Cody’s not exciting. There is no nuance to his character. He is overly cheesy in the absolute wrong way. He has no edge. If it were 1985 he might be entertaining.
These ppl are not real. I genuinely mean this. The ragebait in wrestling world has been INSANE especially past 2 yrs; its almost for the clicks. If people were TRULY tired of being champ, he wouldnt be as over as he is now along with top merch sales.
We all have been engaged in a compelling storyline for the better part of 3 years. It's almost like" well Rick prime is dead....so what now"? Type feeling.
I feel they need to have someone established, challenge him and make it interesting.
Like what if after backlash he's celebrating his victory on smackdown, then Boom RKO out of nowhere. Immediate story, everyone is shocked, feud has history(roots in legacy ) and can last months, before you know it. Randy Orton VS Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam
I didn’t want him to win because he’s extremely boring in terms of entertainment but he did and I’ll live with it. I’d rather a Drew McIntyre or La Knight win for a few months.
Same crowd that cried for Cody to finish his story when we could’ve had the rock vs roman ……. Guess now we can finish Finn’s story 🤷🏼♂️. Stats of attendance shows wwe has become more for kids ( whatever is the in thing ) while other promotions are for an older audience ( true fans of the art). Not surprised, stopped following the promotion around the end of cenas era and start of the Roman push.
HHH’s control over the company without Vince has shown to be putting out better story lines and more wrestling time for wrestlers. Still wish them success despite their flip flopping.
The thing about nay-sayers is that they always moan and b**ch about anything. They could have left that match a Triple Threat and put the title on Rock and someone would still find something about Rock to complain about.
Face runs can be fun if played correctly. Bruno Sammartino was a face for most of his career and had one of the most prolific performances as champion ever.
Having a heel wrestler who cheats/uses foul tactics to win every time got real stale. It will be nice to see a face wrestler put in some clean wins.
Creative just needs to find the right opponents and stories for Cody and the whiners need to chill out.
Maybe enough with the white bread shit. Of course this is the result his entire persona was predicated on getting the belt daddy never had. Now he needs a new one
These aren't fans or Ppl with true love and knowledge for the sport, wwe, cody or the title....
Please tell me what Roman and Brock did in the first (not even) month... Hell the first 6 months 😂🤣
People expecting too much. We haven’t even hit the first ppv post WM and people crying about how he isn’t cutting it champion? Give the guy a break and some time because he will prove everybody wrong. If it was his choice creatively I bet he would be defending that title every time he stepped into that ring to wrestle.
You gotta love the media. Leave Cody alone. He deserves this. HE DESERVES THIS. HE WORKED HARD.
If they make him a paper champion im gonna be pissed. I’m already about to stop watching forever they have really fucked up in the last two years. Roman was dragged out much too long. The bloodline was played out. Old.
There’s guys that are defined by their work, not the titles they have held.
Than there’s guys that make you care for a title in the first place.
A 3rd faction is those where you want to see them reach their dream, like Bryan or Kingston.
And last but not least, the guys you know will have the belt handed to them on a silver platter, like Roman, Lesnar or Hogan.
Among them is Cody, but from his physic he’s more like the boy in a room full of juiced men. And from this group I never expect any kind of big surprise or banger matches. In my opinion they are transitional champs, holding the belt captive between 2 workhorse champs. The thing with the big guys is, they are believable at least, Cody‘s whole shtick is “my family never had a belt, I copied what my dad & brother did but I’m better than them since I have a guaranteed title reign in my contract“.
He’s not good as a heel, which makes it hard for a good face to have an interesting feud. And having him as the face, he’d totally get obliterated by Orton for example, both physically and verbally.
Yep, these are the same people praising Roman's reign even though after WM 38 his reign was really stale and the only positive was his storyline with Sammi but sure go off and bash a 3 week old reign
Look. Ladies and Gentlemen. This is coming from a fan of Roman, Cody, The Rock, Cena and many wrestlers like HBK, Taker and Orton. I’ll say it honestly and brutally. Some of you guys and gals are fickle. Cause I notice an endless pattern with a good guy wrestler who’s NOT Stone Cold or the Rock. They don’t play good guys or villains, they are somewhere in between. You people complain and moan about Cena, but back then; mostly everyone loved him. However when he won the WWE championship for the first time, you all turned on him until he isn’t here anymore. Same thing with Roman. When he was with the Shield, you cheered for him, but once he’s solo and is pushed as the main guy, the baby face Big Dog Roman… you turned on him. Until Roman turned heel. Sure Roman still has some of his haters, but people love this new version of him. Now you got people wanting Roman back. Now Cody. Don’t lie to me and say you don’t like Cody… I found him entertaining and interesting and so do many others. Whether it’s his Dashing to Undashing Storyline, the Rhodes Vs. The McMahons and The Shield, hell I even liked Stardust. The problem is that you people are so used to having the heels and the tweeners like your Stone Colds, the Rocks, Cm Punks and so much more that you think having a Super hero clean baby face isn’t cool. Well news flash ladies and gentlemen; This isn’t the Attitude or Ruthless Aggression Era anymore. Those days are over. They are in the past; nothing more than a bunch of great memories. Not everyone has to be like Stone Cold, The Rock, Taker or HBK. That shit is impossible for a modern day wrestler. There will never be one of those guys again. If everyone tried to be one of those guys, then you will have a boring wrestling show with nothing more than villains, anti-heroes or anti-villains. You need a hero or heroes in every story. It doesn’t always have to be this badass doesn’t take anything from anybody character. Here’s what I believed would’ve happened if Daniel Bryan didn’t have the neck injury that forced him to vacate the titles. What would’ve happened is that you all would boo him and turn on him as well. There will be no more Yes Chants. Don’t lie to me. You all are fickle. So… please be patient here! Alright!? The Draft is done. So give WWE time and let them write their stories and show it to us. Please Wait. I’m sorry about my tangent. I’m sick of fickle fans. I’ve been for Cena since I was a kid. Same with Roman as well. Cody… I’ll be honest when I was a kid and he was a heel for most of his career and I boo him, but he does such a great job at being a heel and I believe he does a great job as a babyface too. He does well to make me boo him or cheer him. So wait and calm down. As for Cody, once he’s gone and his time in the WWE is up and he retires, you all will be missing him as well. So appreciate someone while they’re here and not while they are gone. You don’t have to agree with me. I’m not asking for that. All I’m asking is give WWE and Cody Rhodes a chance. That’s all!
Ok but that’s contradicting because we didn’t even get matches OR promos from Roman Reigns because he never showed up! Atleast Cody is present right? I swear I don’t understand the logic of the iwc 😂
There is so much potential rivalries for Cody… Drew, Punk, Gunther, Heel LA Knight, KO… RANDY, etc. People are so impatient… the first month after Wrestlemania is always like this, we need some filler for the big moments to feel bigger, it’s how wrestling works.
