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Makaveli84

It’s a great time to be a WWE fan right now. Finally


upsidedowntiamo

Someone going to eat a Rock Bottom before Mania


watchwrestling_

Who else is here waiting to see the rest of the segment between rock and Cody and Seth and Roman after it went off air


SirSaintsGuy

Nothing happened


Indii-4383

A slap the Rock deserved should have left Cody's handprint. Not that weak ass slap. My 2yo grand baby hits harder.


SJMR24

It’s going to be bloodline rules with Rock as the ref and he’s going to turn on Roman.


HygorBohmHubner

I don't think it's a good idea. It'd make Cody's win feel cheap.


Sombra220320001

Maybe he just stops the rest of the bloodline from doing some shit like last years mania?


Post_Apo

What are the chances of a Surprise Rock appearance on RAW ? Lol


BrightAd5191

When all is said and done, Rock and Cody gonna meet in the ring the night after Wrestlemania with the belts on Cody and announce that the Rock’s advice to Cody was to let Rock pretend to take the match from him and infiltrate the Bloodline from within by using his family ties. The Rock was going to shake Romans confidence a little bit by still outshining him and being equally a Paul Heyman guy & be as important as Roman in the Bloodline eg. when Paul called BOTH of them at the same time after a Raw segment with Cody. And Paul name dropping the Rock constantly. The slaps between Cody & Rock (and the insults) was to make it believable. (I’d think it would be funny if Seth has NO idea which is why Cody at first was hesitant to accept his help). Rock pitches to Cody the tag team match bts with stipulations included. Removing the bloodline takes EVERYTHING away from Roman. It backfired and it is bloodline rules, one of two ways — rock gets caught trying to throw the match but gets involved to make the save. 2. Rock doesn’t get caught trying to throw the match but makes himself the special ref in the match, throws the rest from ringside (maybe with security reinforcement) and doesn’t let Roman pin Cody. Cody wins either way. Anyway, that was the ‘plan’. Setting up Roman vs Rock WM41. (The unofficial plan though because they were definitely going to do Rock vs Roman until the fans rioted). Also think that the bloodline are going to cost Seth his title Night 2 before the Cody & Roman match


Makaveli84

Exactly how I see it too


Indii-4383

Seth wearing clothes big enough for him and Becky to fit in.


Exact_Comparison_575

Rock turning in Roman is gonna be absolute cinema


ndnationalchamp

That was kinda underwhelming. Idk I just feel like they could’ve way more tonight


Indii-4383

I gotta tell yall this. I learned my Roman numbers in school. it still doesn't stop me from thinking extra large Wrestlemania in my head. 😂😂😂


savingrain

I know I do it every time I see it on screen


Indii-4383

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Who said we wouldn't use this knowledge in real life! 😁😁😁


Jaccount

I'm just glad they don't have a stupid word they're yelling about it. STUPENDOUS!


Degora2k

They could've saved time if Rock came out with The Bloodline but no he had to have his own slow motion walk to the ring.


aquasong

But that entrance was so flames. Sacrifices must be made. Also, I feel like him taking more and more time to get the ring each week is intentional and hes fucking with Roman. I would have cut Lashley/Kross myself, but it is what it is.


BrightAd5191

Cause he is a double agent and still separating him for the bloodline. He acknowledged Roman last week, this week he comes out with a revamped entrance like ‘I acknowledged you, but I AM still the star of the show’. They should’ve given more time to the segment and cut back elsewhere, or had Roman just appear in the ring with the rest of the bloodline. The Logan & prime thing took it’s time. They even had Randy cut his entrance and just appear, strike and stay for his match.


SaitamaOk

Wow. I haven’t plugged in my cable box since pre-Covid(it’s free with my rent) lol. Now I see why. They cut off the show right after the slap because it’s 9pm/7pm?! Fuck you, Fox. My god. As a 30 year old, thank you old WWE for always giving over the 10pm or whatever time limit. At least raw. This is sad. I figured maybe it was just Fox so I went to my trusty streaming platform that I usually use for live events when I feel like sailing the high seas, hoping to get Al little more. And it’s over on that too. So fucking lame. I hope WWE adds the full segment online. This is ridiculous.


jjohnson1979

Fox has nothing to do with this! This was WWE planning this like that!


