3 Pitches For Cody Rhodes To Actually FINISH THE STORY

Following the announcement that Roman Reigns vs. The Rock will headline WrestleMania 40, Andrew Hodkinson, Tom Campbell and Adam Pacitti present 3 Pitches For Cody Rhodes To Actually FINISH THE STORY.
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[@WilasTyrell]

Andrew 10/10 song. Make a youtube shorts of the song!

[@adamhuntniles1987]

We might get Cody rhodes vs Roman reigns at summer slam

[@TheeCTK01]

@@adamhuntniles1987I. Hope. Not. 😥

[@Nobody-we7kl]

Made my whole day ngl

[@matnolen1368]

​@@adamhuntniles1987don't put that on this Ricky Bobby

[@Keepitpush99]

😂

[@m_affan_q]

If only one of you guys had a $30 million stock in TKO, Cody would finish the story😭

[@MrBeardsley]

Either that or Tom would’ve blown it all on filling the Royal Rumble with every retired wrestler he can think of, and booked Repo Man to win as a personal favor to Simon Miller.

[@luffymurdock3332]

Adam cough up the cash!!!

[@trevorsouza9937]

@@MrBeardsley God I'd 100%watch that match repo man stealing everyone's stuff during the match then stealing the victory

[@user-kz2rw4zs9f]

Or 10 million dollar each.

[@ernestgouker5939]

Damn Andrew killed it in the intro with that song 🎵 🔥

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

damn near killed Pacitti with his Open All Hours bit, too

[@RealJosephMM]

Honestly - the first half of Adam's pitch is very solid. I would lean into the drama: Cody has been ousted from the Wrestlemania discussion, fighting Midcard people in the interim. Mid February, Rock and Roman sign the contract for their match. The contract is actually stipulated that Roman agrees to fight the Rock for the Head of the table, not for the Rock to take Cody's title shot based on his Rumble win. Rock points this out, Cody comes out, and Challenges Roman for the title on Night 2. Night 1 plays out with a Roman win as he's crowned the undisputed head of the table and all of the Anoai family bow to him. However, instead of Hell in a Cell, I would make Night 2 an unannounced Lumberjack Match. All of the Anoai Family + Paul Heyman's backroom agreement with the Judgement Day come down the ramp towards Cody standing by himself in the ring. After the in-ring announcements, Jey Uso's music hits and down the ramp come him and all of the company babyfaces + people Roman has beaten during his reign: Randy Orton, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Xavier Woods, LA Knight, etc; all of these characters from this long form story and all of the Anoai Family surround the outside. The bell rings. Only way to get around the interference problem is to lean into it and level the playing field. This bloodline story has impacted the entirety of WWE for years - this is the culmination of that story (and Cody's) - If Roman or Cody want to win, it's gotta to be in the ring. Either way, points to Adam for a killer pitch!

[@lightninlarry8936]

Bro having all the baby faces come out like that would be crazy

[@RealJosephMM]

@@lightninlarry8936 it ain’t original, but Avengers Endgame proves it works. Plus there’s something awesome about each side cheering their man while Cody and Roman have their match that bring it full circle.

[@ronakkakar7893]

Ehh idk bout this one, cuz what do u do with guys who’ve done heel turns after facing Roman like Drew? Also, not everybody who was involved really needs to be as they ain’t all central characters, like be fr do u really care if The New Day have Cody’s back? Plus, lumberjack matches suck, and Roman and Cody have both proved they can put on classics inside HIAC

[@RealJosephMM]

@@ronakkakar7893 honestly I don’t disagree with any of these points. In terms of the people who have become heels, you can make the same argument for those you think are unrelated like Xavier Woods. Turning heel doesn’t constitute anything related to the bloodline. But everyone else has either been in the fatal 4 way at the rumble, have fought the bloodline throughout the last year, or faced them at WM39 so there’s a thread to be pulled. And I don’t think match types are bad by themselves, I think they can be poorly done or written which makes them inherently bad - but there’s too many people over the year that this entire story involves and I think fans would recognize their relevancy. But you do bring up good points in terms of dipping too deep into the roster pool.

[@yomamasofat77]

This is ridiculous. Roman main eventing both nights is BS and screws over Seth who deserves to main event night one. The World title needs to main event night one.

[@noiamrich]

Incredible idea from Adam 😮

[@caseyhastings9219]

Dwayne should send the Leader a big check for giving him a clear way out of this mess.

[@TalkingToTheBirds]

It's a terrible idea. Makes Cody's win look weak because he's fighting Roman the day after Roman fights rock... so Cody is fresh and Roman isn't.

[@Zjarcal]

@@TalkingToTheBirdsHave Cody wrestle Solo on night 1, him winning means Solo can't interfere or he will be fired and Roman stripped.

[@kevinc3673]

@@Zjarcal it also means that Cody and Roman would be on “level playing fields” as they both would have wrestled the previous night.

[@Trigga_5150]

Adams' pitch was amazing and I hope it really happens

[@JosephGuitar_2000]

It was so good!!!

[@danlonghurst3568]

Andrew's Storytime needs to be it's own segment! This whole video was class!

[@daiemmohammad8640]

We might just need "how Andrew would/would have booked" as a series

[@biggreenmantis5639]

adam's face while tom is saying his pitch is hilarious.

[@Jakobthemotionpicture]

He went through all the stages of grief there

[@padua16]

The first pitch idea is amazing, I would change HIAC to no holds barred match. The second pitch is a longggg game, where the rock becomes the new corporate Vince character and I like it.

[@skrounst]

A no holds barred match against Roman would basically mean a 3 on 1... Which certainly would stack the odds against Cody, but if Cody won it would BURY The Bloodline and make them look weak. So a no holds barred would mean Roman retains essentially.

[@derpy_batterie3130]

a no holds barred match would turn into roman vs brock summerslam 2022 where its just a handicap match

[@Noisuf]

The only problem I have with trying to fix this mess is the 3 other titles? Bayley also won and is telling a great story too.