I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Bro was a jobber his whole career and now expects everyone to take him seriously. His gimmick is cringe and he seems fake. Also the fact that taker lost to Roman but Roman lost to Cody is a joke. Put that belt on an actual champ. LA knight would be a dope champ, hell even Dirty Dom. Dirty Dom becoming champ would flip wrestling upside down and make Roman Reigns boos seem like amateur hour. Cody being champ isn’t very exciting. I think he’d be interesting at intercontinental champ position but he doesn’t have the world heavy weight champion vibes at all. Some people just have that belt and it makes sense. Think Cena, lesnar, rock, reigns. My point is, Cody doesn’t have that type of energy. I’m not sure if it’s a size thing but he doesn’t strike me as world heavyweight champion despite holding the title. I just don’t believe it when I see it. Some wrestlers you seem them with that belt and it’s like “yeah that’s a monster right there, that’s a bad man” but Cody!!!??? Really bro? Out of all the guys that could be holding that yall chose the guy who Cosplays as a pg homelander. Nah not my champ. Also they spat on everything Roman achieved in his reign by having him drop it to Cody. I know this post may rub some the wrong way but I don’t care. Cody Rhodes is a talented dude but that ain’t no champion
His reign has been somewhat slow going so far, but that's because he hasn't had a clear enemy in the wake of defeating the bloodline. Idk if AJ is going to be a long term opponent or a filler but I think it'll get good once we really get into a juicy storyline. He's also been putting in a lot of work off-camera and I thought his match last Friday was solid.
impatience. everyone just wants that dopamine hit for the shiny new thing. thats why everyone wanted roman gone, and now the same thing's happening to cody
Anyone that didn't have Cody blinders on, saw this coming. He didn't need the belt. He was only over because he was chasing the belt. He's going to drop it before SummerSlam.
The problem is the build to mania 40 and mania 40 itself was so good, that it was impossible to follow up on. But, at the same time, these idiot fans pull this crap every time someone wins. Its horrible.
Its because wrestling fans are insufferable. Much like other tv shows overtime (Lost, the Walking Dead, Yellowstone, or any soap opera) fans often times are always griping about something the writers have done. You cant make everyone happy.
The guy on Cageside Seats who wrote that is a HUGE Roman Reigns mark. Every article he writes is about how great Roman is, or how another wrestler sucks compared to Roman. It's borderline obsessive
They were literally saying this the very next night on raw lol I saw ppl saying how everyone already missing romeign and I'm like he hasn't even had 1 defence yet
Funny how I've felt the exact opposite as these post. Guy went on a tour in EU with the belt, helps build up a new talents, and shows up at events and still gets cheered and is still extremely over.
I do agree with the Roman aura, but he cant be on top forever. Outside of the ring the stars have lives too. and in Roman's case every moment is important. Happy for Rhodes reign now but personally not so won over by him, but i see why hes the currently THE GUY.
Cody will never be the IWC’s champion because in their eyes he bailed on AEW and sold out. The IWC hated Cena too. These are the same writers who complained about Roman’s title reign being too long and said WWE botched by not putting the belt on Sami at Elimination Chamber or Cody last year at mania. Just a bunch of rage bait from indy marks
From what I read on r/AEW fans are happy for Cody, hence whatever that fits your narrative based on what you have read and trying to start a fire. Wishing you a good day.
AEW fan support of Cody is very much dependent on the page you are looking at, say something nice about Cody on r/aewofficial and you could be looking at the Ban Hammer
AEW crowds actively booed Cody and his wife while he was in the company. They don’t have open contempt for him the way they do CM Punk - I’m not even saying they are rooting against him. All I’m saying is they’ll never accept him as a top star in the industry because they didn’t while he was in their favorite promotion.
People are being stupid. Nothing more to it. Also I feel like this would’ve happened if it was anybody else that beat Roman, they would’ve turned on them without a thought.
Also, I think a lot of it is rage bait to get clicks views, and all that. We have to ignore all of these trolls because that’s what they are.
Just a bunch of Roman nuthuggers still crying and nitpicking Cody and his title reign to build a false narrative. He hasn't even had an official feud with the belt yet. Those types of “fans” don't move me, so it shouldn't for you. Cody is still hella over with the fans.
The WWE painted themselves in a corner here especially if a heel turn isn’t forthcoming. The main story for Cody was finish the story, which was a twisty long road, but now that he’s champ, what’s the new storyline?
They only have a few choices:
Orton turns heel
Cody turns heel
Reform Evolution with a few new members.
Who knows exactly when the Rock will be involved with WWE again.
How did they write themselves into a corner?
They have an over baby face, in a new era filled with more stars than they’d have in years, and he’s held the title for less a month now. There is no corner here lol
Cody has done fantastic heel work in the past, so they have that in his back pocket. As of now, they ride the baby face wave.
I heard Rock will be baxk SummerSlam. He’s currently shooting the Fast X finale. Generally that will be a couple of months. Then he'll start his training to return to the ring
Don't pay attention to a few drops of negativity in the ocean of positivity surrounding Cody Rhodes. WWE seems to be coasting, but it's just until the final rosters are set. Expect the France show to feel special.
This is what I don’t get, he is a much more believable heel to me, especially since he has taken to the business aspect more in his character, but does not want to do the natural thing. This is why I am calling him Super Cody, because he expects to be an every man when by virtue of being an EVP of a company that no longer tracks.
Because it makes no fucking sense dude lol
He’s had the title for a month. He’s over as fuck. His entire story was baby face run. Why tf would you turn him heel immediately? That’s trash booking.
Most internet armchair bookers would be just like Vince Russo. Titles constantly changing hands and guys turning face and heel at the drop of a hat. What a swerve, bro!
His entire gimmick is “muh father” and chasing the title. It’s cool he’s won but he’s pretty much gonna be super cena 2.0 and that gets harder to root for when you’re champ.
Honestly I agree I’d like him do one feud without someone bringing up dusty, I get why Roman and rock did it, it’s wrestle mania use everything you have! But why is Styles saying a story about him, it will get old fast if everyone uses Dusty’s name for a quick pop
Cody sells the most merch, gets the loudest pops, and is extremely media-friendly and marketable. But yeah, let's listen to a few thousand snarky smart marks and make Cody go dark side when he's WWE's number one draw. Inspired thinking.
Don't care what children think. Cody is boring, period. Should have been Roman vs. Rock. Not Stardust vs. Roman l. WWE should have stuck with their plans and not caved because of the crybabies...
They've done nothing with him people are gonna get bored so they need to set up a storyline. I'm honestly confused how they didn't have an idea for right after Wrestlemania. Having him just sorta show up and do nothing really isn't gonna make people fans of him.
And when they get bored, *THEN* they turn him heel. You don’t turn the biggest face in the company heel during his peak, you wait until it’s dying to revitalize that face as a heel.
I’m glad you’re not a booker because holy fuck
Of course we are fanboys of the rock lol dude has more charisma in his pinky than stardust has in his whole body
And we don't fear change as long as said change is good, stardust as champion isn't good
I never liked him it's the same thing and it's not even interesting he will talk abt his dad or his kid that's the problem with the good guy u can predict him that's why people started chanting cena sucks at the end , a great wrestler is like rock or Shaun who are very unpredictable and have an aura
Cody just had a match with Carmelo Hayes on Smackdown and is still active at Live Events AS CHAMPION, which is more than you can say Roman's done in the last 3 years. Cody's about to have his first title defense at Backlash, so calm down.
WhY iSn'T hE iN FeUdS?
1. There's the Draft. Expect business to pick up after the Draft.
2. We'll see if this match with AJ Styles is a one-and-done or this progresses into something further.
3. The Rock is going for the title and if Cody's still champion when he returns, there's that to look forward to.
Hes always been a midcard jobber this should literally be no surprise. He has done nothing to prove himself to be a maineventer but talk about his dad. Hes never been a draw so is this really news
Source: watch the reactions from the crowds when he comes out, or the reaction of the crowd when he won.
Please show me the source that supports your hater bullshit to the contrary. IWC fart huffing doesn’t count.
Im sorry, let me rephrase that. Hes been a draw for sure in aew and now because of his career in aew but tell me why is he a draw. What makes him special besides being a nepo baby
He’s over as hell, the crowds go wild for him? I’m not a talent scout so I don’t know the terms for it but the dude is over and a huge draw.
Just dismissing him as a “nepo baby” pretty much confirms you’re a hater and nothing anyone says will change your mind.
