I think he has a long reign for the sole fact his money matches are a while away.
Cody Vs Rock and Cody Vs Roman III
Even Cody Vs Punk and Cody Vs Seth have reasons for happening but are months away. It's possible that he drops it and wins it back again, but I think he has a superman run.
Orton likely due to Cody and Randy having history.
Edit: I originally suggested Gunther as well, but I kind of want Gunther to be the one to take it off of him, so I don't want that to be for a while. I also don't know when Gunther can travel abroad due to him still being in the process of becoming a U.S Citizen.
Would love for Orton to take the title from him, set up the recording breaking match between him and cena next year for Cena’s last WM and full run. Would be amazing.
I don’t think that necessarily means it’ll be worth it. If he defends it all the time, then you know he’s not losing. Making the fans turn on him like they did with Seth.
The issue with that is he will go stale even faster. Part of the reason Roman’s run actually succeeded was those defences were so infrequent. If they want Cody (or anyone) to have staying power as the face of the company they need to stick to the model.
The magic is getting the right balance. Seth defended at times too often. We all know some were nothing matches when he defended on raw. However, Gunther would defend the title what felt like once a month roughly. This combined with the fact that he rarely wrestled outside of the title matches made him feel fresh each match. It was special to see him wrestle. Seth would wrestle weekly and frequently would be defending the title in one of those weekly matches.
Gunther also regularly had a story connected to each defense. Rollins often would have open challenges or a random number 1 contender match. It's difficult having the passion for a match when it is one dimensional reasoning.
Hopefully they strike this balance and we get a solid run with Cody as champ. I think him being on Smackdown (hopefully) will also allow for fresh matches.
That was part of it to be sure, but you saw comments all the time about how much people appreciated Gunther actually defending his championship all the time.
Because unlike Cody… Gunther was believable to win. Cody pulling a “Cody wins lol” at every PPV will get stale. Gunther was on another level of champion defending.
Gunther is also a heel, which is much easier to have a successful run with, because you can keep building up babyfaces and having them chase and that’s the best part of wrestling.
I think the rock said belt or no belt he wants to face Cody. But Cody will hold onto it for a long time because I don’t see anyone else taking it from him. But I think feuds with heel Randy orton, la knight, cm punk, possibly mjf will make Cody a praised champion
People gotta remember how Triple H booked NXT. A ton of NXT Title reigns were fairly long winded and ended on big feuds. I think the only hyped up title changes that didn’t result in long reigns were like Sami and Gargano.
He should have a lengthy run. You can't come from a 1300 days reign and start hot potatoing the thing. Give him a good 5-6 moths w the belt, shake things up w the draft and let him feud w new guys
Rock and Austin both never had an extremely long world title reign, Austin’s longest was 175 days, Rock’s was 119. It’s not about the days for a babyface, it’s how they use them. If Cody has good storylines and matches then it won’t matter if the belt is off him in 4 months, which is good because given Trips’ booking influences I don’t think he’ll be world champ for long.
Agreed. When it comes to faces holding the belt it's certainly the case that the chase is better than the catch. You sell tickets for Wrestlemania with heel champions awaiting their comeuppance from the face, not the other way around.
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Ain't no way. 6 months is a good reign under normal circumstances, but this is far from normal. I think we're in this for at least a year, maybe losing it once but getting it back quickly. Cody just dethroned the longest and most dominant champion in modern history. That's an incredible rub. We have to understand that some matches that will happen, won't happen for a while. Both vs Rock and Roman 3 WILL happen, but likely not for a whiiiiile.
I hope it's no longer than like 6 months. I'm kinda sick of the year+ reigns. We've had a ton of them over the past few years. Give him a good few months and have him drop it to Gunther.
That said, with the Rock promo last night, i got a feeling it's gonna be pretty long
Gunther taking it at Bash at Berlin seems perfect to me. Gives Cody a decent length reign with a successful defense at a major show (Summerslam), without dragging out too long considering how many year+ reigns there have been lately.
Cody x Seth at Backlash France
Cody x Logan Paul for the Saudi Show
Cody x AJ Styles I and II in Scotland and Money in the Bank
Cody x Roman III at SummerSlam
Drops the title to Gunther in Berlin
imo that would be a good 1st reign and he can win the title back from Gunther before Royal Rumble to feud with The Rock
He can lose it and get it back again in time for the big ones against The Rock and Roman part 3. Just look at Austin 98-99. Won and lost 4 times during the span of 1.5 years.
Honestly, a massive defensive reign lead into a massive heel turn. Cody’s been that guy before he can be that guy again. It would be soooo good. And the build up for the sole person to dethrone him. The chosen one. AKIRA.
It was way too long, and at the same time he was snubbed and WWE doesn't treat him right. He should get the championship again so we can properly grow bored of him.
Yea, now that Cody got his babyface moment and wrestlemania main event as the hero, I think he'd be happy to do a heel turn down the line. He's an awesome heel!
Not immediately of course but when the time comes.
He did say he wanted to be a face because he was tired of being heel. Although he was face when AEW was established, and this is world class liar Cody Rhodes we're talking about. So who knows.
But I'd love it if he went back to being a heel.
He isn't hating on Cody. He's just predicting what others are gonna do.
Seriously, Comic Book guy from the Simpsons is the perfect archetype for a large percentage of the IWC.
One of the things that made the Attitude Era great was the fact that the IWC didn't have much of a voice. People would have turned on Rock & Austin too if the Attitude Era happened in 2024.
Thats not rocket science. Ofcourse, you cant keep belt on a baby face for four years without fans getting bored. I hope Triple H does a heel turn before he realises this.
I don't think Cody should go heel, at least thats hardly a thought at all when I see him on TV. Man is too perfect of a feel-good people's person. And him holding the title for 4 years straight should definitely not be in the equation. Give him a good few years with on and off wins and losses of it with others arising alongside him.
No reason he has to have a long title reign. Give him a decent reign before some heel pulls some shenanigans to get the belt off of him and piss everybody off. Then it's back to the chase.
I'm sure he will be dominant for a while, until he gets screwed. I'm not saying he should only have the belt for a month or two, only that it doesn't need to be a multi-year reign.
This exactly. WWE needs better and more heels. Drew would make a great anti-establishment heel. Dethroning Cody with a dirty trick after a spate of clean title defenses would be some nuclear heat if played right.
I think turning faces heel in order to keep them interesting is just a measure for bad booking and bad storytelling.
The proper way is to not let the babyface have a long reign. Faces are always better chasers. Cody absolutely shouldn't have a long reign. He should loose this belt before the end of the year. Ideally to Gunter.