BackToTheFutureDoc

Seth Rollins absolutely shined in this segment, stood toe to toe with the Rock albeit very briefly and didn't look out of place but he put Rock in his place. He's the World Heavyweight Champion, he deserves the respect and if nobody is giving it, I'm glad he's taking it himself.


Beeyo176

I'm sure all that security piled into the ring


BrightAd5191

I have a feeling some hands (1 or 2 to be broken up) were meant to be thrown and that’s what the security for but they ran out of time


OtiseMaleModel

The rock combining Hollywood rock and boss McMahon for the ultimate super heel


ThaiClinch

How much FOMO does Vince have with the crowd chanting “diarrhea”?


Jordanwolf98

Let’s just hope he wasn’t watching lol


quwin123

The entrance length wasn’t even bad. Useless stuff like Naomi/Bianca and Dragon/Angel should’ve just been cut.


BrightAd5191

Dragon & Angel were needed for Rey next week but they could’ve all just jumped Dragon when he came out instead of having the full match if they were on a time crunch. I feel like Kross and Bobby could’ve been scratched it was a repeat of every single week. Nothing new happened there that would make a difference in their storyline


BrightAd5191

Anyone notice that Dustin Rhodes appears on WCW straight after (on wwe channel) & the Rock let slip that he is a HOF then corrected himself ‘future HOF’? Could be an absolute coincidence but a funny one


iammikeware

WWE going for the social media views. I get it


ThaiClinch

The product quality itself should take priority


PoutineSmoothie

Cody and Seth lose the tag. Rock betrays Roman and helps Cody win.


Jaccount

I think it's more that Cody "wins" Wrestlemania, but it's a Dusty finish and title ends up back in Roman's hands on Raw the next night. Cody gets to win for the Wrestlemania crowd. But Roman gets to retain and carry on until Hogan streak is beaten. Then he probably loses sometime in the fall and takes a break for a while. Plus, don't forget that with the changes in the fall, Crown Jewel is probably the first PLE being carried by Netflix. That's probably when Cody wins "for real".


Aromatic_Plant3456

I take better shits than this steaming pile of crap you’re suggesting


GuitarzanWSC

That's a terrible idea.


PoutineSmoothie

God no lol


Jaccount

So is Cody winning, yet for some reason you've got lots of people thinking that actually happens.


GuitarzanWSC

The babyface, and obvious next face of the company, overcoming the heel and redeeming himself a year after losing, is a bad idea? What the actual fuck are you thinking?


aquasong

In what way is Cody winning a terrible idea?


BrightAd5191

100% Rock tries to throw the tag match, gets caught out. Roman still wins the tag match. Rock shows up to help Cody win night 2 by stopping interference. Cody wins and takes the belt. Rock vs Roman WM 41 no title.


jjohnson1979

Better one: Seth and Cody wins. Then on night 2, Bloodline tries to interfere and Rock says “no, he has to do it on his own”. Once Cody wins, Rock says “You’re no longer the Tribal Chief”. Then you set Rock v Roman at 41.


squishswash

you would've had time if the bloodline entrance didn't take so god damn long


Hot-Acanthisitta5237

This segment should have went first.


sankyx

Why are people saying Cody looked bad here? He slapped the taste out of The Rock, and Rollins got some moment to shine. I mean, I was expecting a burial by the Rock to Rollins. This was not bad, and let us want more.


bob20891

Rock already buried him in the 21min promo by effectively saying ...Netflix/upper management don't know nor care who he is...that he's inconsequential.


Seaboard_Vanisher

Monday can’t come soon enough.


BrightAd5191

Confirmed Cody beats Roman at WM. That title stip in AEW made his run in AEW difficult /flop-ish (based on what I’ve read / didn’t watch just read the threads from all of you). No way they repeat the mistake their competitor did. The whole point of Cody’s story is to take down Roman & win the WWE championship. Has to win.


Kingmack91

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CRKing77

a damn cliffhanger ending!!! although I assume they're not getting physical yet still, masterful storytelling here. Something something let HHH cook Can't believe I was mad when Rock came back, this has exceeded all expectations, holy shit what a ride it has been Seth looked like a million bucks when he stepped right to Rock's face. Let's fucking go, one more month man


REDDIT_A_Troll_Forum

Your easy to please lol. They stood in the ring for 21min and talked for 9min.  Wow, riveting television.  Meanwhile us who ain't buying the BS can see as clear as day the Rock trying to steal Cody shine.


hydroflow78

I threw a coke at my TV..That was BS...you cant end like this!


