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Post by TWJT on Mar 29, 2022 11:53:51 GMT -5
…unhappy WWE talent beginning to think of jumping to AEW after their release, and opening up communication with AEW in their last months in WWE?
I wasn’t quite sure where to put this, if it needs to be moved to WWE I totally understand.
As we’ve seen in the last couple years, especially last several months, underutilized talent we hear about “hanging out in catering” in their last WWE months have made a habit of jumping to AEW after being released and becoming respected, highly-pushed superstars. Ruby Riott, Keith Lee, Buddy Matthews, Aleister Black, the list goes on.
Enter Cody Rhodes. The co-founder of AEW, who has now re-signed with WWE.
My question…what will come of Cody Rhodes being backstage, right there next to talent in their last few months in WWE? He’ll be communicating and interacting with these talents as they probably begin to make calls to make the jump either right after being released or after their no-compete clauses end. Do you think he’ll find ways to tell them the jump is a good decision? Will he be a low-key advocate for AEW in some sort of way, especially for talent he knows isn’t being used right? Will he not communicate at all with these talents about AEW, or their future in general, preferring to not upset the WWE apple cart? Or will he have some bitterness toward Tony, and maybe try to convince these talents to try either New Japan, Impact, or the other indies instead?
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Mar 29, 2022 13:06:11 GMT -5
I think you're thinking way too much about this.
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Post by rkmo: 10 Month Notice on Mar 29, 2022 13:32:25 GMT -5
There were rumors he wasn't very open backstage in AEW. Proof lies where he could have heard firsthand from many acquired talents how WWE is now compared to when he left in 2016. And he still chose it, for whatever reasons ($, Tony's disrespect, $, rectifying the wrongs from his first run, $, etc.)
I'm sure he will focus himself on his duties directly in front of him. Not be some mole advocating for this or that or the other.
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Post by sonstuds on Mar 29, 2022 15:03:47 GMT -5
Have to imagine it'll make no difference whatsoever. If you're someone who doesn't get on TV (which, let's be fair, can be just as much of an issue in AEW depending on who you are) and your contract is coming up I can only assume you're already exploring the possibility of signing with AEW. That, plus everyone being their own individual and having their own needs and wants, your current level of happiness, and the contract the WWE is offering you is going to have far more impact on your decision than the presence of Cody or whatever his opinion is.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Mar 29, 2022 22:45:40 GMT -5
…nothing
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Apr 5, 2022 3:46:56 GMT -5
Out the curtain lights go up I'm home
Key word is "home". I doubt he even cares anymore, like he said last night, he left them in the dust. I personally hope he tries to dissuade anyone from going there. I also anticipate big bro crawling back at some point.
Also, "highly pushed superstars"...Ruby is doing nothing different to what she was doing before... When was the last time she was even on tv?
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Post by hitmancmedge on Apr 5, 2022 8:21:58 GMT -5
Out the curtain lights go up I'm home Key word is "home". I doubt he even cares anymore, like he said last night, he left them in the dust. I personally hope he tries to dissuade anyone from going there. I also anticipate big bro crawling back at some point. Also, "highly pushed superstars"...Ruby is doing nothing different to what she was doing before... When was the last time she was even on tv? He actually did the media rounds and I saw in an interview that he talked to some guys, and he even quote said “you can probably figure out which ones” and told them they need to prepare themselves for the wwe schedule and try to get there cause they can be on top of the card there and make more money than they ever could here. I assume he means MJF and Wardlow.
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Post by rkmo: 10 Month Notice on Apr 5, 2022 8:41:24 GMT -5
So he's a liar then?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2022 9:36:57 GMT -5
I mean, yeah, but we already knew that lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2022 9:41:29 GMT -5
It'll probably mean mjf more likely jumps, but that's it.
Damn near everyone in either company has friends in both locker rooms, it's not like Cody being in that locker room suddenly changed the game in terms of hearing what things are like in each company.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Apr 5, 2022 9:45:07 GMT -5
It'll probably mean mjf more likely jumps, but that's it. Damn near everyone in either company has friends in both locker rooms, it's not like Cody being in that locker room suddenly changed the game in terms of hearing what things are like in each company. Yea I agree it’s most likely MJF and Wardlow. MJF has been a wwe fan since he was little. He has pics with all those top guys. He has made it very clear that he isn’t gonna sign with AEW til he is free and can talk to them. Wardlow I do see as a guy who would mean a lot more to WWE and that marketing freight train than he would in AEW. AEW really doesn’t put those big hosses in those big positions like wwe traditionally does.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2022 9:58:06 GMT -5
It'll probably mean mjf more likely jumps, but that's it. Damn near everyone in either company has friends in both locker rooms, it's not like Cody being in that locker room suddenly changed the game in terms of hearing what things are like in each company. Yea I agree it’s most likely MJF and Wardlow. MJF has been a wwe fan since he was little. He has pics with all those top guys. He has made it very clear that he isn’t gonna sign with AEW til he is free and can talk to them. Wardlow I do see as a guy who would mean a lot more to WWE and that marketing freight train than he would in AEW. AEW really doesn’t put those big hosses in those big positions like wwe traditionally does. I don't think Wardlow ever leaves aew. Tony has been getting Wardlow ready to be aew champion for years now, and that plan hasn't changed. Wardlow also has a really very negative view of WWE after his tryout experience there. He's said on record already he has no desire to be anywhere else than aew. Yeah that could change, but he's been set up as one of the biggest stars here since day one really. It's a slow burn of course, but a successful one that's leading to him being on the same level as Kenny, Mox, Page, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2022 10:30:42 GMT -5
I just heard the quote with him talking about the schedule etc. He did say he was expecting them to ask him, not the other way around.
