3/21/2024 0 Comments Lvl up pro gaming keyboard![]() The Rock said he wanted to get Cody more over than Daniel Bryan was back in the day, and having two matches seems like a must in order to do that. Let’s say they just split it up and Cody wrestles twice. And is there even a Tag Match happening? Let’s look at the choices: Night One: Rock vs. It could still wind up being a Triple Threat, as mentioned last week, but it certainly feels like, with Seth now mixed up in the feud, this will all spread out over both nights. Roman.īut we know there will be more to it. Story-wise, The Rock is no longer facing Roman. Cody, again, pretending the SmackDown from weeks ago never happened, came out and officially declared Roman as his Rumble pick. Okay, now back to The Rock and all the shenaniganalia from the Vegas Kickoff - which is now the official starting point for the “Road,” by the way. The Rock said he was facing Roman. AEW’s failed so many outside acquisitions that it’s phenomenal when they get one right. It’s not the same as Bray Wyatt being so over as a monster that it took poor Seth Rollins years to morph back into something resembling a hero, but this is still an incredible accomplishment. And if Swerve, as a “cool” bad guy who people love, actually turned Adam Page, who’s basically if a Cat a Day Calendar was a wrestler, into a heel, well then… that ain’t nothing. You don’t purposefully grow that unless you’re a wrestling heel or you’ve been cordially invited to solve a murder at a wellness spa in the Swiss Alps. Sure, he refused to keep fighting Swerve after the draw, which is true villain behavior but… that stache, man. It doesn’t feel like it was just for that one match. So it may not be Swerve’s house just yet. Especially when it’s their first big title defense. Triple Threat matches usually go the way of the champ. Will Samoa Joe be just a transitional champion, allowing Strickland to win AEW’s top prize? Doubtful. All I’ll say right now is that Swerve Strickland deserves the world. They have a PPV coming up in a few weeks so I’ll try to preview some or all of Revolution in that week’s column. ![]() If it were me, I would have mentally froze. The “We Want Cody” chants were like diabolical beach balls to the face and so The Rock took the entire dance in a different direction. That they had two ways of proceeding and he needed to make that call right then and there. It looked like The Rock listened to the crowd chants in the moment. And the first big sign that everything was going ass over tea-kettle at the big Vegas presentation.Īnd even then nothing was set in stone. That was The Rock turning heel, or at least testing the heel waters, pre-Kickoff Event. That the match shifting was part of some grand design. When The Rock ripped on all us poors in classic Rocky style – saying “sit back, know your role, shut your mouth, and enjoy the ride The Rock is about to take you on” – he was insinuating that everything was coming up Rockhouse. Because that was really the one huge thing that made this a clumsy climb annnnnnd – yep! – it’s already been scrubbed from all Road to WrestleMania recap footage.Īnd I’m totally fine memory hole’ing that entire promo package but… and this is important… don’t let them trick you into thinking this was always the plan from the get-go. Oh, no no. Roman was on? Just Men-in-Black that s*** from your mind palace. That segment where Cody stepped aside? When The Rock got a big pop and Rock vs. Luke Hobbs and his cousin, Mateo.Īll the WWE asks of us, all they want, all they require in this topsy-turvy time of flux is for us, collectively, to forget the February 2 SmackDown ever happened. You just have to be able to pivot on a divot.Īnd so, yes, they were smart enough last week at the WrestleMania Kickoff Event in Vegas to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge around their missteps, setting up something absolutely fascinating for us as the alternative. ![]() I’m not a psychic in the least it’s just that the WWE tried a thing and it didn’t work. ![]() ![]() Then last week I was like “The Rock vs Roman is a bad idea” and now it’s also not happening. I just find more satisfaction than usual in this one since I was wrong for two weeks only for everything to circle back to my second Wrap Up, back where I asked “Who will face Seth Rollins in the main event?” I even insisted it was not going to be Cody. Sorry for ever telling y’all I didn’t care about that. ![]()
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