#WeWantCody

#WeWantCody
After WWE’s terrible decision to have Cody Rhodes, the Royal Rumble winner just give up his WrestleMania spot to The Rock for no apparent reason, the #WeWantCody movement exploded over the weekend. It became the number one trend in the world, major media outlets wrote about it, the video on KZbin became the most disliked video of all-time, and fans even began booing The Rock at NXT’s PLE and a WWE live event on Saturday. The Rock was even ratio’d on Twitter. It is very clear that the fans are not happy about this.
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[@WeAreKidVYBE]

#WEWANTUNDERTAKER

[@tmac731]

Nah deadass. If any 50+ year old man should come back it’s THE PHENOM

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

We Want Stone Cold

[@YeTism]

Taker can probably move better than The Rock. He’s that bad now

[@ericsantoro6781]

Lol

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

#Rockysucksreturns

[@Chichimee]

The fact that DWAYNE is in the main event of Codymania, and I’m not, makes me SICK

[@thoughtstorn854]

😂

[@hiphopstrongman]

You’d be a better option than he would at this point

[@razorramon7573]

Dwayne being in the main event makes me happy! 😁

[@KrimsonSpektre]

Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin' I'm a human What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman? Innovative and I'm made of rubber so that anything You say is ricochetin' off of me, and it'll glue to you and I'm devastating, more than ever demonstrating How to give a motherfuckin' audience a feeling like it's levitating Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting For the day that they can say I fell off, they'll be celebrating 'Cause I know the way to get 'em motivated I make elevating music, you make elevator music "Oh, he's too mainstream" Well, that's what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it "It's not hip-hop, it's pop, " 'cause I found a hella way to fuse it With rock, shock rap with Doc Throw on "Lose Yourself" and make 'em lose it

[@ShadowWolffi]

A Cody mania would just be him losing then begging Another rematch

[@YeTism]

Wrestlemania 20: Benoit wins a triple threat in the main event Wrestlemania 30: Bryan wins a triple threat in the main event Wrestlemania 40: Cody wins a triple threat in the main event?

[@ryanredd4552]

If what they are doing is “Daniel Bryan, but on purpose,” this might genuinely be the most genius bit of wrestling storytelling of all time. The thing is, I doubt that’s what they’re doing.

[@phoenixfirebird4221]

​@@ryanredd4552They executed it the worst way possible by humiliating Cody and bury the entire hard working roster in the process

[@hungryalmighty7156]

@@ryanredd4552wwe is not that smart lol. And based off the rocks ego and his track record where his ego was involved( dc, fast and furious, gi joe, etc) this isn’t a work lol. Roman vs rock is happening because of the rocks ego and nothing more, and if it is Cody vs Roman than that is only cause of the backlash not because it was a work from the beginning lol

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@phoenixfirebird4221idk i think he’s on to something. we have to see what happens this week on the shows.

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@ryanredd4552if this was all planned out that way than triple h is a god damn genius for real. the one thing that looked off to me was how Rock positioned himself for the perfect camera angle over his shoulder onto Cody’s face and reaction. it does look planned in that way.

[@wearethepros]

All eyes are on St. Louis to pull one of the greatest WWE hijackings since Dolph vs Seth in the 30 minute iron man match at TLC

[@rcdune7132]

All eyez on St Louis to watch a bunch of whiny marks throw a temper tantrum because they can't get their way😂😂... How pathetic

[@HeelHook96]

@@rcdune7132 Yeah imagine caring about something you've invested time in, everyone should just be happy the billionaires might make a bit more money

[@wwedxtaker100]

Shut up. @@rcdune7132

[@bruhboi2334]

@@rcdune7132mark 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@vykanismajoris7984]

​@rcdune7132 if you're gonna troll you could at least be more original lol. Anyways like the grown folks were saying #wewantcody

[@djyepyep209]

“get this bald headed man off my screen” 😂😂😂 7:38

[@kidz4p509]

Pllana should’ve said “Get this bald-headed _Samoan_ off my screen!”.

[@kailerfiend1368]

The #WeWantCody movement is the most united i've seen the online wrestling community ever

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Since #YesMovement

[@johndiaz9190]

Facts, it might work

[@cliffordjackson3]

@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333 FACTS.

