Can face Roman va heel Cody work?

[ChitownKnight]

Not anytime soon obviously, but down the line. Cody vs Roman 1 at mania 39, Cody vs Roman 2 at Mania 40 (where Cody wins the title finally), then either Mania 41 or Summerslam 2025, they have a third match with the roles reversed

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When Roman loses the world titles, if he ever does, I need a long, LONG break from him in the title picture... like... badly lol

[Zutroy]

Cody doesn’t want to do heel and there’s no logical reason he should at the moment. And even if there was he’d still not turn heel, we’ve been there before.

[thecrusherwi]

Guy who emotionally abuses his family and cheats every time to retain his titles for years and years seems like a hard guy to be a babyface.

[ChitownKnight]

Jul 27, 2023 10:04:10 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Guy who emotionally abuses his family and cheats every time to retain his titles for years and years seems like a hard guy to be a babyface.

I’m not saying anytime soon lol. I’m thinking 2025 at the earliest. If guys like HHH and Orton can turn face, so can Roman

[thecrusherwi]

Jul 27, 2023 10:30:13 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Jul 27, 2023 10:04:10 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Guy who emotionally abuses his family and cheats every time to retain his titles for years and years seems like a hard guy to be a babyface.

I’m not saying anytime soon lol. I’m thinking 2025 at the earliest. If guys like HHH and Orton can turn face, so can Roman

Even then, he's gonna need to need some major rehabilitation. Not only is the character a scumbag of the highest order, he's also been dominating the main event seen for a decade, so there's a fatigue factor too. I think it might be hard to get most of the crowd behind him even that soon.

[Jindrak Mark]

Jul 27, 2023 11:38:42 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Jul 27, 2023 10:30:13 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I’m not saying anytime soon lol. I’m thinking 2025 at the earliest. If guys like HHH and Orton can turn face, so can Roman

Even then, he's gonna need to need some major rehabilitation. Not only is the character a scumbag of the highest order, he's also been dominating the main event seen for a decade, so there's a fatigue factor too. I think it might be hard to get most of the crowd behind him even that soon.

People have literally attempted murder in wrestling then turned face shortly after and the crowd went with it. Kane basically raped Lita and not long after was being cheered against her and Edge. Daniel Bryan was abusive to AJ Lee, he never apologized, fans laughed and he ended up a face. It might end up being a fakeout but right now MJF is playing a face and the crowd is playing along despite all the horrible things he's said and done over the years.

Not only do I think they'll cheer him but I think he'll be mega over with the kind of popularity they wished he'd had as a face 5 years ago. Without the confidence this heel run has given him I don't think that was ever possible at the time though.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jul 27, 2023 10:04:10 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Guy who emotionally abuses his family and cheats every time to retain his titles for years and years seems like a hard guy to be a babyface.

You say that, but half the babyfaces in modern wrestling are just heels who were over for too long.

And while the AEW crowds are different-ish, they're dying to cheer for MJF, a man who has done everything except molest a puppy onscreen to get heat thus far.

[stoptheclocks]

Jul 27, 2023 11:38:42 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Jul 27, 2023 10:30:13 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I’m not saying anytime soon lol. I’m thinking 2025 at the earliest. If guys like HHH and Orton can turn face, so can Roman

Even then, he's gonna need to need some major rehabilitation. Not only is the character a scumbag of the highest order, he's also been dominating the main event seen for a decade, so there's a fatigue factor too. I think it might be hard to get most of the crowd behind him even that soon.

I think a significant amount of the crowd are behind him as is. He'll be mega over with this character as a face.