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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 17, 2023 22:08:52 GMT -5
LLEEETS GOOOO
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LLLLEEEETS GO *GRABS HEAD*
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Apr 18, 2023 12:04:26 GMT -5
I don't know why I enjoy Cody so much right now when for the past 15 years I would say I only liked him for like a combined year (2019 AEW and around 2011 WWE). Something just works for me right now with him though.
They're going full 2012 Cena with him right now. Lose main event of Wrestlemania. Get attacked by Brock the next night. Hype pull-apart brawl. Hopefully their PPV match is the same with Brock beating the hell out of Cody so violently that fans go crazy when Cody fights back and wins. This is a match were if you're going to allow blood on rare occasions I'd let Cody bleed here. And well, hopefully the 2012 Cena comparisons end there and we don't have Cody then losing to Adam Pearce at the following PPV.
I just remembered that to complete the Brock/Cena comparisons they'll need an old rival/friend of Cody's to come out on the go-home show and cut a fire promo motivating him and telling him he can beat Brock like Edge did for Cena. Someone call Randy.
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Post by Kay Faban on Apr 18, 2023 14:32:03 GMT -5
Somehow the crowd is still very behind him and somehow SummerSlam tickets are doing great despite some peoples wishes.
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Post by sportatorium on Apr 18, 2023 16:31:51 GMT -5
I really wanted him to start Cross-Rhodes ing them.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Apr 18, 2023 16:32:25 GMT -5
I really wanted him to start Cross-Rhodes ing them. He should've kicked Adam Pearce's ass too.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 18, 2023 16:32:58 GMT -5
He's still AEW-bred. He has the same blood scent for destroying interns that Wardlow does.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Apr 18, 2023 16:36:22 GMT -5
He's still AEW-bred. He has the same blood scent for destroying interns that Wardlow does. Solo's going to break into Cody's car and steal his American Nightmare air freshener.
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Post by PTBartman on Apr 18, 2023 18:32:53 GMT -5
I don't know why I enjoy Cody so much right now when for the past 15 years I would say I only liked him for like a combined year (2019 AEW and around 2011 WWE). Something just works for me right now with him though. They're going full 2012 Cena with him right now. Lose main event of Wrestlemania. Get attacked by Brock the next night. Hype pull-apart brawl. Hopefully their PPV match is the same with Brock beating the hell out of Cody so violently that fans go crazy when Cody fights back and wins. This is a match were if you're going to allow blood on rare occasions I'd let Cody bleed here. And well, hopefully the 2012 Cena comparisons end there and we don't have Cody then losing to Adam Pearce at the following PPV. I just remembered that to complete the Brock/Cena comparisons they'll need an old rival/friend of Cody's to come out on the go-home show and cut a fire promo motivating him and telling him he can beat Brock like Edge did for Cena. Someone call Randy. Better yet Damian Sandow
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 18, 2023 18:35:17 GMT -5
That was the weirdest "dude beating up security" brawl I ever saw. Cody just did nothing at all at first. Then he got going and took them out by...just tossing them out of the ring? And in the middle of it all, some random dude just took his chair away. It was like he a a character said "I don't want to hurt anyone but I'm angry and I want to get to Brock but also I'm a good guy"
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 18, 2023 22:12:51 GMT -5
Somehow the crowd is still very behind him and somehow SummerSlam tickets are doing great despite some peoples wishes. I think we gotta come to the conclusion that a lot of fans just don’t care about like 90% of the issues that we do. I’m sure most of them wanted Rhodes to win at WrestleMania, but they aren’t like “Rhodes is a dead bitch and this Reigns title run is killing the territory”, you know?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 18, 2023 22:32:19 GMT -5
Somehow the crowd is still very behind him and somehow SummerSlam tickets are doing great despite some peoples wishes. I think people can still have an opinion that the Mania ending sucked, Cody's booking since has sucked, and also concede that not everyone's gonna think the same way and that's ok Also who cares if SummerSlam is drawing well? Like are people actively wishing SummerSlam to get bad ticket sales? Detroit's a bit wrestling state, WWE and AEW draw super well there, I think it's nice to see wrestling as a whole drawing big crowds. I would honestly like to see Cody get the win there (Wouldn't justify not giving him it at Mania but it'd be something positive) but idk what the plan is and I ain't trusting them lol Cody's been feeling more Codyversy lately, but people said that might actually connect more to WWE crowds because of how crazy it can actually get, if so, that'd be great. I don't want to see Cody fail, I just don't like the booking and hate it's lead to more endless Bloodline heat with almost no signs of change since, which is once again why I don't trust them but I would love to be proven wrong and just see them make up for the Mania stuff in some form. Guess we'll see.