[@razorramon7573]

@kailerfiend1368 Nothing but a bunch of overgrown manchildren throwing a temper tantrum! 🤦‍♂️

[@razorramon7573]

​@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333The very thing that led to a massive ratings decline!

[@homelanderedits2530]

The look in codys eyes on Friday was anger and pure sadness 😢 #WEWANTCODY this man needs to finish his story

[@eliasville3459]

It's not fair anyway and plus I don't care if it's part of the Deal we just need to keep this movement out #WeWantCody

[@DAHARRISHERE]

you know he could working you cause one 1 its on tv 2 he is acting 3 he knows whats gonna happen at mania and you dont about you wait and see

[@chadbrisco4042]

All I saw was sadness.

[@eliasville3459]

@@DAHARRISHERE what if this isn't the work and yes I know it's on TV but everyone is really upset and tears don't lie

[@Luke-pk7yb]

😂😂😂 getting worked so hard

[@wwechampion]

6:32 The thought of The Rock being more of a heel in real life than Triple H is both ironic and hilarious lol

[@TheJoker1904]

Triple H is about to turn that on its head as he’s facing allegations he knew about Vince’s stuff 😂😂

[@thatfedoraguy1112]

​@@TheJoker1904That's Brock who's involved not Hunter

[@TheJoker1904]

@@thatfedoraguy1112 triple H is involved no chance he didn’t know given how close he is to his father in law 😂

[@Torax3Rox]

@@TheJoker1904Triple H and Stephanie tried to get Vince out of power in 2022

[@bhhdty2272]

The people sending death threats to the Rocks daughter and Sami are ridiculous, they are innocent people who don’t deserve hate for nothing. I also want Cody but it’s such an overreaction, we don’t even know if it’s a work or not yet, it’s not cool to send hate like this Ava or Sami’s way smh.

[@cnote8546]

terrible, but those are the minority

[@QuenTeHein]

Sami? Sami Zayn?

[@cnote8546]

but yes still bad, but majority are not saying that. I get you though. lets see what happens

[@rcdune7132]

​@@cnote8546 yeah well they're still your people 🤦🏻

[@jaydenragsdale120]

@@rcdune7132tf no they not no one endorses that shit

[@kadharefinley224]

It’s like winning the lottery and giving it to a billionaire SMH. #WeWantCody

[@goldenwolf8081]

It’s backwards Cody does not deserve to be spat in the face like this winning back to back rumbles he had a 100% perfect opportunity for Cody to defeat Roman at wm 40 and finally finish his story for his father the rock doesn’t have a story to finish like Cody’s besides he’s been a part timer for a very long time

[@df-majik1331]

#wewantcody

[@osvaldorubalcava9721]

@@df-majik1331#wewantChrisBenoit

[@ShortPunk27]

You guys know wrestling isn't real and nobody is really winning anything right?

[@monkeymanincarnate]

​​@@ShortPunk27bro youre acting like a revolutionary literally everyone knows that

[@ARSENICGAMING]

2:30 Dave meltzer is the one person who we can never trust

[@Hypno_BPM]

especially for WWE rumors

[@SamsarasArt]

Meltzer's word is completely unreliable.

[@dwightyboy5324]

I don't know why Pilana is reporting what meltzer says when he's unreliable and untrustworthy

[@thelast749]

Meltzer gave us conflicting reports about this situation tho. All the reports I keep seeing are: The Rock vs Roman Reigns was already in set in stone in January 3 CM Punk and Lesnar was out then they had to go to The Rock This is a work where they plan on making Cody this generations Daniel Bryan.

[@mauricebranch7459]

finally someone using common sense. I hate that people take his word as Gospel.

[@ShowOffProductions56]

WM 30: Daniel Bryan WM 35: Kofi Kingston WM 40: Cody Rhodes

[@yoman976]

What if this whole thing is a distraction from the Vince McMahon scandal

[@sjdrifter72]

That's what I think it really is. But WWE isn't doing a good enough job of sweeping it under the rug because Vince's misdeeds are too hard to ignore.