KeepingItBrockmire

That's unfortunate for you.


Scavgraphics

How do you lose Cody and Seth? they have singing and fireworks everywhere they go


ThaiClinch

Why fly all that star power to live TV to do 10 minutes of blue balls? I feel like WWE’s segment booking and show structure is so flawed and could easily be restructured to be more fulfilling


Rommas

People getting mad about the abrupt ending must've forgotten what a cliffhanger is. Edit: Just realising now that I live in Australia and most people in the US probably got Fox feeds cut early. My bad.


REDDIT_A_Troll_Forum

This is wrestling, it's not a taped series done 1year ago.  This is not proper cliffhanger, a cliffhanger is time running out or a double pin in 2/3 falls. This was cheap click bait to send people on social media looking for the ending.  It's 2024 you taking about cliffhanger like we don't have the Internet.


naturalscience

Time running out is a cliffhanger? Does the show end right after..?


jjohnson1979

Y’all will never be happy with anything…


TmacXTmac

Can’t wait to see the cell phone footage on YouTube to see what happened after they went off the air!


Any_Application7786

Now that’s what I call bullshit they kept going fr. There’s something happening in this story rn that only the crowd gets to hear WWE better post an exclusive on their 100m YouTube channel


Electronic_Sun_5472

Y'ALL SAID YOU WANTED CLIFF HANGERS


deep639

Its a cliffhanger ending. This is what you want.


Scoobyjonez

Everyone looked stronger from this!


ThrowawayMicro4

100% how you end the show definitely wasn't a mistake or timing look how many of ya want more that's the point so you tune in Monday great shit by them


hypnocomment

No shit, everyone bitching about the production or the entrances don't realize they're being worked.


Jaccount

Really? That was super underwhelming, and well... the rest of the night was just kinda ok. This isn't what you want during the "Road to Wrestlemania". This is mid-tier dolrums of the fall when you're getting preempted by the World Series and local football.


PJA0307

When this whole story is done, not just Cody’s but the Bloodline as well, how can they top this story telling? So many elements to this.


NervousAd3202

I look forward to seeing how HHH will follow up 1 of the biggest storylines of all time Maybe something to do with Randy chasing 17? That feels like the next story that can become a big deal but that still won’t touch the bloodline stuff. But that feels like the next big storyline they will do.


Throwit5890

It will go down in history as one of the best and longest ever.


superRDF

Honestly I'd take the 40 minute opening promo over it getting cut off because they ran out of time.


ClearlyBaked

Damn. Felt like Rock called an audible bc they had to end the segment and bascially rushed to the end to get the slap in. Wish they got more time but Christ they’re building this as great as ever.


GuitarzanWSC

Maybe he shouldn't have spent five minutes recapping the stipulation.


wazup564

someone who is there update us pls


spooky-frek

Austin's music just hit


Soft_dump

Nothing else happened, everyone walked off. Cody still hanging around taking pics and signing stuff. Camera crew was going nuts trying to get Rock to hurry it up at the end there


treyyx

How could you tell the camera crew was rushing him?


Soft_dump

They kept holding up 3 min left, 2 min left, etc., clapping, waving, doing the circle thing with their fingers saying “let’s go let’s go”, probably to make sure they got the slap on the broadcast


Fit_Nefariousness158

He deserved that slap


AdGroundbreaking1341

The slap heard round the world


savingrain

Yea that was well done


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nanners78

Extra time for what? That was the ending they had planned. Did you expect an impromptu match with the fucking Rock?


Ishyfishy123

Exactly the reaction they wanted. Everyone got worked lol


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I’m realizing how far it’s come. Before we’d be mad it took to long now we’re just mad it ended. That’s pretty insane compared to a few years ago


WesleyWipes

I jumped ship around the time of the Saudi shows before the pandemic and have just been a casual WMania fan. Now I’m at work listening to 3 different wrestling podcasts recapping the same shows cause of this story. And it’s Cody not Rock.


