The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) Is Bianca the best Performance Center product ever, when you consider the total package? She’s an elite performer now. Maybe Charlotte (I don’t count Becky/Sasha/Bayley as they were on the Indy’s before), but Bianca connects with the audience more. Edited April 3, 2022 by For Great Justice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 The idea that Cody is the best wrestler in the world is pretty laughable when he's not even the best wrestler in his family. Very glad for KO. You have to wonder if this was one of the carrots they dangled before him during negotiations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, L_W_P said: Do we know how long Cody's contract is? Multi-year, and he's executive producer on the Dusty Rhodes biography for A&E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) Belair/Lynch, Rollins/Rhodes and Austin/Owens was one of the best three match stretches in recent Mania memory. Flair/Rousey was just there for me, but it wasn't bad. I'm not as down on Rhodes as a lot of people here, so for me, seeing him show up at mania gave me a WCW/WWF feel during the Monday Night Wars when you had a really big debut. Surreal moment and definitely awesome. WWE is going to capitalize on the neck tattoo too, as it's the graphic that showed up when he walked out and i can definitely see it plastered all over every piece of Cody merch. Edited April 3, 2022 by StuntmanCrowley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, peterien said: I am 100% happy for Cody, any man that makes the right decision money wise for his family is a good man. But part of me can’t get over the fact that this is all about Cody’s ego and him going back to the ex-lover whos name he dragged through the mud for 6 years is still hard to believe. That said his entrance and match performance was great but then he cuts the same old long winded promo as above^. I see he's producing AE documentary on Dusty. Sure signed for more money than he would have ever dreamed of being offered 6 years ago but he alot more incentives and provisions in his contract that is beneficial to him. He in the company when CM Punk resigned after MiTB and they dropped the ball. Cody is too smart not to sign without enough leverage that even if he isn't booked strong enough he'll still have things going on for him outside of WWE that he won't be hurt. Like people said you don't leave an EVP position in a legit competition just to for money. It remains to be seen as to how strongly he'll be booked especially as the year goes on. His Father is Dusty Rhodes, I guarantee that even if they try to Polka Dot Dusty him intentionally he won't be left with nothing in the end 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 17 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said: I'm not as down on Rhodes as a lot of people here, so for me, seeing him show up at mania gave me a WCW/WWF feel during the Monday Night Wars when you had a really big debut. Surreal moment and definitely awesome. WWE is going to capitalize on the neck tattoo too, as it's the graphic that showed up when he walked out and i can definitely see it plastered all over every piece of Cody merch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I hadn't seen that at all, lol. I'll admit I like designs 1 and 3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said: I hadn't seen that at all, lol. I'll admit I like designs 1 and 3. I like 1 and 3. 1 the most. 2 is too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThatTCGuy Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 WWE signed a guy who made his name elsewhere, didn't try to change or diminish anything about him and he felt like a big star as a result. There's a lesson Vince and Pritchard could take from this that I doubt they will. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 This product just isn’t for me. Logan Paul was fun. Austin was a cool moment. Everything else just felt overproduced and soulless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, ThatTCGuy said: WWE signed a guy who made his name elsewhere, didn't try to change or diminish anything about him and he felt like a big star as a result. There's a lesson Vince and Pritchard could take from this that I doubt they will. That’s a super small list for sure. AJ, Jericho, Rey Mysterio and going back further Randy Savage, Ric Flair. I’ll give them bonus points for actually rehabilitating Rey’s presentation after the end of WCW stuff. Maybe take away a point or two as a few months after debut Jericho was working Road Dogg and AJ lost clean to Jericho. They figured both out though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 The first half of the show felt like it could have been any event, but once Bianca Belair/Becky Lynch started and onward it was a hell of a show. Not that the matches before that were bad, they were just standard WWE fare. I thought Belair/Lynch and Seth/Cody were both ****+ matches, Charlotte/Rousey was a clusterfuck but still felt like a big deal anyway, and of course the Austin match was fun. Still, so many recaps and filler, that's the worst part about WWE's events and it makes them hard to watch live. At one point it felt like there was 15 minutes of filler to the point I couldn't even remember what the prior match was, just excessive. 100 minutes of in-ring action on a four hour event isn't my ideal ratio. And they had to cut a match. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Texas Southern entrance was AWESOME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, The Natural said: I like 1 and 3. 