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05-27-2021, 01:25 AM | #4762 |
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Jesus christ.
Imagine telling Harley Race you needed to focus test his promo before approving it to air. What the fuck. |
05-27-2021, 01:57 AM | #4763 |
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Cody's stuff in AEW has suffered way too much from sticking out like a sore thumb based how often it ends up being over booked or over thought for storylines and feuds.
Like if the goal is to make him into the modern day version of his dad with the American Dream persona, then its been going in the wrong direction as of late. Right now his version of the American Dream persona feels a lot more like an outdated version of Hulk Hogan's pro-USA and overly patriotic part of his gimmick and way less like his father's hero of the "common man" persona. |
05-27-2021, 02:52 AM | #4764 |
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It's really weird that he would come out and say that. Like, what's the benefit of peeling back the curtain in this case?
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05-27-2021, 03:08 AM | #4765 |
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I'd assume he probably thought that was going to deflect a lot of the blame and online backlash he's been getting ever since delivering that stinker of a promo.
Doesn't help that most of the stuff he boasted about himself to trash Ogogo would actually fit in with Ogogo himself. Like him taking pride in having a mixed race baby when Ogogo himself comes from a mixed race ethnic family. |
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05-27-2021, 09:35 AM | #4767 |
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The only bad thing Cody has done on screen was that Dream promo. He's still one of the best. I don't understand you ungrateful fucks. Cody would whoop your ass and have a baby in the morning.
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05-27-2021, 11:06 AM | #4768 |
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I just don't find him entertaining. Settle down fella.
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05-27-2021, 11:43 AM | #4769 |
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I like Cody enough but his booking has gotten increasingly self-absorbed over the past year.
Which is kinda funny seeing as on one of the first Dynamite storylines was Cody attempting to distance himself from those optics by booking the "this is my one and only chance at the AEW World Title" stip. |
05-27-2021, 11:57 AM | #4770 | |
king of sucks
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05-27-2021, 01:03 PM | #4771 |
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And nobody will tell him the truth because they don't want to lose their seat on the gravy train. Meltzer legit "awarded" Tony as the best Booker in wrestling for continued backstage access and a payroll check.
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05-27-2021, 05:11 PM | #4772 |
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3 star CAWdy is a giant bore. Turning himself into HHH.
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05-27-2021, 05:43 PM | #4773 |
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Hahaha. Holy shit. AEW is such a fucking joke.
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05-27-2021, 05:45 PM | #4774 |
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The only persona of his I liked was Dashing Cody Rhodes
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05-27-2021, 05:46 PM | #4775 |
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They reveal stupid shit all the time. QT Marshall about how he doesn’t know how to format shows. TK does his stupid scrums. The Bucks talked about how Shawn Spears’ chair was gimmicked. Cody flat-out saying that Shaq was supposed to have a publicity stunt match with him and Brandi. Every Jericho tweet.
This promotion just sucks. |
05-27-2021, 05:56 PM | #4776 |
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So real question. They have bragged forever that they don't have scripted promos.
But then what would you call a practiced/workshopped/focus group tested promo? Seems even more offensive than WWE making wrestlers remember a few lines no? |
05-27-2021, 06:15 PM | #4777 | |
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05-27-2021, 09:45 PM | #4778 |
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Dashing Cody Rhodes was tremendous. Loved those vignettes
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05-27-2021, 10:47 PM | #4779 |
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I quite enjoyed Disfigured Cody Rhodes as well.... that one year I remember thinking he had the WM match of the night against Rey Mysterio
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05-27-2021, 10:52 PM | #4780 |
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05-28-2021, 12:27 AM | #4781 |
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05-28-2021, 12:58 AM | #4782 |
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Oh to switch spots with that bike seat for a day.
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05-29-2021, 02:40 AM | #4783 |
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05-29-2021, 03:13 AM | #4784 |
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Eric, your days of wife swapping are over.
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05-29-2021, 03:17 AM | #4785 |
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Got into the beta for the Elite GM game. It's EWR with graphics. There's a bunch I'm not keen on, but so far a decent sim. (Also only played for like 30 minutes.)
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05-29-2021, 04:55 PM | #4786 |
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Even their Wrestling Buddies are smaller than normal
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05-29-2021, 07:35 PM | #4787 |
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Those are pretty cool.
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05-29-2021, 09:18 PM | #4788 | |
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05-29-2021, 09:23 PM | #4789 |
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05-29-2021, 10:02 PM | #4790 |
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Stardust may have been a terrible idea but Cody performed the hell out of it. I remember seeing a video of him crashing a Comic Con in character and he was pretty brilliant.
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05-29-2021, 11:17 PM | #4791 |
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He was fine. Some of the things he did were needlessly hammy and didn’t really add substance to anything, but he definitely threw himself into it.
I liked Un-Dashing Cody Rhodes, but the more I reflect on it the more I realize Cody didn’t really have it. Even his best work in AEW relied on his brother and Chris Jericho to bring the emotional energy to it. Everything else since has kind of sucked. His best role in WWE was probably in the tag team with Goldust in 2013. I have no clue why they had them drop the belts to the New Age Outlaws instead of going into a program with The Wyatt Family, The Usos or even The Real Americans at the time. |
05-29-2021, 11:55 PM | #4792 |
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05-30-2021, 12:03 AM | #4793 | |
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05-30-2021, 12:39 AM | #4794 |
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05-30-2021, 02:13 AM | #4795 |
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That’s a fair shout. What I saw from him in New Japan wasn’t bad, but it just didn’t “pop” to me.
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05-30-2021, 02:56 AM | #4796 |
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05-30-2021, 07:47 PM | #4797 |
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05-30-2021, 10:57 PM | #4798 |
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05-31-2021, 01:29 AM | #4799 |
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05-31-2021, 01:39 AM | #4800 |
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I saw that tonight their next ppv is in September? That's dumb not to have a July show...
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