[@kidz4p509]

@@sjdrifter72 It’s easy for me. I wasn’t even caring about Vince’s problem.

[@user-rg6um2ri1x]

Vince news expands outside wwe. Aew is being investigated as well.

[@seifmarwan2839]

Yoshi tatsu should finish his story

[@cynthiachristie1059]

who

[@thoughtstorn854]

Who

[@YeTism]

Yoshi Tatsu had a fire theme song 🔥

[@Stansucksatquads]

who

[@dokuganryu1565]

He went to wrestle somewhere else

[@rollandcurtis874]

0:06 Cody Rhodes gave The Rock the “fk you, you egotistical SOB, I can’t believe you’re doing this, but I have no choice” stare before The Rock hugged him & Cody cracked a smile to hold back his angry tears.

[@razorramon7573]

Stardust is an egotistical narcissist!

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@razorramon7573how ? he’s literally playing ball and not causing a problem backstage. he’s literally stepping aside for the rock.

[@Yoshiinite]

​@@razorramon7573And The Rock is not? Get outta here lmao

[@booboo4ever24]

Your right. I caught how Cody didn't want to shake his hand and Rock pulled him in

[@dripplaflare3356]

​@@razorramon7573 you really thought you ate with this 😐

[@Day10202]

“Get this bald headed man off my screen!” Me, who is bald: 😮

[@Yoshiinite]

The door is that way dude, no bald people allowed in this channel 😔

[@kidz4p509]

Pllana should’ve said “Get this bald-headed _Samoan_ off my screen!”.

[@omarfaruk8164]

@@Yoshiinite Call rock a bald guy in his face . He will roast you reversely

[@DaddyLoyalSkinn]

#WeWantCody With all do respect it has gotten to the point where i don’t even wanna talk/think about it anymore because this situation is even worse than we thought. Cody Will finish the story at Mania 🤘🏾

[@Spyke7566]

Ya think that this will work? No hell no they even send threats to the rocks daughter!

[@DaddyLoyalSkinn]

@@Spyke7566 i did see that to, all I can say is She didn’t do anything wrong she got nothing to do with this. I have no idea why she’s getting any death threats.

[@DaddyLoyalSkinn]

@@Spyke7566 sometimes I just don’t understand the wrestling community you know.

[@zenbear9952]

@@DaddyLoyalSkinn It's not just the wrestling community that does stuff like this tbf. All celebrities when they get flak for stuff get their families attacked too. The price of popularity is that sometimes innocents catch blows unfortunately. The problem is there are always dickheads that exist and do this stuff.

[@Yoshiinite]

@@Spyke7566 Wait for real? that's not cool lol some rotten apples go too far.

[@YeTism]

Royal Rumble 2024 is now the worst rumble of all time in hindsight. It was literally pointless and meant nothing.

[@trewilliams8411]

I say 2022 and 2015 are on that list as well

[@civildiscourse7626]

Erm winning the rumble means a world title shot. Any title.

[@xironheadx-4590]

​@civildiscourse7626 so the 24/7 title is an option too huh 🤔

[@zenbear9952]

@@xironheadx-4590 Yeah the title that Roman shat on right before the Rock came in and disrespected and everyone makes very clear is not the real world title including Cody himself when he pointed out that Roman's title is the only one that mattered to him.

[@EliasRoy]

You could also say 1999

[@darklightinginferno6666]

The best option is that this week SmackDown the Rock shows up and he gets attacked by Jimmy and Solo! He gets hospitalized and Cody is gonna take back his spot and fight Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 40! Both Solo and Jimmy will try to inferior and they gets stopped by the Rock, Sami Zayn and Jey Uso. Cody Finishes his story. Rock, Sami, Jey go in the ring celebrate and lift him up on their shoulders. SmackDown Rock and Roman confront each other and agree to have a match at WrestleMania 41 next year. Simulation for that match will be for the position of The Tribal Chief and Head Of the Table of the family.

[@tyquanrainey6039]

That's a very good option, hopefully they will see the hashtag of #WeWantCody

[@shush2230]

perfect but i think summerslam 2024 is a big enough ppv to have rock vs roman for head of the table which could potentially lead to a roman face turn

[@cyberpsykoh6686]

​@@shush2230why a face turn?

