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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 29, 2023 11:01:58 GMT -5
Just bring back this version of Kingdom at Mania and that’s all the hype you need
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 29, 2023 12:35:26 GMT -5
I mean if they are doing Zayn Roman also one feud is gonna canablize the other
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Post by DMO- on Jan 29, 2023 12:45:03 GMT -5
Just imagine the pop, Sami in the corner nearly in tears as Roman slowly gets to his feet boom HELLUVA KICK! That pop will rival Bryan at wm30 no doubt.
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Post by DMO- on Jan 29, 2023 12:45:16 GMT -5
Just imagine the pop, Sami in the corner nearly in tears as Roman slowly gets to his feet boom HELLUVA KICK! That pop will rival Bryan at wm30 no doubt.
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Post by Fade on Jan 29, 2023 12:46:25 GMT -5
Stuff like this kind of underscores the problem of giving Roman both titles; had he remained Universal Champion and the WWE title was on a Lesnar/Lashley/Rollins/etc you'd have two potentially strong world championship programs for Mania.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 29, 2023 13:10:06 GMT -5
Just imagine the pop, Sami in the corner nearly in tears as Roman slowly gets to his feet boom HELLUVA KICK! That pop will rival Bryan at wm30 no doubt. Man, I've probably danced around it in threads, but I'll just say it: I love Sami, but sacrificing the company's next top babyface in Cody just because Sami got hot after joining the Bloodline is a bad idea. Cody is a far more marketable guy than Sami and this is not the year to do the underdog wins the big one storyline. The WWE desperately needs the top cornerstone babyface. Cody's the guy. Sami's not. This isn't a Batista WM30 situation. Cody's merch is selling out, he got a huge pop in the match and people give a shit about him. Yes, maybe it would have been easier if the belts were separated, but they're not. And getting to that in the next two months would be contrived. Roman wants absolute power, that's why he's got both belts. Why would Sami OR Cody be OK with just challenging for one of the belts? It doesn't make narrative sense, not right now. This isn't even a situation where the backup for Sami is a midcard match with Sheamus. The backup is a tag team title match with his very best real life best friend, potentially in the main event of WrestleMania. First time a tag match could end the show since THE FIRST WRESTLEMANIA. Sure, it's different now that there's a Night 1 and a Night 2, but it's still a huge accomplishment. The build for Cody/Roman's a f***ing layup. Wrestling has more than one royal family. That's it. It's not hard. Roman's trying to keep his empire from falling apart and he's faced with the hungry challenger with a chip on his shoulder primed to take it. It's not hard, it's a great story, it's one they can easily build in a few months and I trust both of these guys to deliver.
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Post by sportatorium on Jan 29, 2023 14:18:39 GMT -5
I truly believe Sami is getting fed to Roman at EC, and their interaction ends there with the Sami endgame being against the USO's with Owens at Mania.
Sadly, I think the Cody build will be a lot of shots about how he couldn't handle the WWE and leaving. I do think Cody will win, but will come out bruised on the other side from the feud.
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Post by mc74 on Jan 29, 2023 16:09:46 GMT -5
Cody is going to cry. The end. I'm sure he'll be donning the crimson mask too if he has his way.
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Post by Some Guy on Jan 29, 2023 16:19:23 GMT -5
At the Royal Rumble in 2019, Kofi was in the Rumble for only a few minutes and did nothing. By the time Mania came, Bryan/him was by far the feud with the most heat and it wasn't even close. There's plenty of time to make it work.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Jan 29, 2023 16:53:44 GMT -5
As I was told when I asked this; There is more than enough time to Build Cody 'Neck tattoo' Rhodes as a total world beater better than Brock, Drew, Owens et al in just a few weeks.
It won't feel forced at all.
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Post by ace on Jan 29, 2023 16:54:30 GMT -5
I’m as confused as to why I should root for Cody here as I was his entire AEW run. Gunther goes wire to wire and I’m supposed to cheer the babyface that won from 30? Sami turns on Roman to set up a match I care far more about…and I’m supposed to want to see Cody in the title match?