[@milanphillips7492]

Who cares wwe sux now screw the rock

[@yomamasofat77]

The World title should main event night one uf the WWE wants to put it on the same level as Roman's title. Also, Seth deserves to main event night one and shouldn't have it taken from him.

[@thegameking3931]

@@yomamasofat77 punk was the only reason why seth was getting main event him getting injured changes every scenario WWE wanted credible opponent for both roman and seth so they both main event so they decided to make rock vs roman happen this year and Cody goes against seth for whc. If Cody chooses roman then chances of seth main eventing is 50 percent unless Becky vs Rhea didn't happen in night 1

[@agogobell28]

Adam’s pitch is super clean and neat and wraps stuff up in a very effective bow.

[@Keith_WS]

I can't get over the image of an unhinged Dwayne Johnson attempting to take Cody out with his car.

[@Sheenjy]

Andrew's song at the start was just amazing. And I noticed, during the catchphrase, that Tom was being a bit cheeky and switched a couple of letters around 😅❤

[@htka77]

All you need is Rikishi to Run over the Rock to solve everything before the start of Night 2 of WM. They already would have their $$$ that they were expecting for putting Rock vs Roman in the main event and then could push off that match until SummerSlam.

[@diabeticman2194]

“I did it for the Reigns”

[@mrknopick]

My Favorite 3 Stooges in all of KZbin :) Awesome intro Andrew!!! Fantastic pitches as well!!!

[@freaksh0560]

How to improve every pitch; Adam - Cody faces Solo Sikoa on WM night 1 (so both men have had matches on night 1, and it means no Bloodline can interfere otherwise Roman will be stripped of the belt) Andrew - Vin Diesel attacks Cody at WM, allowing Rock to win. More adversity! Jack - We start this chapter at the rumble. Only Cody & Solo remain, Roman and the bloodline storm the arena and attack Cody. Then, IF YA SMELLALALALALALALA, The Rock enters, with Roman shoving him in the face and telling him to Acknowledge Him. The Rock raises Roman’s hand just like in the rumble of 2015, but all of a sudden hits a Rock Bottom! “Finish…your story!” The Rock & Cody take out the Bloodline, with Cody eliminating Solo and winning the rumble for the second year in a row. Cody wins at Mania, under the stipulation that any Bloodline interference would result in Roman being stripped of the title, where Cody pulls a 2014 Rock and continues the match after the interference. Cody defeats Roman. Roman vs Rock will occur at Summerslam for the title of Tribal Cheif.

[@ZoeG2099]

THESE ARE ALL SO GOOD!!! And THIS is why I've never been worried, there are SO many paths to excitement for the fans.

[@joshuaali1940]

The Rock will be special guest ref - the Rock and Roman will have a contract signing - Roman doesn't bother reading it and wiseman doesn't either because they are confident - the Rock says that he should've read it - Cody's entrance music plays - the Rock reveals Roman signed a contract to face Cody with the Rock as the ref - the key being the Rock saying a head of a table doesn't need any help - or can build tension between the rock and Cody because the wiseman can be seen trying to convince the Rock to help Roman and it sets up the Roman vs Rock match as well as the third fight between Cody and Roman at MSG in a last man standing match

[@beards-N-boonies]

"Several ear drums BURST" hearing that in your accent is quite hilarious

[@KTraeg]

My simplest solution is just: >Work a re-injury angle to take Seth off the established Mania card >Cody goes back to Rock and Roman and says "Seth isn't available, but I won the rumble, so it looks like you're stuck with me after all". >Triple threat >At Mania, Seth gets in the ring to cut a promo, and Priest cashes in on Seth.

[@crimson-cloud]

This fixes one problem, but makes another completely new one, that being another star off the mania card after punk

[@KTraeg]

I mean, he would be off the 'card', but he still wrestles a match at the show? It would be more so that he's off of the marketing. I agree Seth and his contenders would hate this, but I don't know. It seems like it would at least have much smaller issues than the current ones.

[@yellowsnowman9157]

Triple threat is an awful idea. This is Cody v Roman and that's it. Rock can piss off.

[@sergiodbd]

I hope Rollins comes out on Raw tonight and tells Cody he doesn’t want to fight him any more. Tells him he’s disappointed that he just handed a Wrestlemania main event to The Rock and that he’d never respect someone who’d just walk away from the thing they fought for and earned. Then Punk does the same thing maybe the following week

[@JennyLeggs]

Adam looking at Tom while Andrew is talking, looking like a proud Dad

[@ezio_auditore5425]

If Ross was here he would have blarted all over the place hearing that opening song

[@davefick5322]

I like the first guys script. What would make it better would be if Damien Priest quietly cashed in his MITB contract and pins Cody taking his title away kind of like how it was taken from Dusty.

[@JKnight23]

Night One WM: Seth Rollins v Cody Rhodes for the title. Cody enters and does not throw his belt into the crowd, he kisses it and leaves it in the corner of the ring. Match goes 45 mins and is an absolute classic before a battered, bruised and tired Cody wins. Before he can even have the title handed to him Judgement Day attack and Priest cashes in leaving a distraught Cody in the ring. He looks broken, leaves his belt in the middle of the ring and leaves. Night Two WM: At the start of the show there is panic from the announcers. The camera cuts to the back where Jimmy and Solo are attacking the rock with weapons leaving him in an absolute wreck. He is ambulanced away and the main even is up in the air. All night there are cuts of HHH, Nick and Adam panicking phoning about to see if The Rock is making it back. The Main Event arrives and Roman heads to the ring, taking an absolute age. He looks smug in the ring and the crowd are HOT. All of a sudden, ITS TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!!! HHH enters with Cody's belt in his hand. After staring down Roman for a good 2 minutes we get 'WRESTLING HAS MORE THAN ONE ROYAL FAMILY'!! Cody beats Roman clean with Sami and Jey taking out Jimmy and Solo. Cody finishes the story and we get Rock v Roman at Summerslam.

