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Post by schma on May 3, 2023 21:00:30 GMT -5
With Bad Bunny wrestling, it'd be the show to do that kind of finish for sure. And then cue all the “now Cody is really done and buried” threads after the show. That was more when the next night Cody came out and congratulated the guy who cheated to beat him for being the better man, politely asked for a rematch and accepted it when he was told no.
The night of it felt stupid but a strong contingent still wanted to see what happened Monday to see if they fixed it in any way.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 3, 2023 21:45:35 GMT -5
Can be ascend higher than Bitchalla if this happens? Lmfao
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2023 22:59:05 GMT -5
And then cue all the “now Cody is really done and buried” threads after the show. That was more when the next night Cody came out and congratulated the guy who cheated to beat him for being the better man, politely asked for a rematch and accepted it when he was told no.
The night of it felt stupid but a strong contingent still wanted to see what happened Monday to see if they fixed it in any way.
That’s not really how it went down, he alluded to Roman cheating when saying he was the better “competitor”, looked at and then was talking about Solo being the reason he keeps winning.
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Post by schma on May 4, 2023 1:55:34 GMT -5
That was more when the next night Cody came out and congratulated the guy who cheated to beat him for being the better man, politely asked for a rematch and accepted it when he was told no.
The night of it felt stupid but a strong contingent still wanted to see what happened Monday to see if they fixed it in any way.
That’s not really how it went down, he alluded to Roman cheating when saying he was the better “competitor”, looked at and then was talking about Solo being the reason he keeps winning. Fair enough, he did say competitor but even that was a bit ridiculous. Cody had him beat but a ref bump and interference saved Roman like it always does. The thing is, if they had done anything with his comments about solo or if Cody were fiery about being robbed, that might have helped the perception. Instead we got oh you were the better competitor, side eye solo and the Roman goes on vacation again.
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Post by msc on May 4, 2023 2:14:12 GMT -5
I'm expecting it to be as clear and decisive as the time Ambrose lost to Brock.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 4, 2023 8:02:00 GMT -5
That’s not really how it went down, he alluded to Roman cheating when saying he was the better “competitor”, looked at and then was talking about Solo being the reason he keeps winning. Fair enough, he did say competitor but even that was a bit ridiculous. Cody had him beat but a ref bump and interference saved Roman like it always does. The thing is, if they had done anything with his comments about solo or if Cody were fiery about being robbed, that might have helped the perception. Instead we got oh you were the better competitor, side eye solo and the Roman goes on vacation again. Heyman cut a promo about Cody having to earn it and then Cody cut a great promo the week after Mania that was very fiery. “Earn it? I am it.”
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Post by schma on May 4, 2023 8:08:52 GMT -5
Fair enough, he did say competitor but even that was a bit ridiculous. Cody had him beat but a ref bump and interference saved Roman like it always does. The thing is, if they had done anything with his comments about solo or if Cody were fiery about being robbed, that might have helped the perception. Instead we got oh you were the better competitor, side eye solo and the Roman goes on vacation again. Heyman cut a promo about Cody having to earn it and then Cody cut a great promo the week after Mania that was very fiery. “Earn it? I am it.” Well it's good to hear that he eventually got around to a fiery response. Not gonna lie, that's a week too late in my book. And again I may be in the minority but when they made the choice they did a Mania, Cody's response the night after was the one that counted and in my opinion, they blew it.
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Post by chronocross on May 4, 2023 8:26:37 GMT -5
I think Cody will lose the first match and he will win the rematch which will have a stipulation like No DQ so he can use weapons to take down Brock.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 4, 2023 15:02:22 GMT -5
Freddie Prinze Jr. on his podcast said he thinks they’re going all in on Cody going through “Hard Times” and he’ll get borderline squashed by Brock at Backlash, a la Cena at Summerslam.