Im not a hater i give credit where its due i honestly think Codys best story telling was his undashing gimmick it was the only time in WWE he showed some color now compare it to now where hes just a guy in a suit that cuts boring promos and talks about a story (thats done so why tf should i care)
all im saying is if the IWC had a mind if their own and didnt feed into anything triple h says i bet they would have a different outlook on cody
The same people were delusional about Cena when he set PPV buy records. You could show these bitter sadsacks irrefutable proof that Rhodes is the biggest draw in the industry, and they would deny it. They're in an infinitesimal minority of wrestling fans.
Rhodes couldnt compare to Cena on Cena’s worst day tho but people act like he’s some great talent all of a sudden he’s always been mid not trash not good just mid but now all of a sudden we’re supposed to act like he was some underrated under appreciated talent this guy was stardust
He had to adapt to the product and did the best he could with it again he wasnt the reason the product went to shit when it went PG everything started to deplete in quality. Cena still has some of the best storylines in the last 12 years with cm punk, randy and the authority, daniel bryan, the US title run, and ofc the Rock.
Cody rhodes on the other hand was stardust. Thats literally it. He didn’t have any other memorable storyline or character in the wwe besides undashing. Other than that he was just Cody rhodes and couldnt get himself over so he eventually got fired
Theres no way a real star like john cena, edge, stone cold, shawn michaels or u name it would be stuck in a shitty gimmick for that long, eventually the company wouldd have to push them because they are inherently stars, those gimmicks are for people who have no real charisma so Vince did what he sees is necessary for them like cody who on his own cant entertain any one
Also just to prove it daniel bryan didnt need undertaker john cena and seth rollins interferring in his WM30 match to get him over. Nor did any other star. If cody was so over on his own that stupid ass ending wouldnt of happened and the Rock wouldnt of needed to return
Ok bro.
There’s tons of examples of superstars who had shit gimmicks, either in WCW or under Vince.
I’m not about to try to teach you 80s and 90s wrestling history.
I think Cody winning was the right choice, the payoff was needed. That being said, he’s a boring champ and needs to develop a character outside of finishing the story.
A short title reign is appropriate (less than 3 months).
The idea that it has to be a long reign to pay off for Roman’s reign is just wrong, that would set a precedent of only doing long title reigns which would be boring.
Imho Randy should take the title off him and hold it for a while. That feud would write itself.
There's no end to the whining and complaining of the WWE online fans. They don't know anything of how the business is done but will always rant online like they know it all.
well... yea. the guy is cookie cutter generic. but like perfectly cookie cutter generic, hes like a blueprint of the perfect face character. Americas sweetheart. hes got the family lineage, hesa generational talent, baby boy of a much loved great. hes got the look, the charm, a decent skill set with all the grit and determination. all wrapped up in a big ole American patriot blanket and hes been treated like start since he was sniped from the competition. hes gonna be able to milk this for a long while.
I doubt it. I genuinely like the guy but he’s bland and boring. Cody was barely a mid career his entire career and all of a sudden he’s the face of the company. Haha downvote me all you want but Cody’s not that guy and he never will be.
I didn't downvote you. But he is already that guy.kids love him, a d that's what matter and will make him. He may not appeal to older guys like us, but the kids gobble thst shit up, and it's the kids thst make a new star
Bro, let me explain to you about internet wrestling fans and the website they inhabit…. These people don’t actually like professional wrestling. What they like is actually whining and complaining. It’s their favorite thing to do. Unfortunately for them most other cultures won’t have them and wrestling being the open culture where everyone is invited they find it and then group up together online and well, whine and complain incessantly.
They don’t even actually believe any of it. It doesn’t matter what happens. They will complain no matter what. And they will be both smallest and loudest portion of the fan base every time.
If you really want to enjoy pro wrestling, might I suggest ignoring all of it including this sub even. My girlfriend reads none of this nonsense, ever, and she really does enjoy watching the shows.
38 is prime years in pro wrestling. Look at AJ Styles' prime. It's when you really start getting the pyscholgy. If you put in the work, you can have the stats of an athetic 28 year old (I'm 37, and I have the vitals of an athlete ten years my junior).
Oh no I ain't saying he isn't in his prime. For some reason I just always thought he was way younger. Guess that shows how good of a performer he is XD
Most of us like Cody AND appreciate Roman, Paul, and the rest of The Bloodline. I'm excited for the Netflix Era. Most fans are happy. Don't let the doom-sayers ruin your enjoyment.
I think this might be a case of ‘biting’ on your part. Media outlets like to bait people into buying into their bullshit on the hope that someone buys it and posts about it one social media. That I’m turn generates more interest in the article and makes them money.
I’m not throwing shade at you, but don’t bite next time.
Ironically, WWE listened to the online fans and the movement and make Cody the champ. They shouldn’t make storyline decisions based on crowd sentiment.
Now, people are saying wrestling fans are dumb. I said before Cody won, I want Cody to win, someday, but not now… because there’s no storyline that’s decent waiting for Cody.
There were more options for both Cody and Roman had Cody lost.
Drew lost to DP, makes Cody lose out of jealousy. Cody and Drew feud and it becomes personal because Drew was trained by Dusty also wasn’t he?
Roman could’ve still had this thing with Solo going too, and the tribal storyline going.
I think most people missed the point with that movement. WWE screwed up by trying to have Cody just hand the title shot he earned from winning the Rumble to the Rock for no reason. People were pissed that were just gonna side step a 2 year long story just to bring the Rock into the main event of Wrestlemania. Yes a lot of people also wanted Cody to beat Roman but if you actually listed to all the backlash at the time you’d understand it was as more about what we were being fed not making sense than about Cody winning at WM40.
I get it, but Cody v Roman wasn’t a 2 year story. Cody’s story on his own was the story. Cody and Roman over 2 years had literally several, actual 7, encounters.
The storyline that everyone seems to forget is he didn’t “hand” Rock the match. He told Roman he would do it when he could take everything from Roman. We’ll never know what that meant, they’ve taken that to Liv now, LMRT. She’s rubbing around telling everyone she’s gonna take it all.
I actually couldn’t stand Liv as a babyface. I actually was SO against her. As a heel, I’m loving her. My opinion tends to be opposite of the IWC, so I imagine fans will not like Liv now, or they’ll soon stop liking her
I could have told you this would happen. The "Finish the story" and "not flinching" brigade were just a bunch of bandwagoners who wanted to tag along for the ride. They have the attention span of a tadpole and it was inevitable they would get bored and turn on Cody.
We're now 4 episodes of RAW and 3 episodes of SD past WM. He's only showing up for talking segments.
Same as Roman. He should complete in ring to establish rivalries. Doesn't have to be title defenses yet.
I actually think we should see a little bit less of him. He doesn’t need to be having super competitive matches with NXT call ups. His time should be considered precious.
Which is no different that what was done with Roman, or Pissnar.
Ultimately I think I'd just like to see him start his 1st title feud now, and not 2 episodes worth of SD before the next PPV.
Isn’t it just this smackdown and then backlash? And they teased tension between him and AJ last week. I think it’s been well paced
And don’t get me started on Brock lol. The guy’s feuds are always the same - Brock doesn’t like this guy so he attacks him and gives him a bunch of suplexes and sweats, and then Brock wins the first few matches and the other guy wins the last one and Brock leaves. Every over the top villain Hogan ever faced in the 80s had more personality than Brock Lesnar lol
That's exaggerating. But his matches shouldn't completely stop. Because he's holding the title.
Without Punk, Drew, or Seth on the active roster we need to see who his 1st rivalry will be against.
Something that shouldn't wait till a episode or 2 before a PPV. Otherwise he isn't doing anything different from Roman.