[@shush2230]

@@cyberpsykoh6686 tbh doesnt really matter if hes heel or face after the last 4yrs fans wudnt mind seeing whatever he is hes cemented himself as a legend

[@dwightyboy5324]

​@@shush2230that could work, though I really do wanna see Roman Vs Rock at a Mania, but with that it could lead to a rematch at next years Mania.

[@dxer255]

This RAW is probably most hyped since that RAW in Chicago in 2014 when Cm Punk was supposed to return and say his walkout was all work. I really can't wait.

[@GodotOfficial]

Cody: I’m going to finally finish my story at WrestleMania The Rock: that doesn’t work for me, brother!

[@pt5728]

Ironically whilst Batista won the rumble and the fans love for Bryan over came that. Cody’s receiving the same love or more than Bryan was getting and he won the rumble 😂😂😂😂😂

[@coltonwilkie241]

And Batista didn't politic his way into it either. He just wanted to return and the management wanted him as their top guy for the time he was back.

[@master-of-mind5881]

It’s 2014 all over again.

[@Torax3Rox]

@@master-of-mind5881crwazy thing is it’s 2024 ten years later

[@Nephalem2002]

@@coltonwilkie241Yeah Batista got screwed. I think it would’ve been better if Batista helped prop up Daniel Bryan

[@EliC09]

Bryan didn’t deserve the title opportunity. Cody does

[@valon.pllana]

#WeWantCody

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

#CodyMania

[@razorramon7573]

Speak for yourself cuz I don't!

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

@@razorramon7573 yeah Pilana getting 83 likes heavily disagrees with you mark

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@@razorramon7573 doesn't matter what you think

[@Yoshiinite]

​@@razorramon7573Who asked???

[@johnnytrever6315]

That’s like if peak attitude era, they try to build up Stone Cold vs The Rock at WMX7 and then instead they swap out Stone Cold last minute with Ric Flair because why not

[@sincityquinn]

No, it's not. There was never any build for Cody vs Roman 2. Nobody in power from WWE confirmed Cody vs Roman 2. And don't start whining about him pointing the Wrestlemania sign after the Rumble. Wrestlers do and say things all the time that never end up happening. Like Randy saying he would beat Roman and become a 15 time champion. Or Punk saying he would win the Rumble and face Seth. Neither of those happened, but you're not throwing a tantrum because WWE didn't go through with it. You're just doing that for Cody. Like only what Cody says or does means that's what the official plan is. Every wrestler says they're going to do things that don't actually end up happening. Why do you think Cody is any different?

[@Yoshiinite]

@@sincityquinn Everyone was bitching last year "Ohh but Cody hasn't faced any adversity" well he spent all of 2023 facing adversity against Brock Lesnar, Judgement Day and Shinsuke Nakamura, then won the goddamn Rumble, he earned the Wrestlemania Main event, literally no excuse. You're just glazing The Rock and giving people shit for not wanting The Rock vs Roman Reigns when you have to admit, it's at THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME, when they don't even need The Rock lmao, Wrestlemania is all sold out, and WWE is making the most money in history.

[@PBV9407]

@@Yoshiinitebut you’d have to admit it’s a smart-ass move by WWE anyway. Make you think it’ll be Rhodes V Reigns 2 at WM 40, make it possible to buy tickets before the rumble, sold out, then reveal the actual main event. In all fairness & transparency, the ones who paid got played & the real winner is the business they paid for. No refunds, resell all you want, in the end, WWE still got your $$$. 😂

[@Yoshiinite]

@@PBV9407 I just don't get people saying "The Rock had to do this, so they make money" but like, what money??? all tickets are sold out, and WWE was fine, printing money without The Rock also, it's just baffling lol but the swerve would be funny

[@PBV9407]

@@Yoshiinite the conspiracies never end with the company lol. Reminds me 10y ago when everyone wanted DB to win, he won, but then gets injured & can’t wrestle ever again, gets a “2nd opinion” years later & is able to wrestle again??? I’m damn sure Vince told Bryan to get those brain injuries cause his old ass wanted Reigns to be the face of the company. Similar situation here. People WANT Cody to win, imagine if they made a last minute decision, let Cody win this year to “finish the story,” but then he “sustains an injury” & is forced to “retire”. It’s all Bullshit. The company still wants the big 6+ footers with bulging muscles as faces cause they’re considered “believable champions”. WWE won’t change, even long after Vince’s death. Even HHH can’t do anything about it.