1 the most. 2 is too much. 2 is just WAYYYYY over the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_K Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Great promo package for Austin / Owens: some v nostalgic footage in there for Austin. Austin generally looking in incredible shape for someone away for 19 (??!!) years. That number is just nuts - where did the time go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 minute ago, StuntmanCrowley said: 2 is just WAYYYYY over the top. This. Too garish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Hell of a story with Cody Rhodes returning to WWE from AEW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartsauce Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 The Iron Shiek has another 13 hours to make it to the ring. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciej Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Cristobal said: This show was good and I was pondering why, given what unwatchable dreck their TV shows have been leading up to this, and I'm thinking it's because I haven't been watching those shows. Instead of weeks and months of terrible scripted promos, nonsensical BS angles, and the same people wrestling each other seventeen times on the "Road to Wrestlemania", I just dropped in to watch the wrestlers wrestle matches and it turns out WWE's roster is by and large pretty good at that. I felt similarly by the end, though tuning in for the last 15 minutes of the pre-show (followed by McAfee on the announce table) I was scared that barely watching any of their TV since the Rumble had worn down my immunity to their presentation so much that I wouldn’t be able to stand it for the whole show. And jesus fucking christ, the video packages; the match previews for night 2 are long enough, you’re also throwing in random packages for individual wrestlers (some of whom, for example, you have in a 4-team scramble tomorrow)?? That said, the last 4 matches were a good time (the Cody/Seth match isn’t exactly my cup of tea as a match, but obvi a fun moment). Happy to see most folks here don’t hate the Charlotte/Rousey match, as I was kinda getting that vibe off Twitter yesterday. Aside from the weird do-si-do before the tornado flatliner (?) and the miss on the Andrade moonsault spot I thought this was firmly on the side of looking cool because it doesn’t look every other wrestling match (as opposed to looking bad because one of them’s not a real wrestler or whatever). Not actually sure which one of the two title matches I preferred, though obviously Bianca/Becky leaves a bit of a better aftertaste considering its more satisfying finish (though the Charlotte kick was a hell of a kick). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I went to bed five minutes into Cody vs Seth. Overall I was bored watching Mania night one, and would say this week’s Dynamite was a better show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, AxB said: I went to bed five minutes into Cody vs Seth. Overall I was bored watching Mania night one, and would say this week’s Dynamite was a better show. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Poor Cookie Monster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krone Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Really enjoyed the show and seeing Cody in WWE was quite something else. But as others have eluded to, I think his whole presentation just fits better within the WWE Universe - however even in saying that - it IS really weird to see THE GUY who essentially helped spearhead AEW rising from the floor like an episode of Dynamite. That being said, I LOVED that they kept his presentation, music, even the entrance the same. It sucks too, because I see that stuff and think to myself "Hmm, maybe WWE does have a good idea of what they're doing" and then I realize in 6-12 months he could be going by "Code" and being a small snack for the head of the table. Regardless, Cody got the fans admiration that he wanted. I will say, I do think the WWE fans "appreciate" Cody more than the AEW fans did, so maybe this is the right place for him to be.... until Vince wants to turn him heel Logan Paul impressed me in the ring and it feels like every year at Mania now we have a celebrity stepping through the ropes and just doing some good shit. Back to back years Miz gets trusted with helping a celebrity through a match and proves why he is such a savvy veteran. Don't care about a storyline between the two if it turns Logan Paul face, but I'm thinking (and hoping) that was a Miz face turn. Face Miz would be wayyyyy more sufferable than face Logan Paul (I also caught Jake sitting behind Corey Graves front row for the match. How long til he joins the fray). Really gutted for Boogs getting hurt in a primetime spot at WrestleMania, hope he gets better soon. Lots of charisma in him. Stone Cold did about as well as I could've ever imagined a 57 year old Austin doing. Seeing him go out there made me wonder if we were robbed of a potentially good Austin/Punk match about 11 years ago. He would've been 46 at the time - and if that was current day I think we'd all be thinking he could make a little comeback. It's kind of sad to look back in retrospect and realize that he retired at the age of 37... That's not exactly young, but by no means is it OLD in the industry today. I mean for comparison, Roman and Cody are both 36 right now. AJ is 44. Last night really made me wonder "damn, if only time could've been frozen for 10 years, I think Austin could've had a little run". How long until Drew McIntyre gets charged for attempted murder? This is like the third person he's tried to cut with his sword. Is his new gimmick Wally Yamaguchi? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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