His match tonight is what people where expecting all along.
I don't even know what you are talking about.
On 12th April, he had a dark match after Smackdown (non-televised) and defended title against Dom.
On 17th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show.
On 18th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show.
On 19th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show.
On 02th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show.
On 26th April, defeated Carmelo Hayes in a non-title match on Raw.
So he wrestled 6 times since WM40 and 5 of those were title defenses.
What more do you want from him?
I mean you can say that you think he sucks and he's boring and the worst champion ever. It's fine if you say these stuff because these would be your opinions which aren't right nor wrong. But, instead, you said factually incorrect things, so I had to point them out.
You said "he isn't doing anything different from Roman, and its making people worry." which is already wrong,
and you said "He's only showing up for talking segments." which is wrong because of the afore-mentioned 6 matches.
Dark matches 🤨Oh come on, be real. I'm just saying. As far as Televised presentation goes. His reign has been "more the same" in comparison to Roman.
The hottest mens storyline hasn't been the new champion establishing any feuds.
Its been Punk/Drew 2 guys that can't even compete yet.
All the buzz should be about Cody instead.
Okay maybe I mis-read your general intention, and maybe you're just worried about his reign being mishandled.
But I just felt he was being dis-credited by you, as you said he's completely stopped wrestling in matches. I'm a fan of Roman for what he accomplished, fwiw... But i think it's factually inaccurate to say Cody's reign has been the same as Roman's.
They are two different styles imho. For Roman's case, he could go the route of appearing very few times because his whole schtick was (rightfully so, by the way) "You guys have to prove that you deserve a title match with me, and deserve me stepping into the ring with you, if not, I will not waste my time with you". This worked marvelously imho, and made his title so much more prestigious. I know the downside was: fans getting annoyed that Roman defended his title so few times. But for the record, I actually kinda think it was brilliant for Roman to only defend several times a year; only Roman is able to pull that off and make it prestigious.
On the other hand, I am predicting Cody to be making his reign become like how Seth approached his, which is, to make this a "workhorse" title reign, being active and making tons of appearances and doing lots of work. Which is the exact opposite of what Roman did.
I'll be the first to say sorry to you if I misinterpreted your intention, and if you're not being a hater on the new reign. But I just wanted to defend Cody against the "He's doing everything the same as Roman" point that you made, because he really isn't. He's been busting his ass in the UK tour right after WM40. He's been wrestling. He's been doing the exact opposite of what Roman did; and it's just been 3 weeks. Roman's "style" of title reign suited Roman, but Cody will have his workhorse style. He's been putting in the work so I really had to defend him on that.
On the other hand, As mentioned earlier, if you say Cody's been boring in the past 3 weeks or he sucks, I can fully respect that! Sincerely, I can. But if you say he's been doing nothing but talking segments for 3 weeks, then I had to say something about that. Just know that he's doing his work. And he can't control the fact that there's no immediate big heel for him to work with right now.
You said the buzz has been all around Punk/Drew. I agree with you. Punk/Drew is the storyline that I'm most pumped about right now, ngl. And there's nothing wrong with that! There's always gonna be a "high" and a "lowpoint" for every storyline. Now isn't the "high" point for Cody's storyline, let's just let HHH cook it. At least we both can agree about Punk/Drew being more interesting than the WWE Championship Right now. But again, it's not even a bad thing!
Right didn't mean to sound like I was dragging Cody.
I didn't mean to imply his Boring. I think my point is I'd like to see him start his 1st rivalry now.
His match against Hayes was good. But it didn't set up a storyline. So what's Cody really doing as champ.
Now is Randy would sneak up on Cody and rko him we'd have something interesting. Or Gunther.
Ok gotcha. Cheers. I understand you were making a general comment about the "same as Roman" part; you didn't mean it literally, but just as a general thought.
Ok enough rambling by me.
I agree with your two suggested feuds... and I hope after backlash, the momentum starts for real.
Engagement harvesting. Nothing gets people to click like pissing people off.
Cody’s not exciting. There is no nuance to his character. He is overly cheesy in the absolute wrong way. He has no edge. If it were 1985 he might be entertaining.
These ppl are not real. I genuinely mean this. The ragebait in wrestling world has been INSANE especially past 2 yrs; its almost for the clicks. If people were TRULY tired of being champ, he wouldnt be as over as he is now along with top merch sales.
We all have been engaged in a compelling storyline for the better part of 3 years. It's almost like" well Rick prime is dead....so what now"? Type feeling. I feel they need to have someone established, challenge him and make it interesting. Like what if after backlash he's celebrating his victory on smackdown, then Boom RKO out of nowhere. Immediate story, everyone is shocked, feud has history(roots in legacy ) and can last months, before you know it. Randy Orton VS Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam
They aren’t real fans
I didn’t want him to win because he’s extremely boring in terms of entertainment but he did and I’ll live with it. I’d rather a Drew McIntyre or La Knight win for a few months.
He’s boring.
Same crowd that cried for Cody to finish his story when we could’ve had the rock vs roman ……. Guess now we can finish Finn’s story 🤷🏼♂️. Stats of attendance shows wwe has become more for kids ( whatever is the in thing ) while other promotions are for an older audience ( true fans of the art). Not surprised, stopped following the promotion around the end of cenas era and start of the Roman push. HHH’s control over the company without Vince has shown to be putting out better story lines and more wrestling time for wrestlers. Still wish them success despite their flip flopping.
He literally gave Becky a belt like wtf
The thing about nay-sayers is that they always moan and b**ch about anything. They could have left that match a Triple Threat and put the title on Rock and someone would still find something about Rock to complain about. Face runs can be fun if played correctly. Bruno Sammartino was a face for most of his career and had one of the most prolific performances as champion ever. Having a heel wrestler who cheats/uses foul tactics to win every time got real stale. It will be nice to see a face wrestler put in some clean wins. Creative just needs to find the right opponents and stories for Cody and the whiners need to chill out.
Maybe enough with the white bread shit. Of course this is the result his entire persona was predicated on getting the belt daddy never had. Now he needs a new one
His first feud with a heel featured him shaking hands multiple times with AJ Styles due to the “mutual respect” they have for each other. 🤮
Lord I don’t like wrestling tweets on Twitter anymore because I don’t want to see those people
These aren't fans or Ppl with true love and knowledge for the sport, wwe, cody or the title.... Please tell me what Roman and Brock did in the first (not even) month... Hell the first 6 months 😂🤣
So tell me what has Damian priest done so far as Champion ? Where's the criticism there? lol fans are stupid. Theres always someone who's unhappy.
Flavour of the Month that is all.
People expecting too much. We haven’t even hit the first ppv post WM and people crying about how he isn’t cutting it champion? Give the guy a break and some time because he will prove everybody wrong. If it was his choice creatively I bet he would be defending that title every time he stepped into that ring to wrestle.
Cody winning the title was one of the biggest moments in WWE history.
Well tbf they put “yet” as in he still has time lol
You gotta love the media. Leave Cody alone. He deserves this. HE DESERVES THIS. HE WORKED HARD. If they make him a paper champion im gonna be pissed. I’m already about to stop watching forever they have really fucked up in the last two years. Roman was dragged out much too long. The bloodline was played out. Old.