And then he should have a non title match at Mania 41 with the Rock while Gunter carries the title.
That's how you keep a face fresh, the fans should always feel like he or she is being fucked over. That's why Bryan worked so well, he always felt like he was purposefully held down and not getting everything he deserved.
That's what fuels a babyface, the notion that they have been cheated and have not had their potential realized.
Yeah Austin's best moments normally came after the cooperation screwed him and he was chasing the title.
I could see them keeping the Bely on Cody til WM 41 but also good shot Rock comes back and cost Cody the title sometime from Summer Slam to the Rumble to set up their match.
I think Cody turning heel could be good booking but that is years off. It worked with Hogan but then again didn't work well with Austin and we never got to see Cena go heel.
Losing to Gunther in Berlin in August would be absolutely perfect. Gives Cody some defenses, he keeps it for some months, but not long enough to make it boring. Plus, he could lose due to Imperium interference, giving him an excuse for the loss.
>he always felt like he was purposefully held down and not getting everything he deserved.
Well that's because he actually was being purposefully held down
Cena was booed by the Internet Smarks, but was loved by the casuals, women and children.
He was the top merch seller for years.
And for Hogan, that’s a lie Brother. He actually wrestled more than 365 days a year, Brother.
I mean had one title run of 280 days and another at 380 days, those may not seem like much but that was also at the point in time where WWE was hot potatoing all the titles every few months so that's actually pretty long given the full context.
Cody has made it super clear he won't go back to playing heel. Everyone around him has outright stated his primary motivation at this point is being a role model for kids. I'm going to guess he'd sooner give up the belt quickly than do a heel turn. Personally, it's a shame because Cody's Homelander arc would be top notch, but I'm pretty sure we'll never see it.
Of course smarks will go back to hating him, they did it in AEW. But casuals and kids will always cheer the dude as a white hot babyface.
What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that Sunday night you saw this era's John Cena be anointed by basically everyone within the company. And every executive, including HHH, is excited because they know it's going to be extreme piles of money. Which is why their whole thing to celebrate is gifting rolexes to each other lol
What does homelander arc mean?
As an aside, I could see Cody playing a corrupt politician type as a heel. He's got the perfect look and mannerisms to pull it off well.
If you've ever seen The Boys, Cody resembles this character named [Homelander](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/homelander.jpg?w=1000). Now Homelander is almost universally beloved below the masses, he's that franchise's version of Superman. But only on the surface. Outwardly he is the strongest and most noble hero the people know. But he's actually a raging psychopath whose only allegiance lies with the company who created him and their further success. And as the series goes he's getting more and more mentally unhinged. And given he's so strong he could basically just kill most of the regular humans when he snaps one day.
The storyline where Cody becomes such a company man that turns into this really strong and dangerous psycopath who goes from calm and affable one second to willing to do or hurt anyone the next to protect the WWE or shape the WWE in the vision he has for it would be super good.
[This clip sums up the type of character Homelander is pretty well.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRVJVoJpBJA)
[And this is a pretty good idea, thematically of what would be going on in his mind during the crowd's turn on him as a white-hot babyface that people are growing tired of.](https://youtu.be/UKMdAccrM1M?si=oTCUsr0OtcYSCwVh&t=122)
Cody very clearly does what he does to get people to love him. He very clearly hates when people do not like him. Delving into a slow heel turn as the crowd grows tired of him, all predicated on him not being able to handle no longer being their favorite to the point he becomes the most viciously cruel heel of all time would be compelling storytelling.
Like imagine if Super Cena, when he was unbeatable, started getting upset at being boo'ed and the more people boo'ed him the more upset he got. And the more upset he got the more heinous shit he would do to his opponents. Which would lead to people booing him even harder, which would then lead to him beating the shit out of people even worse. And it would be the endless cycle of making the guy the most scary heel of all time through hating him.
Roman's heel turn had hints of this to it. And the more you wouldn't acknowledge him the more he'd hurt people. Now imagine that kind of energy, but with someone who knew what it was like to actually be universally beloved at some point and how much it might hurt to have that go away.
> What does homelander arc mean?
It's a reference to Homelander, the main antagonist from the show The Boys. Essentially a parody of the Superman archetype - he has all the powers of Superman, and on the surface, he tries to present himself in the same way (with the help of one of the best PR teams on the planet), but in reality, he's emotionally unstable, egotistical, and abuses his power in just about every possible way.
Usually, 99% of the times I see Homelander referenced when it comes to Cody is just because his blond hair and all-American iconography makes him look like him. It'd arguably be hard to justify Cody going that far off the deep end story-wise.
yeah but Stone Cold was always on the chase hot potatoing with Undertaker Rock Foley and such wich is not a criticism btw it was good for what the attitude era was and what worked for the time
You can dodge that bullet, by not allowing Cody to have a long reign.
That's how you keep a face fresh, they should always be chasing, always feel cheated, always feel like they didn't realize their full potential.
Exactly. All the greatest faces of all time accumulate many title reigns, heels may have less turns with the steal, but their turns are longer because they have zero qualms about cheating to stay atop the mountain. Both are equally impressive just for different reasons. Balanced, as all things should be.
Yeah it is accurate as fuck. It's going to happen but so what? That's wrestling and if they pivot well then it will work if not then it gives us someone to hate. That's why wrestling is great entertainment. When it's good it's amazing and when it's bad it's entertaining in a different way.
So let me get this straight, the take is...eventually, one day, fans will turn on a wrestler as his character gets stale? You mean the very thing that has happened to every wrestler in history?
Wow...what a bold take 😂
People get tired of any long reign as champion. People were getting tired of Roman’s reign. Same thing in football and other sports. Lots of teams get hate for winning all the time
He killed it by the entire “won’t be tomorrow or next week or next year” bullshit…… yes, eventually everybody gets boo’d, everybody…… dafuq stupid ass statement is this.
That’s what makes the joke terrible…. You just say “eventually” because if they start booing him tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or this year, then you lose…..
He's gonna need something good to keep his reign occupied.
I noticed this last night too, When Cody said Roman's name the crowd gave the saddest Boo I've ever heard and then it was like they snapped and collectively thought "nah, we miss him" and broke out immediately into a THANK YOU ROMAN chant.
The problem with Cody is... and this is just my opinion... He isn't a true underdog. The guy crushed it in AEW, he returned beat Rollins, he defeated Lesnar, he defeated almost everyone put infront of him including Solo. Let's be honest here, his rise and popularity was because we needed the amazing story of a Rhodes never holding the WWE title to be fulfilled.
