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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jul 16, 2007 21:06:22 GMT -5
After all the Cody hate threads, what do we all think of his debut?
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jul 16, 2007 21:06:56 GMT -5
He was young, but he's got some talent, he could be an excellent old school babyface.
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Post by That Loser Guy on Jul 16, 2007 21:09:14 GMT -5
Generic, but I think it can work. The match was fair, and Orton no selling punches didn't help.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jul 16, 2007 21:09:45 GMT -5
I say fair. He did a good job last week with slapping Orton that made him look cool and strong. But he looked really green here, also this was badly booked. Rhodes should have had a fluke pin on Orton and than destroy Cody Rhodes in anger and end the segment like they did with Randy being scared off bt Dusty. But still not terrible.
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Jul 16, 2007 21:09:54 GMT -5
atleast he can sell
I'll give him that.
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Post by The OP on Jul 16, 2007 21:11:26 GMT -5
Generic, but I think it can work. The match was fair, and Orton no selling punches didn't help. Like the one where he knocked him off the turnbuckle to set up for the missile dropkick? Nevermind, I forgot that when Orton sells it's called no-selling. |
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Post by shiranui on Jul 16, 2007 21:13:28 GMT -5
Indeed, he sold several moves like death. He ended up landing on his head from Orton's reverse backbreaker, which I didn't think was even possible.
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jul 16, 2007 21:14:47 GMT -5
I say fair. He did a good job last week with slapping Orton that made him look cool and strong. But he looked really green here, also this was badly booked. Rhodes should have had a fluke pin on Orton and than destroy Cody Rhodes in anger and end the segment like they did with Randy being scared off bt Dusty. But still not terrible. No. Your idea is worse. |
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Jul 16, 2007 21:14:58 GMT -5
Very green but has potential.
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Post by Marky Mark on Jul 16, 2007 21:17:04 GMT -5
It was basically a squash match, can't really judge him on it.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jul 16, 2007 21:17:15 GMT -5
I say fair. He did a good job last week with slapping Orton that made him look cool and strong. But he looked really green here, also this was badly booked. Rhodes should have had a fluke pin on Orton and than destroy Cody Rhodes in anger and end the segment like they did with Randy being scared off bt Dusty. But still not terrible. No. Your idea is worse. Why? What is the point of Orton destroying him if he gets the win? To me that makes no sense. I mean why would Orton do that if he beats Rhodes? I mean he already proved his point. Just unoriginality to make Orton an uber-generic heel. |
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Post by mo on Jul 16, 2007 21:18:08 GMT -5
I guess fair would be it
Wasn't great but wasn't the worst
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Post by nestlekwik on Jul 16, 2007 21:19:47 GMT -5
It just seemed Cody was booked to not have a chance and didn't really get to show off anything. If he were given better ring attire and more of a build up in personality, I think he could have really decent potential. I vote fair. It could have been a complete disaster, but instead I found it somewhat entertaining.
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jul 16, 2007 21:23:27 GMT -5
Why? What is the point of Orton destroying him if he gets the win? To me that makes no sense. I mean why would Orton do that if he beats Rhodes? I mean he already proved his point. Just unoriginality to make Orton an uber-generic heel. Because crowds turn on a cheap rollup win (See: Marella, Santino). This way he got in some offense and went longer than expected, so they can chalk it up as a moral victory. |
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jul 16, 2007 21:24:03 GMT -5
I guess fair would be it Wasn't great but wasn't the worst pretty much what i would say. Not a train wreck, but certainly not so good that people will be talking. It's clear he needs more time to develop. And i had no problem with how the match played out. Orton just toyed with him the whole time, almost got caught and still got the win. If he had lost people would have been freaking out about how Orton looked bad. |
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jul 16, 2007 21:24:54 GMT -5
It just seemed Cody was booked to not have a chance and didn't really get to show off anything. Were we watching the same match? Sure he was on defense most of the time, but he got some decent strikes and high spots in. |
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Post by The OP on Jul 16, 2007 21:27:55 GMT -5
I think it's kind of funny that they sent him out there with the green trunks and red knee pads after bringing him in as Dusty's son. Didn't they already try that with Dustin Rhodes? It almost made me wonder when he's gonna show up as a glittery transvestite.
In all seriousness though, he was good at selling. I'm sure he has some kind of a future, I just don't know how far he's gonna go as Dusty's son Cody.
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Jul 16, 2007 21:29:53 GMT -5
In three weeks, he'll be the Codemaster.
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Post by texaswhopper on Jul 16, 2007 21:31:06 GMT -5
Well wrestling fans didn't boo the hell out of him. They weren't exactly loud either. Certainly not as bad Erik Watts. Then again Cody wasn't thrown in an main event position.
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Post by The F'N Captain on Jul 16, 2007 22:17:13 GMT -5
It just seemed Cody was booked to not have a chance and didn't really get to show off anything. Were we watching the same match? Sure he was on defense most of the time, but he got some decent strikes and high spots in. To me he came off as a "known" jobber in the match, He hit one high spot and got killed the rest of the time. However it didn't SUCK, just nothing of any real note about it. If he becomes huge in three years you won't remember this match. |
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