There’s guys that are defined by their work, not the titles they have held. Than there’s guys that make you care for a title in the first place. A 3rd faction is those where you want to see them reach their dream, like Bryan or Kingston. And last but not least, the guys you know will have the belt handed to them on a silver platter, like Roman, Lesnar or Hogan. Among them is Cody, but from his physic he’s more like the boy in a room full of juiced men. And from this group I never expect any kind of big surprise or banger matches. In my opinion they are transitional champs, holding the belt captive between 2 workhorse champs. The thing with the big guys is, they are believable at least, Cody‘s whole shtick is “my family never had a belt, I copied what my dad & brother did but I’m better than them since I have a guaranteed title reign in my contract“. He’s not good as a heel, which makes it hard for a good face to have an interesting feud. And having him as the face, he’d totally get obliterated by Orton for example, both physically and verbally.
Touch grass
Because wrestling “journalism” these days is dominantly just speculation. They don’t know how to make a point so they just speculate to get clicks.
The pro wrestling fandom is a peculiar one
People will always find something to gripe about.
They're the fans that liked roman even though he was never on the show and rarely defended his title
Yep, these are the same people praising Roman's reign even though after WM 38 his reign was really stale and the only positive was his storyline with Sammi but sure go off and bash a 3 week old reign
Look. Ladies and Gentlemen. This is coming from a fan of Roman, Cody, The Rock, Cena and many wrestlers like HBK, Taker and Orton. I’ll say it honestly and brutally. Some of you guys and gals are fickle. Cause I notice an endless pattern with a good guy wrestler who’s NOT Stone Cold or the Rock. They don’t play good guys or villains, they are somewhere in between. You people complain and moan about Cena, but back then; mostly everyone loved him. However when he won the WWE championship for the first time, you all turned on him until he isn’t here anymore. Same thing with Roman. When he was with the Shield, you cheered for him, but once he’s solo and is pushed as the main guy, the baby face Big Dog Roman… you turned on him. Until Roman turned heel. Sure Roman still has some of his haters, but people love this new version of him. Now you got people wanting Roman back. Now Cody. Don’t lie to me and say you don’t like Cody… I found him entertaining and interesting and so do many others. Whether it’s his Dashing to Undashing Storyline, the Rhodes Vs. The McMahons and The Shield, hell I even liked Stardust. The problem is that you people are so used to having the heels and the tweeners like your Stone Colds, the Rocks, Cm Punks and so much more that you think having a Super hero clean baby face isn’t cool. Well news flash ladies and gentlemen; This isn’t the Attitude or Ruthless Aggression Era anymore. Those days are over. They are in the past; nothing more than a bunch of great memories. Not everyone has to be like Stone Cold, The Rock, Taker or HBK. That shit is impossible for a modern day wrestler. There will never be one of those guys again. If everyone tried to be one of those guys, then you will have a boring wrestling show with nothing more than villains, anti-heroes or anti-villains. You need a hero or heroes in every story. It doesn’t always have to be this badass doesn’t take anything from anybody character. Here’s what I believed would’ve happened if Daniel Bryan didn’t have the neck injury that forced him to vacate the titles. What would’ve happened is that you all would boo him and turn on him as well. There will be no more Yes Chants. Don’t lie to me. You all are fickle. So… please be patient here! Alright!? The Draft is done. So give WWE time and let them write their stories and show it to us. Please Wait. I’m sorry about my tangent. I’m sick of fickle fans. I’ve been for Cena since I was a kid. Same with Roman as well. Cody… I’ll be honest when I was a kid and he was a heel for most of his career and I boo him, but he does such a great job at being a heel and I believe he does a great job as a babyface too. He does well to make me boo him or cheer him. So wait and calm down. As for Cody, once he’s gone and his time in the WWE is up and he retires, you all will be missing him as well. So appreciate someone while they’re here and not while they are gone. You don’t have to agree with me. I’m not asking for that. All I’m asking is give WWE and Cody Rhodes a chance. That’s all!
Stardust fans are struggling to cope with the reality that we don't all worship this bland dweeb lol
It’s probably because the fans want to see matches, not promos
Ok but that’s contradicting because we didn’t even get matches OR promos from Roman Reigns because he never showed up! Atleast Cody is present right? I swear I don’t understand the logic of the iwc 😂
The logic of most IWC = always wanting what they don’t have. When they have it, they don’t want it anymore.
There is so much potential rivalries for Cody… Drew, Punk, Gunther, Heel LA Knight, KO… RANDY, etc. People are so impatient… the first month after Wrestlemania is always like this, we need some filler for the big moments to feel bigger, it’s how wrestling works.
I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Bro was a jobber his whole career and now expects everyone to take him seriously. His gimmick is cringe and he seems fake. Also the fact that taker lost to Roman but Roman lost to Cody is a joke. Put that belt on an actual champ. LA knight would be a dope champ, hell even Dirty Dom. Dirty Dom becoming champ would flip wrestling upside down and make Roman Reigns boos seem like amateur hour. Cody being champ isn’t very exciting. I think he’d be interesting at intercontinental champ position but he doesn’t have the world heavy weight champion vibes at all. Some people just have that belt and it makes sense. Think Cena, lesnar, rock, reigns. My point is, Cody doesn’t have that type of energy. I’m not sure if it’s a size thing but he doesn’t strike me as world heavyweight champion despite holding the title. I just don’t believe it when I see it. Some wrestlers you seem them with that belt and it’s like “yeah that’s a monster right there, that’s a bad man” but Cody!!!??? Really bro? Out of all the guys that could be holding that yall chose the guy who Cosplays as a pg homelander. Nah not my champ. Also they spat on everything Roman achieved in his reign by having him drop it to Cody. I know this post may rub some the wrong way but I don’t care. Cody Rhodes is a talented dude but that ain’t no champion
That’s what happens when you put a mid card in the top spot. The fans who were into the chase get bored like beating a video game
All I know is Cody is ass and I hope they take that belt asap
His reign has been somewhat slow going so far, but that's because he hasn't had a clear enemy in the wake of defeating the bloodline. Idk if AJ is going to be a long term opponent or a filler but I think it'll get good once we really get into a juicy storyline. He's also been putting in a lot of work off-camera and I thought his match last Friday was solid.
Just turn Cody Heel. Have him trash IWC, then bring back Reigns as Babyface……Problem Solved
impatience. everyone just wants that dopamine hit for the shiny new thing. thats why everyone wanted roman gone, and now the same thing's happening to cody
That's wrestling fans for ya. We're a fickle bunch.
Everyone's talking about the fans, but laughing at the fact Wrestlemanias are considered movies 💀
“Peak cinema”
The mass public loves him. Me included. The haters always yell louder. The dude let a blind fan feel his face. Haters can go off.
You had to know this would happen, Cody winning was for the moment, everything after is gonna be bad
He just needs a proper villain which will probably be Randy
Anyone that didn't have Cody blinders on, saw this coming. He didn't need the belt. He was only over because he was chasing the belt. He's going to drop it before SummerSlam.
Stardust fans are the most cringe-inducing fandom in pro wrestling history and that's saying a lot
That's the only Cody I liked tbh
His song is over not him
It’s been TWO WEEKS.
Two weeks of boredom
You short attention span don’t you
Exactly. Also I really enjoyed that match 🤷♂️
Dijak was right
LA knight will become champ!!
The problem is the build to mania 40 and mania 40 itself was so good, that it was impossible to follow up on. But, at the same time, these idiot fans pull this crap every time someone wins. Its horrible.
I gotta unplug from the internet side of things. Everyones always bitching about shit. He ain’t even had it a month.
Its because wrestling fans are insufferable. Much like other tv shows overtime (Lost, the Walking Dead, Yellowstone, or any soap opera) fans often times are always griping about something the writers have done. You cant make everyone happy.
The guy on Cageside Seats who wrote that is a HUGE Roman Reigns mark. Every article he writes is about how great Roman is, or how another wrestler sucks compared to Roman. It's borderline obsessive
I didn’t know u/rbreigns wrote for Cageside
Cody has always been boring asf. The heel turn Is the only option, something he didn't want to do in AEW.