[@InYourWalls101]

To those pushing for the Dwayne Roman match. How do you honestly think it’s going to go? This isn’t 98-01, Dwayne hasn’t had an actual match since 2013 where he immediately got injured and couldn’t have a classic with prime Cena, and even recently he just gets absolutely gassed walking down the ramp or cutting a promo, he’ll probably be on his knees just walking down the wrestlemania ramp. This match with Roman is going to have 20 minute entrances, 3 minutes of wrestling, 15 minutes of rest holds, an interference, and a Roman wins lol

[@LT212-24]

Not all dream matches are the best matches. Many years people begged for the undertaker vs sting, knowing it wasn’t going to be any good, but people still wanted it, it’s not always about the match, it’s about the build, the entrances and the presentation. After all it’s sports entertainment.

[@Yoshiinite]

@@LT212-24 Sometimes Dream matches are better off staying as Dream matches.

[@Yoshiinite]

Bro The Rock is gonna be like Patrick in Spongebob when he enters Sandy's home without any water, just COUGHING and grasping for air lmao

[@tompen94]

@@LT212-24 Look genius, people want the Rock vs Roman, and they were willing to buy into it with all the stuff that you said. Just not at the expense of Cody's story, and especially not after seeing him win the Rumble and immediately point to Roman. People who advocate for Rock vs Roman *in these circumstances* are either tourists who don't know shit about wrestling, or liars who just don't want Cody to dethrone Roman, or actually unintelligent, room temperature IQ people.

[@jakeaghaian]

@@Yoshiiniteok Mr keyboard warrior. I bet you don’t have the balls to say that to The Rock’s face in person. IT DOESNT MATTER if he’s older, that’s age discrimination. He can still squash the locker room like a bug. Look at his workout routine and lifestyle.

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

Companies and Higher Ups are always taking over and care more about pleasing those who don't watch the product than those who do.

[@FernandoMartinez-pv1id]

The same people who spent the last year mocking AEW and wishing it would disappear, are now wondering why WWE feels like it can make stupid decisions like this. Wow its almost like when they have no competition, WWE screws over everyone and laughs in your face.................

[@razorramon7573]

Smarks like @KamoMustafaWWE are the very why there are so many people who "don't watch the product" with your hard-on for indie darlings and match mark bullsh!t!

[@slapbass8723]

It's time for this to stop then like we have now buried one of wwes top ppvs whats next the burial of mitb like with good storytelling will more fans come and watch WWE

[@bigfudge2031]

@@slapbass8723You obviously haven't been paying attention because MITB has been getting buried for years. Baron Corbin (boring and failed), Braun Strowman (His Hell in a Cell match ended in a "no contest") Brock Lesnar (won it without even being in the match) Otis/Miz (don't even get me started on this) Big E (completely forgettable) Austin Theory (Failed a cash in on the United States title, not even a world title) Only 2 women held MITB for more than 1 month, and 4 of them Cashed in within 1 day of winning it, showing that Creative have no long-term plans for them.

[@coltonwilkie241]

The curse of the "modern audience" is striking everywhere.

[@JunGaGotoku]

Imagine the outcry if more wrestling companies joined in from America to Mexico to Japan saying #WeWantCody

[@BmanTheChamp]

WrestleMania 30: Yestlemania WrestleMania 35: Kofimania WrestleMania 40: Codymania

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Cody needs to have his WM 40 main event spotlight against roman at WM 40 period

[@brobOhYeah]

😂😂😂

[@trewilliams8411]

No he don’t

[@raymondshrout1863]

Why?

[@df-majik1331]

Why did the rock return, to finish his story?

[@osvaldorubalcava9721]

i wanna see Cody vs The Rock at this point 😆

[@thetruej7872]

2014: Corporate Movie Star vs World Champion vs People's Choice at Wrestlemania XXX 2024: Corporate Movie Star vs World Champion vs People's Choice at Wrestlemania XL (possibly?)