[@marc_leblanc]

I re-watched the clip from Smackdown and I find it interesting that the live crowd seemed to be popping for Rock vs Roman when they had their face to face staredown. All the while, the online community has been up in arms about the whole situation. I say if Cody had won last year, this wouldn't be a problem right now and Rock & Roman could still have their WM showdown - they don't need the title to tell this story.

[@coolboyalex8]

Left a like for the opening alone! its been really cool to see Andrew’s increased confidence on camera over the years!

[@BoobieDealer]

21:45 This story about Cm Punk telling this to Cody is perfect! I want see it badly in WWE!

[@Weaponized_Poutine]

the first pitch is great, but make it a lumber jack match where all that have been screwed by interference from the blood line make sure that no one else can get in the ring, Jimmy comes out from under the ring only to catch hands from the enforcers, solo comes down the ramp and yet sammy gives an immediate hullava kick, Cody gets two off a disaster kick, gets speared by RR, then counters a superman punch to go into a cross roads 1,2,3 new universal champ

[@sergiodbd]

Regarding Adam’s pitch, I’m not sure how I feel about Cody only beating Roman after he’s had a match the night before 🤔

[@grunger07]

Maybe have a match that same night for Cody and even have him have a hurt limb for the next night. Maybe a match against solo on night one.

[@jordylont1879]

Tom and Adam were legit so impressed at the intro lmao that was great

[@dylfromthe6]

Adam has nailed that perfectly. Exactly how it worked out in my head

[@coolpiraterapstar]

Toms idea of the rock keeping the belt in a frame is best

[@twintyro]

This was great! All of you guys are great storytellers and each story had something genuinely hilarious and captivating. If the irl story goes to shit Im binging on this video to cope.

[@GenericCoyote]

Love the song Andrew, we need a full version

[@Sandell21]

I came up with a pitch in preparation for this video, and it's quite a simple one really: In the run up to Wrestlemania, everyone is questioning Cody each week on who he's going to pick for his title match. Cody doesn't give a definitive answer, says he needs time to think of his decision, and subsequently starts no showing episodes of Raw and Smackdown. The attention on Cody slowly fades on TV as we get closer to WM40, with more story building and hype being put in place for Rock and Reigns. The main event is Rock vs Reigns, and it's gonna be huge! Going into WM, Night One finishes with immense success and Night two draws closer. Night two begins, we see fantastic match after match action from everyone on the card, and then we finally arrive at the main event. Rock makes his entrance to some cheers, and some boos, electrifying the building as best as the great one does. Reigns takes even longer than usual to enter, and upon entering the ring the introductions are made. The match begins, similarly to Rock and Hogan, the 2 stare each other down for a long long time, and the crowd goes wild. Reigns starts off strong, wearing The Rock down and down, slowly dismantling him to the floor, Rock makes a big comeback, the crowd goes wild as The Rock is laying the smacketh down on Reigns, until eventually, ref bump, Uso and Solo enter the frame and beat Rock back to the ground. Reigns goes for a big spear to finish the match, but.. SPINEBUSTER!! PEOPLES ELBOW!! when going off the ropes, uso pulls the rope down and rock tumbles out of the ring, he gives Jimmy a rock bottom on the outside of the ring. Solo runs in to spike Rock, and Rock gives HIM a rock bottom outside the ring. Rock is exhausted from the beating he has received and tries to capitalise on the situation by getting back in the ring and finishing his people's elbow. HE LANDS IT! but the ref is still down! Rock tries to help the ref back onto his feet, and once the ref is up, Rock turns around into a spear from Reigns. Pin... 1, 2... Rock kicks out! Rock staggers slowly back to his feet, trying to carry on, reigns goes off one rope, under a clothesline, other rope and spear. Pin... 1, 2... 3 Reigns has defeated his cousin, and starts to mock The Rock in the ring, Uso and Solo get involved too beating down the Rock on the mat. Reigns grabs a microphone and says "You think you could beat me? I am the head of the table! I am the Tribal Chief! I could do this ALL DAY! I could beat you again, and again and again, no sweat!" (insert babyface tag team here) runs down the ramp to try and help the rock from the beatdown he's getting from the Bloodline, slowly taking Solo and Jimmy to the back and Reigns stood over the Rock. The screens go black, and the lights go out. On the screen we see the following words flash up "Crowd is here" "About to blow" "Waitin' for me to start the show" The crowd go wild, but out walks Triple H with a microphone in his hand, he says "Wrestlemania... ARE YOU READY" the crowd cheers, "I can't hear you Wrestlemania... ARE YOU READY" and the crowd goes louder.. "FOR THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING!!" Cody's Music Hits, and the crowd goes wild and out walks a determined Cody, ring gear ready, fireworks, co2 jets going mental He takes the microphone from Trips and makes his way down the ramp and into the ring where Roman looks dazed and confused. Cody grabs the mic and says "I won the royal rumble, and that gives me a title shot at Wrestlemania" Roman points at the rock on the floor and shrugs at Cody, shouting at him "I picked YOU from the start Roman! I pointed at you after I won the Rumble! That was my decision! and seeing as you said you could do this all day... now I'm going to finish my story" We then get treated to one of the greatest WM matches of all time, culminating in an exhausted Reigns trying to fend off a fresh and fighting fit Cody, Cross Rhodes number 1, Cross Rhodes number 2, and Cross Rhodes number 3 off the middle rope. Pin... 1, 2, 3! Rhodes wins!

[@ikinari3]

Love the news-to-podcast-booth energy in this video, lads!

[@Imps603]

Fingers crossed Punk comes out tonight and talks some sense into Cody's head

[@killemsoftly15]

That would be awesome. Don't let what happened to me happened to you

[@paulparliament9817]

One of the best videos I have seen in a long time love you guys just being yourselves and having fun. So well done and the song smashed it 10/10.

[@johnny333X2]

As always, extremely entertaining! Much love and respect from Washington state!👊🏼💪🏼 give us Cody!

