For those interested night 1 kicks off tonight with Cena/Theory with the main event most likely being USO’s/Owens & zayne.
Also at 1 NXT stand and deliver I’m guessing Bron Breakker drops the belt to Hayes and gets called up. Both are ready and future big time superstars but I think they give him a run as the guy first.
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I thought for sure Cody was going to win.
Same. I don't mind it necessarily because I like the swerve as everyone was expecting Cody to win. But now, HHH has kind of put himself in a corner. After such a historic world championship reign (no pun intended), you have to have Roman drop the belt at Wrestlemania. You have to. Roman dropping it at any other PPV would be a complete letdown and not capitalizing on your premier night. That means you're looking at another year of a part-time world heavyweight champion until the Rock or whoever beats Roman at Mania.
how is reigns part time?
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I thought for sure Cody was going to win.
Same. I don't mind it necessarily because I like the swerve as everyone was expecting Cody to win. But now, HHH has kind of put himself in a corner. After such a historic world championship reign (no pun intended), you have to have Roman drop the belt at Wrestlemania. You have to. Roman dropping it at any other PPV would be a complete letdown and not capitalizing on your premier night. That means you're looking at another year of a part-time world heavyweight champion until the Rock or whoever beats Roman at Mania.
how is reigns part time?
Because he doesn't show up every week and I don't even think he wrestles every PPV? I wouldn't say he fights the bare minimum, but he is not a fighting champion. He gets PLENTY of weeks off. He's trying to transition into Hollywood like his cousin.
Could they be waiting for Bron breakker? But again that would have to take at least a year to build him up. He is definitely the future face of the wwe
Or it makes perfect sense, Cody now goes through Solo, alwhile still having the story of getting the title that has alluded his family..
Then by next mania he is even bigger..
Rarely do people win on their first try at the title, the journey of the ups and downs makes it even sweeter when he wins
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so who will ever beat Roman if not the 2 best babyfaces going now?
Could they be waiting for Bron breakker? But again that would have to take at least a year to build him up. He is definitely the future face of the wwe
it will still be cody
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so who will ever beat Roman if not the 2 best babyfaces going now?
Could they be waiting for Bron breakker? But again that would have to take at least a year to build him up. He is definitely the future face of the wwe
it will still be cody
It could be Seth Rollins at Mania 40..
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so who will ever beat Roman if not the 2 best babyfaces going now?
Could they be waiting for Bron breakker? But again that would have to take at least a year to build him up. He is definitely the future face of the wwe
it will still be cody
It could be Seth Rollins at Mania 40..
Could this have been a result of the sale of wwe being imminent?
Probably was to quick to throw the belts onto cody tonight
Probably was to quick to throw the belts onto cody tonight
Probably the right call but the 2 things that annoy me is if they want Roman to be with the greats which I have no issue if that’s what they want, he should win most of these clean imo.
Secondly would be enough with the part time champion. The champ should be at just about every show and certainly every ppv. That shot was stupid with Brock and is just as stupid with Roman
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so who will ever beat Roman if not the 2 best babyfaces going now?
Or it makes perfect sense, Cody now goes through Solo, alwhile still having the story of getting the title that has alluded his family..
Then by next mania he is even bigger..
Rarely do people win on their first try at the title, the journey of the ups and downs makes it even sweeter when he wins
He already beat Solo. The Uso's came to Romans aid so wtf is with that story? Jey is no longer conflicted again? Meh, this has been a great storyline but its been like 2 1/2 yrs now and we're right back where we started. Probably dont want Jey being a singles guy so they wont pull the trigger
With Cody he probably felt it was rushed and he hasnt faced adversity yet in this storyline. Now he has and yet he still has his momentum and he still is the top babyface...
In this case I think they blew it and Luger-ed Cody. I even thought they were going to do the Dusty Finish and have HHH change the decision and restart the match. My son and his friends were devastated.
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With Cody he probably felt it was rushed and he hasnt faced adversity yet in this storyline. Now he has and yet he still has his momentum and he still is the top babyface...
Im well aware of NXT booking. Its easier to do that because its considered a minor league. I remember Sami and KO and hell my favorite feud is Ciampa and Gargano but that lasted so long also because of injuries.
Cody might never be as hot as he is right now. I got interested again with the bloodline story all the way back to Jey fighting Roman and then Sami went on for a year and I was really into it and I feel like nothing happened other than Sami and KO getting the belts. There was no friction that I saw between the usos and roman after they lost unless I missed a segment last night. Its just back to the same ole. I dont even think Jey turning on the Bloodline makes any sense now. They had it perfectly setup and they backed off
And please god, The Rock is an all time great and I get the connection but if he is the 1 to beat Roman, barf
Think so and apparently the ref told Snoop what to do. She should get a raise for thinking quickly
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when Triple H ran it you would see this is how he books most if not all his top babyfaces. Very Rarely does he give the belt to the guy on the first try, he makes them work for it.