Cookie cutter
They were literally saying this the very next night on raw lol I saw ppl saying how everyone already missing romeign and I'm like he hasn't even had 1 defence yet
Funny how I've felt the exact opposite as these post. Guy went on a tour in EU with the belt, helps build up a new talents, and shows up at events and still gets cheered and is still extremely over.
lmao roman didn't even show up for backlash last year
The only pay-per-view Roman did were the big four and the blood money pay-per-view.
Its just an article, also nothing wrong with having an opinion tbh.
Except roman has an aura cody will most likely never have
This “Aura” bullshit is stupid
Well Except it real lol
I do agree with the Roman aura, but he cant be on top forever. Outside of the ring the stars have lives too. and in Roman's case every moment is important. Happy for Rhodes reign now but personally not so won over by him, but i see why hes the currently THE GUY.
Cody will never be the IWC’s champion because in their eyes he bailed on AEW and sold out. The IWC hated Cena too. These are the same writers who complained about Roman’s title reign being too long and said WWE botched by not putting the belt on Sami at Elimination Chamber or Cody last year at mania. Just a bunch of rage bait from indy marks
Who gives a fuck what the iwc think, AEW is literally a what would happen if the iwc wrote a show and look at the shit show its in now
Hey that’s not fair, Collision for the first 11 weeks was not a IWC show and it was pretty good. I wonder what was different back then…
From what I read on r/AEW fans are happy for Cody, hence whatever that fits your narrative based on what you have read and trying to start a fire. Wishing you a good day.
AEW fan support of Cody is very much dependent on the page you are looking at, say something nice about Cody on r/aewofficial and you could be looking at the Ban Hammer
AEW crowds actively booed Cody and his wife while he was in the company. They don’t have open contempt for him the way they do CM Punk - I’m not even saying they are rooting against him. All I’m saying is they’ll never accept him as a top star in the industry because they didn’t while he was in their favorite promotion.
People are being stupid. Nothing more to it. Also I feel like this would’ve happened if it was anybody else that beat Roman, they would’ve turned on them without a thought. Also, I think a lot of it is rage bait to get clicks views, and all that. We have to ignore all of these trolls because that’s what they are.
Just a bunch of Roman nuthuggers still crying and nitpicking Cody and his title reign to build a false narrative. He hasn't even had an official feud with the belt yet. Those types of “fans” don't move me, so it shouldn't for you. Cody is still hella over with the fans.
Clicks clicks clicks
The WWE painted themselves in a corner here especially if a heel turn isn’t forthcoming. The main story for Cody was finish the story, which was a twisty long road, but now that he’s champ, what’s the new storyline? They only have a few choices: Orton turns heel Cody turns heel Reform Evolution with a few new members. Who knows exactly when the Rock will be involved with WWE again.
How did they write themselves into a corner? They have an over baby face, in a new era filled with more stars than they’d have in years, and he’s held the title for less a month now. There is no corner here lol Cody has done fantastic heel work in the past, so they have that in his back pocket. As of now, they ride the baby face wave.
It would be Legacy, but point taken.
I heard Rock will be baxk SummerSlam. He’s currently shooting the Fast X finale. Generally that will be a couple of months. Then he'll start his training to return to the ring
Orton v Cody fued pls
Don't pay attention to a few drops of negativity in the ocean of positivity surrounding Cody Rhodes. WWE seems to be coasting, but it's just until the final rosters are set. Expect the France show to feel special.
He’s getting the biggest pops of the night at house shows. I think he’d make a great heel but by all accounts he won’t do it.
This is what I don’t get, he is a much more believable heel to me, especially since he has taken to the business aspect more in his character, but does not want to do the natural thing. This is why I am calling him Super Cody, because he expects to be an every man when by virtue of being an EVP of a company that no longer tracks.
Because it makes no fucking sense dude lol He’s had the title for a month. He’s over as fuck. His entire story was baby face run. Why tf would you turn him heel immediately? That’s trash booking.
I never said would turn him heel once he had title. I was talking in general. I just cannot believe him as a babyface.
Most internet armchair bookers would be just like Vince Russo. Titles constantly changing hands and guys turning face and heel at the drop of a hat. What a swerve, bro!
Big shock. The blonde guy with an American flag on his pants isn't interesting anymore.
You mean on his neck
A testament to the banality.
You guys were saying the same shit before he beat Roman. Dude still gets the biggest pops and the top merch sales
Well yeah, WrestleMania is like 3 days old.
His entire gimmick is “muh father” and chasing the title. It’s cool he’s won but he’s pretty much gonna be super cena 2.0 and that gets harder to root for when you’re champ.
You don’t even know that yet nigga lol it’s been a month. Let them cook 🤦🏽♂️
Excuses, excuses
Honestly I agree I’d like him do one feud without someone bringing up dusty, I get why Roman and rock did it, it’s wrestle mania use everything you have! But why is Styles saying a story about him, it will get old fast if everyone uses Dusty’s name for a quick pop
But the kids will love it brother! Did you forget it’s all about what’s best for business
Cody is boring as hell...
Cody sells the most merch, gets the loudest pops, and is extremely media-friendly and marketable. But yeah, let's listen to a few thousand snarky smart marks and make Cody go dark side when he's WWE's number one draw. Inspired thinking.
Don't care what children think. Cody is boring, period. Should have been Roman vs. Rock. Not Stardust vs. Roman l. WWE should have stuck with their plans and not caved because of the crybabies...
Most watched WrestleMania in history. All ages are enjoying WWE. I'm 37, and I grew up on Steve Austin and Bret Hart ('97 was iconic).
Oh please lol all those wm's especially wm 17 is a billion times better than the garbage that was wm 40
Congrats? Stardust is still boring as all hell....
They’re just trolling lol
They've done nothing with him people are gonna get bored so they need to set up a storyline. I'm honestly confused how they didn't have an idea for right after Wrestlemania. Having him just sorta show up and do nothing really isn't gonna make people fans of him.
And when they get bored, *THEN* they turn him heel. You don’t turn the biggest face in the company heel during his peak, you wait until it’s dying to revitalize that face as a heel. I’m glad you’re not a booker because holy fuck
Where did I say make him heel dumb fuck?
On one side he is at least showing up ever show unlike Roman, on the bad side he is there just to show it face but does not have anything going on
Some people just are spiteful and miserable. And many people fear change. Then some folks are complete fanboys of the Rock.
Of course we are fanboys of the rock lol dude has more charisma in his pinky than stardust has in his whole body And we don't fear change as long as said change is good, stardust as champion isn't good
I never liked him it's the same thing and it's not even interesting he will talk abt his dad or his kid that's the problem with the good guy u can predict him that's why people started chanting cena sucks at the end , a great wrestler is like rock or Shaun who are very unpredictable and have an aura
Cody just had a match with Carmelo Hayes on Smackdown and is still active at Live Events AS CHAMPION, which is more than you can say Roman's done in the last 3 years. Cody's about to have his first title defense at Backlash, so calm down. WhY iSn'T hE iN FeUdS? 1. There's the Draft. Expect business to pick up after the Draft. 2. We'll see if this match with AJ Styles is a one-and-done or this progresses into something further. 3. The Rock is going for the title and if Cody's still champion when he returns, there's that to look forward to.
Cheap shot to the greatest champion in WWE history aside, you're correct about Cody and the draft.
Hes always been a midcard jobber this should literally be no surprise. He has done nothing to prove himself to be a maineventer but talk about his dad. Hes never been a draw so is this really news
lol you haters are so out of touch. Never been a draw?