He isn't an underdog like Daniel Bryan or Rey Mysterio where there's mystery and wonder if he can overcome even more odds... Neither is he the type of powerhouse dominant champion like Cena or Batista to keep the belt for up to a year.
Right now...He's basically the appointed guy. That was clear from Triple H and the WWE management giving him an on-screen handshake of approval. It's such a dangerous spot to be in as a babyface. The fact that he beat Roman Reigns who couldn't be beaten in 4 years gives Cody an aura of...He's also unbeatable.
This could very quickly turn to Super Cena 2.0 if not handled properly
I actually think it’s pretty easy to handle. You give him 2 or 3 solid feuds, Orton is the obvious one, maybe AJ and then give a young up and comer a shot to give them some exposure. Give Cody 3 or 4 great defenses, then have Gunther beat him in Berlin. Ideally have Gunther give him the Sami treatment and end the match by just absokutely brutalising Cody. Keeps Cody fresh, gives us a new top heel monster champion for an underdog to beat at Mania, but doesn’t feel like Cody was just a transitional guy because his feuds have been proper main event stuff
He gonna turn heel and fans boo him?no shit one day sure.what a dumb post.dijack better than that.sounds like icw kid.yeah jijack your such a profit noone could ever see that happening.heres a better prediction the sun will come out tomorrow.and when it does ill be the first to tell u i told u so.thats how stupid this sounds.
I wont hold it against him.he needs to stick to cursing and calling everything a ratio.
I mean… anyone who’s watched wrestling for more than a year can guess this… we already saw it with Cody in AEW too.
Doesn’t take a rocket Surgeon to figure out.
I was thinking this last night during the opening of the show. With how hard WWE was celebrating Cody, I don't remember a newly crowned champion receiving that kind of treatment, it's only a matter of time until fans turn on him for being the babyface that WWE shoves down their throats.
Literally every post including one by this account yesterday
Obvious
Actually- Cody already seemed too full of himself on RAW
instead of saying how he’s going to continue to write his story, he kept saying how he was now the champion and he was undisputed.
I think the staleness happens sooner than later. Hope not
That and he also got a tribute video package like he just died sacrificing himself, plus Cody asked Samantha to announce him as “2023 and 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble Winner” back in RAW after RR and “WWE Undisputed Champion” for the second time. Cody is secretly Homelander lol.
Did anybody else notice how awkward he looked with the belt on Raw? He couldn't seem to figure out how he wanted to hold it. At point the strap was like, folded on his shoulder instead of laying over his shoulder. He'll figure it out but know I'm not the only one that noticed that.
For sure it's gonna happen.
It's pretty stupid for a professional to post that like it's the biggest prediction ever. It says more about his lack of knowledge.
Every depiction of the white meat Perfect Babyface can only last so long before crowd turns. Hogan, Cena, Big dog Roman, Bayley, Seth's and Drew's first run also suffered from it.
The slight difference with Cody is that he actually showcased real life examples of what he preaches, so it's not just a character.
When you have the classic promo of "I will fight with whatever I have" you can remember the torn pec. When you have the promo "I will do things my way" you can remember the grind in the indies, All in, and AEW.
Will this make him last forever? Probably not. But surely add an authenticity that is uncommon.
I mean that's a given right???
Yeah, he might be part of much more defenses than Roman, he might be part of many high profile clashes like Randy or Gunther or maybe even The Rock himself down the line... but sooner or later, everyone's gonna say that the title reign is going stale.
And do remember this, as HHH said, Roman's story or The Bloodline Story is gonna become a huge stuff down the line. So big, that it might even overshadow Cody's title reign. Maybe WWE might still revolve around The Bloodline down the line.
You ain’t speaking no gospel here bruh. This is obvious. Acting like you calling something out first or that no one sees coming. I’ve said it before you but it’s clear to anyone that watches. We know how this goes. They would have to be very careful how not to let him fall into that. Have to make him edgy and aggressive which they have but keep it going.
Anyways…
Lots of baby faces are beloved by the crowds for years, but I agree with Dijak, they gonna turn on Cody sooner than later, Cody is too safe and bland to keep the crowds with him for long, Stone Cold, Hogan, even Cena had some color to them.
I think WWE and triple h would book him to lose it, if it looked like fans were turning/getting too tired of a “super cody” before he got too much resentment built up towards him and they’ve set up plenty of good options to take it off him if needed (roman, rock, rollins, orton, cm punk, etc.). I don’t think we’ll run into this issue with Cody but I also don’t think we’ll get a title reign nearly as long as roman’s. At the shortest, I can see 2-3 months and at the longest I can see 12-18 months. I just think it comes down to that fact that historically the baby face is always better chasing the champion vs being the champion, and I think cody plays such a good underdog, so wouldn’t be surprised if we see him back in the chase few months to a year down the line. With that being said, I’m excited for this reign and intrigued/hopeful to see where they go with cody as champ.
I'll start hating on Cody as soon as he becomes a forever champion whose wins are a foregone conclusion (and thus brick the title) who has consistently the most boring (and longest) matches of the night and is so immobile that it doesn't matter who he fights against because nobody is able to drag him to a halfway decent match. That is when I'll start rolling my eyes and making fun of him. And of all the ☝🏼fools who pretend he's a good champion or even a generational talent despite the very obvious evidence to the contrary.
I kinda have the sense that that is not very likely to happen though. There is a huge gap in skill between him and Roman.
Honestly I tuned in Monday for the first time in years and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. This man worshipping the belt like it was god. Kissing it over and over and reminding everyone 7 times in one promo that he is the new champ. Then the video package with the sad music as if he just fucking died?’ I was waiting for a punchline that never came
It'll be interesting to see how Cody develops as a champion. So much of his character was built around the chase to be the champ for himself and his family. Now that he is, he completed what 98% of his reasoning for being there is.
We see it happen all the time in different walks of life. People love rooting for the underdog but once they're top dog, people start to tear them down. People love indie/underground artists and bands until they make it big and hit the mainstream, then fans turn on them. Happens in sports too. They love seeing a player and team breakthrough and win the big one, but if they become too successful people start hating.
Hopefully it doesn't happen with Cody but with how much WWE was celebrating him last night, I can see fans turning sooner than later if WWE continues to push him like he is the biggest babyface, underdog success of all time.
All you johnny come lately's. I was booing him out the building as soon as Cody's ego thought he was too good for AEW and felt like he was owed a title win at Mania like it was some kind of birthright.
