2021 Pro Wrestling Thread

AEW should have done every match tonight in Halloween costumes.

And I hope Hangman Page is inside the horse costume.

 

Holy shit, that was awesome. A comedy match that advanced a storyline.

 

I think it's a matter of fans getting tired of the Cody overkill, between him always portraying the valiant hero in storylines, and him also appearing in two other Turner shows on top of AEW.

 

Every Cody story is the same, he gets beat up, disappears for a while and then comes back and beats the guy.

Lance Archer, Rusev, Agogo, now Malakai. AEW fans love those guys, especially Black, and they want to see them put over. Hence the Cena boo’s

I give the fans points for consistency. I mean they shit all over WWE for burying Rusev and Black, theyre totally right to do the same to Cody Rhodes.

Altho based on his promo this may be a long con, totally intentional on AEW’s part to create a mega heel

 

With how careful AEW is with most of its planning and booking, I imagine they'll actually turn Cody at some point, like the WWE finally did with Reigns, instead of having him become the new Cena. Which, while some people seem to have OK memories of that period of wrestling now, it really was just predictable shit for years and years.

 

Given his wife works as a heel, I've expected Cody to turn at some point.

 

For what it's worth, early in October, Cody said he would retire before he turns heel. But that could've been a swerve. Or it could be him working toward a gimmick where he's a heel but sees himself as a hero, or something of a tweener. But it would be weird to see him say that in October and then make a full heel turn so quickly unless it was part of the angle.

 

Kind of like his dad, I gotta assume that Cody is always working.

 

I watched my first match in about 25 years - was the last match in AEW last night. Kind of liked it.

 

Part of the plus with AEW here is their fans believe in them, there’s not years of built up lack of confidence like WWE.

So if/when Cody turns they get the benefit of the doubt that it was a longterm plan. When WWE stumbles into something like KofiMania its an accident

 

I think it's fair to say that AEW doesn't have enough of a track record to say whether something was a plan, or a happy accident. However, I think there's plenty of information out there suggesting that WWE "lucks" into plenty of things, since ultimately, it's Vince McMahon making the final decisions on a large portion of the shows and booking. I should add - While Vince is frustratingly rigid with a lot of stuff, he's also usually willing to get behind something if it'll make him money, like letting Stone Cold kick the shit out of him, or CM Punk beat Cena clean. I think it was Jericho who said that Vince can be convinced to do things, it's just really hard.

 

Basically AEW hasnt pissed away most of its fan base’s good will, so they’re willing to go along for the ride on this stuff and they have faith it won’t be a bleepshow at the end