[@ck.standard]

Rock V Reigns. Cody v Seth night 1. The Winners face off night 2 for all 3 championships (WWE, Universal & World Heavyweight)

[@j0njn]

While you’re making Andrew’s song into a short, is there any chance you could make one of Tom not saying anything when Jack tries the slogan, but then says it on the podcast? Jack’s expression tells quite the story… Also, great video, great pitches, I think I prefer Adam’s, but let’s face it, they’re all a lot better than what WWE will actually do 😅

[@felipepineiropoblete7063]

Just cause of Andrew's intro song I liked the video, subscribed, rang the bell, share the vid and irl clap after the song was over. 11/10 would sing again.

[@chrisbeatty9815]

It's truly some of the best ideas I've heard in the midst of all the crying. I love the 1st and 3rd ideas, but I think a combination of the two is what will happen. Cody said , "Not at Wrestlemania" because of what the Rock told him, and he will challenge Seth. Unknowingly, Punk will give his Chamber spot to Cody for all the reasons you've stated, and Cody will prevail at Elimination Chamber. Cody will then challenge Roman at Wrestlemania, validating the pointing emidietly following the Rumble. Cody will beat Seth to open night 1, but Damian will cash in and win. Taking the World Heavyweight Championship off Cody and doing something for Senior Money in the Bank. Rock vs. Roman will close night 1. Cody vs. Roman will close night 2. Both Roman and Cody have wrestled twice, so they are on equal ground. The fans get both dream matches. Cody wins. The story is finished.

[@thebodywabble]

Geez that really didn’t take long Adam just pitched this pitches video this morning

[@SIMONATKINSON1980]

Adam’s pitch was 99.999% spot on… all I would change would be the match from Hell In A Cell to a Lumberjack Match but almost a reverse Lumberjack.. there not there to stop them getting out the ring.. they are there to stop people getting in.. and who are the Lumberjacks.. everyone who Roman has faced through the title reign.. and to give it one more big WM pop the lumberjacks include people no longer with the company with the crowd going wild as the likes of Edge and Daniel Bryan come back for a one off appearance…

[@joeallen781]

Pacitti channelling his inner "I would book it better, because I'm a smartarse"

[@massimilianogiuliattini4698]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your pitches🤩🤩🤩 hear me out: what if…. As Cody wants to take everything from Roman, he struck a deal with Rock: -Rock v Roman for the “Head of the table” position at Mania, no title on the line: a)Rock never mentioned being interested in the title; b)Only a bloodline member can take away that position from Roman, Cody can’t, so Rock could be the perfect person to do that; -Jimmy and Solo abandon Roman (maybe Roman tries to sacrifice them in the Mania match and they leave him alone, seeing him as weak and not worthy of being their Tribal Chief anymore); -Cody challenges Seth at Mania and wins, but Priest comes out and cashes in to win the title. Roman breaks Hogan’s record, then Cody comes knocking and wins the title. What do you think?

[@ChrisRyot]

Fuck me sideways and call me Gertrude, you guys really outclassed yourselves here! Adam's pitch is top tier! I can see Tom's pitch happening in a 2009ish era. It's so silly and so damn good! Same for Andrew. The "I did it for myself" killed me!

[@shotgunnsean]

Madison Square Garden pitch. In story have Cody say the reason he doesn't want Roman at WM is that he now because wants to wait for a more personal venue and wants to win the WWE championship in the same building his Father Dusty Rhodes almost won the decades ago. Madison Square Garden. Cody will explain to the fans that he made a deal with the Rock trading his WM spot because he is a director a broad that he and WWE will give him his title shot at Madison Square Garden later in the year in a special event PLE. A special one off PLE and make a really big deal about it. Or if not, a big PLE like Summerslam. Cody goes on to win the championship in the same building his father didn't.

[@kevinc3673]

As much as I enjoyed all these pitches, I do think this seems the route WWE will end up taking. Cody over Roman at a special MSG event. Whether a one off or maybe Night of Champions.

[@bradleyhurst2330]

Night 1- Cody beats Seth, Roman beats Rock. Night 2 - Cody beats Roman for undisputed.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Use these 5 points to resolve everything and split the titles: 1. "Head of the Table" and Roman's streak were always tied to the Universal title. 2. "Finish the story" was always tied to the world title. 3. Triple threat at Mania, so you don't rob the women of a main event spot two years in a row. 4. If Rock pins Roman he's the new Head of the Table and Universal Champ. He doesn't (maybe family interference). 5. Cody pins Roman and becomes new WWE Champ. Possibly with Rock keeping family from interfering. This also sets up Roman to break the remaining records before losing the Universal Championship, possibly to the Rock, possibly at Summerslam or later. This also means we can finally retire the Universal Championship and have 2 brand exclusive titles. Combining those and the tag titles for the Bloodline was a mistake that has gone on too long.

[@ziahamm1603]

Corporate Rock coming back to lean into the current backlash he is getting online to make Cody's life a living hell on the road to wrestlemania would be awesome NGL. Idea 3 is awesome. Id love for Punk and Seth endorse Cody going after Roman. Perhaps even Sami and Jey could give him a pep talk in a couple of backstage skits tonight.

[@Aaron.T_82816]

Adam's pitch makes the most sense to me... We get Rock/Roman AND we get Cody/Roman with Cody winning the title & going over. Short, sweet and EXACTLY to the point, with EVERY fan WINNING no matter what side they're on. SEND THAT PITCH TO TRIPLE H!

[@johncharlesorourke]

Cody to defect to TNA (working relationship) and start a story where he doesn't go back until WWE let him finish the story

[@lordpelagius5078]

so cody works in tna until his contract ends

[@bashamd96]

So Cody wrestles in TNA till the sun explodes

[@evdomos]

Befriends Damian while he's at his lowest point, Damian turns tweener, Damian gives Cody the briefcase, Cody cashes in and makes it a triple threat, Rhea disbands Judgement Day because of it.

[@HoV326]

It would have to be official for Damien to do it

[@KiloWhiskey13]

Adam’s first pitch is so simple and genius it surely MUST be what’s actually happening. Roman punished for his hubris by Rock, then dropping the strap legit to Cody. It’s perfect. It could happen in a single night!