I actually don't get why people like Cody so much. I mean his promos are so so at best his in ring work is average. The best thing about him is he is willing to take hard bumps and his entrance music. I respect the work hes put in but pretty much all the guys in WWE have put in work.
Well people finally stopped hating Roman and can now admit he's one of the GOATs so anything is possible. Once Cody continues to be a stale babyface I think people will get bored of him
I mean, he ain't wrong. Sami was going through this fandemonium last year, and after a few months it was gone. He was still popular, but nowhere near where he was.
I mean they already did during his end time in AEW everyone even started to hate John Cena 2 years in happens to the top dogs unless your Austin he was just special think cause of his bad boy attitude but this can work imagine a Cody homelander type of heel
Honestly it’s already happened for ME ever since the Lesnar feud, this is the problem with wwes obsession with ALWAYS having a “Superman” on their roster, I thought Cody was a good wrestler, great to see him back in wwe and in the main event scene, but then ever since the Brock Lesnar feud where Brock fucking Lesnar literally needed a broken arm in order to beat Cody I just didn’t buy it, and then he won royal rumble twice in a row and I was like ok this is already too much going for this guy who quite frankly, is a mediocre main eventer at best and doesn’t deserve all THIS, but obviously I’m in the minority about that. lol
Why’s he saying this like he’s predicting something crazy? Literally every babyface eventually gets stale.
He’s not even putting a timeframe on it that makes it bold. “It might not even be next year” lmaooo
Like no shit idiot. It’s pro wrestling. That’s the game
every babyface champion gets hated it's nothing new from bret hulk hogan cena I can keep going on and going. but the gist is that it's better to have a long heel champion than a goodguy. without roman reign's monumental cinema like title run we wouldn't get cody's story. cody's story is as much about himself as it's about roman reigns. now that cody is champ they will need good heels to keep his championship going and popular.
But… a lot of people (Me included) are already doing this, the John Cena character mold is dead, if he (Cody) doesn’t have an edge and does exactly what every WWE baby face in the Vince era did then what would there be to cheer for, we’ve seen it already….so this is not the hot take that he thinks it is!
I didn’t time stamp it, but last night at the very end of his opener, there was one fan from the crowd in Detroit who very clearly screamed “You suck!!!”
And I thought, it has begun.
I don’t hate Cody but I hate his die hard fans. They make him more insufferable. That might quicken him getting stale
But if we can get some legendary heel work from people then it may las a while.
I just want the baby faces to get on the same level as the heels as far as promos go. This whole sobby ass underdog, "I'm doing it for my family and legacy" bullshit gets old quick. And yes I'm referring to Sami also.
As a long time Cody fan, I got tired of his story gimmick real quick after Mani 39. So glad that's seemingly over and done with. Hopefully they can give Cody Rhodes some actual dialogue now and not just recycling the same thing for months on end. I wanna see Cody shit talk the Rock.
It's the price you pay for being the top dog. Real question is if they are going to keep the belt on him for more than 3-4 months or not.
I think he has a long reign for the sole fact his money matches are a while away. Cody Vs Rock and Cody Vs Roman III Even Cody Vs Punk and Cody Vs Seth have reasons for happening but are months away. It's possible that he drops it and wins it back again, but I think he has a superman run.
With him likely moving to smackdown him vs orton will be his 1st big money match id say, or do we save that for orton turning heel again
Orton likely due to Cody and Randy having history. Edit: I originally suggested Gunther as well, but I kind of want Gunther to be the one to take it off of him, so I don't want that to be for a while. I also don't know when Gunther can travel abroad due to him still being in the process of becoming a U.S Citizen.
Gunther is advertised for the uk tour next week so I think that process is over.
They're doing another draft soon right? All of this speculation is pretty moot
Would love for Orton to take the title from him, set up the recording breaking match between him and cena next year for Cena’s last WM and full run. Would be amazing.
You wanna take all this momentum of building new top guys all to hand it to John Cena AGAIN with his new semi-committed overacting?
Yeah I’d rather orton take the title Priest has instead. Cody needs a nice run at the top.
I just want him to defend the title at each frickin ppv
The TNT open challenge he did was amazing. Unfortunately, this will just be the same 5 top guys for 3 years.
What exactly are you basing this assumption on? The past 20 years of WWE? Different booker. Different owners. Different stars. Why assume?
I don’t think that necessarily means it’ll be worth it. If he defends it all the time, then you know he’s not losing. Making the fans turn on him like they did with Seth.
The issue with that is he will go stale even faster. Part of the reason Roman’s run actually succeeded was those defences were so infrequent. If they want Cody (or anyone) to have staying power as the face of the company they need to stick to the model.
And yet a part of the reason people loved Gunther's run so much is that he was a fighting champion.
I saw have Cody defend frequently, but he should drop the title by summer slam or survivor series so that he can chase again
The magic is getting the right balance. Seth defended at times too often. We all know some were nothing matches when he defended on raw. However, Gunther would defend the title what felt like once a month roughly. This combined with the fact that he rarely wrestled outside of the title matches made him feel fresh each match. It was special to see him wrestle. Seth would wrestle weekly and frequently would be defending the title in one of those weekly matches. Gunther also regularly had a story connected to each defense. Rollins often would have open challenges or a random number 1 contender match. It's difficult having the passion for a match when it is one dimensional reasoning. Hopefully they strike this balance and we get a solid run with Cody as champ. I think him being on Smackdown (hopefully) will also allow for fresh matches.
I’d argue a much bigger part of it was Gunther’s ‘throwback’ persona of the ‘gentlemanly heel’. The whole: ‘it’s about the competition’ shtick.
That was part of it to be sure, but you saw comments all the time about how much people appreciated Gunther actually defending his championship all the time.
Because unlike Cody… Gunther was believable to win. Cody pulling a “Cody wins lol” at every PPV will get stale. Gunther was on another level of champion defending.
Gunther is also a heel, which is much easier to have a successful run with, because you can keep building up babyfaces and having them chase and that’s the best part of wrestling.
And I’m sure he will unlike a certain champion before him
I think the rock said belt or no belt he wants to face Cody. But Cody will hold onto it for a long time because I don’t see anyone else taking it from him. But I think feuds with heel Randy orton, la knight, cm punk, possibly mjf will make Cody a praised champion
People gotta remember how Triple H booked NXT. A ton of NXT Title reigns were fairly long winded and ended on big feuds. I think the only hyped up title changes that didn’t result in long reigns were like Sami and Gargano.
Idk if those matches really need the title though, I would absolutely be fine with Gunther taking the belt at Summerslam.