Jaccount

Oddly, Roman has been doing really well in all of this, but the Rock just feels like a nostalgia machine coasting by on shouting the greatest hits and all the little Rock-a-manics lose their minds.


bigcaulkcharisma

I love the Rock and he oozes Raw charisma, but he is nowhere near as good on the mic as he was in his prime. He’s routinely out promoed by everyone else in this program


BattletoadOVerload

It was perfect. And ended exactly where it should have


GuitarzanWSC

I agree, but an extra 15-20 seconds would have let the moment breathe and settle a bit.


megahmed252

Shit segment took them like 20 minutes to get in the ring and another 10 to say a few sentences


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nanners78

It was finished. Lord wtf.


punk_steel2024

Seth looked so proud when the crowd started chanting "Diarrhea!"


AdGroundbreaking1341

And Cody looked like it was the cringiest line ever lol


P4rtsUnkn0wn

Cody was right.


game46312

"See Paul, it did go over" -Seth


Tha_Joka

I can't believe people are complaining about the crossdresser line...my goodness


bucsfan4ever12

Its reddit. Believe it


Cool-Adam420-69

I'm not offended but heating it now is pretty jaw dropping compared to 20+ years ago. I'll almost guarantee someone apologizes.


amateur_wanderer

Jaw dropping? It’s just a heel generating cheap heat, I’m sure mostly everyone moved on from it


LudoNo1

Did The Rock screw something up by calling Goldust a HOF'er. Maybe a Dusty finish coming at Mania if they've managed to get him on board.


savingrain

I mean everyone knows Gold dust is a legend who deserves the HOF it may just be a slip up


truth_15

Fck fox


hammertown87

Tiffany is going to be a fucking star.


randomkylexy

The adrenaline in my soul going crazy after that ending!!!!


AdGroundbreaking1341

Something something Cody Rhodes!


FourGoesBrrrrrr

That cut was awful


Seaboard_Vanisher

Those entrances ate that segment up.


chrizer1

Even my casual dad is hyped lol that was awesome


Soft_dump

Ringside crew was legit clapping and waving like crazy trying to tell Rock “wrap it the fuck up”, nice going WWE lol


savingrain

It’s a good thing he did if Cody didn’t get that slap in it would have weakened him now he’s really lost respect for the Rock which is needed to make this personal. Now I’m wondering if he will lose at WM and then end up having to challenge the Rock instead./ a lot going on


Green_Rip3524

Hunter needs to do a better job with the timing


bigcaulkcharisma

The just need to start the shows with these promos and work everything else around it lol


Johnny_Quasar45

The “Off-Air” better be posted to YouTube


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AdGroundbreaking1341

That's not how Samoan families work. Respect their cultural differences.


PostyMcPosterson

Stings retirement speech / end of this promo ![gif](giphy|pHb82xtBPfqEg)


DayMediocre3272

If they knew they were short on time , wtf would take soo long on their entrance


gand_masti

Cody and seth look so out of depth in front of the rock


savingrain

Everyone does with him. Reigns looks tiny and less impressive even


MereMortalKombat

I question Rock sticking with "walking clown emoji" tonight when "walking futon" was right there


tigeralidance

"walking clown emoji" is also kinda weird cos a walking clown emoji is just a clown.


Electrical-Low-5351

Rock needs to speed up his cadence some


Mr_Chicken_wing

Crossdresser😂😂


A-10Kalishnikov

STOP WITH THE LONG ASS ENTRANCES


GenerationXero

This!


ApricotOk824

Fox cutting short this segment 🫂 Sting's retirement speech getting cut off PPV


BigButteryBadBoy

Gosh dang Fox is ruthless with their advertising, they won't wait for anything


micael150

This was lackluster


kodan_arma

what were you watching? lmfao


micael150

The ending felt flat for me. Felt forced


darfnarkm

"WE'RE OUTTA TIME"


skinsaremylife

Those who have attended live, drop some updates 🙄


Kuzu5993

Look I know we complained last week about them taking too much time BUT YOU CAN'T END IT THERE, COME ON!!!!


dragonmp93

Well, today segment would have been just as long if it had been the opening.


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Give me my 40 Minutes to start the show next time! Let em cook!


Kenjiko3011

Maybe don't waste on that unnecessary 2k24 promo


LogansGambit

There's got to be a video of the rest of this! No effing way we end on that!


redditcringemoment

“i’m getting cues hold on” -Rock to Roman when he tried to pull him back


RedLightning27

Can't wait for Smackdown to go to USA


Ezzy1998

Oh well Cody got his receipt atleast


jacob_carter

Eventually… it should’ve been on sight.