But it was clearly a 'work' interview. He talked about not taking shots at the competition (which he was the figure head for in aew. Like he was the guy who wanted the trash talking war), then took subtle shots at aew for five minutes straight. This was not a shoot interview lol. It was a really good work interview, these types of interviews are where he shines. But it still leaves me needing heel Cody, because face Cody is not nearly as good.
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Post by kinnikuman on Apr 5, 2022 10:48:20 GMT -5
He'll most liekly tell people to jump over to AEW after he's forced into programs with Miz, Ezekiel, Omos, and Sheamus.
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Post by sonstuds on Apr 5, 2022 10:51:01 GMT -5
It'll probably mean mjf more likely jumps, but that's it. Damn near everyone in either company has friends in both locker rooms, it's not like Cody being in that locker room suddenly changed the game in terms of hearing what things are like in each company. Exactly. Like okay, maybe they have Cody trying to persuade them to go to the WWE. They'll probably looking at a different take if they ask Punk, FTR, Moxley, Andrade, Pac, Hardy, etc They're ultimately gonna do what they want to do. That was always gonna be the case when you have two viable options.
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Post by k5 on Apr 5, 2022 11:28:11 GMT -5
i don't see cody's honeymoon period in wwe lasting long, and he'll probably be discontent again within a few years time. but we'll see!
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Post by kinnikuman on Apr 5, 2022 16:21:55 GMT -5
i don't see cody's honeymoon period in wwe lasting long, and he'll probably be discontent again within a few month's time. but we'll see! Fixed.
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Post by drgreenevil on Apr 5, 2022 19:53:31 GMT -5
I have such conflicted thought on Cody Rhodes and this situation...
On the one hand: The WWE did misuse him during his last tenure. He had the makings to be Champion, but they saddled him with all these goofy gimmicks. Even, though, Stardust was great. He had legit grievances.
So he leaves. Then becomes part of the foundation of AEW. Starts discussing how WWE is the worst. How they held him back. Taking shots at Triple H. Which I find funny because many would argue its not him who is the enemy. Its actually McMahon.
But then in the company he helped form, he starts becoming ungrateful. Yet that is part his fault, he put himself in a lower position, taking himself out of the main event scene. That gracious move more or less cost him his spot in the roster. But once, his fault.
Now he is in WWE, the company he railed against for years, created a whole other company to compete against it. But as some people have already said: Does he really think things are going to go more his way, be better, this time around? How long until McMahon loses interest/favor towards him and he is back on the midcard? Does Cody really think that he will get any kind of championship win against Brock or Roman?
Cody Rhodes comes off as a hypocritical opportunist. And what happens in a few years when he isn't getting what he was promised in the WWE and sours again? Does he think AEW is going to have open arms for him?
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Post by cordless2016 on Apr 6, 2022 11:02:58 GMT -5
Probably means little in the grand scheme of things. Rumors were floating around over a year ago that Cody was having issues with Khan and the other EVPs. And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that Cody booked his own demise in AEW by refusing to work a program for the world title or turn heel (nobody told him to feud with Ogogo and QT over Kenny and Hangman). Cody essentially put a glass ceiling over his own head.
I don’t see Cody openly badmouthing AEW considering Khan has been professional on the AEW end. Let’s also not forget that Khan had an option to keep Cody another year and didn’t exercise it as he knew Cody wasn’t happy. If someone asks Cody about AEW, he’ll probably give pros and cons but I doubt it’ll sway anyone much about seriously wanting to leave the WWE.
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Post by cordless2016 on Apr 6, 2022 11:23:40 GMT -5
Out the curtain lights go up I'm home Key word is "home". I doubt he even cares anymore, like he said last night, he left them in the dust. I personally hope he tries to dissuade anyone from going there. I also anticipate big bro crawling back at some point. Also, "highly pushed superstars"...Ruby is doing nothing different to what she was doing before... When was the last time she was even on tv? He actually did the media rounds and I saw in an interview that he talked to some guys, and he even quote said “you can probably figure out which ones” and told them they need to prepare themselves for the wwe schedule and try to get there cause they can be on top of the card there and make more money than they ever could here. I assume he means MJF and Wardlow. No doubt he was referring to them, but unlike Cody who’s stock was at an all time low in AEW, MJF and Wardlow are future corner stones in AEW. I don’t see Khan refusing to match a WWE offer like he did for Cody who basically booked himself a ceiling in the midcard.
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