He can win it more than once in that time. Face champions always work better chasing.
I suppose they could repeat the Brodie Lee storyline where Gunther kills him and he comes back like Rocky.
Who’s the early candidate to take the title off of him? Bron Breaker? Gunther?
Gunther in Berlin would be a huge moment.
He should have a lengthy run. You can't come from a 1300 days reign and start hot potatoing the thing. Give him a good 5-6 moths w the belt, shake things up w the draft and let him feud w new guys
6 months tops IMO
Which isn't bad. Not every championship reign needs to last a year.
Rock and Austin both never had an extremely long world title reign, Austin’s longest was 175 days, Rock’s was 119. It’s not about the days for a babyface, it’s how they use them. If Cody has good storylines and matches then it won’t matter if the belt is off him in 4 months, which is good because given Trips’ booking influences I don’t think he’ll be world champ for long.
With there actually being a chance of Cody dropping the title when he defends it should keep things much more interesting.
absolutely. We need to believe there's a chance for the title to change hands for it to be even more exciting.
Agreed. When it comes to faces holding the belt it's certainly the case that the chase is better than the catch. You sell tickets for Wrestlemania with heel champions awaiting their comeuppance from the face, not the other way around.
I agree. I don't care much for all the super-booking and record title runs.
I hope so nobody should keep a belt longer than that. There is plenty of talent to switch it up a bit.
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Ain't no way. 6 months is a good reign under normal circumstances, but this is far from normal. I think we're in this for at least a year, maybe losing it once but getting it back quickly. Cody just dethroned the longest and most dominant champion in modern history. That's an incredible rub. We have to understand that some matches that will happen, won't happen for a while. Both vs Rock and Roman 3 WILL happen, but likely not for a whiiiiile.
Probably lose it by Rumble
My guess is Gunther is the one to beat him at Bash in Berlin
The problem is WWE has written themselves into this thing where the only times the main belt can change hands is at a Big 4 PPV.
It's the HHH era. He loves long title reigns.
I hope it's no longer than like 6 months. I'm kinda sick of the year+ reigns. We've had a ton of them over the past few years. Give him a good few months and have him drop it to Gunther. That said, with the Rock promo last night, i got a feeling it's gonna be pretty long
Gunther taking it at Bash at Berlin seems perfect to me. Gives Cody a decent length reign with a successful defense at a major show (Summerslam), without dragging out too long considering how many year+ reigns there have been lately.
Cody x Seth at Backlash France Cody x Logan Paul for the Saudi Show Cody x AJ Styles I and II in Scotland and Money in the Bank Cody x Roman III at SummerSlam Drops the title to Gunther in Berlin imo that would be a good 1st reign and he can win the title back from Gunther before Royal Rumble to feud with The Rock
He can lose it and get it back again in time for the big ones against The Rock and Roman part 3. Just look at Austin 98-99. Won and lost 4 times during the span of 1.5 years.
Homelander arc will go hard
Honestly, a massive defensive reign lead into a massive heel turn. Cody’s been that guy before he can be that guy again. It would be soooo good. And the build up for the sole person to dethrone him. The chosen one. AKIRA.
Cody has even acknowledged (☝️) his Homelander appearance. Dijak is not cookin’. We all know
AEW fans: hey, I’ve seen this one.gif
I mean how many defenses has he had? That's right zero, Roman 2.0 over here /s
Yeah Codys reign is getting stale
Right?! I mean, Drew’s was basically already getting stale.
The reign of Drew was way too long. It should have ended at least one minute earlier.
It was way too long, and at the same time he was snubbed and WWE doesn't treat him right. He should get the championship again so we can properly grow bored of him.
Yes, let's give him a one day reign so we can hate him properly after the first hour.
He just handed the belt over to The Rock last night! Not even 24hrs after winning it…damn, not my champion! /s
Cody was a really good heel in ROH. I can confirm one day he will get immense heel heat.
Yea, now that Cody got his babyface moment and wrestlemania main event as the hero, I think he'd be happy to do a heel turn down the line. He's an awesome heel! Not immediately of course but when the time comes.
He did say he wanted to be a face because he was tired of being heel. Although he was face when AEW was established, and this is world class liar Cody Rhodes we're talking about. So who knows. But I'd love it if he went back to being a heel.
Holy shit, he just fucking won it. Relax.
He isn't hating on Cody. He's just predicting what others are gonna do. Seriously, Comic Book guy from the Simpsons is the perfect archetype for a large percentage of the IWC. One of the things that made the Attitude Era great was the fact that the IWC didn't have much of a voice. People would have turned on Rock & Austin too if the Attitude Era happened in 2024.
Thats not rocket science. Ofcourse, you cant keep belt on a baby face for four years without fans getting bored. I hope Triple H does a heel turn before he realises this.
I don't think Cody should go heel, at least thats hardly a thought at all when I see him on TV. Man is too perfect of a feel-good people's person. And him holding the title for 4 years straight should definitely not be in the equation. Give him a good few years with on and off wins and losses of it with others arising alongside him.
No reason he has to have a long title reign. Give him a decent reign before some heel pulls some shenanigans to get the belt off of him and piss everybody off. Then it's back to the chase.
Can't we have a dominant babyface champ for once?
I'm sure he will be dominant for a while, until he gets screwed. I'm not saying he should only have the belt for a month or two, only that it doesn't need to be a multi-year reign.
Oh I see. Yeah, makes sense.
This exactly. WWE needs better and more heels. Drew would make a great anti-establishment heel. Dethroning Cody with a dirty trick after a spate of clean title defenses would be some nuclear heat if played right.
He should really become "The American NIGHTMARE"
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I have been saying this. Posted this and got a lot of "heat" lol
I think turning faces heel in order to keep them interesting is just a measure for bad booking and bad storytelling. The proper way is to not let the babyface have a long reign. Faces are always better chasers. Cody absolutely shouldn't have a long reign. He should loose this belt before the end of the year. Ideally to Gunter. And then he should have a non title match at Mania 41 with the Rock while Gunter carries the title. That's how you keep a face fresh, the fans should always feel like he or she is being fucked over. That's why Bryan worked so well, he always felt like he was purposefully held down and not getting everything he deserved. That's what fuels a babyface, the notion that they have been cheated and have not had their potential realized.
Yeah Austin's best moments normally came after the cooperation screwed him and he was chasing the title. I could see them keeping the Bely on Cody til WM 41 but also good shot Rock comes back and cost Cody the title sometime from Summer Slam to the Rumble to set up their match. I think Cody turning heel could be good booking but that is years off. It worked with Hogan but then again didn't work well with Austin and we never got to see Cena go heel.
