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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 27, 2023 16:29:30 GMT -5
The slogan is “Finish the Story at WrestleMania”, not “Um, Actually, Let’s Finish the Story Later”.
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Post by mc74 on Mar 27, 2023 20:57:42 GMT -5
If someone can put up a convincing argument of what Rhodes actually gains from winning later that is more than what he gains from winning now, cancels out what he loses from not winning now AND is less hurtful to Reigns’s perception than winning now, I’ll give them the courtesy of hearing it out out of morbid curiosity. So I heard one argument that he hasn't had the adversity and the payoff will be bigger in the future. Which...sorry, my dudes, what is "fought through a torn pec in a Hell in a Cell match and returned to win the Royal Rumble" if not goddamn aversity? And someone's pitch to follow this up is...a feud with a newly heel Randy Orton. Because you couldn't do that with Cody winning the belt, nope. Anyone who argues that Cody winning later would be the better option fails to see the big picture here. Besides the point of Wrestlemania being the Granddaddy of them all....the show where dreams come true and wrestlers make their mark on the grand stage, having Cody lose after all this build-up in addition to the adversity he already went through being on the shelf for months on end would seriously hurt his momentum. Doesn't matter if he wins the title afterward, the fact remains the company failed to strike while the iron is hot. |
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Post by Rolent Tex on Mar 27, 2023 21:18:59 GMT -5
The slogan is “Finish the Story at WrestleMania”, not “Um, Actually, Let’s Finish the Story Later”. Except that “WrestleMania 2: Backlash Boogaloo” will do exactly that. |
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Mar 27, 2023 22:55:04 GMT -5
So I heard one argument that he hasn't had the adversity and the payoff will be bigger in the future. Which...sorry, my dudes, what is "fought through a torn pec in a Hell in a Cell match and returned to win the Royal Rumble" if not goddamn aversity? And someone's pitch to follow this up is...a feud with a newly heel Randy Orton. Because you couldn't do that with Cody winning the belt, nope. Randy ruining Cody's championship celebration on the Raw after WM is right there. I, for one, am sick of Randy Orton world title feuds. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 27, 2023 23:09:34 GMT -5
Like the first Rock/Cena match didn't have a title on the line and it drew more than any wrestling match ever. I completely agree with all of what you said but a good counterpoint of that for people would be that the only WrestleMania to draw more on PPV was the rematch the year after with the title on the line. As long as they ignore that factoid, we’re good! 29 actually did significantly worse than 28 did. Actually did slightly worse than 27. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 28, 2023 0:56:16 GMT -5
I completely agree with all of what you said but a good counterpoint of that for people would be that the only WrestleMania to draw more on PPV was the rematch the year after with the title on the line. As long as they ignore that factoid, we’re good! 29 actually did significantly worse than 28 did. Actually did slightly worse than 27. Huh. That chart I’ve been using as a reference was wrong, then. Good to know! |
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