There is currently a line a quarter-mile long to meet Cody Rhodes, the undisputed WWE champion, at a random grocery store in Kentucky.
There is currently a line a quarter-mile long to meet Cody Rhodes, the undisputed WWE champion, at a random grocery store in Kentucky.
when are attitude era boomers gonna realize that they lost
nah you zoomers and your gay cosplay wrestling lost
Times change, old man.
Things don't stay the same forever, gain acceptance.
DOESN'T COUNT
ATTITUDE ERA BEST
Tony Khan and the AEW fanbase could have had this but they pushed Cody away
Cody needed to be reigned in but Tony doesn't have control over his locker room.
How the FRICK did AEW fumble him?
He was a metaheel
Is this REAL?
When was the last time something like this occurred? Austin? Hogan?
i can say with absolute certainty that cena drew bigger crowds than this for meet and greet events on a regular basis
>in the last 20 years Cody is second only to Cena
Kek base
YJG
That's still quite impressive, it's been almost a decade since Cena stopped being THE GUY so Cody is not doing bad at all, certainly mogging Roman at least.
Sasha Banks, all the time
What the frick an actual unrelenting draw
when we say you just gotta, its not a request - its mandatory
What a draw, the Codemeister wins again
what the frick else is there to do or see in kentucky
Based. Love the Codeman, American Nightmare, baby. How did AEW manage to frick this guy up, is Tony Khan the worst booker ever?
the worst people manager ever
Cody couldnt hang in AEW, his fake good guy shit wasnt working and fans rejected him. Hes perfect for WWEs moron audience
Too many fat smarks wanted him to be heel cheering for the heel is the easiest way for them to feel smart
>I know we’re supposed to boo you but I know how good of a job you’re actually doing
>Cody promoting his vodka to children
Ya just GOTTA
drink it. now.
holy fricking shit
Tony Khan let this guy walk. is he the worst booker ever?
>Tony Khan let this guy walk. is he the worst booker ever?
It was either let Cody go or re-sign Brandi and Cody together and make her an onscreen talent.
I would have let him go too if I were Tony with that kind of ultimatum.
>Cody Rhodes draws more than our current president
kek what a senile old b***h
Trump will loose
Hogwheels having an early meltdown
YA JUST GOTTA
Do these people not have jobs?
piggiEs are unemployable, most are sex offenders
>Do these people not have jobs?
>Kentucky
When they told their bosses Cody was in town and that they wanted to meet him, their bosses told them You Just Gotta
Can confirm. I was nervous to tell my boss, but I eventually mustered the courage and asked if i could leave early to see Cody Rhodes. My boss just shouted “WHY DIDNT YOU SAY SO! GO ANON!! GO!! Ya gotta love the codester ya just gotta!!”
He even went with me and my co workers to see the codester
>in Kentucky
Really kind of says it all
you gotta love the Codester. You just GOTTA
Newport, Kentucky
Population: 13,901 (2022)
That’s like 6 dynamites
you just gotta
How the frick did Tony fumble this guy so hard?
Cody fumbled himself
to be fair, can you tell me literally anything else someone could be doing in the entire state of kentucky? Its like when the packers brag about how they sell out every home game.
Someone has to explain this to me. He doesn't have a look, he looks like a regular dude, his matches are not that exciting compared to other main event dudes on the roster, his promos kind of suck, he's not big like an attraction, he seems like a nice guy but so does everyone else. What the frick does he have that's making him so popular?
>he looks like a regular dude
He did but the dying of the hair and the giant neck tattoo has helped him unironically
ya just gotta
> He doesn't have a look, he looks like a regular dude
>Bleached hair and a giant neck tattoo while dressed like an alternative world Homelander
homie what
ya just gotta
You wouldn’t get it
You just described Austin like a boomer in the 90s.
>Austin's promos sucked
>Austin didn't have a look
Kys zoomer. He weighs 100 lbs more than Cody. If you think Austin looks like a regular dude you must live in a homosexual gay bar.
i like him bc he got roman out of the picture and hes got a hot black b***h
It's the kids in the WWE audience, man.
If you think of it along those lines, everything falls into place and makes sense.
AEW basically has no kid fans, almost entirely jaded adults who rejected Cody's babyface gimmick entirely. But that sort of gimmick is exactly what kids love.