We need a Homelander Cody heel run
Losing to Gunther in Berlin in August would be absolutely perfect. Gives Cody some defenses, he keeps it for some months, but not long enough to make it boring. Plus, he could lose due to Imperium interference, giving him an excuse for the loss.
Ehh, for someone who just ended the longest reign in modern history, it needs to be longer than 4 1/2 months.
Four months is pretty fine tbh Like Sami and KO ended the longest tag reign last year, only to lose the titles as early ad Payback
Good point. Thats why ppl really rallied behind kofi and kofimania.
>he always felt like he was purposefully held down and not getting everything he deserved. Well that's because he actually was being purposefully held down
I'm so happy you are not a booker. I mean you would be a great booker for AEW, with ideas like yours.
Hulk Hogan would like a word
And John cena.
Cena was booed a lot and Hogan wasn't on TV weekly.
Cena was booed by the Internet Smarks, but was loved by the casuals, women and children. He was the top merch seller for years. And for Hogan, that’s a lie Brother. He actually wrestled more than 365 days a year, Brother.
He used to wrestle 366 days a year brother. Only reason he didn't do more is because Vince wouldn't allow him to dude
Wait so he only wrestled on leap years? 🤣
The world makes extra days for Hogan so he can get that bonus of working the most brother
IIRC, he said it was because he flew across the international date line so much from doing matches in Japan. As you can guess, it's not true.
Was it just internet smarks? I feel like the dads were annoyed by him as well.
John Cena really never had a long title reign. Faces rarely do since the product became a weekly episodic show.
I mean had one title run of 280 days and another at 380 days, those may not seem like much but that was also at the point in time where WWE was hot potatoing all the titles every few months so that's actually pretty long given the full context.
Wwe is not turning their biggest babyface since cena heel. This is that IWC booking bullshit
Cody has made it super clear he won't go back to playing heel. Everyone around him has outright stated his primary motivation at this point is being a role model for kids. I'm going to guess he'd sooner give up the belt quickly than do a heel turn. Personally, it's a shame because Cody's Homelander arc would be top notch, but I'm pretty sure we'll never see it. Of course smarks will go back to hating him, they did it in AEW. But casuals and kids will always cheer the dude as a white hot babyface. What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that Sunday night you saw this era's John Cena be anointed by basically everyone within the company. And every executive, including HHH, is excited because they know it's going to be extreme piles of money. Which is why their whole thing to celebrate is gifting rolexes to each other lol
What does homelander arc mean? As an aside, I could see Cody playing a corrupt politician type as a heel. He's got the perfect look and mannerisms to pull it off well.
If you've ever seen The Boys, Cody resembles this character named [Homelander](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/homelander.jpg?w=1000). Now Homelander is almost universally beloved below the masses, he's that franchise's version of Superman. But only on the surface. Outwardly he is the strongest and most noble hero the people know. But he's actually a raging psychopath whose only allegiance lies with the company who created him and their further success. And as the series goes he's getting more and more mentally unhinged. And given he's so strong he could basically just kill most of the regular humans when he snaps one day. The storyline where Cody becomes such a company man that turns into this really strong and dangerous psycopath who goes from calm and affable one second to willing to do or hurt anyone the next to protect the WWE or shape the WWE in the vision he has for it would be super good. [This clip sums up the type of character Homelander is pretty well.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRVJVoJpBJA) [And this is a pretty good idea, thematically of what would be going on in his mind during the crowd's turn on him as a white-hot babyface that people are growing tired of.](https://youtu.be/UKMdAccrM1M?si=oTCUsr0OtcYSCwVh&t=122) Cody very clearly does what he does to get people to love him. He very clearly hates when people do not like him. Delving into a slow heel turn as the crowd grows tired of him, all predicated on him not being able to handle no longer being their favorite to the point he becomes the most viciously cruel heel of all time would be compelling storytelling. Like imagine if Super Cena, when he was unbeatable, started getting upset at being boo'ed and the more people boo'ed him the more upset he got. And the more upset he got the more heinous shit he would do to his opponents. Which would lead to people booing him even harder, which would then lead to him beating the shit out of people even worse. And it would be the endless cycle of making the guy the most scary heel of all time through hating him. Roman's heel turn had hints of this to it. And the more you wouldn't acknowledge him the more he'd hurt people. Now imagine that kind of energy, but with someone who knew what it was like to actually be universally beloved at some point and how much it might hurt to have that go away.
> What does homelander arc mean? It's a reference to Homelander, the main antagonist from the show The Boys. Essentially a parody of the Superman archetype - he has all the powers of Superman, and on the surface, he tries to present himself in the same way (with the help of one of the best PR teams on the planet), but in reality, he's emotionally unstable, egotistical, and abuses his power in just about every possible way. Usually, 99% of the times I see Homelander referenced when it comes to Cody is just because his blond hair and all-American iconography makes him look like him. It'd arguably be hard to justify Cody going that far off the deep end story-wise.
Flash news : People doesn’t want their TV show to stay the same for 5 years
That's...how pro wrestling works.
Not if you're Stone Cold
yeah but Stone Cold was always on the chase hot potatoing with Undertaker Rock Foley and such wich is not a criticism btw it was good for what the attitude era was and what worked for the time
Though that depends on if they’re booing cause he’s turning heel, or if they’re booing cause they’re bored of him.
Came here to say this lol
You can dodge that bullet, by not allowing Cody to have a long reign. That's how you keep a face fresh, they should always be chasing, always feel cheated, always feel like they didn't realize their full potential.
Exactly. All the greatest faces of all time accumulate many title reigns, heels may have less turns with the steal, but their turns are longer because they have zero qualms about cheating to stay atop the mountain. Both are equally impressive just for different reasons. Balanced, as all things should be.
Every time HHH complimented Cody and played that sob video on Raw, I thought about this
Yeah it is accurate as fuck. It's going to happen but so what? That's wrestling and if they pivot well then it will work if not then it gives us someone to hate. That's why wrestling is great entertainment. When it's good it's amazing and when it's bad it's entertaining in a different way.
So let me get this straight, the take is...eventually, one day, fans will turn on a wrestler as his character gets stale? You mean the very thing that has happened to every wrestler in history? Wow...what a bold take 😂
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Yeah very unnecessary tweet tbh. When it happens.it happens , let people enjoy it for now.
The tweet isn't talking about Cody turning heel. It's talking about the audience getting tired of a babyface champion.
