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The_Rob posted:Cody is the Jay z of wrestling. He’s a good wrestler who has some classic moments but ultimately is a fed who kept his ears close enough to the street that he could clout chase on different styles and ultimately became a parody of himself. so we're all in agreement he's a wrestler
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KungFu Grip posted:so we're all in agreement he's a wrestler no he's a sports entertainer
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Sandman from ECW posted:Is Sports Entertainment still a thing? Do they still say that? They've slowly been moving away from it since Vinnie the Rapist was ousted. I'm sure it's still used for corporate stuff or earnings calls or whatever, but certainly there isn't the ban on terms like "pro wrestling" on commentary like there used to be
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Is that the same Rey Tigre as the "B!!!!" lovely Tiger from the Bryan & Vinny show from years ago or was that a different, just as bad Rey Tigre?
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isn't the john cena alex riley story about john cena squashing riley's push and crushing any chance he had at getting back out of nxt after he got sent down because alex riley was telling that story to anyone that would listen after he got released then all the stories came out about riley being an absolute shithead to his coworkers, hotel staff, servers at restaurants etc I could be remembering wrong but that's what I recall happening Orange Carlisle fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Apr 8, 2024 |
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Before getting hooked with the Elite Cody's indie run was dire stuff and a joke.
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Cody's dream match list had Mike Bennett at the top of it when he was on the indies. Personally, Cody was always the least interesting of the Kenny/Bucks/NJPW rise during that period. Anyway,  https://x.com/maffewgregg/status/1777398113616990669?s=46
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I always pop for deadlock talking about Ken Anderson chewing gum like a freakin doofus, and knight is right up there with him
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CaptainApathyUK posted:They've slowly been moving away from it since Vinnie the Rapist was ousted. I'm sure it's still used for corporate stuff or earnings calls or whatever, but certainly there isn't the ban on terms like "pro wrestling" on commentary like there used to be Can't you even wear your championship belt like a, you know, belt now?
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Gumball Gumption posted:Before getting hooked with the Elite Cody's indie run was dire stuff and a joke. Yea I was kind of wondering if Cody would have had the same trajectory if he never joined Bullet Club
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Dawgstar posted:Can't you even wear your championship belt like a, you know, belt now? 
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Cavauro posted:i checked how he really landed because he flops perfectly face first right as he lands and people are seeming very "worked" by it. meanwhile here's the reality This guy just blocked out the sun 😔
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NienNunb posted:This guy just blocked out the sun 😔 Kaskuna
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Tweak posted:Yea I was kind of wondering if Cody would have had the same trajectory if he never joined Bullet Club Even the Bullet Club Cody stuff wasn't great in ring, it was the BTE Cody that really made him someone to follow, and even then it was his work in early AEW that really pushed him over the edge into the person WWE could capitalise on.
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All of that is true, but on the inside his run was very well-regarded from an optics standpoint. His showing up basically everywhere was getting a lot of eyes on the indies and he gained a lot of respect from other workers when he was training under Ricochet to figure out the independent style of the time. That's how it was in my circles, at least. His greatest strength was his carny ways of course but hey, they worked.
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:Cody genuinely did read the market and actually bolster it. He's not the only reason the indies and NJPW were hot in 2016-2018, but his influence and decision to leave WWE when he did and wrestle absolutely everywhere was extremely important. He's a carny and a liar (sometimes affectionate, sometimes not) and his sense for that is strong. Erin M. Fiasco posted:All of that is true, but on the inside his run was very well-regarded from an optics standpoint. His showing up basically everywhere was getting a lot of eyes on the indies and he gained a lot of respect from other workers when he was training under Ricochet to figure out the independent style of the time. That's how it was in my circles, at least. His greatest strength was his carny ways of course but hey, they worked. Yeah, I don't know if Cody was the first to do the "list of dream matches" thing but his tour of the indies (and NJPW) was a real highlight of the period. also it was him taking the dare that Meltzer put down re: a 10,000+ capacity show not put on by WWE that led to the first All In, and we all know where the history went from there. Lone Goat posted:no he's a sports entertainer I thought it was sports ennerdainer now 
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Having a mearly ok match with Okada means I'll never forget 3 star cody.
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Suplex Liberace posted:Having a mearly ok match with Okada means I'll never forget 3 star cody. Same but Sami Zayn
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Cody has continually backed himself and it has really paid off incredibly well, and good for him for doing so.
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Counter-argument: AJ. Left TNA when they lowballed him and went to NJPW when they needed an opponent for Okada. Hooked up with the Bucks/Bullet Club and really became the ones who introduced them to an American audience, which restored him in the eyes of wrestling fans who already thought highly of him. Didn't outstay his welcome in NJPW and went to WWE when they were doing the brand split again so they were taking it seriously. Cena was starting to wrap up and put people over and AJ was the first one in line so he got the most rub, and they needed an opponent for Roman and AJ was able to main event against him, which put him in the upper card scene for essentially his whole WWE tenure.
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not really a close call there. a portion of that is not market reading on aj's part and another portion is not from the last decade
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CaptainApathyUK posted:They've slowly been moving away from it since Vinnie the Rapist was ousted. I'm sure it's still used for corporate stuff or earnings calls or whatever, but certainly there isn't the ban on terms like "pro wrestling" on commentary like there used to be "I love pro wrestling!!" Michael Cole, WrestleMania Eggs El
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Fed co-opting the term pro wrestling and putting out unprecedented levels of dogshit, dragging down aew and every other promotion with heavy emphasis on pro wrestling by association. The cerebral assassin, Corporate Officer H.
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Jumping into a random thread to say thanks to whomever changed my avatar. I’ll take jumpscare Cody-head over rapist any day!
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Back to crime for Miyu.
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