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  1. Christ, look at Rock's tattoo. It looks like the demon controlling him to torture Cody. Like a scene straight out of a comic book movie. Incredible. How can Roman turn up on Smackdown in his Fruit of the Loom hoodie after this?
  2. I suspect when you're as good as he is, and probably as competitive, you go in with the understanding that you could blow everyone out the water, and its up to them to try and hang in there with you. And that's probably fair enough. It is what it is at this point. They've released a tiger in the pig pen, and we'll find out in a few weeks who survives I guess. I'm more interested by the fact that Seth Rollins is in 2 featured matches at Wrestlemania, and a featured part of 0 feuds. Absolute waffle.
  3. To be fair, wrestling is full of big stars who don't 'comeback' well. Cena has been very good at it, Austin was hit and miss, The Rock has been all over the place... I think there's a middle ground between a tribute to the good ol' days and being the biggest star on earth. That said, I'm not sure it's all The Rock's fault. I just think he's such a fucking massive star, with more natural presence and charisma than every other big star in wrestling combined, that its very hard to not swallow everything around him and make them disappear in comparison. I'm not a huge fan, as discussed, but I think he either turns it on and he outshines everyone or he half arses it and it comes across like a cheap tribute. I don't think he's capable of anything else.
  4. It isn't even a moan at this point, but they've done an absolutely cracking job building matches that aren't happening. It's messy and chaotic, and there's lots not to like still I think, but on nights like last night it's still entertaining. Which, I guess, is all you can hope for. Hearing Cody boos will never not hurt my soul, though. Cody/Rock is such a mad concept, that I think that's more interesting than Rock/Roman. I'd love to see a flipped script down the line, with Cody Rhodes embracing the inner DC TV villain he's destined to play, and The Rock as the babyface. I do think, how much you're currently enjoying this all hinges on how much you like The Rock. As it's unarguably the case that Roman has been little brothered, Rollins is a joke (still) and the universality of Cody's reactions have been sacrificed at the altar of The Rock. Like I say, I enjoyed last night in a vacuum, but I still can't quite see the play for Sunday or what they're going to do between now and Mania to establish that as the match.
  5. Think of the pyro package Cody is currently lobbying for to compete with The Rock's entrance.
  6. I enjoyed it. It's still chaotic and messy, and they have completely devalued their Night 2 main event, but it was a very fun show. I hope they do Cody/Rock at some point.
  7. Not based on anything, but my guess is Sky back out of boxing - but not entirely. I think they'll do a deal w/ DAZN to host a certain number of DAZN shows in return for coverage of the events on Sky Sports News/promotion of DAZN PPV's; and I also think they might do something around amateur boxing, and try and do something with AJ/Team GB around amateur boxing, which is completely free of any brand reputation issues. In effect, they'd get to wash their hands of the seedy side of boxing which isn't good for their brand, continue to broadcast professional shows via DAZN and maintain a relationship with AJ through the amateur stuff. Or, at least, that's what i'd do if I couldn't be arsed with the faff that comes with boxing anymore.
  8. This is clearly all very exciting, but I think the unspoken truth is that it's returned boxing to the cartel era - something that 5 years ago Frank would have been horrified by, given he was the first cartel breaker. Boxing in this country is now a co-ordinated operation between Matchroom and QP, funded by His Wonderfulness. I don't really have a point, other than it's a bit mad and not something i'd have predicted.
  9. Agree with this, I think the key thing they did was have Cody win the Rumble and signal to Roman, combined with the awkward stilted promo where Cody handed the match to The Rock. In the middle of everything else that was going on, it was clearly a quickly cobbled together retcon and the fans kicked off. I think if they'd gone about it a different way there'd have been some kickback, but nothing like what they got, and they'd have been able to run Roman/Rock quite easily, and Seth/Cody or whatever they wanted to do on the other night.
  10. Yeah, I mean this is exactly the problem. He's a huge star. I don't personally love his act, but accept I'm in the minority, and he's come in at the last moment and made everything feel small and insignificant in comparison. Then, in a few weeks, he'll go again and it'll all just be a bit flatter than it could have been. He'd be a great tool to use in down years or to heat up acts or add starpower to something that needs that; as it is he's been plonked in the middle of the one year where they had something that felt like a huge main event without relying on nostalgia or celebrity. But yeah, I'm just howling at the moon and my bedspread now. It is what it is. We should never be surprised when this company chooses to entrench nostalgia and the supremacy of the late 90's. They choose that as readily as I choose crisps over salads. It is what it is.
  11. I'm not enjoying this Rockholm Syndrome that's starting to take hold. No, they shouldn't have stuck with Rock/Roman. They should have stuck with Cody/Roman, and let The Rock host with Titus O'Neil or face Logan Paul or something.
  12. Like moving the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, then wanting to put it back because the T-Rex's all look a bit dead.
  13. It's why I think, if he turns, he does so after Mania. Night 1, maybe The Rock turns on Roman and Cody/Rock cuddle and kiss and mutually masturbate like it was the plan all along; Night 2 shithouse heel Drew beats Rollins, still recuperating from a bruising Night 1; in the main event Cody gets his crowning moment as he defeats Roman Reigns and wins the title. This drives Rollins mad as he invested time in Cody, got distracted and lost his title... only for it all to be a wheeze set up by Cody and The Rock, so he stomps Cody's head in. Draft comes, and shithouse heel DM Punk and shithouse face CM Punk are moved to Smacky-D to feud over the consolation prize in the main event, whilst on Raw Cody and Rollins are left to feud over the big boy belt. Rock and Roman take some time off, before returning to feud over who's THE FINAL BOSS later in the year.
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