With Cody he probably felt it was rushed and he hasnt faced adversity yet in this storyline. Now he has and yet he still has his momentum and he still is the top babyface...
Im well aware of NXT booking. Its easier to do that because its considered a minor league. I remember Sami and KO and hell my favorite feud is Ciampa and Gargano but that lasted so long also because of injuries.
Cody might never be as hot as he is right now. I got interested again with the bloodline story all the way back to Jey fighting Roman and then Sami went on for a year and I was really into it and I feel like nothing happened other than Sami and KO getting the belts. There was no friction that I saw between the usos and roman after they lost unless I missed a segment last night. Its just back to the same ole. I dont even think Jey turning on the Bloodline makes any sense now. They had it perfectly setup and they backed off
And please god, The Rock is an all time great and I get the connection but if he is the 1 to beat Roman, barf
I agree with everytbing you said, i thought Reigns would lose and then begin the infeuding between the bloodline..
and i agree Reigns vs the Rock doesnt need the title..
Perhaps Cody goes through Solo and then works his way back to a title shot at summerslam and thats where Rock returns, Cody wins and Rock vs Reigns at mania..
We will see where it goes
tore his quad
Lol, no he's not. He's on Smackdown MAYBE once a month?
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when Triple H ran it you would see this is how he books most if not all his top babyfaces. Very Rarely does he give the belt to the guy on the first try, he makes them work for it.
With Cody he probably felt it was rushed and he hasnt faced adversity yet in this storyline. Now he has and yet he still has his momentum and he still is the top babyface...
Im well aware of NXT booking. Its easier to do that because its considered a minor league. I remember Sami and KO and hell my favorite feud is Ciampa and Gargano but that lasted so long also because of injuries.
Cody might never be as hot as he is right now. I got interested again with the bloodline story all the way back to Jey fighting Roman and then Sami went on for a year and I was really into it and I feel like nothing happened other than Sami and KO getting the belts. There was no friction that I saw between the usos and roman after they lost unless I missed a segment last night. Its just back to the same ole. I dont even think Jey turning on the Bloodline makes any sense now. They had it perfectly setup and they backed off
And please god, The Rock is an all time great and I get the connection but if he is the 1 to beat Roman, barf
I agree with everytbing you said, i thought Reigns would lose and then begin the infeuding between the bloodline..
and i agree Reigns vs the Rock doesnt need the title..
Perhaps Cody goes through Solo and then works his way back to a title shot at summerslam and thats where Rock returns, Cody wins and Rock vs Reigns at mania..
We will see where it goes
We wouldn’t see the infighting in the absolute minimum would be tonight. I think it’s more of little tiny clues here and there for a bit and coinciding with I think where solo goes solo (pun intended). The payoff and setup would be when it’s revealed it was the rock who sent solo. That’s when Cody wins imo
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The Miz really sold those punches from Snoop. Miz never gets enough credit.
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There is another tweet saying that in an internal memo that Triple H is still in his position and received 5 million bonus for his contributions and incentive to stay
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There is another tweet saying that in an internal memo that Triple H is still in his position and received 5 million bonus for his contributions and incentive to stay
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bad timing because at this time its anything but boring. They have had soms great stories in Dom/Rey and everything will the Bloodline/Sami/KO and then have some built up talent like Rhea and Bianca that carry the women and then have a classic match between Gunther/Sheamus/Drew last night. Its the perfect mixture right now although someone like me lost a little bit of interest with the ending of the Main Event. I'll give Raw a shot tonight and see whats setup
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Cody Rhodes will team with a “mystery partner” to take on Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa, per WRKD.
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Cardona would suck. He's annoying as shit. Jay White's okay.
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
Why would they?
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if its Jay White he will turn on Cody and start a feud
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
That's a good call. Bron Steiner could be making his main roster debut tonight. He dropped the title on Saturday.
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if its Jay White he will turn on Cody and start a feud
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
But then again probably be something lame like riddle returning. I’d rather it be someone new
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if its Jay White he will turn on Cody and start a feud
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
That's a good call. Bron Steiner could be making his main roster debut tonight. He dropped the title on Saturday.
i think he attacks theory
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if its Jay White he will turn on Cody and start a feud
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
That's a good call. Bron Steiner could be making his main roster debut tonight. He dropped the title on Saturday.
I really hope so. This kid is going to be special it’s going to be fun watching him develop into a main roster star. He could be HHH’s first real superstar that he creates sitting in the big chair.
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if its Jay White he will turn on Cody and start a feud
Bron breakker?? He can start off feuding with solo giving Cody a clear path to Roman
That's a good call. Bron Steiner could be making his main roster debut tonight. He dropped the title on Saturday.
i think he attacks theory
That’s possible as well but do they want to give him a title right away? I wouldn’t be against it but who knows what they are thinking. I didn’t realize he was on the ravens roster for a few months as an undrafted fb. He already has his dads power and uncles pre-roid agility and add 4.5 speed