going to be people that will doubt the story direction or simply like someone else that isn't getting that same big push to the world title. But I'm right with you. Honestly, one of the reasons I haven't started watching WWE again is because of that history. It's not fair to the people involved but the issue was more that it's not like there were wide sweeping changes and new blood was put in, HHH has been in the company forever, Bruce Pritchard is still there and as long as Vince is president of TKO, that spectre looms where a scenario could happen and Vince takes back creative. Kevin Dunn leaving is a massive, massive step but even then, that felt inevitable the moment Vince sold his real power in the company and took the President gig. I want to be 100% confident Cody will win this year (the fact it's in Philly, Rocky Country, makes too much sense for a Rocky II reconstruction of sorts) but then I was 100% confident he was going to do it last year so...
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 24, 2024 6:36:14 GMT -5
I get how frustrating it is. It feels like despite everything that's happened in the last year and a half, nobody believes this company has changed from the worst of Vince's impulses. But they're fighting the weight of their own history here. A history that includes this exact matchup where they took an ending that people were expecting to cement that they may be a different company now, and didn't go with it. Even if Rhodes does get the rematch here and wins, I don't expect it to fully go away because there's always going to be people that will doubt the story direction or simply like someone else that isn't getting that same big push to the world title. But I'm right with you. They were a "different company" to me once the Theory Experiment died. There's a contingency of WWE fans out there who; even if Okada debuted and beat Seth or Gunther in a 25 minute classic for the world title and feuded with CM Punk, Cody reigning as the man and more serious competition than ever with FTR resigned and they just have great tag matches week in and week out and the women's divison got at least one hour of TV time each week and they left Saudi Arabia forever with Cena doing a farewell tongue-in-cheek "heel run", they would still see the famous clip of Vince laughing evilly when they think of the promotion. Well, this is for them. Today I'm here to show why you should Believe In Uncle Hunter.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 24, 2024 9:23:33 GMT -5
If we're to believe Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated, well, it may be time to break out those memes. www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/wrestlemania-40-card-is-taking-shape-and-it-looks-spectacular"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk." Part of me also wonders if maybe they're working SI to get us all worked up. It doesn't really make sense unless Gunther somehow actually wins the Rumble. I could see a world where Cody and Punk are fighting, ignore Gunther for a second and get dumped.
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Post by eJm on Jan 24, 2024 9:31:24 GMT -5
If we're to believe Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated, well, it may be time to break out those memes. www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/wrestlemania-40-card-is-taking-shape-and-it-looks-spectacular"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk." Part of me also wonders if maybe they're working SI to get us all worked up. It doesn't really make sense unless Gunther somehow actually wins the Rumble. I could see a world where Cody and Punk are fighting, ignore Gunther for a second and get dumped. I do think it might be some kind of thing to work up the fan base because, like, you don't use the loss to promote the video game if you're not going to do something with it this year to build to it. Especially when you make Cody the daggone cover star of the game. But, well, I guess we'll see but it's still such a strange thing to imply, you know.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 24, 2024 9:33:14 GMT -5
If we're to believe Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated, well, it may be time to break out those memes. www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/wrestlemania-40-card-is-taking-shape-and-it-looks-spectacular"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk." Part of me also wonders if maybe they're working SI to get us all worked up. It doesn't really make sense unless Gunther somehow actually wins the Rumble. I could see a world where Cody and Punk are fighting, ignore Gunther for a second and get dumped. I do think it might be some kind of thing to work up the fan base because, like, you don't use the loss to promote the video game if you're not going to do something with it this year to build to it. Especially when you make Cody the daggone cover star of the game. But, well, I guess we'll see but it's still such a strange thing to imply, you know. Yeah, but it's not like they filmed the commercials and developed marketing materials a week ago. Rock could have been on board after it was too late to change anything with marketing materials. We'll see!
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 24, 2024 9:33:35 GMT -5
I’m now extending the stip: until Rock is WWE Champion, then Cody’s still the ace or ace-in-waiting until further notice.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jan 24, 2024 9:36:08 GMT -5
"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk."
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Post by eJm on Jan 24, 2024 9:36:12 GMT -5
Yeah, but it's not like they filmed the commercials and developed marketing materials a week ago. Rock could have been on board after it was too late to change anything with marketing materials. We'll see! That's true. These things do happen that way, just more would be extremely strange but hey, ain't my company. All I know is that I'll looking forward to the post-WrestleMania press conference after Roman beats Rock! Maybe we'll be told about waiting about being annoyed by the end of Act II this time!
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Post by 4real on Jan 24, 2024 9:38:16 GMT -5
I don’t think Rock winning the title is a good idea and I don’t expect him too. Especially now he’s a pretty important part of the company.
And I don’t think Cody needs to win the title at Wrestlemania since that wasn’t really ‘the story’. But it’s dragged on so long (the story and Roman’s reign) Wrestlemania seems to be the only time fans will except which is fair enough.
Cody has to beat Roman on the next try though even if it’s Wrestlemania or not. But then again is beating Roman the story? Or is it win the WWE Title?
