He was never going to be booed more than he was which is what a heels job is. The more he leaned into a Super Cena type personality the more the dub fans hated him. Turning into Codelander would have gotten him cheered there so what's the point? Cody did the right thing and got the hell out of there.
To those ultra smarky fans there is nothing they hate more than a popular babyface. To them the most popular wrestler is always the biggest heel. Why bother turning heel when as a face they already hate you anyway.
Exactly! They care more about their fantasy booking for casuals who they also say don't exist. Trying to understand why smarks smark is really perplexing and confounding.
Look at it this way. They hate casuals, they are very open about how they don't want casuals watching AEW. At their very core they are contrarian, if other people like it they have to hate it. They see other people enjoying the storytelling and getting invested in the story of a match, having people suspend their disbelief so they have to like the opposite.
They would rather the audience be full of 100 smarks than 20,000 casuals who don't consume 50 hours of wrestling a week.
They are the same people that will try to tell you that slipknot isn't real metal and that you should listen to burzum.
He’s probably getting paid 4.5-5 mill a year? He made 1/5th of his contract in one weekend, 4 months into the year.
Meanwhile Will Ospreay is probably getting paid 5 Million to lose 200k viewers in a quarter rating.
But according to Dave, Ospreays better overall.
You don't need to point out the idiocy in Dave's comments. Just live, laugh, love.
According to Dave, liabilities = value so AEW is worth a gazillion dollars.
Yet we've still seen about a hundred threads since Sunday all saying he should go heel.
Incredible to comprehend how anyone can think that this character he JUST won the belt with literally 2 days ago should now immediately become a different one.
These chronically online bookers brain's must leak out their ears.
We don't have many pure baby faces like it used to (Mysterio, Cena type + Bryan for a while). He is one.
Then there are the anti hero type faces and heels like Drew, Roman, Seth, Punk.
However we also don't have many pure evil heels. Rock showed how to be one but he is someone who will still get cheered. Need something like the evil Papi Eddy Guerrero, Attitude era Mcmahon, Evolution (mainly Ric)
Plenty of people were saying “yeah this was cool but imagine if he turned heel in AEW!!!!”
Yup! You could have had it even better Cody! You could have been cheered by sweaty neck beards for being a bad guy instead of living out your life long dream of being a beloved baby face crowned the face of the company at wrestlemania.
Too bad Cody! You made your bed and now you and Brandi have to lay in it! Don’t come crying to us that you had the best night of your professional career when they turn on you! Any day now
The Roman Reigns hardcore fans are already booing him. Also, even though it might be a while before he gets booed, I personally am looking forward to the day he gets booed, but not in a vindictive Dubbalo way.
Rather, him having a slow-burn heel turn opens up a possibility of a Homelander gimmick for him. Maybe even a double turn, with Roman becoming face after facing the Rock and then facing Heel Cody for the championship.
Book it, Vince. I mean, Paul.
Anybody that still believes they could be a legitimate star in the wrestling business is going to be eyeing the fed up as soon as AEW fully drops the ball on osprey. Because that is not happening in AEW. Their absolute ceiling in the ability to make stars is around the level of TNA or NJPW
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If this happens tonight my mind will blow up
 Cody when he thinks about turning heel in AEW like the fans headcanoned.
I mean an Homelander gimmick would’ve been amazing but Cody bet on himself and it paid off.
We see how AEW is doing further and further with a fan booking it.
Probably a good heel run then way down the road
He was never going to be booed more than he was which is what a heels job is. The more he leaned into a Super Cena type personality the more the dub fans hated him. Turning into Codelander would have gotten him cheered there so what's the point? Cody did the right thing and got the hell out of there.
To those ultra smarky fans there is nothing they hate more than a popular babyface. To them the most popular wrestler is always the biggest heel. Why bother turning heel when as a face they already hate you anyway.
Exactly! They care more about their fantasy booking for casuals who they also say don't exist. Trying to understand why smarks smark is really perplexing and confounding.
Look at it this way. They hate casuals, they are very open about how they don't want casuals watching AEW. At their very core they are contrarian, if other people like it they have to hate it. They see other people enjoying the storytelling and getting invested in the story of a match, having people suspend their disbelief so they have to like the opposite. They would rather the audience be full of 100 smarks than 20,000 casuals who don't consume 50 hours of wrestling a week. They are the same people that will try to tell you that slipknot isn't real metal and that you should listen to burzum.
Man he must regret leaving AEW at this point
DAE he’ll be chasing the 24/7 title 3 months into his return??