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Post by ppl591 on Apr 18, 2023 22:32:27 GMT -5
I don't know why I enjoy Cody so much right now when for the past 15 years I would say I only liked him for like a combined year (2019 AEW and around 2011 WWE). Something just works for me right now with him though. They're going full 2012 Cena with him right now. Lose main event of Wrestlemania. Get attacked by Brock the next night. Hype pull-apart brawl. Hopefully their PPV match is the same with Brock beating the hell out of Cody so violently that fans go crazy when Cody fights back and wins. This is a match were if you're going to allow blood on rare occasions I'd let Cody bleed here. And well, hopefully the 2012 Cena comparisons end there and we don't have Cody then losing to Adam Pearce at the following PPV. I just remembered that to complete the Brock/Cena comparisons they'll need an old rival/friend of Cody's to come out on the go-home show and cut a fire promo motivating him and telling him he can beat Brock like Edge did for Cena. Someone call Randy. I wanna see Pearce whoop somebody's ass. May as well be cody at judgement day or whatever the may show is. Maybe big show can turn heel on him too somehow
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Post by Kay Faban on Apr 18, 2023 23:02:02 GMT -5
Somehow the crowd is still very behind him and somehow SummerSlam tickets are doing great despite some peoples wishes. I think people can still have an opinion that the Mania ending sucked, Cody's booking since has sucked, and also concede that not everyone's gonna think the same way and that's ok Also who cares if SummerSlam is drawing well? Like are people actively wishing SummerSlam to get bad ticket sales? Detroit's a bit wrestling state, WWE and AEW draw super well there, I think it's nice to see wrestling as a whole drawing big crowds. I would honestly like to see Cody get the win there (Wouldn't justify not giving him it at Mania but it'd be something positive) but idk what the plan is and I ain't trusting them lol Cody's been feeling more Codyversy lately, but people said that might actually connect more to WWE crowds because of how crazy it can actually get, if so, that'd be great. I don't want to see Cody fail, I just don't like the booking and hate it's lead to more endless Bloodline heat with almost no signs of change since, which is once again why I don't trust them but I would love to be proven wrong and just see them make up for the Mania stuff in some form. Guess we'll see. For sure, people can think what they want. But there was lots of speculation/predicting he’d be done and there’s a whole thread about him being a bitch, and clearly the majority don’t feel that way and those predictions were wrong.
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Post by deezy on Apr 18, 2023 23:56:03 GMT -5
I think people can still have an opinion that the Mania ending sucked, Cody's booking since has sucked, and also concede that not everyone's gonna think the same way and that's ok Also who cares if SummerSlam is drawing well? Like are people actively wishing SummerSlam to get bad ticket sales? Detroit's a bit wrestling state, WWE and AEW draw super well there, I think it's nice to see wrestling as a whole drawing big crowds. I would honestly like to see Cody get the win there (Wouldn't justify not giving him it at Mania but it'd be something positive) but idk what the plan is and I ain't trusting them lol Cody's been feeling more Codyversy lately, but people said that might actually connect more to WWE crowds because of how crazy it can actually get, if so, that'd be great. I don't want to see Cody fail, I just don't like the booking and hate it's lead to more endless Bloodline heat with almost no signs of change since, which is once again why I don't trust them but I would love to be proven wrong and just see them make up for the Mania stuff in some form. Guess we'll see. For sure, people can think what they want. But there was lots of speculation/predicting he’d be done and there’s a whole thread about him being a bitch, and clearly the majority don’t feel that way and those predictions were wrong. I seen so many threads after Wrestlemania that Cody is done, he cannot come back from this. He is probably regretting coming back to the WWE, etc. I get being hyperbole and being in the heat of the moment right after Wrestlemania but most of the takes I seen on him were ridiculous, imo. He is still very over with the crowds.