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 24, 2024 9:41:59 GMT -5
I kinda hope they really lean hard into pretending like Cody is a total afterthought or even forgotten. Makes his eventual victory all the more spicy and fun. But my fear is that they won't be pretending and he'll end up just another "woulda/shoulda" dude that was tossed aside.
I think I'm getting worked, hard.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 24, 2024 9:42:03 GMT -5
I don’t think Rock winning the title is a good idea and I don’t expect him too. Especially now he’s a pretty important part of the company. And I don’t think Cody needs to win the title at Wrestlemania since that wasn’t really ‘the story’. But it’s dragged on so long (the story and Roman’s reign) Wrestlemania seems to be the only time fans will except which is fair enough. Cody has to beat Roman on the next try though even if it’s Wrestlemania or not. But then again is beating Roman the story? Or is it win the WWE Title? I think they're now kind of interconnected. Cody's only pinfall loss in the company to date was at the hands of Roman. They did that face off to tease the match late last year. Roman is Cody's mountain to climb. Beating anybody else for the WWE Title wouldn't be the same at this point.
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Post by eJm on Jan 24, 2024 9:45:08 GMT -5
I don’t think Rock winning the title is a good idea and I don’t expect him too. Especially now he’s a pretty important part of the company. And I don’t think Cody needs to win the title at Wrestlemania since that wasn’t really ‘the story’. But it’s dragged on so long (the story and Roman’s reign) Wrestlemania seems to be the only time fans will except which is fair enough. Cody has to beat Roman on the next try though even if it’s Wrestlemania or not. But then again is beating Roman the story? Or is it win the WWE Title? I think they're now kind of interconnected. Cody's only pinfall loss in the company to date was at the hands of Roman. They did that face off to tease the match late last year. Roman is Cody's mountain to climb. Beating anybody else for the WWE Title wouldn't be the same at this point. Like, I find this subject really weird because it feels so obvious. If a Dragon kidnapped a Princess and the knight saving her was recently hurled aside by the Dragon's tail, is the Knight getting revenge on the Dragon or saving the Princess? The answer is literally both.
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Post by 4real on Jan 24, 2024 9:45:39 GMT -5
I don’t think Rock winning the title is a good idea and I don’t expect him too. Especially now he’s a pretty important part of the company. And I don’t think Cody needs to win the title at Wrestlemania since that wasn’t really ‘the story’. But it’s dragged on so long (the story and Roman’s reign) Wrestlemania seems to be the only time fans will except which is fair enough. Cody has to beat Roman on the next try though even if it’s Wrestlemania or not. But then again is beating Roman the story? Or is it win the WWE Title? I think they're now kind of interconnected. Cody's only pinfall loss in the company to date was at the hands of Roman. They did that face off to tease the match late last year. Roman is Cody's mountain to climb. Beating anybody else for the WWE Title wouldn't be the same at this point. Yep I agree really it wouldn’t be the same if he beat Rock for it for example.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 24, 2024 9:53:28 GMT -5
If we're to believe Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated, well, it may be time to break out those memes. www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/wrestlemania-40-card-is-taking-shape-and-it-looks-spectacular"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk." Part of me also wonders if maybe they're working SI to get us all worked up. It doesn't really make sense unless Gunther somehow actually wins the Rumble. I could see a world where Cody and Punk are fighting, ignore Gunther for a second and get dumped. Not buying it. They're working SI, it's gonna be Cody finishing the story at Mania this year.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 24, 2024 9:54:53 GMT -5
If we're to believe Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated, well, it may be time to break out those memes. www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/wrestlemania-40-card-is-taking-shape-and-it-looks-spectacular"Where does this leave Cody Rhodes? Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk." Part of me also wonders if maybe they're working SI to get us all worked up. It doesn't really make sense unless Gunther somehow actually wins the Rumble. I could see a world where Cody and Punk are fighting, ignore Gunther for a second and get dumped. Not buying it. They're working SI, it's gonna be Cody finishing the story at Mania this year. That's where I'm at as well.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jan 24, 2024 10:00:01 GMT -5
Even baiting people with "Oh well maybe we'll do it this way" is exactly the kind of tiring mind game stuff that keeps these conversations going. WWE preying on the anxieties of its fanbase in behind the scenes stuff and leaning on its reputation like this doesn't make the story better. Worked shoots and deception like this doesn't add to the show.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 24, 2024 10:06:20 GMT -5
That would be quite the shift for them to go to Rock/Roman, Cody/Punk, Gunther/Rollins as the big men’s matches for Mania. I don’t hate it, though. That’s probably the best match Cody can hope for if Rock is really fighting Roman at Mania.
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Post by ghost on Jan 24, 2024 10:09:30 GMT -5
The best option assuming it works for all parties is to have Cody win the title at WM 40 (maybe Rock runs in to help fight out the Bloodline), and they set up a one year build for Rock/Roman at WM 41. The only caveat there is Rock’s age. If he’s ready to go now then it’s hard to push it back another year, so it really depends on how they want to play it. Either push Roman/Rock back or push Cody finishing his story back.
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