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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 15, 2023 17:32:50 GMT -5
If Rock vs Roman happens in Philly Mania, let alone for the belts, not only am I gonna just absolutely collapse like Roderick Strong but the fact that means Roman wins again at a Mania and keeps his belts, but Cody doesn't get the moment that HHH was screaming at fans to "JUST WAIT GUYS" And no, him winning the belts at the Rumble does not make losing at Mania better, because the entire f***ing point of this slog is that Cody was going to "FINISH THE STORY" at a WrestleMania, so really this would be a flat out travesty all around if they went with this. I'm just flat out sick of The Rock and nostalgia bait. I'm not denying that it wouldn't be a match people want to see, but all this would be happening because of the strikes and it'd f*** everything up and I'm really not a fan of any of the optics bring presented as possibilities. Huh? The whole point was not that the story needed to be finished by Cody at a Wrestlemania. In fact, most hoped they’d do the match at Summerslam. I don't know. It seemed pretty obvious that once Cody started mixing it up with Brock that would be his SummerSlam program and we were looking at a two Mania story arc. I'd say by the end of the Raw after Mania people knew that was the plan.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 15, 2023 18:11:59 GMT -5
If Rock vs Roman happens in Philly Mania, let alone for the belts, not only am I gonna just absolutely collapse like Roderick Strong but the fact that means Roman wins again at a Mania and keeps his belts, but Cody doesn't get the moment that HHH was screaming at fans to "JUST WAIT GUYS" And no, him winning the belts at the Rumble does not make losing at Mania better, because the entire f***ing point of this slog is that Cody was going to "FINISH THE STORY" at a WrestleMania, so really this would be a flat out travesty all around if they went with this. I'm just flat out sick of The Rock and nostalgia bait. I'm not denying that it wouldn't be a match people want to see, but all this would be happening because of the strikes and it'd f*** everything up and I'm really not a fan of any of the optics bring presented as possibilities. Huh? The whole point was not that the story needed to be finished by Cody at a Wrestlemania. In fact, most hoped they’d do the match at Summerslam. Nah, the plan has always blatantly been stretching this out to a second Mania, and I didn't agree with it and thought that was stupid, but "Ok well as long as it means Cody gets the giant FINISH THE STORY" win at Mania, whatever, cool" This would mean that doesn't happen, and giving him the win at any other show feels like a massive fumble of this whole thing. Idk who "Most people" were but they set up Cody/Brock for Summerslam at literally the following RAW. Was never going to be the case.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Sept 15, 2023 18:41:31 GMT -5
Probably not an unpopular opinion at all but I have absolutely no interest in seeing this match.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 15, 2023 18:47:04 GMT -5
Nah, the plan has always blatantly been stretching this out to a second Mania, and I didn't agree with it and thought that was stupid, but "Ok well as long as it means Cody gets the giant FINISH THE STORY" win at Mania, whatever, cool" This would mean that doesn't happen, and giving him the win at any other show feels like a massive fumble of this whole thing. Idk who "Most people" were but they set up Cody/Brock for Summerslam at literally the following RAW. Was never going to be the case. A lot of people wanted him to win it at Summerslam and not stretch it out to another Mania. You were one of them so you definitely didn’t think it’s okay as long as get to finish the story at a Mania. You said this in the Summerslam venue announcement thread: I remember a lot of people hoping for that, so I don’t think him winning at a stadium Rumble would be a fail or anything either. And they didn't do it there anyway, as it began to develop it seemed very obvious it was gonna be drug out to the next Mania. Which, I didn't agree with, but if Cody's gonna "finish the story" it should be on the biggest stage and that would be a Mania. Anything else, especially in favor of The Rock, it doesn't sit right with me Also, I'm gonna ask this as politely as I can, can you stop rifling through my past posts to try and prove a point? This is the second time you've done this, and shit's not sitting right with me. I don't remember these posts and clearly months later, my viewpoints (And WWE's booking itself) has changed from my in the moment responses.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Sept 15, 2023 19:36:01 GMT -5
Man I hope the writers strike ends before mania time.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 15, 2023 19:36:58 GMT -5
Here I was thinking the worst thing they'd throw at Cody Rhodes was a rubber chicken but then tonight they go and toss a Rock at him.
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 15, 2023 19:38:31 GMT -5
Here I was thinking the worst thing they'd throw at Cody Rhodes was a rubber chicken but then tonight they go and toss a Rock at him. No mention of the Bloodline so no hints dropped about it yet if it’s actually on the table. Wonder if him coming out for something else means they’re likely not going with him and Roman at Mania.
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Sept 15, 2023 19:39:12 GMT -5
Cody ain’t ever finishing the story LMAOOOOO.