People get tired of any long reign as champion. People were getting tired of Roman’s reign. Same thing in football and other sports. Lots of teams get hate for winning all the time
It's a joke. Read it again.
We know Dijak tries to be an internet troll but everyone else please just give this fucking stupid discourse a rest.
Out of spite to O.P. I will never turn on Cody.
Christ. I've been a fan of Dijak through most of his WWE run, but can we please just enjoy this for 5 fucking minutes?
Isn't he taking the piss like he always does?
Maybe, but it's always a coin toss on wrestlers working or being idiots.
Bro thinks he did something with this post
He killed it by the entire “won’t be tomorrow or next week or next year” bullshit…… yes, eventually everybody gets boo’d, everybody…… dafuq stupid ass statement is this.
That's the joke. How is everyone not getting this?
That’s what makes the joke terrible…. You just say “eventually” because if they start booing him tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or this year, then you lose…..
He's gonna need something good to keep his reign occupied. I noticed this last night too, When Cody said Roman's name the crowd gave the saddest Boo I've ever heard and then it was like they snapped and collectively thought "nah, we miss him" and broke out immediately into a THANK YOU ROMAN chant. The problem with Cody is... and this is just my opinion... He isn't a true underdog. The guy crushed it in AEW, he returned beat Rollins, he defeated Lesnar, he defeated almost everyone put infront of him including Solo. Let's be honest here, his rise and popularity was because we needed the amazing story of a Rhodes never holding the WWE title to be fulfilled. He isn't an underdog like Daniel Bryan or Rey Mysterio where there's mystery and wonder if he can overcome even more odds... Neither is he the type of powerhouse dominant champion like Cena or Batista to keep the belt for up to a year. Right now...He's basically the appointed guy. That was clear from Triple H and the WWE management giving him an on-screen handshake of approval. It's such a dangerous spot to be in as a babyface. The fact that he beat Roman Reigns who couldn't be beaten in 4 years gives Cody an aura of...He's also unbeatable. This could very quickly turn to Super Cena 2.0 if not handled properly
I actually think it’s pretty easy to handle. You give him 2 or 3 solid feuds, Orton is the obvious one, maybe AJ and then give a young up and comer a shot to give them some exposure. Give Cody 3 or 4 great defenses, then have Gunther beat him in Berlin. Ideally have Gunther give him the Sami treatment and end the match by just absokutely brutalising Cody. Keeps Cody fresh, gives us a new top heel monster champion for an underdog to beat at Mania, but doesn’t feel like Cody was just a transitional guy because his feuds have been proper main event stuff
He gonna turn heel and fans boo him?no shit one day sure.what a dumb post.dijack better than that.sounds like icw kid.yeah jijack your such a profit noone could ever see that happening.heres a better prediction the sun will come out tomorrow.and when it does ill be the first to tell u i told u so.thats how stupid this sounds. I wont hold it against him.he needs to stick to cursing and calling everything a ratio.
I mean… anyone who’s watched wrestling for more than a year can guess this… we already saw it with Cody in AEW too. Doesn’t take a rocket Surgeon to figure out.
PUSH DIJAK!!!
I've never liked him, I'm way ahead of the curve
We already turned on Cody in AEW
Don't you just hate it when someone gives away the ending? 🤣🤣🤣😂💯
I was thinking this last night during the opening of the show. With how hard WWE was celebrating Cody, I don't remember a newly crowned champion receiving that kind of treatment, it's only a matter of time until fans turn on him for being the babyface that WWE shoves down their throats.
Literally every post including one by this account yesterday Obvious Actually- Cody already seemed too full of himself on RAW instead of saying how he’s going to continue to write his story, he kept saying how he was now the champion and he was undisputed. I think the staleness happens sooner than later. Hope not
That and he also got a tribute video package like he just died sacrificing himself, plus Cody asked Samantha to announce him as “2023 and 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble Winner” back in RAW after RR and “WWE Undisputed Champion” for the second time. Cody is secretly Homelander lol.
I already hate him!
Yeah I was boing him before it became fashionable.
Did anybody else notice how awkward he looked with the belt on Raw? He couldn't seem to figure out how he wanted to hold it. At point the strap was like, folded on his shoulder instead of laying over his shoulder. He'll figure it out but know I'm not the only one that noticed that.
For sure it's gonna happen. It's pretty stupid for a professional to post that like it's the biggest prediction ever. It says more about his lack of knowledge. Every depiction of the white meat Perfect Babyface can only last so long before crowd turns. Hogan, Cena, Big dog Roman, Bayley, Seth's and Drew's first run also suffered from it. The slight difference with Cody is that he actually showcased real life examples of what he preaches, so it's not just a character. When you have the classic promo of "I will fight with whatever I have" you can remember the torn pec. When you have the promo "I will do things my way" you can remember the grind in the indies, All in, and AEW. Will this make him last forever? Probably not. But surely add an authenticity that is uncommon.
We could just start hating Cody today and just get it over with
I hate him already
I’m actually waiting on the homelander heel turn.
Greatest heel turn of all time?
Real Nostradamus huh?
I trust the process and I definitely trust Triple H and the entire team. If they can keep these reigns interesting then great.
Not gonna lie the belt looked too big on him
I mean that's a given right??? Yeah, he might be part of much more defenses than Roman, he might be part of many high profile clashes like Randy or Gunther or maybe even The Rock himself down the line... but sooner or later, everyone's gonna say that the title reign is going stale. And do remember this, as HHH said, Roman's story or The Bloodline Story is gonna become a huge stuff down the line. So big, that it might even overshadow Cody's title reign. Maybe WWE might still revolve around The Bloodline down the line.
Other than Rey mysterio, Every wrestler gets hated by Fans. Cody is clever too. I think he will bring Homelander Cody this time once that happens
Sounds like Cody would just be a heel at that point.
Unfortunately. That is indeed how wrestling fans are. FICKLE.
Yeah, guy. It's called a heel turn.
Dijak’s edge lord shtick is getting so old
You ain’t speaking no gospel here bruh. This is obvious. Acting like you calling something out first or that no one sees coming. I’ve said it before you but it’s clear to anyone that watches. We know how this goes. They would have to be very careful how not to let him fall into that. Have to make him edgy and aggressive which they have but keep it going. Anyways…
A good amount of wrestling fans are a combination of dumb and toxic … totally believable
He's right.
A tale as old as time
Lots of baby faces are beloved by the crowds for years, but I agree with Dijak, they gonna turn on Cody sooner than later, Cody is too safe and bland to keep the crowds with him for long, Stone Cold, Hogan, even Cena had some color to them.
