The Wrestling Discussion Thread

[RedwoodOriginal]

But we care enough to comment about the internet response:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982120279347544503

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We only care about the internet as long as it suits our narrative.

Not when we are selling out Yeet t-shirts.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

I have never regarded Cody as a great creative mind because I have seen some of his genius ideas in action in AEW, where he had full creative control most of the time. But then again, he isn't supposed to be a creative genius. He is a wrestler - his job is to go out there and cut good promos that make people interested in seeing him defend his belt. It's the booker's job to come up with compelling feuds for the top guy. Roman was lucky because he had Paul Heyman by his side, who is a creative genius. And I personally believe that Heyman is the glue that made Bloodline storyline stick; both on-screen and off-screen. Roman also had Vince booking for a large portion of that run, and even a senile old Vince had more instincts in his pinky than Triple H does in his entire body. Roman is not perfect either, he has his flaws as a wrestler and an on-screen personality, but he had the right people with him, and everything came together perfectly to give us that GOAT run. Cody is not so lucky.

I think Roman isn't given enough credit for his input. Before Sami was included in the bloodline, it had started to get stale and it was Roman who specifically asked for him to be included. And Roman elevated so many guys. He is not a perfect wrestler but he is definitely a level above Cody IMO.
Cody is good. The booking is awful.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

I didn't but I'll deffo check it out. I follow his stuff, even if it's just clips of his promos on YouTube. Yeah, there are alot of parallels between Ricky and early Rock. Right around the time joined the Nation of Domination

The difference is Ricky is 35 atm, while Dwayne had left prowrestling at 32. He had an incredible quick rise and peak. A wrestlemania main eventer at 26 years.
Of the current batch, only Okada has been the one to have hit his peak in his 20s