I mean he might, but not any time soon.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 15, 2023 19:39:20 GMT -5
The fact The Rock just randomly showed up shows that we're officially in that position where this could actually happen as long as the strikes keep up (And it sure seems like they're going to keep up)
There are still a bunch of ways this could go, but if the way it ends up is Roman vs The Rock for the belts at Mania then f***ing hell was this Cody "FINISH THE STORY" storyline a complete mess in the end. That being said, they still have a lot of time to sort this out... but I am not feeling confident.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 15, 2023 19:41:59 GMT -5
I think what gets to me a bit about all this is that Rock would be doing the match to lose to Roman. There’s literally no other purpose in doing it, especially with the job WWE’s doing at building anyone to even challenge the guy, never mind actually be able to take the belt from him.
And then the moment he does lose, we’re just back with the same song and dance with Roman until they actually pull the trigger with Cody or, I don’t know, they sign someone like Starks away or build up Breakker or someone else from NXT. And even then, you’d need to do a lot of work to make people think they’re even worthy of being in the ring with Roman in the first place.
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Post by fg on Sept 15, 2023 19:46:26 GMT -5
Having Rock beat Roman for the belt is sooooo not building towards the future and only for the moment.
In short, this is sooooo Vince. This is what he would do. He may say: “The crowd wants it to happen. They want to see Rock win Internet fans.” That makes us look like the bad guys. Sure they want to see Rock win. They also wanted to see Drew win, Cody win etc. so Vince’s hypothetical argument makes NOOOOO sense. That is not building towards the future. Because of that, they will pay.
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 15, 2023 19:52:14 GMT -5
Having Rock beat Roman for the belt is sooooo not building towards the future and only for the moment. In short, this is sooooo Vince. This is what he would do. He may say: “The crowd wants it to happen. They want to see Rock win Internet fans.” That makes us look like the bad guys. Sure they want to see Rock win. They also wanted to see Drew win, Cody win etc. so Vince’s hypothetical argument makes NOOOOO sense. That is not building towards the future. Because of that, they will pay. Rock would lose
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 15, 2023 19:53:26 GMT -5
Here I was thinking the worst thing they'd throw at Cody Rhodes was a rubber chicken but then tonight they go and toss a Rock at him. No mention of the Bloodline so no hints dropped about it yet if it’s actually on the table. Wonder if him coming out for something else means they’re likely not going with him and Roman at Mania. Roman's not even there tonight. Rock likely had nothing better to do He spelled out what he wanted on Gameday, until they actively show that isn't what's gonna be done, Rock showing up plants a seed at the very least that The Rock can now show up.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 15, 2023 19:54:17 GMT -5
Probably not an unpopular opinion at all but I have absolutely no interest in seeing this match. In general? Sure, I would be fine with this match on a Summerslam or something. Like hell, if Cody did beat Roman, Roman having to then deal with Rock to try to assert his authority over the Anoa'i family, that sort of makes some sense. For the title? No, that holds no interest.
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 15, 2023 19:55:13 GMT -5
No mention of the Bloodline so no hints dropped about it yet if it’s actually on the table. Wonder if him coming out for something else means they’re likely not going with him and Roman at Mania. Roman's not even there tonight. Rock likely had nothing better to do He spelled out what he wanted on Gameday, until they actively show that isn't what's gonna be done, Rock showing up plants a seed at the very least that The Rock can now show up. Right I’m saying if they planned on that for Mania they may have not had him come out tonight, being we’re not terribly far from when he’d presumably make a surprise return to confront Roman.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 15, 2023 19:56:36 GMT -5
Roman's not even there tonight. Rock likely had nothing better to do He spelled out what he wanted on Gameday, until they actively show that isn't what's gonna be done, Rock showing up plants a seed at the very least that The Rock can now show up. Right I’m saying if they planned on that for Mania they may have not had him come out tonight, being we’re not terribly far from when he’d presumably make a surprise return to confront Roman. We'll find out soon enough. Him showing up however means there's a shot that something happens at the very least, more so than him just spouting on Gameday did.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 15, 2023 19:59:46 GMT -5
At this juncture I'd be a-okay with Rock beating Roman just because at least his reign would be finally the f*** over with.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 15, 2023 20:19:04 GMT -5
The story has never been more finished for Cody than it is now.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Sept 15, 2023 20:44:20 GMT -5
All I'm going to say is this: At this point WWE's not going to end Roman's title run outside of a Wrestlemania. That's just the fact of the matter, from their standpoint Roman's title reign is so huge that anything shy of a Wrestlemania ending would be anticlimactic.
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Post by Venti on Sept 15, 2023 21:01:10 GMT -5
The Rock is one of the greats no doubt about it, but I was already tired of him in 2012. Literally the best thing he was involved in was CM Punk laying his ass out at Raw 1000, and Cena roasting him on the mic.
That was 11 years ago, I have absolutely no interest in seeing him wrestle another finisher fest.
What I want to see, and this isn't some smarky viewpoint it's me purely as a WWE fan, is for Cody to get the title. And if they screw over Cody so Rock can get another main event I will be so disappointed.
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