This is Cody's non-kayfabe Twitter account, btw. That sucks. He was seriously misused
Cody Rhodes has issued a statement on his WWE release. Rhodes stated yesterday that he asked for his release from the company, which was granted today. You can check out his statement from Twitter below. Rhodes says that he was creatively frustrated and begged the WWE to let him abandon the Stardust character.
Rhodes also took shots at WWE creative, saying one of the heads of creative was 'busy hitting on developmental divas,' and the other was pretending to be Brian Gewirtz
Repped. The fact that every gimmick he's had saw him go all in and add make them his own and present them with a refreshing amount of depth also showed that with proper booking, he was definitely worthy of the upper mid-card, if not the main event picture.Don't blame him one bit. His story with Gold Dust in late Fall 2013 had serious potential, completely squandered by creative. Guy has way too much talent to be warming the bench, would love to see what he can do in Japan or LU.
I agree with you 100%. Cody was given crap material and made it gold IMO. I hope he finds somewhere to be happy, going to be a loss for WWE.Add another one to the list of extremely talented but terribly misused talent. Shameful.
Why did you leave HHH out of this...:austin3It's very, very subtle and slow but there is a growing ripple as it pertains to how this company books and treats the talent that aren't Cena, Taker, Reigns and to a lesser extent, Orton. Ryback raised eyebrows but a Rhodes coming out so disgruntled will raise even more. How much longer until talent begins outright revolting, because the snowball effect is well under way.
There is clearly fractured morale in that locker room. You see, it always begins with a ripple. A little stone cast away into the pond. That first ripple was triggered by CM Punk. Him walking and "telling all " was the beginning of the shift. Was he the first to ever leave prematurely and on bad terms with the company? No, but there was something different about it. These performers can pretend that they're all buddies and happy to be there, but it's becoming increasingly evident that Vince, Stephanie and creative are absolutely demoralizing their talent.
- How many men and women have gotten over and grabbed that elusive , metaphorical brass ring only to have their hand smacked away and banished into purgatory for daring to get over? I'm not a CM Punk fan by any means, but why is that he was more over than Roman Reigns has ever been in his life and yet he couldn't buy his way into a WM main event while Anoai just worked his second?
- How many guys have been INTENTIONALLY sabotaged at the peak of their popularity and forced into embarrassing, nonsensical angles solely utilized to cut them off at the knees and stall any support they may have been receiving?
- Why is it that Becky Lynch improved leaps and bounds and was arguably the most improved performer on either roster (male & female) and yet she was only inserted into the match at WM to eat the pin and has subsequently been stalled completely and used as enhancement talent for women like Dana Brooke, whose biggest claim to justify her going over is the fact she has huge tits, "potential," and "a good look." ??
- Why are the likes of Darren Young and Epico/Prmo still here being afforded "repacking" after repackaging and yet talent that fans actually cared enough about to openly embraced are either written off television or wished well on their future endeavors?
Talent aren't rewarded for getting over, they're outright stifled and often, punished. (Hey, Sandow!) Let's not forget, Cody somehow managed to get Stardust over. They did NOTHING with it. Fans wrote the storyline out for them every time they chanted "Cody" to Stardust. They did NOTHING with it.
Oh, sorry. That's not totally true.
They paired him with The Ascension! :lol My bad.
- How must it feel to scratch and claw in order to get a shot at a better spot in the roster, and yet even when you do great, it doesn't really matter. Even worse, the guy you outperform each and every night is gifted opportunity after opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to accomplish in 26 months what you had to attempt to do in 2, which is get over.
This is not the end. There is a snowball effect slowly but surely gaining momentum. You combine disgruntled talent with decreasing ratings and attendance, and this can't continue. There has to be a culture shift backstage and in the board room. As arrogant and maldaptive as this company is, they'd be wise to suck up their pride and look past the present into the future. Be proactive and not reactive, because if they continue at this rate, by the time they realize the snowball has triggered an avalanche and they go to react, it's going to be entirely too late.
I actually think he'd be very well used in LU. His various characters that he has played in WWE would fit well in LU's comic book like environment. Plus, he'd be one of the few guys on their roster who could do a really good promo in EnglishInB4 fake he could've been a star outrage
He'll be in TNA or LU were people will pretend to care for him for a few weeks shortly.
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Good? Been useless? So because Vince decided to make him a jobber, it's his fault he's been a joke? What sense does that make?Good.
He's been useless for 4 years now. 3 if you give him the benefit of the doubt with the Goldust team. Hopefully he finds happiness in whatever he does.
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