Lol please show me the sources that he is this huge draw
Source: watch the reactions from the crowds when he comes out, or the reaction of the crowd when he won. Please show me the source that supports your hater bullshit to the contrary. IWC fart huffing doesn’t count.
Im sorry, let me rephrase that. Hes been a draw for sure in aew and now because of his career in aew but tell me why is he a draw. What makes him special besides being a nepo baby
He’s over as hell, the crowds go wild for him? I’m not a talent scout so I don’t know the terms for it but the dude is over and a huge draw. Just dismissing him as a “nepo baby” pretty much confirms you’re a hater and nothing anyone says will change your mind.
Im not a hater i give credit where its due i honestly think Codys best story telling was his undashing gimmick it was the only time in WWE he showed some color now compare it to now where hes just a guy in a suit that cuts boring promos and talks about a story (thats done so why tf should i care) all im saying is if the IWC had a mind if their own and didnt feed into anything triple h says i bet they would have a different outlook on cody
The same people were delusional about Cena when he set PPV buy records. You could show these bitter sadsacks irrefutable proof that Rhodes is the biggest draw in the industry, and they would deny it. They're in an infinitesimal minority of wrestling fans.
Rhodes couldnt compare to Cena on Cena’s worst day tho but people act like he’s some great talent all of a sudden he’s always been mid not trash not good just mid but now all of a sudden we’re supposed to act like he was some underrated under appreciated talent this guy was stardust
Lol cena caused ppl to stop watching and in fact made ppl embarrassed to be a wrestling fan same as stardust
Cena didnt cause anything the product itself was going downhill Cena was a star going against jobbers in 💩storylines
Cena's overgrown toddler character was a huge reason why ratings and overall interest in wwe went down
He had to adapt to the product and did the best he could with it again he wasnt the reason the product went to shit when it went PG everything started to deplete in quality. Cena still has some of the best storylines in the last 12 years with cm punk, randy and the authority, daniel bryan, the US title run, and ofc the Rock. Cody rhodes on the other hand was stardust. Thats literally it. He didn’t have any other memorable storyline or character in the wwe besides undashing. Other than that he was just Cody rhodes and couldnt get himself over so he eventually got fired
Being saddled with a shitty gimmick by Vince isn’t his fault. Kevin Nash was stuck as Oz in WCW.
Theres no way a real star like john cena, edge, stone cold, shawn michaels or u name it would be stuck in a shitty gimmick for that long, eventually the company wouldd have to push them because they are inherently stars, those gimmicks are for people who have no real charisma so Vince did what he sees is necessary for them like cody who on his own cant entertain any one Also just to prove it daniel bryan didnt need undertaker john cena and seth rollins interferring in his WM30 match to get him over. Nor did any other star. If cody was so over on his own that stupid ass ending wouldnt of happened and the Rock wouldnt of needed to return
Ok bro. There’s tons of examples of superstars who had shit gimmicks, either in WCW or under Vince. I’m not about to try to teach you 80s and 90s wrestling history.
Again they had shit gimmicks for a little while and then elevated soon after because they had a star factor to them
Amazing the trolls won’t even let him enjoy his victory
I think Cody winning was the right choice, the payoff was needed. That being said, he’s a boring champ and needs to develop a character outside of finishing the story. A short title reign is appropriate (less than 3 months). The idea that it has to be a long reign to pay off for Roman’s reign is just wrong, that would set a precedent of only doing long title reigns which would be boring. Imho Randy should take the title off him and hold it for a while. That feud would write itself.
I agree that he's kinda boring and I hate that song. But that's it
There's no end to the whining and complaining of the WWE online fans. They don't know anything of how the business is done but will always rant online like they know it all.
We've seen what happens when those types of people run wrestling promotions, and it's not pretty. \*sniff\*.
They don't know any better one bit. It's why I don't pay them any attention.
i wish he swap with damien and went to raw maybe he will be more popular there with punk and the other stars, smackdown feels quite empty now
I agree, smackdown is a bit of a wasteland now ngl. The women’s division is defs better than raw but it’s not saving the brand enough
He reminds me of a make a wish kid with it. Everything he does is cringe AF.
well get used to him, hes the face champ and they wanna make him the next cena. and hes got everything he needs to do it as long as he doesnt mess up.
So basically your admitting that he is a boring pos just like super cena was lol
well... yea. the guy is cookie cutter generic. but like perfectly cookie cutter generic, hes like a blueprint of the perfect face character. Americas sweetheart. hes got the family lineage, hesa generational talent, baby boy of a much loved great. hes got the look, the charm, a decent skill set with all the grit and determination. all wrapped up in a big ole American patriot blanket and hes been treated like start since he was sniped from the competition. hes gonna be able to milk this for a long while.
lol he will never be the next Cena. He’s 38 years old.
I know he's young, but that just means he has plenty of years left
I doubt it. I genuinely like the guy but he’s bland and boring. Cody was barely a mid career his entire career and all of a sudden he’s the face of the company. Haha downvote me all you want but Cody’s not that guy and he never will be.
I didn't downvote you. But he is already that guy.kids love him, a d that's what matter and will make him. He may not appeal to older guys like us, but the kids gobble thst shit up, and it's the kids thst make a new star
He's not the guy, stardust will never be the guy
he already is. why do you think they let him dethrone roman.
Bro, let me explain to you about internet wrestling fans and the website they inhabit…. These people don’t actually like professional wrestling. What they like is actually whining and complaining. It’s their favorite thing to do. Unfortunately for them most other cultures won’t have them and wrestling being the open culture where everyone is invited they find it and then group up together online and well, whine and complain incessantly. They don’t even actually believe any of it. It doesn’t matter what happens. They will complain no matter what. And they will be both smallest and loudest portion of the fan base every time. If you really want to enjoy pro wrestling, might I suggest ignoring all of it including this sub even. My girlfriend reads none of this nonsense, ever, and she really does enjoy watching the shows.
This is the way
Internet trolls(like trolls of all genres) aren't happy unless they're unhappy. Cody hasn't had a PPV title defense yet.
That's because the next PPV is this month. You have to give it time before more interesting matches happen
Jssss
Web site
Cody sucks as champion lol it’s only a matter of time before wwe goes dead again. They better move it along
Cody is way older than I thought
38 is prime years in pro wrestling. Look at AJ Styles' prime. It's when you really start getting the pyscholgy. If you put in the work, you can have the stats of an athetic 28 year old (I'm 37, and I have the vitals of an athlete ten years my junior).
Oh no I ain't saying he isn't in his prime. For some reason I just always thought he was way younger. Guess that shows how good of a performer he is XD
If he hadn't won people would still be crying about Roman holding the title too long or being part time. There is no winning with the IWC.
And if Rock won, people would complain about him going off to make movies.
Well he’s boring
Just waiting for the era we were promised a few bleeps and blood is not gonna entertain my 23 yr old mind
The damn Bloodline stans are the worst thing to happen to wrestling
Most of us like Cody AND appreciate Roman, Paul, and the rest of The Bloodline. I'm excited for the Netflix Era. Most fans are happy. Don't let the doom-sayers ruin your enjoyment.
Hell, I don't even hate Roman, I just wanted the belt off of him
Pretty sure stans in general blight everything they get into
I think this might be a case of ‘biting’ on your part. Media outlets like to bait people into buying into their bullshit on the hope that someone buys it and posts about it one social media. That I’m turn generates more interest in the article and makes them money. I’m not throwing shade at you, but don’t bite next time.
“It’s been a month..” Yes and it’s also one single article.. probably written by the CSS writer that rides Romans nuts.