It’s all very weird.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 29, 2023 17:08:39 GMT -5
Assuming the worst (which to be fair is less of a sure thing than in years past), they'll sacrifice Zayn to Reigns at EC and he'll never have any sort of revenge. They'll try to somehow transfer the Zayn heat to the Cody feud, which will completely backfire, and the fans will start to resent the whole thing. Zayn gets some kind of comedy gimmick as punishment for getting over despite Not Being The Guy. Then at Wrestlemania Reigns wins anyway.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 29, 2023 17:12:15 GMT -5
Assuming the worst (which to be fair is less of a sure thing than in years past), they'll sacrifice Zayn to Reigns at EC and he'll never have any sort of revenge. They'll try to somehow transfer the Zayn heat to the Cody feud, which will completely backfire, and the fans will start to resent the whole thing. Zayn gets some kind of comedy gimmick as punishment for getting over despite Not Being The Guy. Then at Wrestlemania Reigns wins anyway. If they didn’t want Zayn to be over and in a prominent spot, they would’ve cut this story off at the knees months ago
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 29, 2023 17:33:24 GMT -5
There ARE pieces to a story here already:
-Roman was the chosen guy in WWE for pretty much his entire career. Cody was a guy who left WWE as a midcarder, traveled the world for years making himself into a main eventer, and then returned in WWE a far different performer then when he left.
-Roman is all about HOF wrestling family dynasty. Well it’s even in Cody’s song “wrestling has more than one Royal family.” -Cody wants to win the belt that his legendary father never did.
-His incredibly badass HIAC performance.
-Etc.
It is all there. It’s just that there’s also this amazing Sami story going on at the same time as well.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 29, 2023 17:37:18 GMT -5
Assuming the worst (which to be fair is less of a sure thing than in years past), they'll sacrifice Zayn to Reigns at EC and he'll never have any sort of revenge. They'll try to somehow transfer the Zayn heat to the Cody feud, which will completely backfire, and the fans will start to resent the whole thing. Zayn gets some kind of comedy gimmick as punishment for getting over despite Not Being The Guy. Then at Wrestlemania Reigns wins anyway. If they didn’t want Zayn to be over and in a prominent spot, they would’ve cut this story off at the knees months ago A little something backstage has changed since months ago. Also it isn't difficult to accidently book an angle fans are too into.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 29, 2023 17:39:02 GMT -5
If they didn’t want Zayn to be over and in a prominent spot, they would’ve cut this story off at the knees months ago A little something backstage has changed since months ago. Also it isn't difficult to accidently book an angle fans are too into. If they didn’t want this to be over, they wouldn’t have put it in the main event spot of multiple PLEs and made merchandise and used it to open the biggest Raw show in years. Sami only started interacting with Roman after the Triple H change. Obviously it’s part of his plan. And before he took charge Sami was beginning to interact with them so Vince obviously had some kind of similar idea
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 29, 2023 18:08:09 GMT -5
A little something backstage has changed since months ago. Also it isn't difficult to accidently book an angle fans are too into. If they didn’t want this to be over, they wouldn’t have put it in the main event spot of multiple PLEs and made merchandise and used it to open the biggest Raw show in years. Sami only started interacting with Roman after the Triple H change. Obviously it’s part of his plan. And before he took charge Sami was beginning to interact with them so Vince obviously had some kind of similar idea Sami has basically been pitching this story for months The plan was always there something and it blew up. Sami now has sustained momentum as a potential main event face and something they built up to. The tag run with KO will only help him
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Jan 29, 2023 20:04:04 GMT -5
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 30, 2023 1:18:49 GMT -5
Cody: Wrestling has more than one royal family.
Roman: LOL, f*** you. Nope.
Cody: Gonna get your title, homie.
They has fight.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 30, 2023 9:31:10 GMT -5
Polka dots on a pole match
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