The Cody Rhodes Story Thread (IT'S OVER)

[ben:friendship frog]

lmao f***ing well done Dwayne

[Ryushinku]

I mean, the next main thing I'm expecting fairly soon via Dave or whoever will be along the lines of:


"We've heard from "backstage sources" that The Rock totally didn't want to main event WrestleMania against Roman, you guys, and begged no wait that makes me look weak, manfully lobbied against it to Triple H.

But he was just seen as so awesome and so necessary in these troubled times, that not doing so would hurt the very existence of the company itself.
Reluctantly, The Rock agreed, and bought Cody Rhodes a lovely bouquet of flowers, for which Cody thanked him profusely.

#WWE #ZoaEnergy #preworkout"

[Saiyanic Panic]

77% dislikes. Woof.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 3, 2024 7:53:08 GMT -5 ben:friendship frog said:

lmao f***ing well done Dwayne

Amazing how a dude who built his career on promos, tanked it without saying a single word

Well done indeed lmfao

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Haven’t read the thread at all so maybe this has already been proposed.

To me, this sucks but it will somehow all be forgiven if they maintain continuity and Cody uses this “decision of his” as what he predicted would happen to Roman where the bloodline dismantles around him, making him weaker than ever, and THEN he beats him. He said that to Roman way back when.

But anyway, on top of that, they book a Payback PLE at the end of Sept at Madison Square Garden thanks to Cody’s deep ties with Nick Aldis. And the story ends on just about the anniversary of Dusty beating Graham.

[Saiyanic Panic]

Oh, and it's 193 thou now.

[Tea & Crumpets]

Feb 3, 2024 7:46:31 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

Feb 3, 2024 6:47:32 GMT -5 Tea & Crumpets said:

I 100% think this is a fakeout to work fans, especially internet fans, and that Cody's still going to Mania vs Roman with Rock as special referee.
I won't believe they're actually doing this until Rock walks out to wrestle Roman at Mania and the bell rings, this reeks of HHH wanting to mess with the IWC and redo the Daniel Bryan Yes Movement stuff.

To what end? The story wrote itself, twice.

Generate buzz, generate even more Cody support via fan anger, create that same Daniel Bryan style vibe of 'the fans hijacked the show to make it happen' which creates a huge, cathartic sense of the fans finally getting their way and being listened to, more than if you have the smoother ride. Wrestling is literally built on making people think something will happen then it not happening, or that something won't happen and it does.
I think it's overbooked, unnecessary and dumb personally, but I can understand why someone might think "if we tease the audience that we're going to take it away it will make them want it more and feel even more gratification when they get it". Because that psychology does often hold up, even if in this case I wouldn't bother because I think people knowing that the end is in sight for Roman's run would be the more popular route at this point, with how long it's gone on. I don't think it recaptures the Bryan magic because that hadn't been quite as much neverending misery booking (even if the Authority dragged on forever), that was more lightning in a bottle that people felt they were going to be denied. The misery booking format only really happened from Royal Rumble 2015 with the Local Men.

[Tiger Millionaire]

Feb 3, 2024 7:58:15 GMT -5 Tea & Crumpets said:

Feb 3, 2024 7:46:31 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

To what end? The story wrote itself, twice.

Generate buzz, generate even more Cody support via fan anger, create that same Daniel Bryan style vibe of 'the fans hijacked the show to make it happen' which creates a huge, cathartic sense of the fans finally getting their way and being listened to, more than if you have the smoother ride. Wrestling is literally built on making people think something will happen then it not happening, or that something won't happen and it does.
I think it's overbooked, unnecessary and dumb personally, but I can understand why someone might think "if we tease the audience that we're going to take it away it will make them want it more and feel even more gratification when they get it". Because that psychology does often hold up, even if in this case I wouldn't bother because I think people knowing that the end is in sight for Roman's run would be the more popular route at this point, with how long it's gone on. I don't think it recaptures the Bryan magic because that hadn't been quite as much neverending misery booking (even if the Authority dragged on forever), that was more lightning in a bottle that people felt they were going to be denied. The misery booking format only really happened from Royal Rumble 2015 with the Local Men.

Daniel Bryan was a guy who "the company" kept trying to screw; Cody Rhodes just said "I am not going to beat you at Wrestlemania". I get what you are saying, but to quote Macho Man talking to Art O'Donell "Exactly the same, but totally different".

[Lizuka #BLM]

If they were doing some kind of fakeout or tease they would've used someone like Corbin or Styles for it. There is absolutely no goddamn chance Dwayne "I made a fictional show entirely about how amazing I am" Johnson would choose to put himself into a position where everyone is just flat out relieved to not actually have to watch his roided up old ass wheeze his way through a match nor that WWE expected the response to be as vitriolic as it has been with how endlessly they gush about the Rock any time they possibly can. Sometimes stupid things are just stupid.

[thechase]

H, where are you going? You don't have enough Rhodes to get us to 'Mania 40

HHH: Rhodes? Where we're going we don't need Rhodes

[stoptheclocks]

It will be interesting to see how crowd reactions are going forward. If it wasn't for this place, I would have no idea that there is large group of people that consider Rock's movie career failing amid some DC related drama. I think to the average person he's still a well liked dude, but are those people buying tickets for wrestling events.

I can definitely see crowds getting behind Cody, but I'd be surprised if they turned on The Rock.