[@ohb71303]

My pitch: Cody hits the 4th Cross Roads to finally pin Roman. “Finally Cody finishes the story!” Rock comes in, hits the Rock Bottom. Judgment Day music hits, Priest turns in his contract. Priest pins Cody. “You finished your story. The Cody Crybabies got what they wanted! Congratulations!” Makes Priest the heal that Cody chases. Cody is a better chaser than champion.

[@jermboy47]

It can happen. This can be a huge mind game that'll end up in the rock being in Cody's corner or even reffing the match

[@jrod2510]

Do you understand simple heel/face dynamics? Cody is a face, he needs to beat Roman & the Bloodline clean, without help - because if Cody gets assistance, it gives the heel the easy road to say "you couldn't do it on your own" and makes the face look weak. Heels are weak individuals who cant do anything on their own claim greatness, i.e. the entire Bloodline story.

[@jermboy47]

@@jrod2510 I know I'm coping over here he ha

[@vb2806]

​@@jrod2510not really, if the face has overwhelming odds against him, an equalizer doesn't bury the face. Like when Austin helped Rock win against HHH by hitting steel chairs on everyone in the McMahon Helmsley faction

[@jrod2510]

@@vb2806 Seriously trying to compare 0 time champ Cody to established legends and candidates for GOAT status who were at their peak? That's like some TK levels of nonsense

[@jrod2510]

@@jermboy47 Coping with what?

[@mrwrestlingjr9820]

I love how quickly Pacitti realised Tom on the pitches is always unhinged madness 😂 Thanks for the pitches lads

[@Mr_Oggie]

My fantasy booking for fixing the Cody/Rock/Roman thing: They start on RAW with Damien Priest asking Adam Pierce if he can cash in his MitB briefcase for a match at WrestleMania with Seth Rollins... Pierce tells Priest that yes he can, but only if Cody doesn't pick Seth Rollins, otherwise Priest will have to wait until the match starts or is over to try and cash in... After Adam Pierce leaves Drew goes up to Damien Priest and tells him he will do everything in his power to make sure he doesn't... that he can't... cash in at WrestleMania. Drew walks off, Damien Priest is left standing there looking angry... and Cody is seen in the background. At the end of RAW Seth Rollins comes out to the ring and he calls Cody down to the ring to "lets make this official!" Cody's music plays and he comes down to the ring holding one of those little WWE contract signing books... he gets in the ring and gives it to Seth who opens it up and looks at it, then looks at Cody and asks "What is this?" (off mic, picked up by ringside camera) Cody steps back to the corner and The Judgement Day music plays and out comes Damien Priest with the Money in the Bank briefcase... he gets down to the ring, takes the contract from Seth's hands, looks at it and then goes over to Cody and gives him the MitB briefcase... Damien Priest then takes the mic from Cody, Cody exits the ring and takes the MitB case with him and Priest turns to Seth and says "I choose you!"

[@randallmance8323]

This is terrible

[@wolfhowl983]

​@@randallmance8323 makes more sense than Smackdown did.

[@Mr_Oggie]

@@randallmance8323 Oh. Sorry 😶

[@Keepitpush99]

How does this solve anything? I'm confused 🤔

[@simplysteve68]

Pika Pika? Pikachuuuuuuuuu!!! 😝😆😂🤣

[@b0nkert0ns7]

Tom's idea was pure insanity but I do like the idea of a Corporate Rock. He can put together his own stable of handpicked guys as well who can do his bidding while he's away(which he will be). As long as they fix this year's main event, I think they could build toward a Cody vs Rock main event next year that could honestly feel even bigger than Rock vs Roman. The story sells itself at this point.

[@eriktorres575]

What an amazing intro to the video I'm already sold

[@Chigen_Atomic]

I'm thinking he goes 'crazy' and starts rocking the opposite side facepaint of Dustin's, but in the style of Stardust. He first appears lurking around a TKO board meeting, either attacking during the meeting or as Rock steps out. Leans in on the side of with the facepaint. "You want to treat me like a joke?" To cut multiple paragraphs short, he begins to systematically target the Bloodline and Rock, eventually leading to the Raw at the start of the month to WM, where they decide to add him to the match in a contract signing. A pre-taped Cody promo pops up on the titantron, where he instigates a fight between the two. The Rock stands tall until Cody appears without the paint to take him out. As Rock lays there he kneels down, "All you had to do was stay in the boardroom." Onto the actual event, the usual interference starts until one by one, all the currently signed former challengers to Roman all pour out to deal with the Bloodline. Rock and Roman start to batter Cody for all the interference until one wrong move causes them to fight each other. Rock gets launched outside and into the melee. Roman ends up distracted, only for Cody to hit the Cross Rhodes and get the pinfall. Walking out the champ. Future plot of this is Rock vs Roman at Survivor Series. Seems like a better place for Roman to stake claim as Head of the Table considering that's where he made his debut.

[@jonathanhukill2220]

My humble pitch: Cody challenges Seth Rollins. He tells the fans to trust him, he knows what they want, he wants the same thing. He knows exactly how to get it. It's his time to write his tairyfale ending. He will prove he is the best in the world. Damian priest makes it clear that he will be watching their match closely. Cody says he is counting on it. Cody and Seth have as fantastic a match as they can in a true back and forth. After twenty minutes Cody beats Seth clean in the middle of the ring. They share a reconcilitory embrace, and Seth raises Cody's arm and they shake hands. Damian priest emerges, briefcase in hand. He cashes in, as it is announced, Cody grabs the mic. He says he counted on this. He counted on priest cashing in. But he also counts on priest being a good business man. He'll offer him what he's always wanted in exchange for what he's never needed. They trade title for briefcase. Night 2 then happens exactly as it should. Cody is the true architect of his story now. He cashes in at the beginning of the wwe title match. After a long stare down Cody superkicks rock ala shawn to hhh. Roman and Cody fights alone, then roman fights rock, then rock fights Cody. Solo interferes and lays out the rock. Cody lays out solo, then finally pins roman clean. He places the tribal chiefs beads on a defeated solo Sakoa. Roman has lost truly everything. The rock stares down Cody, setting up what could be a great Summerside main event or the biggest match ever in Saudi Arabia.

