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  1. https://youtu.be/9cP4xQKhPtI?feature=shared&t=971 Randomly just watched this moment. Haha.
  2. The Randy Orton cocktail. Yeah, they obviously hinted at distrust with Rock/Roman but if they want to do parallel storylines, they could easily do it with Cody/Seth as well with their history and Seth's Authority background/untrustworthy history. Sets up potential matches with them in the long run too if they go with Cody winning. Unless they are setting up some out of left field surprise Seth turn at Mania, they probably should at least hint at some tension between the those two too in the buildup to Mania.
  3. The Black Adams shots might be worth mentioning since it's so recent (Hurricane pretty much did what you guys are talking about with the Scorpion King shots and it worked well), but I think Cody is the better option to deliver it rather than the other dude with a Sharknado sequel and Armed Response 2017 on his resume. Or maybe that's just plays into the back and forth. I do like the idea of this new heel Rock going to city to city and finding verified awful facts about whatever town they are in for next couple of weeks. I think Smackdown is in Dallas. Layup on the nightlight scene there.
  4. Slight chance that "Fuck your story" becomes a 2024 motto/chant.
  5. I think Austin in 1998-20001 could have played Connor McGregor's role in the Road House reboot but yeah, I agree with your point that the roles he might excel in are in less mainstream movies now.
  6. It's fine not to like his movies, which him and his team likely picked more based on an algorithm for mainstream popularity than quality (see: Will Smith's 90s blockbuster strategy) or even the man himself, but is there really a debate on whether The Rock, of all wrestlers, has been successful outside of wrestling? I think Austin has found a nice niche for himself with the wrestling podcast/beer/and playing himself in various television roles now, but like it or not, the "they haven't been more successful than their wrestling character" description far more fits with Hogan and Austin than the Rock. Hogan is an example of it being bad thing and I think Austin might have found a sweet spot for now.
  7. In ring-wise, I can agree with this statement, but even if they do not do a one on one with those two at Mania this year, Roman/Rock will still get them a lot press even if the match is awful and/or if they do at another PPV, if the Rock really wants to do it.
  8. It doesn't matter if this was the original plan or not, that was pulled off surprisingly well outside of making Seth look like an afterthought at the end. Fans though they knew exactly where this was headed, but honestly, we're all still guessing at this point, which is a good thing at the moment. I said in the last thread that going the heel route with the Rock here would be a fun way to go because the "Cody is getting hosed" movement is easy to make fun of, and even kayfabe wise has holes in it, but I didn't think The Rock and his team would be go for it. It still looks like shades of gray for now but the slap was definitely not a "good guy" move. I don't think the Rock was thrown off by the crowd reaction since it was obvious it was going this way beforehand, which is why he was shit talking on Pat's show. I actually was surprise it wasn't louder from the Cody contingent there for most of it until Rock made the definitive heel move with the slap to Cody. They might manufacture the "good man is being held down by the Powers That Be" audience support level for Cody, but it ain't getting to Daniel Bryan levels....at least not yet. We'll see.
  9. He won't do it because his team and himself are too worry about his image these days, but the Rock embracing the heel role (if they make it a three way) and trashing this lame "Poor Cody" movement would be a fun way to go here. So many ways you could go with it.
  10. Looking at it cold, I obviously don't know if they are going to Rock vs Roman instead Cody vs Roman, but if they do, I would have less of issue with it if they booked it better. I definitely get why they want to do it, especially with the Vince news hanging out there for awhile. However, if you going to do it, why would you have Cody win the Rumble again? The Punk injury probably ruined plans, but if Cody now has to step aside after winning the Rumble, it's just weird way to go about it even if they do a Cody vs Roman afterwards. There were better ways to go about it, and Rock Vs Roman doesn't need the title in the background of it either. I'm not invested in this as use to be so maybe that why I don't think Cody is getting a big raw end of deal as others seem to do (won 2 rumbles in a row, main eventing a few WrestleManias,now, could probably parlay this part timer takes my "spot" movement into becoming some type of "People's Champ" coincidentally with the audience, and he'll eventually get a title run barring something weird happening....not bad for an AEW original). Honestly they should just let him win last year anyway. People arguing that this was grand plan for him last year should have known things can always change and I don't know if him losing actually improve the story between the two anyway. It does make me think if a WrestleMania rematch (meaning ones that happen in consecutive Manias) has ever been as successful as the first feud/match.
  11. Oh, just seeing this now. I would have messed up on Oppenheimer box office. Barbie deserves some credit for its success, imo.
  12. https://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/1642883760696770562 Interpret that as you like...
  13. You're a writer from the LOST tv series. Admit it. Caught you. Tell Lindelof, I'll never forgive him.
  14. The next time they get rid of a performer due to character issues or whatever puts them in a bad light, I can't wait to see PR jargon if they actually comment on the release. Especially if it's in the, " World Wrestling Entertainment employees/individuals to high standards" tone. See: the statement they released after they fired Hogan in 2015. Parody.
  15. Paragraph worth of settlements. And only the ones we know about. WWE can't comment on character issues. Remember.
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