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ivy, that link puts it a lot better than I ever could. im still recoiling in horror. could you imagine hogan at wm3, or warrior at wm6, shawn at wm12, STEVE AUSTIN AND TYSON AT 14 etc. etc. having to cut off celebrations to bring Vince out and make it all about him? It would have been instant death.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 18:38 (two months ago) link
agreed, feel like Cody self-sabotaged everything great he'd done for AEW, and then just trots on back for an undeserved title run that more of the talent that actually stayed with WWE and didn't bail ship earned. like... does Andrade think he's going to be getting this treatment in the near future?
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 18:42 (two months ago) link
Cody bailing on WWE is certainly ... one take on it.
I think Cody may have gone a bit off script with calling our Pritchard and HHH the way he did. A lot of this "new era" stuff is a form of rebranding to distance themselves from the Vince lawsuits. But that's not really the point I want to make.
The writer of the piece ivy linked to fundamentally doesn't understand pro wrestling, he's conflating gimmicks with characters. A gimmick is an idea on paper, people buy tickets to wrestling shows to see characters in action. Once the character gets over (I'm not a big Cody fan but there's no denying that he's the biggest star in the company now) then nitpicking the gimmick on paper is pointless and obtuse.
On paper, Cody's gimmick might have contradictions but he just drew $35M in two nights, and fans clearly wanted him in the main event instead of the Rock. Whatever he's doing is working, that's a fact. Whether the gimmick makes sense or not (working class hero turned self-made millionaire who cries about his mom and dad on TV every week) is irrelevant now. Similarly, it made no sense that Shawn Michaels danced to "Sexy Boy" when everyone knew he was a born again Christian, and it makes no sense that Undertaker can still get away with doing spooky magic when kayfabe died decades ago. The gimmick is just an idea, the person gets the character over playing the gimmick, and once people are willing to pay money to see the character wrestle, then the game is won.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
two months pass...