[Tiger Millionaire]

This is Papa H booking, the guy who loved mid 80s JCP booking, which was the most misery babyface slipping on a banana peel and losing all their heat booking in history, except for Magnum TA, because he would have been different.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Feb 3, 2024 8:03:38 GMT -5 stoptheclocks said:

I would have no idea that there is large group of people that consider Rock's movie career failing amid some DC related drama.

It extends beyond Black Adam, the guy's been having dud after dud lately. Basically the only successes he's had in the past seven years have been the Jumanji movies and the Fast and the Furious ones, and even the latter have had a ton of behind the scenes drama and the last one lost a shitload of money, then you have stuff like Young Rock being cancelled and the XFL falling flat on its face again. It's why they're rushing to remake Moana even though Disney's otherwise just been remaking the older stuff, because Rock desperately needs a win right now due to the fact his star is burning out.

[mcstoklasa]

Cody Rhodes can CruiserWAIT, Jack!

[Tea & Crumpets]

Feb 3, 2024 8:01:09 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

Feb 3, 2024 7:58:15 GMT -5 Tea & Crumpets said:

Generate buzz, generate even more Cody support via fan anger, create that same Daniel Bryan style vibe of 'the fans hijacked the show to make it happen' which creates a huge, cathartic sense of the fans finally getting their way and being listened to, more than if you have the smoother ride. Wrestling is literally built on making people think something will happen then it not happening, or that something won't happen and it does.
I think it's overbooked, unnecessary and dumb personally, but I can understand why someone might think "if we tease the audience that we're going to take it away it will make them want it more and feel even more gratification when they get it". Because that psychology does often hold up, even if in this case I wouldn't bother because I think people knowing that the end is in sight for Roman's run would be the more popular route at this point, with how long it's gone on. I don't think it recaptures the Bryan magic because that hadn't been quite as much neverending misery booking (even if the Authority dragged on forever), that was more lightning in a bottle that people felt they were going to be denied. The misery booking format only really happened from Royal Rumble 2015 with the Local Men.

Daniel Bryan was a guy who "the company" kept trying to screw; Cody Rhodes just said "I am not going to beat you at Wrestlemania". I get what you are saying, but to quote Macho Man talking to Art O'Donell "Exactly the same, but totally different".

I'm certainly not saying it's good, but I think it's what they're going for.
Because it just kills Cody forever while also abandoning any future direction if not. Would be staggeringly bad thinking.
I think the plan is Rock to referee or guest enforcer or something to keep Solo/Jimmy out, and they reveal they came up with this fakeout to get Roman to prepare wrong & drop his guard. I don't know that it's good but I'd be amazed if they're dumb enough to bury Cody like this.

[The Kevstaaa]

Maybe the story Cody was talking about was seeing if Rock and Roman could get booed in Philly again like at the 2015 Rumble.

[J is Justice]

Feb 3, 2024 0:30:41 GMT -5 A Little Doo Doo said:

Feb 3, 2024 0:28:01 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

I hope your cat beats up the rock, buries him in litter and I hope you know they are amazing.

While wearing a lil' Jacy Jayne shirt.

Why do you have to ruin everything.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

Feb 3, 2024 8:10:15 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Feb 3, 2024 8:03:38 GMT -5 stoptheclocks said:

I would have no idea that there is large group of people that consider Rock's movie career failing amid some DC related drama.

It extends beyond Black Adam, the guy's been having dud after dud lately. Basically the only successes he's had in the past seven years have been the Jumanji movies and the Fast and the Furious ones, and even the latter have had a ton of behind the scenes drama and the last one lost a shitload of money, then you have stuff like Young Rock being cancelled and the XFL falling flat on its face again. It's why they're rushing to remake Moana even though Disney's otherwise just been remaking the older stuff, because Rock desperately needs a win right now due to the fact his star is burning out.

I think he legit tried to be the next Schwarzenegger. However, Schwarzenegger was a different time, and the movie landscape was so much different. Now he's scrambling to put his name to anything.

[Bo Rida]

Feb 3, 2024 6:46:12 GMT -5 King Devitt: What Plants Crave said:

What the hell happened?! How far back do I gotta go?! I keep hitting previous, previous, previous...

Lol, when I saw the weirdly locked threads, Vince's at the top and that this one had exploded my heart dropped.

As a result I'm probably the only person that was happy reading what happened.

[aka Cthulhu]

Feb 3, 2024 0:51:34 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Feb 3, 2024 0:50:38 GMT -5 Pooh Carlson said:

Finish the story! Finish the story!

Guess what, there's another story that's been going on for four years that needs to finish first. Cody is still coming for the title but wants to take EVERYTHING from him, which includes The Rock taking the head of the table from him. There's nothing that says he's going after Seth. He could've made a deal to get a shot at the WWE Championship at Summerslam instead. But everybody please continue jumping to conclusions and reacting irrationally.

Even if that is exactly where it goes, that still makes Cody look like a loser idiot who can't fight his own battles and is passing on the biggest opportunity in his life for no reason. There is no salvaging this shit.

My 2 cents on this. This is pro-wrestling. Unless you're a chickenshit heel, you take the opportunity given to you. Kayfabe-wise, I mean. Like, Daniel Bryan fought Triple H first and had to win so he can fight later in the same night on the triple threat match to win the WWE Championship, while this is more like Ricochet fighting a match where if he wins he'd be left alone.