Alpha Male
Spare me your daps
so in your estimation what do you think cody is making right now compared to his peers in WWE?
GOATy Rhodes shoots hard on Disco Inferno
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so in your estimation what do you think cody is making right now compared to his peers in WWE?
Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
Disco was in Mullet Club
MrFirst2doit
All Star
4 to 5 million people watched wcw at it's peak and we comparing that selling out armories?
That's like a lead actor of a show nobody watches or heard of clowning a cast member of game of thrones
That's like a lead actor of a show nobody watches or heard of clowning a cast member of game of thrones
Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
No estimation. Mad said he earned a mil in 2017 (first time he ever did that in a year, and triple what he made yearly in WWE). And given what we know about NJ's ability to pay gaijin and how much the top guy on the indies can earn, I don't doubt it. WWE had to pay A-Train 650k to get him back from NJPW and that was BEFORE the boom. Across the board NJPW can't pay as well as the WWE does, but these dudes are not struggling AND have the ability to work the US indie scene and sell their own merch. Indies aren't a dream for everybody. Most those dudes work jobs still. But for the top 1% they are eating. Danielson said he was making a lot more than bottom tier and some mid-tier TV dudes when he signed with the WWE, and that's before the money in the scene really exploded with all the European players involved and VOD. That plus the Hot Topic deal being such a hit.
Kenny, Cody, and the Bucks are doing extremely well for themselves.
4.5m people watched Disco Inferno for 5 minutes a week waiting for the real reason they tuned in to begin. If people don't want to watch Cody Rhodes he doesn't eat, and he's eating well.
That's the difference.
If Nash, Goldberg, Hogan and the like. You know, the draws of the era want to talk that ratings talk. Hell yeah, they earned that shyt. But a fukking comedy jobber and you weirdos saluting it? The fukk outta here
LastManStanding
Veteran
No one outside of weekly watching wrestling fans know who Cody Rhodes is. On the other hand,
- Most non-wrestling fans know who Dusty was
- A lot of non-wrestling fans know who Goldust is
- A lot of non-wrestling fans remember Disco Inferno because he wrestled during the peak of wrestling popularity and had a catchy gimmick
- A lot of non-wrestling fans know who Brandi is because of WAGS on E!
Facts
Disco was OVER, one of the great mid card characters and was a champion.
Cody only has a job because he’s Dusty’s nut, otherwise he might be the most swagless play fighter in history. Of course the swagless marks would love him and the mainstream audience gave him the
WWF gave this fool more chances than anyone in history and flopped with each gimmick
Cody only has a job because he’s Dusty’s nut, otherwise he might be the most swagless play fighter in history. Of course the swagless marks would love him and the mainstream audience gave him the
WWF gave this fool more chances than anyone in history and flopped with each gimmick
Homer Simpson
Superstar
where would cawdy be if his last name wasn't rhodes, i wanted to say he wouldn't even get hired in that era, but then i remember his dad would've got him a job back then too 
he already proved these past few months that he has shyt for brains anyways
he already proved these past few months that he has shyt for brains anyways
Alpha Male
Spare me your daps
Geez I wonder why the bigger names don’t leverage anything against WWE. You would think they can prob go into business for themselves and negotiate a much better deal than whatever slave contract they have with Vince. If they get enough guys to back them I’m sure someone would come through with a tv deal.
I guess everyone is just really scared to compete against godfather vince?
Why cant these old bums let the young guys do their shyt?
Cody
He had all the ladies go wild as soon as that music hit. Put some respek on DisGOAT's name
NYChase718
Veteran
Cody rhodes is a mark currently riding a wave other people built
Cody rhodes is a mark currently riding a wave other people built
Nah hes put in his own work and added to what was already there.
Nobody gave a fukk about Stardust or Cody when hee left WWE. He has worked his ass off to earn the respect hes getting now
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Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
You have to really have something in you to walk away from the comfort of a guaranteed check to bet on yourself that you'll do better, man. What Cody did is no different than someone at a major law firm deciding to leave and go at it himself and believe in his ability that he by himself can grind and get what that firm was handing to him and then some.
A lot of those guys making more or less than that in the WWE could never make what Cody's making on the indies, because guess what, maybe they don't want to be sitting with 20 stitches in their face. So they take the security and "safety" of the WWE, become slaves to that travel schedule, and hope maybe tomorrow is the day the writers or Vince give them the opportunity to do something that can get them up the card.
When you're independent, not just in wrestling but in everything in life, you receive what you put out.
Not everyone can hit the trail and get themselves to that level. Plenty of guys try and come up just a bit short. Look at Drew who was main eventing all over indies but couldn't crack that next level and took an NXT deal (which we know to be kinda trash) and came back.
Cody did the same thing AJ did. Left the check to bet on himself. AJ even turned down a lowball WWE offer. By July of 2014 AJ had already made more than what he was making in TNA yearly (350k) and he'd only been in NJ for 2 months.
Not everyone has that kinda heart, talent, or ability. I'm not even a fan of Cody like that but obviously tons of people are and his grind is earning he and his family tons of money, and above all else, he seems happy as hell doing it. And that's real shyt.
The only people mad at that do it because they think it makes them look cool on the internet
It's a work. On APril Fools.
I heard Cody on the Konnan/Disco podcast a few months ago and Cody was real friendly with Disco and they were reminiscing about WCW backstage. They argued about this same stuff and were cordial.
I heard Cody on the Konnan/Disco podcast a few months ago and Cody was real friendly with Disco and they were reminiscing about WCW backstage. They argued about this same stuff and were cordial.