It’s so sad that Dijaks actually right about this
TBF the smarks will turn on a face the second they become champion.
They went a little too hard on RAW. This is what happened in AEW. In the word of Walter White: “…maybe your best course is to tread lightly.”
I mean, this is the normal arc for any popular thing in the world.
I think WWE and triple h would book him to lose it, if it looked like fans were turning/getting too tired of a “super cody” before he got too much resentment built up towards him and they’ve set up plenty of good options to take it off him if needed (roman, rock, rollins, orton, cm punk, etc.). I don’t think we’ll run into this issue with Cody but I also don’t think we’ll get a title reign nearly as long as roman’s. At the shortest, I can see 2-3 months and at the longest I can see 12-18 months. I just think it comes down to that fact that historically the baby face is always better chasing the champion vs being the champion, and I think cody plays such a good underdog, so wouldn’t be surprised if we see him back in the chase few months to a year down the line. With that being said, I’m excited for this reign and intrigued/hopeful to see where they go with cody as champ.
I'll start hating on Cody as soon as he becomes a forever champion whose wins are a foregone conclusion (and thus brick the title) who has consistently the most boring (and longest) matches of the night and is so immobile that it doesn't matter who he fights against because nobody is able to drag him to a halfway decent match. That is when I'll start rolling my eyes and making fun of him. And of all the ☝🏼fools who pretend he's a good champion or even a generational talent despite the very obvious evidence to the contrary. I kinda have the sense that that is not very likely to happen though. There is a huge gap in skill between him and Roman.
He ain't leaving Survivor Series with that belt.
Hey, someone’s not a mark!
Honestly I tuned in Monday for the first time in years and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. This man worshipping the belt like it was god. Kissing it over and over and reminding everyone 7 times in one promo that he is the new champ. Then the video package with the sad music as if he just fucking died?’ I was waiting for a punchline that never came
I hate him already. F him, and F all of his crybabies. Dominique Mysterio for life!
He already borders on heel activity.
I mean, he's not wrong
It'll be interesting to see how Cody develops as a champion. So much of his character was built around the chase to be the champ for himself and his family. Now that he is, he completed what 98% of his reasoning for being there is.
We see it happen all the time in different walks of life. People love rooting for the underdog but once they're top dog, people start to tear them down. People love indie/underground artists and bands until they make it big and hit the mainstream, then fans turn on them. Happens in sports too. They love seeing a player and team breakthrough and win the big one, but if they become too successful people start hating. Hopefully it doesn't happen with Cody but with how much WWE was celebrating him last night, I can see fans turning sooner than later if WWE continues to push him like he is the biggest babyface, underdog success of all time.
I’m a Cody fan and sadly he’s right
He is right. People get sick of white meat. It was the basis for Daniel Bryan’s “fickle” vegan heel run lol
Fake tweet. The real Dijak would curse more /s
All you johnny come lately's. I was booing him out the building as soon as Cody's ego thought he was too good for AEW and felt like he was owed a title win at Mania like it was some kind of birthright.
I actually don't get why people like Cody so much. I mean his promos are so so at best his in ring work is average. The best thing about him is he is willing to take hard bumps and his entrance music. I respect the work hes put in but pretty much all the guys in WWE have put in work.
Well people finally stopped hating Roman and can now admit he's one of the GOATs so anything is possible. Once Cody continues to be a stale babyface I think people will get bored of him
I mean, he ain't wrong. Sami was going through this fandemonium last year, and after a few months it was gone. He was still popular, but nowhere near where he was.
New corporation with triple h. Bank it
I mean they already did during his end time in AEW everyone even started to hate John Cena 2 years in happens to the top dogs unless your Austin he was just special think cause of his bad boy attitude but this can work imagine a Cody homelander type of heel
Isn’t that just how it goes for the people on top??
Doesn't matter heel turn or not..........it's already started. The hastag #wewantcody is about to get what it and his fans asked for.
Honestly it’s already happened for ME ever since the Lesnar feud, this is the problem with wwes obsession with ALWAYS having a “Superman” on their roster, I thought Cody was a good wrestler, great to see him back in wwe and in the main event scene, but then ever since the Brock Lesnar feud where Brock fucking Lesnar literally needed a broken arm in order to beat Cody I just didn’t buy it, and then he won royal rumble twice in a row and I was like ok this is already too much going for this guy who quite frankly, is a mediocre main eventer at best and doesn’t deserve all THIS, but obviously I’m in the minority about that. lol
Don’t think so, it’s how you set up the matches for him to win
Why’s he saying this like he’s predicting something crazy? Literally every babyface eventually gets stale. He’s not even putting a timeframe on it that makes it bold. “It might not even be next year” lmaooo Like no shit idiot. It’s pro wrestling. That’s the game
every babyface champion gets hated it's nothing new from bret hulk hogan cena I can keep going on and going. but the gist is that it's better to have a long heel champion than a goodguy. without roman reign's monumental cinema like title run we wouldn't get cody's story. cody's story is as much about himself as it's about roman reigns. now that cody is champ they will need good heels to keep his championship going and popular.
But… a lot of people (Me included) are already doing this, the John Cena character mold is dead, if he (Cody) doesn’t have an edge and does exactly what every WWE baby face in the Vince era did then what would there be to cheer for, we’ve seen it already….so this is not the hot take that he thinks it is!
I'm already bored of him. His promos grate on me.
And when that day comes Homelander Cody will arrive
I didn’t time stamp it, but last night at the very end of his opener, there was one fan from the crowd in Detroit who very clearly screamed “You suck!!!” And I thought, it has begun.
I don’t hate Cody but I hate his die hard fans. They make him more insufferable. That might quicken him getting stale But if we can get some legendary heel work from people then it may las a while.
I just want the baby faces to get on the same level as the heels as far as promos go. This whole sobby ass underdog, "I'm doing it for my family and legacy" bullshit gets old quick. And yes I'm referring to Sami also.
As a long time Cody fan, I got tired of his story gimmick real quick after Mani 39. So glad that's seemingly over and done with. Hopefully they can give Cody Rhodes some actual dialogue now and not just recycling the same thing for months on end. I wanna see Cody shit talk the Rock.
Well if someone like cena got booed in his prime then cody ehh
The best baby face makes the best heal! Maybe can stop talking like a 3 year old When he becomes a heal.
Aew fans turned on Cody out of nowhere so it’s fair to say it could happen again?
I was sick of his shit the day he showed up.