Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 17:15:29 GMT -5
Feb 1, 2013 6:07:51 GMT -5 @burngun said:
Feb 1, 2013 5:07:28 GMT -5 @pauledraperously said:
The feud where Cody dominated Show for 3 months, had 3 weeks where he was embarrassed (he's the heel so that was his comeuppance), yet still walked out of the feud having defeated the Big Show and regained his Intercontinental title? Whilst getting a standing ovation for walking out of Extreme Rules under his own power after that horrendous table bump.
It's not like the following months where Cody didn't seem to have a storyline for more than a few weeks at a time was what really damaged him at all.
You say that though, but between Wrestlemania and Extreme Rules, Cody lost all of his matches on TV. I looked it up, and was shocked to find that between the Royal Rumble and Extreme Rules last year, Cody Rhodes went 1-14 on TV. He may have trumped Big Show in a few promo's but in the ring he was booked like a joke.
Wins and losses matter not in an industry based on presentation. Cody looked like a villain and a hard bastard to beat throughout that entire feud. All his on air losses were due to Big Show coming out saying "I finally beat you at 'Mania!" before losing the title back to Cody due to overconfidence.
Seriously, if you watch that entire build up again you'll come out thinking "how did they screw up the momentum Cody got as a serious contender?!" and the answer is in the fact the company gave him sweet FA to do for months after.
Seriously though, the man's 27, he's an already established name, and has a character/direction change every 6 months and flourishes with each one. He'll be fine considering the company always books him onto TV seemingly week in week out.