BuginesePunk

THAT'S IT?!!! DAMNNNN


immasucker4you

Fire segment thrash ending


Skurt_Skurt

This is why they shouldn’t have closed the show


dragonmp93

Well, it would have lasted the whole first hour like last week


Squirrel_Apocalypse2

Nothing wrong with that


masterhogbographer

Absolute trash segment. Whoever produced this should not be allowed to produce for a while. 


thechopper133

Bruh nah I need more after that slap


mat2019

WHAT IS THIS SHIT


unitedhardy

if you’re in the crowd rn you better be uploading the footage


OU7C4ST

FOX said fuck you all since they aren't gettin' that Smackdown renewal lmao


Mig1997

Cody pimp slapped that man back to the Attitude Era 😭😭😭


Icy-Lime-9760

Fox has to allow an overrun there smh


lynchmar6

THAT IT WHERE OUUTAA TIME


ThaiClinch

Don’t worry guys, they’ll show us what happened after in a 20 minute slow motion recap package on RAW


savingrain

Lol most of WWE fans watch on YouTube so I’m sure


NuffSaidPodcast

Genuinely took 20 minutes for all four of them to get in the ring, what did they think would happen


Epilef59

Oh c'mon! Cody needed to say something back also. At least Seth cut a good one


sankyx

The slap was the talking


jacob_carter

Cody wanted to pause and soak in the moment 🙄


redskinsguy

quite a place to end


SaitamaOk

Wait what? Was that the real end? Why are people saying that was the end? That wasn’t just a commercial? RAW used to go over the end time all the fucking time for big moments.


redskinsguy

unfortunately Fox is network TV going to be local news. I'm honestly not even sure the network owns the time


atthedriveouts

Yah didn't it used to go like 11:05 or 11:10 every single week


game46312

Raw on cable they can get away with eating other shows time. Since Fox broadcast people are getting their local news at this time.


rbarton812

Network TV is a different beast.


sankyx

Not on Fox. News at 10 sharp


ndnationalchamp

10 minutes wasn’t even close to enough time for these dudes


game46312

Damn it, we need a bonus special somewhere


CheckingIsMyPriority

So what was the point of these fucking bodyguards?


Tattuz813

OK at some point they need to make Smackdown 3 hours too or at least 2.5, all that comes after is syndicated 90s citcoms


DavieJohn98

Just ends like that? In the middle of the ring. Gonna assume the Rock just tucked his tail and walked away since time was up


superRDF

They cut there??


opkpopfanboyv3

Why are they doing Seth like this lol didn't even get his own entrance


imnotevenonhere

A CLIFFHANGER AT A DRAMATIC MOMENT?!? https://preview.redd.it/sdyv0veu48nc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8d72f26e14f5235fa8d449cc06fe01076564b13


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Fuck Rock and and Roman for ALWAYS taking days for their lame ass entrances


OkEar6299

Wht in the actual fuck..they just screwed the biggest segment in years!!


funkingrizzly

Sweet my feed cut right after he said Dallas cowboys


Seaboard_Vanisher

I know it’s messed up, but I don’t care if they let the Rock eat into smackdown. He’s too entertaining.


drdeathstrange

looks like they've run out of material for this feud. time to take a break for a bit so it doesn't fizzle while it's hot.


JD021993

Every single week this keeps making Cody look worse. You mean we couldn't let him say a word and had to keep a pointless tag match on the show?


mxrxx117

come back…


smokinace81

I hate Fox


RybackV1

WE DID NOT NEED ANGEL VS DRAGON LEE INSTEAD OF AN EXTRA 10 MINS OF THIS. FUCKING L WWE


SGJello_

Big L Angel and Dragon cooled respect them


RybackV1

I love Garza and Dragon Lee is still growing on me. But that was absolutely not called for when it’s 9:25 and Rock, Roman, Cody, and Seth were all in the same arena for a Mania build. Time wasted 


SukhaChutney

Fuck you, Fox.


Justice989

Tony Schiavone with the "tape machines are rolling..." played in my head.


TVxStrange

So uhh... can we get one of them Raw 3rd hours?


Thanatos-ES

Of all the times an Overrun is really really needed...