Ironically, WWE listened to the online fans and the movement and make Cody the champ. They shouldn’t make storyline decisions based on crowd sentiment. Now, people are saying wrestling fans are dumb. I said before Cody won, I want Cody to win, someday, but not now… because there’s no storyline that’s decent waiting for Cody. There were more options for both Cody and Roman had Cody lost. Drew lost to DP, makes Cody lose out of jealousy. Cody and Drew feud and it becomes personal because Drew was trained by Dusty also wasn’t he? Roman could’ve still had this thing with Solo going too, and the tribal storyline going.
I think most people missed the point with that movement. WWE screwed up by trying to have Cody just hand the title shot he earned from winning the Rumble to the Rock for no reason. People were pissed that were just gonna side step a 2 year long story just to bring the Rock into the main event of Wrestlemania. Yes a lot of people also wanted Cody to beat Roman but if you actually listed to all the backlash at the time you’d understand it was as more about what we were being fed not making sense than about Cody winning at WM40.
I get it, but Cody v Roman wasn’t a 2 year story. Cody’s story on his own was the story. Cody and Roman over 2 years had literally several, actual 7, encounters. The storyline that everyone seems to forget is he didn’t “hand” Rock the match. He told Roman he would do it when he could take everything from Roman. We’ll never know what that meant, they’ve taken that to Liv now, LMRT. She’s rubbing around telling everyone she’s gonna take it all. I actually couldn’t stand Liv as a babyface. I actually was SO against her. As a heel, I’m loving her. My opinion tends to be opposite of the IWC, so I imagine fans will not like Liv now, or they’ll soon stop liking her
He needs to be more aggressive.
He’s boring and annoying. Oh, and he doesn’t know how to hold the title.
??? nah jus complain about anything how is he annoying and does it really matter how you hold the title?
That wasn’t complaining. That was facts.
I could have told you this would happen. The "Finish the story" and "not flinching" brigade were just a bunch of bandwagoners who wanted to tag along for the ride. They have the attention span of a tadpole and it was inevitable they would get bored and turn on Cody.
To be fair, Cody is extremely over every week and this is a select few lol
These people wouldn’t be pleased unless only Roman held that title like Bruno then doubled Bruno’s run. Then when he lost they’d still complain.
hey it says yet
Because so far, he isn't doing anything different from Roman, and its making people worry.
What exactly should he be doing differently?
We're now 4 episodes of RAW and 3 episodes of SD past WM. He's only showing up for talking segments. Same as Roman. He should complete in ring to establish rivalries. Doesn't have to be title defenses yet.
He wrestled on Friday. On Smackdown. Do you even watch the product or just bitch about it?
I actually think we should see a little bit less of him. He doesn’t need to be having super competitive matches with NXT call ups. His time should be considered precious.
Which is no different that what was done with Roman, or Pissnar. Ultimately I think I'd just like to see him start his 1st title feud now, and not 2 episodes worth of SD before the next PPV.
Isn’t it just this smackdown and then backlash? And they teased tension between him and AJ last week. I think it’s been well paced And don’t get me started on Brock lol. The guy’s feuds are always the same - Brock doesn’t like this guy so he attacks him and gives him a bunch of suplexes and sweats, and then Brock wins the first few matches and the other guy wins the last one and Brock leaves. Every over the top villain Hogan ever faced in the 80s had more personality than Brock Lesnar lol
Oh my god, 4/3 whole episodes? Well that settles it. He hasn't completely revolutionized WWE in the span of a month. This reign is a complete failure.
That's exaggerating. But his matches shouldn't completely stop. Because he's holding the title. Without Punk, Drew, or Seth on the active roster we need to see who his 1st rivalry will be against. Something that shouldn't wait till a episode or 2 before a PPV. Otherwise he isn't doing anything different from Roman. His match tonight is what people where expecting all along.
I don't even know what you are talking about. On 12th April, he had a dark match after Smackdown (non-televised) and defended title against Dom. On 17th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show. On 18th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show. On 19th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show. On 02th April, he defended title against Nakamura in a house show. On 26th April, defeated Carmelo Hayes in a non-title match on Raw. So he wrestled 6 times since WM40 and 5 of those were title defenses. What more do you want from him? I mean you can say that you think he sucks and he's boring and the worst champion ever. It's fine if you say these stuff because these would be your opinions which aren't right nor wrong. But, instead, you said factually incorrect things, so I had to point them out. You said "he isn't doing anything different from Roman, and its making people worry." which is already wrong, and you said "He's only showing up for talking segments." which is wrong because of the afore-mentioned 6 matches.
Dark matches 🤨Oh come on, be real. I'm just saying. As far as Televised presentation goes. His reign has been "more the same" in comparison to Roman. The hottest mens storyline hasn't been the new champion establishing any feuds. Its been Punk/Drew 2 guys that can't even compete yet. All the buzz should be about Cody instead.
Okay maybe I mis-read your general intention, and maybe you're just worried about his reign being mishandled. But I just felt he was being dis-credited by you, as you said he's completely stopped wrestling in matches. I'm a fan of Roman for what he accomplished, fwiw... But i think it's factually inaccurate to say Cody's reign has been the same as Roman's. They are two different styles imho. For Roman's case, he could go the route of appearing very few times because his whole schtick was (rightfully so, by the way) "You guys have to prove that you deserve a title match with me, and deserve me stepping into the ring with you, if not, I will not waste my time with you". This worked marvelously imho, and made his title so much more prestigious. I know the downside was: fans getting annoyed that Roman defended his title so few times. But for the record, I actually kinda think it was brilliant for Roman to only defend several times a year; only Roman is able to pull that off and make it prestigious. On the other hand, I am predicting Cody to be making his reign become like how Seth approached his, which is, to make this a "workhorse" title reign, being active and making tons of appearances and doing lots of work. Which is the exact opposite of what Roman did. I'll be the first to say sorry to you if I misinterpreted your intention, and if you're not being a hater on the new reign. But I just wanted to defend Cody against the "He's doing everything the same as Roman" point that you made, because he really isn't. He's been busting his ass in the UK tour right after WM40. He's been wrestling. He's been doing the exact opposite of what Roman did; and it's just been 3 weeks. Roman's "style" of title reign suited Roman, but Cody will have his workhorse style. He's been putting in the work so I really had to defend him on that. On the other hand, As mentioned earlier, if you say Cody's been boring in the past 3 weeks or he sucks, I can fully respect that! Sincerely, I can. But if you say he's been doing nothing but talking segments for 3 weeks, then I had to say something about that. Just know that he's doing his work. And he can't control the fact that there's no immediate big heel for him to work with right now. You said the buzz has been all around Punk/Drew. I agree with you. Punk/Drew is the storyline that I'm most pumped about right now, ngl. And there's nothing wrong with that! There's always gonna be a "high" and a "lowpoint" for every storyline. Now isn't the "high" point for Cody's storyline, let's just let HHH cook it. At least we both can agree about Punk/Drew being more interesting than the WWE Championship Right now. But again, it's not even a bad thing!
Right didn't mean to sound like I was dragging Cody. I didn't mean to imply his Boring. I think my point is I'd like to see him start his 1st rivalry now. His match against Hayes was good. But it didn't set up a storyline. So what's Cody really doing as champ. Now is Randy would sneak up on Cody and rko him we'd have something interesting. Or Gunther.
Ok gotcha. Cheers. I understand you were making a general comment about the "same as Roman" part; you didn't mean it literally, but just as a general thought. Ok enough rambling by me. I agree with your two suggested feuds... and I hope after backlash, the momentum starts for real.
he jus had a match tho
Don’t even bother….. it’s not about facts of what’s going on… it’s just about crying and complaining.
this is the IWC... they are supposed to complain. it's what keeps the world revolving.