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Post by chazraps on May 4, 2023 17:39:44 GMT -5
Freddie Prinze Jr. on his podcast said he thinks they’re going all in on Cody going through “Hard Times” and he’ll get borderline squashed by Brock at Backlash, a la Cena at Summerslam. You can always tell it's dudes who never watched "Hard Times"-era Dusty who love to bring up comparisons to it that don't apply at all.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 4, 2023 18:16:54 GMT -5
Freddie Prinze Jr. on his podcast said he thinks they’re going all in on Cody going through “Hard Times” and he’ll get borderline squashed by Brock at Backlash, a la Cena at Summerslam. You can always tell it's dudes who never watched "Hard Times"-era Dusty who love to bring up comparisons to it that don't apply at all. Dusty didn’t get demolished in a match, but the Horsemen attacked him and broke his ankle. Then he cut the Hard Times promo. Then he had the title taken away from him after his win at Starrcade was reversed. Then he kept trying but wouldn’t actually get the title until 7 months later (and held it for 2 weeks). I guess a more Dusty like finish would be Cody having Brock beat but Brock cheating to win.
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Post by J is Justice on May 4, 2023 20:38:19 GMT -5
Freddie Prinze Jr. on his podcast said he thinks they’re going all in on Cody going through “Hard Times” and he’ll get borderline squashed by Brock at Backlash, a la Cena at Summerslam. And all because Brock is jelly.
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on May 4, 2023 21:40:57 GMT -5
I would say Cody is losing at Backlash as well. Then he’ll go on to win the Bronze Medal World Championship, to then defend against (and beat) Brock at Summerslam Maybe a ref stoppage finish at Backlash? That way Cody loses, but sort of has an excuse. Cody Rhodes: You thought my father and Jon Moxley could bleed....you ain't seen nothing yet!
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Post by stoptheclocks on May 5, 2023 3:57:03 GMT -5
He should lose really, no? If they are going for the idea of a struggle to the title, then a back and forth fued he eventually wins seems to fit that better than him beating Brock, beating him in the rematch, beating him a third time just because, winning MITB, beating Roman. Just generally never losing because obviously that would make him a total bitch who might as well put the Stardust suit back on. That doesn't seem very interesting.
Far more important to me is whether it's actually a good match. Give me Brock winning an actual match between these two vs Cody winning a five minute finisher fest.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 5, 2023 4:03:12 GMT -5
Brock is a dead end who has lost to Roman around as often as Roman has lost to him as a face, so I really do not see the point in him as anything other than a filler title defense. It's been done, repeatedly, and it's narratively dry as a bone. Beating Brock would at least be a "sorry we f***ed you over for literally no gain, here's something". It's not like Brock didn't put over Seth and Drew, so it's not like Cody would somehow be beneath them when he's at least at their level when they beat Brock.
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Post by XIII on May 5, 2023 5:12:50 GMT -5
Maybe a ref stoppage finish at Backlash? That way Cody loses, but sort of has an excuse. Cody Rhodes: You thought my father and Jon Moxley could bleed....you ain't seen nothing yet! Puerto Rico was the blood and guts capital of wrestling back in the day. Cody going to bleed like Abdullah
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Post by nisidhe on May 5, 2023 7:53:30 GMT -5
Cody is finished as a serious competitor if he has to take a squashy loss to Lesnar. After being penciled in for WM, losing, then that ridiculous Raw after Mania, the one path to redeeming Cody as a main-eventer and a main driver for revenue is to have him beat Lesnar, then go after Roman and beat him.
That's it. There's no other way. A lot of fans are frustrated beyond the point of rioting with WWE and the company needs to do _something_ to assuage it.
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Post by nisidhe on May 5, 2023 8:05:43 GMT -5
Cody Rhodes: You thought my father and Jon Moxley could bleed....you ain't seen nothing yet! Puerto Rico was the blood and guts capital of wrestling back in the day. Cody going to bleed like Abdullah It also fell off nearly every mainland wrestler's booking schedule after what happened to Bruiser Brody, and the acquittal of his killer. It's only _very_ recently become a place where non-Puerto Rican wrestlers felt comfortable working.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 5, 2023 8:40:02 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 5, 2023 8:44:39 GMT -5
Brock is a dead end who has lost to Roman around as often as Roman has lost to him as a face, so I really do not see the point in him as anything other than a filler title defense. It's been done, repeatedly, and it's narratively dry as a bone. Beating Brock would at least be a "sorry we f***ed you over for literally no gain, here's something". It's not like Brock didn't put over Seth and Drew, so it's not like Cody would somehow be beneath them when he's at least at their level when they beat Brock. Like, we have to remember, too, Seth and Drew have been two of the only people to beat Brock clean throughout this more recent period of time. Roman has never beaten Brock clean and he's faced the f***er at 4 major PPVs.
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