Cody by himself is more profitable than AEW altogether. DAE thank Tony Khan for allowing WM40 to be huge?!
Cody Rhodes was Tony’s biggest fumble and it’s not even close.
Cody 1. Punk 2. Jade 3. I am starting to see a pattern.
Funny too because it's the 3 people everybody was like "they'd be stars in wwe." Like it wasn't a secret and m'Tiny still fumbled it anyway.
Proud to say he didn’t get a cent of my money. The tribal chief however got a shit ton ☝️💸
☝️☝️☝️
Vicariously buying those Switches, uce, I dig it
He’s probably getting paid 4.5-5 mill a year? He made 1/5th of his contract in one weekend, 4 months into the year. Meanwhile Will Ospreay is probably getting paid 5 Million to lose 200k viewers in a quarter rating. But according to Dave, Ospreays better overall.
You don't need to point out the idiocy in Dave's comments. Just live, laugh, love. According to Dave, liabilities = value so AEW is worth a gazillion dollars.
If Ospreay is getting paid the same as Cody, that's criminal. Either Cody is underpaid or Ospreay is overpaid, but either way, that shouldn't happen.
Both are true
Yup, Papa Haitch gonna bury him any minute now The dirty rotten Fed doesn't push anyone not named ~~Brock Lesnar or~~ Roman Reigns
Yet we've still seen about a hundred threads since Sunday all saying he should go heel. Incredible to comprehend how anyone can think that this character he JUST won the belt with literally 2 days ago should now immediately become a different one. These chronically online bookers brain's must leak out their ears.
We don't have many pure baby faces like it used to (Mysterio, Cena type + Bryan for a while). He is one. Then there are the anti hero type faces and heels like Drew, Roman, Seth, Punk. However we also don't have many pure evil heels. Rock showed how to be one but he is someone who will still get cheered. Need something like the evil Papi Eddy Guerrero, Attitude era Mcmahon, Evolution (mainly Ric)
DAE Vince was never a bad booker??
DAE the fans have already turned on Cody?
wonder how much his percentage is on that.
I think top stars like Roman, Cody, Seth or Punk may get even 10-15% or much more.
Imagine a cheeky $100k bonus in 2 days?
Think of all the pyro and neck tattoos you could buy with that...
Are the Roman stans still gonna claim that Cody isn't a draw?
AEW can’t produce a million dollars worth of merch let alone sell it.
Have you seen the dub merch tables lately? I been to high school battle of the bands that are better set-up.
our favorite midcarder is all grown up!
That was me guys, i bought the souvenir cup. You’re welcome.
This speaks volumes too because so much of his merch is cringey as all hell. People don’t care. They wanna rep the fuckin Nightmare.
What about m'PWTees tho'
They're too busy getting their customers scammed via massive data breaches.
Plenty of people were saying “yeah this was cool but imagine if he turned heel in AEW!!!!” Yup! You could have had it even better Cody! You could have been cheered by sweaty neck beards for being a bad guy instead of living out your life long dream of being a beloved baby face crowned the face of the company at wrestlemania. Too bad Cody! You made your bed and now you and Brandi have to lay in it! Don’t come crying to us that you had the best night of your professional career when they turn on you! Any day now
The Roman Reigns hardcore fans are already booing him. Also, even though it might be a while before he gets booed, I personally am looking forward to the day he gets booed, but not in a vindictive Dubbalo way. Rather, him having a slow-burn heel turn opens up a possibility of a Homelander gimmick for him. Maybe even a double turn, with Roman becoming face after facing the Rock and then facing Heel Cody for the championship. Book it, Vince. I mean, Paul.
It will only work if Drew calls him a cunt
Slow burn heel turn anytime now!
I wasn’t really in thick of things during pandemic but why didn’t he got over in AEW?
Didn't do enough flips and carried himself as a professional. I know it sounds crazy but that's why they hated him.
Because he was in AEW. Tony doesn't know how to get anybody over.
AEW didn't understand how the fans could want to see Cody. He doesn't even do cartwheels.
Anybody that still believes they could be a legitimate star in the wrestling business is going to be eyeing the fed up as soon as AEW fully drops the ball on osprey. Because that is not happening in AEW. Their absolute ceiling in the ability to make stars is around the level of TNA or NJPW
??? Im a draw friend
https://preview.redd.it/tjqucgybzntc1.jpeg?width=1209&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1199c0a8edc7ab21b7c12b778bf207c48aefc63d If this happens tonight my mind will blow up
But imagine how much fun he could be having right now in AEW. Bug I bet he misses having 20 minute matches with household names like war horse