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Post by ppl591 on Apr 19, 2023 0:20:52 GMT -5
For sure, people can think what they want. But there was lots of speculation/predicting he’d be done and there’s a whole thread about him being a bitch, and clearly the majority don’t feel that way and those predictions were wrong. I seen so many threads after Wrestlemania that Cody is done, he cannot come back from this. He is probably regretting coming back to the WWE, etc. I get being hyperbole and being in the heat of the moment right after Wrestlemania but most of the takes I seen on him were ridiculous, imo. He is still very over with the crowds. Cody gets weird reactions from people online. First it was people trying to will the crowd turning on him for Zayn. Now this
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 19, 2023 0:37:04 GMT -5
I think people can still have an opinion that the Mania ending sucked, Cody's booking since has sucked, and also concede that not everyone's gonna think the same way and that's ok Also who cares if SummerSlam is drawing well? Like are people actively wishing SummerSlam to get bad ticket sales? Detroit's a bit wrestling state, WWE and AEW draw super well there, I think it's nice to see wrestling as a whole drawing big crowds. I would honestly like to see Cody get the win there (Wouldn't justify not giving him it at Mania but it'd be something positive) but idk what the plan is and I ain't trusting them lol Cody's been feeling more Codyversy lately, but people said that might actually connect more to WWE crowds because of how crazy it can actually get, if so, that'd be great. I don't want to see Cody fail, I just don't like the booking and hate it's lead to more endless Bloodline heat with almost no signs of change since, which is once again why I don't trust them but I would love to be proven wrong and just see them make up for the Mania stuff in some form. Guess we'll see. For sure, people can think what they want. But there was lots of speculation/predicting he’d be done and there’s a whole thread about him being a bitch, and clearly the majority don’t feel that way and those predictions were wrong. I don't think people saying Cody looked like a bitch are any less valid, live crowd reactions matter yes, it just doesn't invalidate the people who hated it, hate the booking, and have quit watching the product over the move, but no it didn't to this point destroy Cody completely, I would say that even for Cody supporters though there's a genuine air of disappointment that they just... didn't do the obvious here. To me, he did look like a bitch and his promo post-RAW with Roman and then alone in ring vs Brock weren't great ways to try and recover from the Mania loss imo, but in terms of damage done to him, he's still over right now, idk what it's gonna look like in a year if he just never gets the world title, WWE booking can really hammer a guy and I think that was the expectation. I don't think he's there yet, it'll take a lot for WWE to kill him to crowds completely, I do think Mania was the wrong decision and deflated a great deal of people though. The Brock beatdown post-Mania RAW was pretty bad reaction wise but it also went like 10 damn minutes. Since then it's gotten to better reactions, but he's also now away from the title picture... we'll see what the plan is as I said. I don't want Cody to fail, it's aggravating that we even have to have this discussion because Mania seemed so fullproof and... it just wasn't. It's really not shocking to me that people are low on the product again, but hey, hopefully Cody can still salvage something and win the belt in the near future to a big reaction while some of us go "Wooooo-that should have just happened four months ago but-wooooo!"
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 19, 2023 1:02:43 GMT -5
Like, Cody has great babyface fire on the mic, but goddam he busts out "positive platitudes" and you're reminded why he's really a heel at heart.
Never change Codelander.
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Post by Kay Faban on Apr 19, 2023 7:17:57 GMT -5
For sure, people can think what they want. But there was lots of speculation/predicting he’d be done and there’s a whole thread about him being a bitch, and clearly the majority don’t feel that way and those predictions were wrong. I don't think people saying Cody looked like a bitch are any less valid, live crowd reactions matter yes, it just doesn't invalidate the people who hated it, hate the booking, and have quit watching the product over the move, but no it didn't to this point destroy Cody completely, I would say that even for Cody supporters though there's a genuine air of disappointment that they just... didn't do the obvious here. To me, he did look like a bitch and his promo post-RAW with Roman and then alone in ring vs Brock weren't great ways to try and recover from the Mania loss imo, but in terms of damage done to him, he's still over right now, idk what it's gonna look like in a year if he just never gets the world title, WWE booking can really hammer a guy and I think that was the expectation. I don't think he's there yet, it'll take a lot for WWE to kill him to crowds completely, I do think Mania was the wrong decision and deflated a great deal of people though. The Brock beatdown post-Mania RAW was pretty bad reaction wise but it also went like 10 damn minutes. Since then it's gotten to better reactions, but he's also now away from the title picture... we'll see what the plan is as I said. I don't want Cody to fail, it's aggravating that we even have to have this discussion because Mania seemed so fullproof and... it just wasn't. It's really not shocking to me that people are low on the product again, but hey, hopefully Cody can still salvage something and win the belt in the near future to a big reaction while some of us go "Wooooo-that should have just happened four months ago but-wooooo!" My point is people who feel this way are a small minority of people. Not a growing movement as predicted. Every measurement is still going well and people seem into his redemption arch. Partially powered by the fact that The Bloodline is the most popular storyline they’ve done in years. It’s just a disconnect from parts of this board and the majority. Valid to think whatever people want, just don’t project those thoughts to the rest of the fandom.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Apr 19, 2023 7:31:43 GMT -5
Like, Cody has great babyface fire on the mic, but goddam he busts out "positive platitudes" and you're reminded why he's really a heel at heart. Never change Codelander. That's the thing that frustrates me a lot about Cody. He does a fantastic job of being a heel who thinks he's a babyface, only there's zero irony or awareness to it.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 19, 2023 8:16:02 GMT -5
Like, Cody has great babyface fire on the mic, but goddam he busts out "positive platitudes" and you're reminded why he's really a heel at heart. Never change Codelander. That's the thing that frustrates me a lot about Cody. He does a fantastic job of being a heel who thinks he's a babyface, only there's zero irony or awareness to it. He really, really does that better than anyone. Back when I thought he was doing that in AEW towards the end, I even said that it would be the gimmick that launched him to that next level. No one else is doing that. Plus, he does it in a way that no one else can. He was born to be wrestling's Homelander. I hope one day he embraces it and dials it up to 11. Codelander is HIS gimmick. I hope be discovers it in a self-aware way. That guy could have challenged for the world title in AEW with zero awareness of why it was a heel move, when he would think he "had to" to save the company. He was the "only one" who could save AEW by doing so. The stories write themselves. And they're fantastic. Mix Homelander with delusional NXT Bo Dallas. License to print money.
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