I'm happy for the Codester, he found the right place for himself finally. And luckily, they were smart enough to keep his presentation. The latter is probably one of the best booking moves in decades in retrospect. They could've repackaged him and ruined him entirely.
In a world without heros, he pretends to be one. And the people buy it because what else is there.
It's the Superman logic bug: boy scout characters got stale and the public wanted edgy anti heroes, but now edgy anti heroes are the norm and people actually need a boy scout good guy to be the contrast.
Nice guy. Good story telling. Rebuilt himself from Stardust to The American Nightmare on the indies. Started AEW as an anti WWE promotion then went back to WWE. Good build. Compelling story with Roman and Rock. Everything I am saying is subjective. If you don't like the guy, it's fine but the main event at Mania 40 is the biggest match in like a decade and will be hard to top for a long time.
People love to say he was a midcarder but thats arguably why the general audience likes him. People love when a guy climbs to the main event scene especially with a story like his
Presentation-wise, he's a perfect PR spokesperson great for WWE as a company and despite his promos being meh, people know Cody is a good guy. Everyone else in the business is a throw up whether they're good-hearted, Cody has pretty much proven it, he's never really got upset at anyone (except Disco Inferno) and even then that was more or less defending the employees in his own company.
History-wise, he's got a ton of it. He's had feuds with current WWE talent back from 10 or less years ago before he was fired. He works into a ton of NXT-original talent because of his dad, he works because his family never won the world title. He has a title chase that originates from a life-long journey that people can genuinely follow and you don't need to step outside of WWE to see the beginning of a decent chunk of it.
He's got numerous relationships with all different kinds of talent in WWE, whether that's general managers he would've had a good relationship due to his family name and his dad, whether that was wrestlers who also would respect him due to his father and family overall while also being a talent that earned his place (both going through developmental, main roster, getting fired, going to the indies and then coming back). Cody's probably liked by everyone in the Locker Room, he's done independents like guys such as Kevin Ownes and Zayn has done, he's proven he can be a decently important name on the independents like AJ was. He can work with anyone.
The important thing about wrestling is that you can present a talent to be more important than they actually are if you book them right and lean on the right strengths. They did this with Goldberg. Cody is easier to lean on, he's respected by a number of people. Booking-wise, no one will go into the business for themselves over in. You don't need to really worry him presenting himself incorrectly in public because he's good at PR. He's tried his own booking and knows what didn't work and what did.
Unironically, ya just gotta
He's a A player in an ocean of C+ and B, to put it in perspective 20 years ago Cody would have been in the high midcard with some stunts in the main event for triple treats, 4 way and the like but never alone or as the champ, but now the talent pool is so bad it makes him look like an S tier.
>Outdraws Colonel Sanders in his own hometown
YA JUST GOTTA
Emm, Porkwheelsxirs? our response?
tony should send AEW wrestlers to promote the next dynamite
Those morons know they aren't meeting him right? probably only the first 50 people will.
>b..b..but he isn’t a draw
>2 more weeks!
HAHAHAHAHAHA. I love proving Cody haters wrong. You just GOTTA!
Day of the E-Drones
Imagine being a grown ass man waiting in a line like that just to meet another grown ass man
Fricking losers
Why do the morons have all the money
GOTTA LOVE THE CODESTER YA JUST GOTTA!!
I was in line. Pretty cool day tbh. We were all shouting 'whooooaaaa' for hours and everyone had spare dude wipes. Met a good bunch of people.
Is that Harvey Weinstein on the left?
Is a Kroger's really the best place for a meet and greet in Kentucky? Is this truly what fly over states are like?
The true protagonist of professional wrestling. Ya gotta love the Codester, ya just gotta!
local anon here
what you morons dont realize is newport is touching cincinatti oh, and only an hour away from lexington/louisville
its a great location to draw fans from all directions, like an eclipse
why they chose a fricking kroger, i have no idea
Imagine the line if Roman had a meet and greet in India
Imagine the TRAIL if Roman had a meet and greet in India
It would be like the Trail of Tears
10,000 indians would starve/shit themselves to death in the line
jeets would probably turn the place where Roman sat down for the meet and greet into a holy place and fight a civil war over it 6 years down the line