The Cody Rhodes Story Thread (IT'S OVER)

[Ben Wyatt]

Feb 3, 2024 18:26:23 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

USA Today and TMZ covering this and focusing on the fan backlash is huge.

Yeah, I don't think they can just ignore this and hope it goes away

[fw91]

Hey maybe we can parlay this into a hollywood rock run.

[Rican]

Anecdotal and obviously small sample size, but a good friend of mine who doesn’t really watch texted me about the whole thing and said it seems dumb and asking if wrestling fans even still care about The Rock lol.

[The Rick Jericho]

[mo]

Black Adam outgrossed a bunch of the other DCEU movies 🤷‍♂️

Not a high bar seeing as how a bunch of them flopped but, it did turn out to be a minor W for Rock in that sense.

[Nosnorb]

Feb 3, 2024 18:16:05 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

They outright had Roman say that other belt was the second place title. In kayfabe as well as factually it is one now & so you'll have Cody chase that and look stupid.

How long can they expect fans to stay behind a guy who looks like a complete goober?

And again, I got all that from 5 minutes

He'll also look like a bit of a dick too, as Cody has not only beaten Seth 3 times since his return, Seth is going into that 'mania match with a knee that will need to be repaired afterwards.

[chrom]

Feb 3, 2024 18:28:23 GMT -5 mo said:

Black Adam outgrossed a bunch of the other DCEU movies 🤷‍♂️

Not a high bar seeing as how a bunch of them flopped but, it did turn out to be a minor W for Rock in that sense.

That's like being the tallest munchkin

[ben:friendship frog]

Making history!

[mo]

Feb 3, 2024 18:31:09 GMT -5 chrom said:

Feb 3, 2024 18:28:23 GMT -5 mo said:

Black Adam outgrossed a bunch of the other DCEU movies 🤷‍♂️

Not a high bar seeing as how a bunch of them flopped but, it did turn out to be a minor W for Rock in that sense.

That's like being the tallest munchkin

Dirty job but someone’s gotta do it

[asuka007]

Feb 3, 2024 18:14:32 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

So they split the belts and the possible endgame is just to f***ing unify them again.


Never ever f***ing tell me that Triple H is a creative genius ever again.

That’s even dumber. Cody has beaten Seth 3 times already.

Roman BURIED Seth, that title, and everyone who has challenged for it 50 feet under last night (which was also stupid).

And Cody has always said that that’s NOT the belt that he wants.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 3, 2024 13:50:12 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

This could have been avoided if they just had Cody win last year.

Had to sit and be told by people how "brilliant" this all was to make Cody "bigger and more popular and make the want for the win stronger"

The reality actually is, they didn't need to do it, Cody could have just won, and THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T WAIT AN EXTRA YEAR, because life is f***ing unpredictable, and HHH lost his power yet again to a dude who snuck in and decided to make himself the damn star in the 11th hour

It's The Rock's fault in this case, it's HHH's fault for last year, a perfect storm of bullshit for Cody Rhodes to have to endure that might actually be worse than what his Father had to, and that's really what makes it depressing, his whole thing was "I'm not gonna be like my Dad!" and that is EXACTLY what is happening to him...

[bearned]

Feb 3, 2024 18:17:19 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

it's weird to me that people are blaming Levesque's booking when the reports are that Johnson (a member of the board of directors) and Gewirtz are pushing this

This will be two years in a row that HHH has tried to book Cody winning at Mania, only for someone else to come in and decide ‘nah’

Not his fault I guess but if the head of creative is so weak that he can’t actually book the big match for the biggest show, then he needs to really think about whether he actually wants the job. It’s got to suck.

[Alice Syndrome]

Cagematch now gives this promo a 0.23 rating out of 10.

Which is the second worst promo in ratings history on that site after "I wish you died in the womb"

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Feb 3, 2024 18:34:41 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Feb 3, 2024 13:50:12 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

This could have been avoided if they just had Cody win last year.

Had to sit and be told by people how "brilliant" this all was to make Cody "bigger and more popular and make the want for the win stronger"

The reality actually is, they didn't need to do it, Cody could have just won, and THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T WAIT AN EXTRA YEAR, because life is f***ing unpredictable, and HHH lost his power yet again to a dude who snuck in and decided to make himself the damn star in the 11th hour

It's The Rock's fault in this case, it's HHH's fault for last year, a perfect storm of bullshit for Cody Rhodes to have to endure that might actually be worse than what his Father had to, and that's really what makes it depressing, his whole thing was "I'm not gonna be like my Dad!" and that is EXACTLY what is happening to him...

He became bigger in SPITE of losing at last year's mania IMO. All this has proven to me is that almost nothing can stop Cody's ascension and they took his ass for granted.

[government mule]

This has been the most astonishingly organic heel turn from Rock that I have ever seen

[The Rick Jericho]

Feb 3, 2024 18:27:38 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

They say they did this to shield WWE from the Vince stuff but now this is just going to get even MORE eyes on it since it is happening at the same time. A masterclass in stupidity. The Jack and Jill of moronic decisions.

At this point I am like 100% sure another Vince story or more names come out mid week just right before the Wrestlemania press conference.

There truly is a dark cloud over the company right now for real.

[celtics543]

I’m sure it’s somewhere in this 111 pages but what is Cody’s contract status? Is there a chance this pushes him back to AEW? I think it’s clear that he’s still buddies with the Elite and his boy Starks is there. Does this piss him off again because he’s having his legs cut out again? Last time they jerked him around he just left and started the second biggest promotion in the US.

Imagine how huge a Cody return would be now. He’s possibly the most well liked and over full time wrestler in the entire industry.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Feb 3, 2024 18:36:17 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Cagematch now gives this promo a 0.23 rating out of 10.

Which is the second worst promo in ratings history on that site after "I wish you died in the womb"

At least that Nikki promo was funny bad.

[bearned]

Feb 3, 2024 18:16:05 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

They outright had Roman say that other belt was the second place title. In kayfabe as well as factually it is one now & so you'll have Cody chase that and look stupid.

How long can they expect fans to stay behind a guy who looks like a complete goober?

And again, I got all that from 5 minutes

Not to mention the fact the crowd was absolutely clearly against Seth wanting Cody to challenge him when they had the promo on raw. Like that should have set of alarm bells surely.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Feb 3, 2024 18:38:41 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

Feb 3, 2024 18:27:38 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

They say they did this to shield WWE from the Vince stuff but now this is just going to get even MORE eyes on it since it is happening at the same time. A masterclass in stupidity. The Jack and Jill of moronic decisions.

At this point I am like 100% sure another Vince story or more names come out mid week just right before the Wrestlemania press conference.

There truly is a dark cloud over the company right now for real.

Nothing is going to stop it at this point. Rock should've known better if there were actual good intentions, which I feel like there probably wasn't even that. Maybe there was.

Let's say just for argument sake that TKO decides to clean house and get rid of everyone they thought could have been involved in unsavory dealings. The media would still take weeks and months talking about "how could they have let it happen in the first place". So shortsighted and so stupid.