Jumpin said:
Haha, the crowd was worked extremely hard :D
That whole ending was awesome. Some of the best work WWE has done in years. The promos were excellent, that slap, fuck! Triple H and the Rock squaring off. I can't wait for Netflix so we can see more stuff like that on a regular basis, and get away from the PG content. The Rock may be older now, but the guy has as much presence as ever.
A number of interesting things happened very quickly. * Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 40.
* Dynasty vs Dynasty - Rhodes vs the Bloodline.
* They basically took what (I'd guess) would have been the CM Punk vs Seth story and adapted it onto this storyline, because this reeks of a CM Punk storyline using phrases like "going into business for himself" - stuff that would apply to CM Punk, specifically.
* Cody and Seth aligned, probably those two vs Rock and Roman at some point.
* Rock heel turn, aligned with Roman and the Bloodline.
* Rock is the new authority, it looks like they're positioning him as above Triple H in the story.
My prediction: next is going to be a setback where Rock uses his authority to take Cody out of the main event. Then Cody will face a challenge (probably The Rock) to get back in - he'll probably win, but he might not, and it will end in a Triple Threat.
EDIT: As a note, and I could have sworn I mentioned this earlier, but it was in a facebook community - but anyway, what I meant to write earlier is that this whole storyline reeked of a work.
Not just a feeling, there are reasons: First, they've done variants of this storyline multiple times before, and its the best way to work the audience. Second, there is the No Escape/Elimination Chamber plot hole that would have actually prevented The Rock from challenging Roman Reigns in any kind of logical way. Third, the marketing has been Cody finishing his story, and that marketing didn't stop after Royal Rumble. |
