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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Apr 3, 2022 1:36:05 GMT -5
He said Triple H is his favorite wrestler of all time so I guess that makes a lot of sense. Cody built the single biggest threat to WWE's monopoly on pro wrestling since WCW and did it all to get Senpai Sledgehammer to notice him. This is the best comedy angle of all time.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 3, 2022 1:36:40 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 3, 2022 1:52:12 GMT -5
The timing on "crowd is here, about to blow" followed by the huge pop is just fantastic. And some people said that Elias would get a bigger reaction. Goddamn, that’s a pop.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 3, 2022 2:00:00 GMT -5
The timing on "crowd is here, about to blow" followed by the huge pop is just fantastic. And some people said that Elias would get a bigger reaction. Goddamn, that’s a pop. “They won’t pop for Sting”… “They won’t pop for AJ Styles”… “They won’t pop for Cody Rhodes”… I think we gotta stop guessing what people will and will not pop for.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 3, 2022 2:26:35 GMT -5
And some people said that Elias would get a bigger reaction. Goddamn, that’s a pop. “They won’t pop for Sting”… “They won’t pop for AJ Styles”… “They won’t pop for Cody Rhodes”… I think we gotta stop guessing what people will and will not pop for. It's a Mania crowd... they're gonna pop for a lot of things, but especially big moments. It's weird that anyone would doubt that. A random crowd somewhere? Maybe it'd vary. WrestleMania?? Most people going to Mania know Cody and what he's been doing... so I'm glad he got the big pop there.
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Post by Chiral on Apr 3, 2022 3:27:14 GMT -5
So weird to see:
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 3, 2022 3:31:13 GMT -5
If nothing else you have to respect Cody's hustle that he left as a jobber with a stupid gimmick that they weren't going to let him out of and he's come back so firmly established as a star that he was allowed to keep his existing music and presentation. and make reference to the jobber character >_>
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 3, 2022 6:04:14 GMT -5
The Flying Bart Simpson Skull CGI was truly a thing of Beauty.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 3, 2022 6:23:47 GMT -5
Rewatching now and damn for someone I'm critical of Corey Graves nailed this. Going from the undesirable to undeniable to an Ocarina of Time quote. Pertinent question, what was the Ocarina of Time quote? I hope it was, "Please with C... Please sell me something... Please... With C..." "He's gone from undesirable to undeniable! Hey...listen! Hey...listen! Hey...listen! Hey...listen! Hey...listen! Hey...listen!..."
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Post by Main Event Mark on Apr 3, 2022 6:32:33 GMT -5
Oh damn, he called out Veer!
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 3, 2022 6:35:46 GMT -5
I don't really know why people weren't expecting them to react to him? Maybe a few weeks ago there was room for uncertainty but the crowd's been consistently chanting for him for weeks now.
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 3, 2022 6:41:19 GMT -5
So, should there be a full feud with Rollins? I wouldn't mind.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 3, 2022 6:50:49 GMT -5
Cody keeping the Homelander coat is at once frustrating and utterly captivating. This is going to be a kind of weird that'll be impossible to look away from won't it
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 3, 2022 7:01:27 GMT -5
Cody keeping the Homelander coat is at once frustrating and utterly captivating. This is going to be a kind of weird that'll be impossible to look away from won't it He's explicitly said that the person who made it was going for a flag theme, but did not intentionally make it like Homelander's outfit. I assume he went with it just since the neck tat basically necessitates red, white, and blue being part of his presentation, anyway.
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Post by cjh on Apr 3, 2022 7:04:45 GMT -5
Cody's got like 4 different interviews up already about his return and I'm on the first non-WWE one. Cody starts off it saying he feels vindicated from going from someone no one wanted, jumping into the wilderness, changing wrestling and now he's back. Shoemaker asked if this was the goal and Cody basically said what he said in that IG clip. He got into the business to be like his dad and he was trying for 16 years to stray away from it and become himself. Now, especially after he did Dusty's jab tonight, he feels something and he finally feels like he can live up to the name of "Rhodes." Basically, it sounds like he felt he wasn't good enough to hold the mantle but now after all this time he feels as though he is. Poetic. He also gave AEW shoutouts, said he was proud of Kenny, the Bucks, Tony, said there's no bad blood and he wants them to do the best in the world. He gave so many props to AEW. Still he said returning was the easiest decision in the world. Dope. Said he had great talks with Vince, Nick and Bruce and was adamant he was the American Nightmare. Vince said "it's not broke, that's what we're buying." Cody's happy he gets to finally be himself. open.spotify.com/episode/5r49Bgrg8TUj0jSQbBUD0u?si=-sEum6xdRD2JDFrhwNEAfwEDIT: Oh, full-time multiyear deal, got his own bus, possibly the most complex contract drawn up in the history of their game whatever that means. I interpreted the contract comment to mean he damn sure ain’t leaving WWE with his name or any of the rest of his intellectual property this time around. That’s good to hear. I took it to mean they're bringing him in to have the AEW version of him, not one of his old WWE personas.
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Post by Topher is Human on Apr 3, 2022 7:09:23 GMT -5
So what’s the over/under of him feuding with Dolph Ziggler as his first feud?
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 3, 2022 7:10:24 GMT -5
Cody keeping the Homelander coat is at once frustrating and utterly captivating. This is going to be a kind of weird that'll be impossible to look away from won't it He's explicitly said that the person who made it was going for a flag theme, but did not intentionally make it like Homelander's outfit. I assume he went with it just since the neck tat basically necessitates red, white, and blue being part of his presentation, anyway. Yeah that's part of what makes it such an interesting choice to me; he had months to sit on the awareness everyone thought it was a bad guy look and he came out the other end like "No I'm keeping this". It indicates a potential for the direction that this will all soon take and it's one that probably isn't going to be boring, at least.
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Post by khali on Apr 3, 2022 8:25:32 GMT -5
It’s beginning to seem like a big factor is that Cody Rhodes genuinely loves the character he presents as a babyface. He badly wants to be cheered and went to a company that is more likely to cheer him. There was never a plan for a heel turn in AEW. All of what he did was a desperate attempt to get AEW fans back on his side. He even did fire spots for god sake. It didn’t work, and so he had to go to a place where he could be the person he believes in and get cheered.
And now he’ll cut a passionate promo on Monday that will no longer feel real after all the stuff he said in the past. I just hope he doesn’t take any cheap shots at AEW, which will be even more phony.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 3, 2022 8:32:49 GMT -5
It’s beginning to seem like a big factor is that Cody Rhodes genuinely loves the character he presents as a babyface. He badly wants to be cheered and went to a company that is more likely to cheer him. There was never a plan for a heel turn in AEW. All of what he did was a desperate attempt to get AEW fans back on his side. He even did fire spots for god sake. It didn’t work, and so he had to go to a place where he could be the person he believes in and get cheered. And now he’ll cut a passionate promo on Monday that will no longer feel real after all the stuff he said in the past. I just hope he doesn’t take any cheap shots at AEW, which will be even more phony. Yeah, while it's been a nice, feel good moment in itself, stuff like Graves saying "It's been six years since Cody Rhodes took a shot in WWE!" on a normal shoulder tackle, like that would matter somehow, and Rollins shouting "Welcome back to the big leagues, kid!" make me a bit tense on what could be said Cody's been very positive about AEW since he left, even as early as released interviews tonight... but you never know what Vince will push to try and get out there on a show he knows will be watched by an above average audience.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 3, 2022 8:34:25 GMT -5
I really hope he doesn't regret this move. Good luck to him.
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