[@b0nkert0ns7]

Imagine Adam’s idea was the plan all along just so the WWE could get Roman in the main event for both nights?

[@Terran720]

Here's my pitch for a triple threat at Mania: - Firstly, we don't see Cody on Raw or Smackdown for weeks. Let the fans boo every Rock/Roman segment and chant for Cody, build up the tension and make people think that WWE is going through with it despite everything. - On Smackdown there is a Tribal vote, because Reigns says the Rock can't just challenge him like that, it has to be approved by the elders and everyone else in the family, the whole tribe. The ring is full of Samoan legends, The Usos, Solo, Roman, Rock and Heyman. Everyone votes, the elders are 50:50, Jimmy votes for Reigns, Jey votes for The Rock, Solo doesn't vote and leaves the ring. Roman is confused, starts yelling at him to come back, The Rock turns him around, hits a Rock Bottom. - The following week it is shown that Rock has had a backstage conversation with Solo, telling him that he could be more than Roman's sidekick and didn't need to follow his orders. He has had the same conversations with Jimmy and Jey. The Rock starts going out to the ring with Jey by his side and this helps him neutralize any attacks by Jimmy when he's face to face with Roman. Solo hasn't appeared yet and Heyman keeps taking the blame for this dissolution. Cody is still missing and fans heavily boo the segment. The Rock and Roman sign the contract and a massive brawl starts between the family members. Solo appears, but doesn't hit anyone, just pulls them apart until accidentally hit by a Roman Spear. - The Smackdown before the chamber is without the Bloodline and without The Rock. The PLE is more RAW focused, with Drew, Sami and Judgement Day in the chamber for the #1 contender's spot for Seth's title. Still no Cody anywhere. - The Smackdown after Chamber sees another Rock/Roman confrontation. They start arguing about Solo, it becomes clear that The Rock has tried to convert Heyman to his side as well. Before another brawl is about to start, Cody comes out to a huge pop. He says that he made a mistake. His idea was to give The Rock his WM spot, so The Rock can destroy The Bloodline, but only now realizes that he's enabling for one dictator to be replaced by another. The Rock is no different than Roman, all he wants is power, so Cody has talked to the person he should have consulted with initially - Triple H - and to the board of directors, who have outvoted The Rock and added Cody back into the WM main event, making it a triple threat. - At Mania Roman comes out with Heyman and Jimmy, The Rock comes out with Jay, Cody comes out alone. The match starts with an all out brawl. At the latter stages, Solo appears, gives Spikes to Jey and Jimmy, stands in the ring with Rock and Roman, wondering whose side he's on. Before he can decide, Cody takes him out with a Crossroads. The 3 men in the match continue fighting, trading finishers, kickouts, everything. At one point Roman is about to Spear The Rock, but Solo hits him with a Spike, choosing The Rock's side. Then Cody takes Solo out again, but with his back turned, Rock hits him with the belt, and starts going for the People's elbow. Just as he's about to hit it, he's hit in the head by a hooded guy. It's MJF with the Dynamite diamond ring! Cody has an ally now. The Rock rolls out of the ring. Cody picks up Roman, hits a Crossroads, pick him up again, yells at MJF to go get Solo. The camera shows Solo slowly getting back to his feet before being hit with the diamond ring too. Cody hits a second Crossroads, MJF clears the Usos with the diamond ring as well at ringside, before they can interfere. Cody stands up again, holding Roman, looks around, MJF hits Heyman with the diamond ring for good measure, Cody hits a third Crossroads and pins Roman Reigns in the middle of the ring, 1-2-3. The story is finished, Cody is the WWE Champion. He celebrates with MJF, Brandi comes to the ring, Brodie Lee Jr comes to the ring, Cody's mom comes out too, Dustin comes out. People from the locker room come out, hold Cody up on their shoulders, confetti fall, fireworks all over. - After Mania there's the slow build to MJF betraying Cody again, Roman and Rock go away for 6 months and Solo, Jey and Jimmy have a triple threat at some point, which Solo wins, officially ending The Bloodline, while going up the card, so he can face Roman when he returns. Heyman is written off TV until he eventually returns with CM Punk. Cody has achieved both goals - winning the title and taking down The Bloodline.

[@evdomos]

Adam's is definitely the cleanest. Without Seth vs. Punk as Night 1 it opens up a slot. However I absolutely LOVE the idea of Punk encouraging Cody to finish the story.

[@babystephena3773]

Running over Cody with a car and saying "I did it for myself" was such a good call back..🤣🤣🤣

[@guybrushftw]

On Raw Cody Rhodes narrowly avoids a car speeding at him. Then in the ring The Rock says Rikishi did it better the last time he asked him, proving he'd been behind the assassination attempt on Stone Cold all along and HHH just took the credit. The long game.

[@dylangross3702]

I think having Roman fight Rock on 1 night and Cody on the other is a perfect idea. We get Justice for Cody, we get the Rock Roman dream match, if Cody takes the belt off Roman, there’ll be ACTUAL intrigue onto who wins that fight, everybody wins.

[@MurfsYT13]

Vin Diesel Vs The Rock is madness

[@kingofkings3624]

This was an absolutely brilliant episode lads!

