[02/02] SmackDown: Road To WrestleMania... or to the Endgame?

[Dynamite James]

 

[Easy-E]

I'm old enough to remember when people were upset Cody won the Rumble in 2023 and was facing Roman cause Sami was the better story

Y'all just complain to complain

Don't call out marks/IWC on their two face-ness/hypocrisy

They said the WWE would fold if Sami didn't win

 

[Versa]

Dave is reporting what I speculated in the thread after it happened, essentially the Vince shyt is so ugly + no Punk and no Brock means they felt they needed the starpower AND to shift the mainstream conversation. I think people need to remember that in any creative business, the business will always come before the creative.

All that being said, they could've have handled the transition better. Having Seth come out and basically say "pick me pls" while sounding like the last girl at the dance without a partner and Cody not giving the reason he actually thought he should wait besides "counsel" hurt the possibility of smoothing over what was going to be a controversial decision regardless (but ultimately it will still be successful in accomplishing the intended goal).

EDIT:

I think if Cody said some variation of

"Everyone can see that I was more than a match for Roman last year. I'm not the only one who's had Roman dead to rights, either. But we all know Roman can't be stopped until the Bloodline is dealt with. We've tried to defeat them from the outside to no avail. Perhaps the answer then, is to have them addressed from within..."

IF YA SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLL

I think that reasoning would have played out better. Still have Roman retain but the Bloodline abandons him as a result of some kind of new level of unacceptable fukkery and then he heads into the rematch with Cody by himself, where Cody completes both storylines.

As a writer, this was impeccable. Very impressive. Repping you.

 

[ALonelyDad]

he's getting destroyed in the replies

 

[jwinfield]

 

[OneDeep]

Except there’re not lacking Star power

This is the most stacked the roster been in years they don’t really need The Rock

 

[Vice Queen]

That shyt cut him deeper than any of us realize.

This is probably the first set of Ls he's taken in almost 30 years.

 

[Rayzah]

All jokes aside I’m thinkings out hitting up mania next year. Who trying to roll with me? We can have our own section with our custom coli smilies

 

[Silkk]

Do ya'll legitimately think the only money the WWE makes at WrestleMania of all places is just tickets? Ya'll not that narrow-minded, right?

Please tell me ya'll just trolling and that ya'll don't believe that.

shyt, if Rock could get 150,000 more ppl to buy Peacock just to watch, that's huge

Then why not put that to test and prove it at Backlash, Summerslam, Survivor Series, or one of the many of the PLEs that don't automatically sell because of the name?

 

[Brad Piff]

There’s been 700+ additional replies after last night’s show

Name another weekly wrasslin show this has ever happened for.. all because of.. Cody Rhodes?

I really underestimated the love and protectiveness the IWC has for Cody.

Because if it was just another mf nobody gave a fukk about everybody would be like oh well tough luck but y’all really going hard for and really give a fukk about this mf lmao.

 

[DANJ!]

Except there’re not lacking Star power

This is the most stacked the roster been in years they don’t really need The Rock

They didn't need Hogan in '02...

...was still the biggest match on the card because what was Vince gonna do, say nah we got Kurt Angle and RVD?

 

[Easy-E]

Even people who never tweet about wrestling are trying to get engagement.

 

[Silkk]

There’s been 700+ additional replies after last night’s show

Name another weekly wrasslin show this has ever happened for.. all because of.. Cody Rhodes?

I really underestimated the love and protectiveness the IWC has for Cody.

Because if it was just another mf nobody gave a fukk about everybody would be like oh well tough luck but y’all really going hard for and really give a fukk about this mf lmao.

Was just thinking the same tbh.

This is reminiscent of what AEW was doing on here after Brawl Out and after the Wembley fight.


Biggest difference though, Is good or bad you know WWE will address it on TV somehow which is how it should always be when something gets this kind of reaction.

 

[Dynamite James]

Except there’re not lacking Star power

This is the most stacked the roster been in years they don’t really need The Rock

CM Punk Is out. Brock lesnar is out. Seth is barely hanging on. Get real

 

[CBoz]

If I'm Seth I'm just laying down and letting Damian Priest pin me after that.