Why squash Cody THAT hard?

[Sumbody Gon' Get Dey Kneelift]

He's been presented as many things; a lackey, a cheat, a psycho, a sadist, a dickhead and a douche...

But never a pushover. Why use Cody, who I see as an uppermidcarder, to feed to the five moves of doom in a three minute match?

[Jimmy]

They did the same thing to SES cult leader CM Punk in late 09, squashed by Cena like a bug or like Iron Mike Shape on WWF Superstars. Because WWE is stupid.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jan 29, 2013 5:26:22 GMT -5 Jimmy said:

They did the same thing to SES cult leader CM Punk in late 09, squashed by Cena like a bug or like Iron Mike Shape on WWF Superstars. Because WWE is stupid.

Yeah... whatever happened to that guy? Probably off opening the card at some high school gym in front of 50 people now for fuel money, because there was no way he could have EVER recovered from that burial...

[joebob27]

That Punk match wasn't a squash, it was the most rushed match of all time. Like a 20 minute match where they said, start at minute 18. THIS match was a squash.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Cena's jealous because he can't grow a glorious moustache like Cody, so he evidently demanded a squash against him.

Next week, we're going to get a repeat, except Cena's gonna shave all the hair off Cody's head, Eyebrows included!

[Andrew is Good]

Basically, they're pushing Cena and Cena is the main focus. Cody isn't, but is a decently over heel. It's just business.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

Jan 29, 2013 6:22:00 GMT -5 Andrew is Good said:

Basically, they're pushing Cena and Cena is the main focus. Cody isn't, but is a decently over heel. It's just business.

THANK YOU! I think people need to realize that because someone jobs, they aren't being buried. Sadly it's like the two terms go hand and hand which is stupid as hell.

[doinkmark]

Because of Cena's storyline, that's why. He's successfully recovering from the worst year of his career. He won the Rumble and then didn't struggle to beat a tag team midcarder the next night. He's finally on fire again! He's supposed to be the babyface and this is supposed to make us fans happy. Not every match of Cena's will be a squash, and Cody should recover from it just fine.

[notonyourradar]

How is being beaten by the face of the company being buried? Is it just how long the match lasted?

[gl83]

Jan 29, 2013 9:55:36 GMT -5 notonyourradar said:

How is being beaten by the face of the company being buried? Is it just how long the match lasted?

The fact that Cody got beaten without getting in a single ounce of offense.

[Mike Wooster]

Jan 29, 2013 5:44:24 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Jan 29, 2013 5:26:22 GMT -5 Jimmy said:

They did the same thing to SES cult leader CM Punk in late 09, squashed by Cena like a bug or like Iron Mike Shape on WWF Superstars. Because WWE is stupid.

Yeah... whatever happened to that guy? Probably off opening the card at some high school gym in front of 50 people now for fuel money, because there was no way he could have EVER recovered from that burial...

Cody's probably rehearsing his "pipe bomb" speech right now.

[Sam Punk]

I think Cody could be a main eventer so it seems strange to do this match on a random raw. And a squash no less.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

The story is that Cena is on a roll and just about everyone is gonna get steamrolled on his road to Wrestlemania.

[Djm Doesn't Find You Funny]

Because it's Cena.

I thought we went through this 87,406 times already.

[Deleted]

Literally no one in this thread said Cody got buried. No one is throwing a fit and acting like his career is ruined. Could we stop acting like that's what's being said?

I think it would of been better for a hard fought match, then Cena wins. Makes your number one contenders to the tag belts look good and makes Cena look stronger.

Edit: I was wrong on this, it's in the darn title.

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Jan 29, 2013 10:21:23 GMT -5 @rrnew said:

Literally no one in this thread said Cody got buried. No one is throwing a fit and acting like his career is ruined. Could we stop acting like that's what's being said?

I think it would of been better for a hard fought match, then Cena wins. Makes your number one contenders to the tag belts look good and makes Cena look stronger.

haha the TITLE OF THE THREAD says he was buried

[Deleted]

Indeed, I misread.

But still. You guys are acting like we're saying his whole career has been destroyed or some nonsense. People need to calm down. This self loathing of the internet fanbase is getting irritating.

[The Doctor]

That's not what being buried is.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

oh my god PEOPLE DISAGREE ON WHAT "BURIED" MEANS. Some people just use it to mean "made to look bad on television" and that's a perfectly valid use of the term.

Anyway. Cody's booking has just been confusing. He's a tag-teamer... but they gave him all that heat eliminating Goldust in the Rumble, teasing that Wrestlemania match (though maybe the WWE stupidly didn't predict Goldust would be so over). But then they turn around and have him lose so quickly on Raw. Are we supposed to care about him, or not?

[Dang!]

Jan 29, 2013 5:26:22 GMT -5 Jimmy said:

They did the same thing to SES cult leader CM Punk in late 09, squashed by Cena like a bug or like Iron Mike Shape on WWF Superstars. Because WWE is stupid.

I have known Iron Mike Sharp as a nothing more than a big hairy jobber. CM Punk went on to be the longest reigning WWE Champ of modern times while Iron Mike Sharpe went on jobbing and jobbing and jobbing...