[@crookedtreehousemedia]

My pitch, settle in, it's a long ride: Roman and The Rock does happen at Wrestlemania. The Bloodline shows up to do their usual shenanigans. Cody and Jey run out to battle Solo and Jimmy. They manage to keep the Bloodline engaged in a brawl while The Rock crawls back into the ring. He's clearly about to be beaten. Roman has picked Rock up and is berating him with his back turned to the ramp. CM Punk runs down the ramp, tackles Roman and does other smoke & mirrors brawling that don't aggravate his injury. Roman's down, CM Punk picks up The Rock, then puts him on his shoulders for the GTS. While both Roman and Rock are down, Damian Priest's musics hits, and he cashes in. Meanwhile, the other title picture: Gunther won The Elimination Chamber, and the buildup to Roadblock tosses the angry Drew McIntyre into the title picture. For Wrestlemania, Rollins, McIntyre, Gunther, and Cody end up in a Fatal 4 Way. Unlike the other title match, outside shenanigans don't occur. Gunther wins. Raw after Mania opens with Cody cutting a promo about how he won The Rumble and should have been able to finish his story and not been shuffled into a fourway match. He demands a match against the new Undisputed Champ, Damian Priest. The Rock comes out to deny Cody his match but is interrupted by Triple H and announces that the match at Backlash will be a Triple H Triple Threat with Priest, Cody, and Solo. Cody rejects the offer and says he'll meet whoever the champ is at Summer Slam. This will set up CM Punk spending months taunting The Rock while he heals. Roman is off TV for a few months, much like he is now. Paul Heyman continues the Bloodline title angle and since roman is away, convinces Triple H to make the Backlash match Damian Priest vs Solo. Priest finally breaks from Judgment Day due to a jealous Finn Balor. Gunther, now Heavyweight Champ, vacates The Intercontinental title so that someday he can go for it again, as he never technically lost it. At Backlash: Gunther easily dispatches Rollins in their Heavyweight Title match. Priest retains the Undisputed Title over Solo in a banger, but it's overshadowed by the finals of the Intercontental Title Tournament where, a recently returned Shaemus defeats LA Knight for The Intercontinental Title, due to interference from his buddy, Drew McIntyre. At MitB: Priest defeats Balor to retain the Undisputed Title despite Judgment Day shenanigans. Gunther defeats Chad Gable to retain the Heavyweight Title(the only man on the roster that's beaten him). No shenanigans. Shaemus defeats Drew McIntyre to retain the Intercontinental Title. Dirty Dom wins Money In The Bank defeating Cody and other impressive opponents. At Summer Slam: Gunther defeats Bronn Breaker to retain the Heavyweight Title but it's so close that they decide to run a rematch at Bash At Berlin. Ilja Dragunov defeats Shaemus to win the Intercontinental Title. Cody defeats Priest for the Undisputed Title. Dirty Dom's music hits but he's intercepted by the returning Roman Reigns who just demolishes him, and announces on the next Smackdown that he wants to face Cody in a Hell In A Cell Match at Bash At Berlin. Cody reminds him that his father invented The Bash. Also, The Head Of The Table (The Rock) announces that no other member of The Bloodline will be flown to Germany for the event, including Paul Heyman. At Bash At Berlin: Ilja Dragunov defeats Pete Dunne (fka Butch fka Pete Dunne)to retain the Intercontinental Title. Gunther defeats Bronn Breaker in another hossfight to retain the Heavyweight Title. Cody FINALLY finishes the story and beats Roman Reign to retain the Undisputed Title. There's a moment in the match where Cody and Roman are both down. Dirty Dom's music hits but this time, as he makes his way down the ramp, he's levelled by CM Punk who walks off with the briefcase. After Cody pins Roman for the three count, "Cult Of Personality" hits. Neither Cody nor Roman were at all aware of the CM Punk/Dom spot earlier in their match. So Punk saunters down to the ring with a mic and the briefcase. Dom rushes him from behind but Punk just flattens him with the briefcase and keeps walking to the ring. He puts the briefcase in Cody's hands and says "See you at Survivor Series. Friend." The Rock is seen watching a monitor backstage with Triple H. The Rock cocks his eyebrow. Triple H nods.

[@nosfonader8792]

All they could have done was have Dwayne vs Roman Day 1, Roman wins clean and have Cody vs Roman Day 2 and Cody wins Then next year can be Disgraced Roman vs The Rock all year for Mania 41. Easy peasy, we all win. Roman Reigns isn't losing anything to Dwayne Johnson at WrestleMania 40.

[@RRJ917]

Love Adam’s pitch, only thing I’d possibly change would be Roman losing to Rock night one, which strips him of the Bloodline’s help for night two after he loses the tribal chief title. He could then come into the match enraged and really heel it up throughout as he’s desperate not to lose everything and retain his titles, although of course it wouldn’t be enough and Cody would find a way to win

[@koji6745]

What an intro, you lads are treasures

[@micahnewby7964]

Adam's pitch is exactly what I want to happen. And it's not even without merit. Lord knows it would be a great PR move for Rock, especially given recent DCEU-inspired swings of his

[@Shockwav3s]

Don't ever change Andrew! That intro was magical ❤

[@pwalmsley9]

Here's a slightly left-field idea: what if with all the Anoai chaos, Heyman sees the writing on the wall and betrays Roman. The evidence points to him aligning with the Rock, but then it turns out he's actually decided to help his old friend Dusty's son. He reveals he has tricked Roman into signing a contract not for a singles match, but for a triple threat instead. His last act before leaving the Bloodline is to give Cody his shot at dethroning the Tribal Chief. He doesn't have to become an advocate for Rhodes (I'd see him rejoining Punk at some point), but we play back into the emotional Cody/Heyman promo from last year and bring things full circle again - one final gift to the Rhodes family.

[@JackpotToys]

Cody speaks at a show about how he understands family, he loves his family, and knows that the Rock needs to take care of Family business. Rock will actually speak to Roman, Roman sets bloodline at Rock in a trap, Rock “injured”. Rock has no friends no one to help. Cody then approaches Aldis for a match who is more than happy to sign it for WM, Bloodline tries to take out Cody but Cody has friends, Rock has no friends. Cody beats Roman at WM, gets title (doesn’t pull a Roddy Piper) and after Roman loses it on bloodline, has matches with them keeping them in line, Rock returns for the head of the table at Summerslam.

