Within 3 months cody title run will get stale and the crowd will turn on him
Do you think this is the fault of drew injuring punk?It’s true he is overrated and annoying but they still executed this horribly
Both can be true
Exactly. Fans are pissed because WWE essentially told them they wasted their time for the last year plus on this Cody storyline. They held off on crowning him last year and have been in a holding pattern for a year until it could come back around to Mania to get to the conclusion. Now they're totally scrapping that idea and even managed to make Cody look like a dweeb in the process.The Rock vs Roman Reigns is fine but by doing this they've shown that they don't care about consistency with their weekly shows and stories and are willing to throw that aside for the instant gratification of a dream match.
If Rhodes vs Reigns having a rematch wasn't what they were building to for the last year, then by all means go with Rock vs Reigns.
Rock vs Reigns does nothing for WWE long term though, once WrestleMania is over you're left right back at square one. It doesn't impact the business positively.
It would appear that WWE wants everyone to believe that the reason they are doing this, is to make Cody an even bigger babyface than he already is. Sorry, I'm not buying that.I'm a Cody fan and that's a weird thing for me to say because I barely watch wrestling now and haven't really been a fan of an actual wrestler for a long, long time. I was pulling for Cody because his story is actually well written, he works exceptionally well as a face and is the only true white meat that fans have gotten behind in a long long time...for those of you who are barely 20 years of age, the last time a white meat baby face was this over was about 10 years ago...but that was for a much shorter period if time.
So with all that, I'm gutted for Cody, I'm gutted for story-telling and ultimately, this is the ultimate way to kill a wrestlers push. First it was ridiculous Rollins begging a challenger for a match and then it was Cody just saying "meh, hey Rocky, I'll give you my Rumble win".
Was there any way this could have been salvaged? Yeah sure, have one of either The Rock or Cody turn heel, have a triple threat match or you know...have Rock work more than one date a year an actually win the Rumble. Why the WWE didn't go with any of that but went with this nonsense instead is going to cause a backlash...whcih we're seeing now.
Obviously it won't be as bad as the go-away heat of Batista, Orton and Cena, because Rock has genuine fans and they will be more than happy to see rock v Reigns but it wont be as hot as the reaction of Cody v Reigns last year and ultimately the WWE have pushed themselves into a most ridiculous situation, mainly: ROMAN WINS AGAIN LOL