The Cody Rhodes Story Thread (IT'S OVER)

[The Rick Jericho]

Cody at Summerslam 2023, 30 years later after Luger did it too!

[chrom]

Look at how New Japan did Sanada's ascension to becoming World Champion. It's the complete opposite of what is going on here.

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Apr 10, 2023 21:09:46 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I’m still on a bit of a break but the response here is interesting. Seems other places liked the promo. I still don’t trust the company to do right by him either way at this point.

It wasn't a good promo, like not at all, even the crowd at the show who was totally into him at the start just sorta died as it went on.

[Starshine]

Apr 10, 2023 21:21:30 GMT -5 chrom said:

Look at how New Japan did Sanada's ascension to becoming World Champion. It's the complete opposite of what is going on here.

Considering his recent glow up, it would have been a crime not to accessorise him.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Apr 10, 2023 21:30:24 GMT -5 Starshine said:

Apr 10, 2023 21:21:30 GMT -5 chrom said:

Look at how New Japan did Sanada's ascension to becoming World Champion. It's the complete opposite of what is going on here.

Considering his recent glow up, it would have been a crime not to accessorise him.

Also it would have been a crime for him to continue running around naked.

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Apr 10, 2023 21:21:30 GMT -5 chrom said:

Look at how New Japan did Sanada's ascension to becoming World Champion. It's the complete opposite of what is going on here.

New Japan usually knows when to strap up a babyface, though they egregiously f***ed up with Naito for awhile.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

That was an AEW Cody promo for better or worse.

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Apr 10, 2023 22:11:02 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

That was an AEW Cody promo for better or worse.

It's kinda crazy how different Cody promos are from when the dude has an obvious direction and purpose versus when shit has gone south and he's losing it

Because tonight's promo felt like the peak Codyverse where he had lost the plot, and missed his window, and he was just saying a whole bunch of nonsense out of his mouth

The big difference is the crowds in WWE haven't turned on him... but boy did that crowd fade the longer he went on about losing to Roman and being scared of Lesnar...

[jm]

Cody isn't mad at all that he was screwed out of the title in the main event of Wrestlemania. Now he wants a match against Brock at Backlash instead of wanting a rematch.
Look how they have massacred Cody.

[King Devitt: What Plants Crave]

Apr 10, 2023 23:59:49 GMT -5 jm said:

Cody isn't mad at all that he was screwed out of the title in the main event of Wrestlemania. Now he wants a match against Brock at Backlash instead of wanting a rematch.
Look how they have massacred Cody.

Hey now, Roman only showing up for like 5 shows a year isn't going to write itself y'know...

[lockedontarget]

I’m just waiting for a segment like

Brandi: Paul Heyman your client may be the Tribal Chief but I’m the Tribal BITCH

And then she slaps him and everyone boos

[Ash Kingston]

Didn't Cody acknowledge that he did, in fact, want a rematch, but was told (by Heyman) that if he wanted one, he'd have to earn it - which Cody called ridiculous? And then acknowledged that the path to "earning" it had a Brock-shaped obstacle on it, which is why he challenged Beasty Boy to a match at Backlash?

[EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese]

Apr 11, 2023 2:37:02 GMT -5 Ash Kingston said:

Didn't Cody acknowledge that he did, in fact, want a rematch, but was told (by Heyman) that if he wanted one, he'd have to earn it - which Cody called ridiculous? And then acknowledged that the path to "earning" it had a Brock-shaped obstacle on it, which is why he challenged Beasty Boy to a match at Backlash?

Shush, you. Nobody pays attention when there are jokes to be made.

[stoptheclocks]

Surprising to see posters that loved and defended the Codyverse promos be so down on this.

[HMARK Center]

Apr 11, 2023 2:56:53 GMT -5 stoptheclocks said:

Surprising to see posters that loved and defended the Codyverse promos be so down on this.

A lot of people defended Cody's stuff in AEW for awhile because the general feeling was "this is all in service of a bigger story; Cody's becoming a delusional babyface who'll eventually snap under the weight of his own perceived self-sacrifice and become the biggest heel in the company. I mean, look at him, dude's dressed like Homelander, for God's sake."

Then it turned out, uh...no, that was never the plan. Once that became clear, people's feelings about the whole thing shifted quite a bit.

[Feargus McReddit]

Apr 11, 2023 6:27:39 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Apr 11, 2023 2:56:53 GMT -5 stoptheclocks said:

Surprising to see posters that loved and defended the Codyverse promos be so down on this.

A lot of people defended Cody's stuff in AEW for awhile because the general feeling was "this is all in service of a bigger story; Cody's becoming a delusional babyface who'll eventually snap under the weight of his own perceived self-sacrifice and become the biggest heel in the company. I mean, look at him, dude's dressed like Homelander, for God's sake."

Then it turned out, uh...no, that was never the plan. Once that became clear, people's feelings about the whole thing shifted quite a bit.

Yeah, when the story became “Is he going to turn heel? No, he’s got too many morals to do so” and the people he was feuding with trying and failing to break him in that regard continuously, that was when it became a tonne less interesting.

It was very much like Cena’s feud with Bray but super stretched out.

[polarbearpete]

Apr 10, 2023 21:09:46 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I’m still on a bit of a break but the response here is interesting. Seems other places liked the promo. I still don’t trust the company to do right by him either way at this point.

Yeah that promo slapped

[polarbearpete]

Apr 11, 2023 2:37:02 GMT -5 Ash Kingston said:

Didn't Cody acknowledge that he did, in fact, want a rematch, but was told (by Heyman) that if he wanted one, he'd have to earn it - which Cody called ridiculous? And then acknowledged that the path to "earning" it had a Brock-shaped obstacle on it, which is why he challenged Beasty Boy to a match at Backlash?

Haha yeah he clearly laid out that he did want a rematch and that he scoffed at having to earn it. There’s some straw grasping going on to try to desperately prove that Cody is going to fail and lose his overness now

[King Devitt: What Plants Crave]

So is it an overreaction to think this dropped ball and subsequent bitchifying could be on the ballot for Wrestlecrap 2023?

[Feargus McReddit]

Apr 11, 2023 8:01:15 GMT -5 King Devitt: What Plants Crave said:

So is it an overreaction to think this dropped ball and subsequent bitchifying could be on the ballot for Wrestlecrap 2023?

Eh. I think there's still enough time for a lot of stuff to either change or beat it to be there yet.

I mean, it could, but it being WWE, there's enough time for them.