[@Dr_1212]

#We Want Cody

[@Musubi-Azeyma]

Round of applause for Andrew. Lmao that bit at the top was phenomenal. 😂😂😂😂

[@ILOVEPITS2]

The fact that Tom didn't bring Bruce heart into this is a massive miracle

[@beausohal8741]

My boy Andrew is quickly becoming a Top Presenter for Cultaholic! His skills are undeniable and his beautiful bald head is filled with fantastic pitches!

[@gavinhirst3136]

Andrew has been the best thing about this channel for a long time, and that's no slight on the other boys. Up the Andrew!! Love from a Yorkshire brethren

[@VincentTheWordsmith]

I'm behind Andrew's idea, that's some solid fantasy booking. Either way, Corporate Rock would be the best way to get Cody back into the main event of Mania. Also, Corporate Rock is an absolute joy.

[@nobodywantsthethimble]

I like Adam’s pitch the most, with one change. As Cody kneels in the ring, crying with his prize, the story complete, WHAM! a metal briefcase to the back of the head, a quick cover, and Señor Money in the Bank becomes Señor Champion with “the Heist of Infamy”. The story continues….

[@galeldar1291]

Damn I genuinely had tears in my eyes when Andrew detailed his Punk-Seth-Cody promo. Simply brilliant. I wish people like that would be writing these shows.

[@glennwelsh9784]

I think that the next time Dwayne and Roman have another little in-ring staredown, Cody comes out and cuts a promo. During which, he says that he had been listening to a bunch of people tell him what to do and who he should challenge at Wrestlemania. Then he says, "But then I realized who I really should be listening to," and points to the very raucous pro-Cody crowd. "THE PEOPLE." The crowd pops with "Cody! Cody! Cody!" This is a clear nod to how "The People's Champion" The Rock often appeals to the crowd, and a hint that Cody has usurped The Rock to become "The New People's Champion." And that's when he says, "As the Royal Rumble winner, I can choose to challenge any champion at Wrestlemania, even if that champion already has a match against someone else. So I'm making this a Triple Threat match against Roman Reigns and The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship!"

[@Hari-ld3lc]

That first 30 seconds was the best intro to anything anywhere I've seen. AMAZING 👏👏👏

[@travishomewood8657]

I figured they may go the Cena route from Mania 24. Roman will just have to suck it up and wrestle and defend the title against Rhodes at the chamber in Australia. End of the match Jimmy is seen backstage getting ready to come out and interfere, only to be blindsided from out of the screen by Jey. Jey and Jimmy brawl further back into the back and lots of plunder. Then we Solo getting ready to come out he gets part way down the ramp looking for the perfect opportunity to get involved w/out costing Roman. Then we hear the Rock's music. He brawls with Solo and plants him through the announce table with a Rock Bottom. Roman is in shock, but gets caught from behind with 3 cross Rhodes and gets pinned for the belt. Roman's pissed. He cuts a promo the next Smackdown saying how he can get his title back at anytime but he has to handle family business first. Rock/Roman for Mania for the head of the table. Drew wins the elimination chamber #1 contenders match and has to decide who to chase. He decides that Seth is the easier target and that match is set. Since Cody has the Smackdown world title he has to move over there so a Smackdown superstar has to be sent to Raw. It's Sheamus who gets to go right after Gunther's IC title and an attempt to get the grandslam he's been missing. Orton wins a Smackdown battle royal to get the shot at Cody and we can play off the legacy history.

[@omnilisk279]

While I would definitely prefer a Wrestlemania match between Cody and Roman, this theory is definitely better than what they are currently going for it seems.

[@MrBeardsley]

Whatever Adam’s paying Andrew, it’s not enough. What a treasure that man is.

[@CPaz16]

I love Adam’s bit regarding the contract signing but instead of making it about the title of Tribal Chief. Reigns doesn’t read the contract properly and it actually says that it’s Roman v Cody with Rock as special guest referee inside Hell in a Cell. Rock takes the contract in hand, walks up the ramp whilst Cody comes out and signs the contract at the top of the ramp and points to the sign to end the show.

[@CPaz16]

It allows Roman to go away for a bit and allows Rock to get himself more in ring shape for next years Mania to have the big match between the 2 of them.

[@TheRealJDPerry]

Adam's pitch for the contracts shenanigans is brilliant. Corporate Rock doing the heel boss thing would help with the erasing Vince from history thing.

[@bluewizard_wheels]

Never ever thought id hear an Open All Hours reference on a Cultaholic pitches video, you guys broke me and reminded me how old I am actually getting the reference! Loved Adam's pitch.

[@leroyrasberryjr]

That first take is exactly what I was saying to my friend, but he doesn’t believe it! I feel like everyone can win something this way. And the Rock won’t be a heel to everyone.

[@smc5017]

Andrew’s first part with Punk and Rollins is fantastic, you could even add Jey Uso to that segment, all telling him that to finish the story he has to beat Roman. I wouldn’t like to see a triple threat though, either leave it with The Rock showing the Roman vs Cody graphic, or even have a Cody vs Rock match at Elimination Chamber

[@patricknisius7457]

I like Adam's Pitch the most. And maybe make Roman vs Rock a Rematch on another PLE where Rock beats Roman

[@dorkodude83]

Is it just me or does WWE do some nonsense this like every 10 years? They did it in 1993/1994 when they did Bret Hart dirty after WM IX by making him the champ the next year. Then they did it with Benoit in 2004 when HBK and HHH used their political stroke to make it a (admittedly good) 3-way-dance. In 2014 they did it with Daniel Bryan when the Brass saw Batista as the WM headliner despite the public was 100% behind the "Yes Movement." In all 3 situations, WWE pivoted and did the right thing. So despite all the backlash with Cody being done dirty and a 51-year-old Rock, who hasn't wrestled in over a decade (the Rowan match doesn't count) being shoehorned into a main event slot with limited build; I still remain blindly optimistic that WWE will pivot and cater to what the FANS want to see, because they are the ones who will keep on investing after the mainstream press moves onto something else. That or else, it's all just wishful thinking haha.