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

The difference is Batista always wanted to be a heel. He even said so and had no problems tapping out to Bryan. Rock ain't doing that

[@dripplaflare3356]

I guess history does repeat itself 😂😂

[@cyberpsykoh6686]

Don't compare Dave to Rock. Hell, Dave is even a better actor than Dwayne. Btw Dave and Randy ended up putting Bryan over. They didn't complain about that.

[@PeterEhik]

No to the triple threat, 1 on 1 Cody vs Roman. Rock vs Roman can happen at summerslam

[@sujiks9517]

Nope this needs to be Cody vs Roman

[@chickenuzumaki1771]

Feels bad that damage ctrl story also got completely overshadowed

[@trekgreenwood6743]

At this point what’s done is done. The ONLY thing that could save it is this. Roman vs Rock Night 1. Rock loses. Roman vs Cody Night 2. Cody wins.

[@acox3530]

roman can handle because he has reserve energy from being a part timer

[@tmac731]

4:35 let’s not forget Vince McMahon booked Brock Lesnar to lose the WWE championship at the 2022 royal rumble just to win the royal rumble that same night and won the championship at elimination chamber before WM38

[@crazytemba6972]

Dude wtf. Like it deadass pisses me off how they fucked everything up trying to fix something that was already good and needed no fixing. #WeWantCody

[@armandog7565]

I was so pissed yesterday at work lol I am not Watching WWE tonight nor I care about WM40 that was totally fucked up

[@jacoblopez6100]

🤣🤣🤣

[@justmyopinion1098]

Best thing to do is have The Rock get attacked by Jimmy and Solo. Cody comes and saves him. The Rock is out due to “injury” Cody vs Roman at Wrestlemania. Then The Rock vs Roman (non title) at Summerslam. Although The Rock should probably make an apology video so that he can be a babyface again

[@Yoshiinite]

Sort of like they did to AJ Styles and Randy Orton, i think that would be the best fix we could get, but is Rock gonna approve it? he's pretty much the boss now, his ego shines brighter than his bald head on a sunny day... 😞

[@civildiscourse7626]

This actually could be a genius move by wwe, I always felt the buzz for Cody Roman 2 wasn’t quite hot especially after punk returning and stealing the spotlight… this has changed things

[@garrettraby6979]

That’s the way a creative worker should think

[@cgxapurba8450]

I also think it's a story because Logan and Richocete twitted.

[@Venomx-nb1jr]

@@cgxapurba8450yeahhhhh when they’re allowed to post about it…but some people have been saying it was a work to drown out Vince from the headlines from jump. And I could absolutely see punk and triple h and Cody and rock putting their minds together and coming up with something this crazy to do just that.

[@Ricky-hl2iz]

#WeWantCody but we don’t need to go sending death threats to The Rock, his daughter, Sami Zayn, and Ricochet, and even threatening to bomb WrestleMania that’s going too far

[@DuckING1]

Way too far, but in all reality any and all riots, view drops, etc etc is all on WWE, simply said. Doesn’t need to be that far but idk why ricochet is brought into that but whatever at this point

[@EliasRoy]

Why Sami Zayn?

[@Yoshiinite]

That's too far lmao relax, we just need people to boo the shit out of The Rock when he shows up. Give him the Batista treatment in 2014.

[@Ricky-hl2iz]

@@Yoshiinite I didn’t mean it as joke, fans are so angry they’re sending death threats to people close or associated with Rock and people who are defending him in this situation but yea your right

[@Ricky-hl2iz]

@@EliasRoy Because he was bringing light to the situation by saying “with everything going on in the world, we shouldn’t be arguing about wrestling rn”

[@colton7321]

Bro ruined the DC Universe so bad they had to kill it entirely. Also Cody saying that he doesnt think WWE Title is that of politics and hollywood just to give the spot to Rock is craaazy

[@tomc5435]

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[@gawaincommandeur2964]

This feels as bad as the Fiend losing to Goldberg

[@jrthehunter4309]

Cody giving that blind lady a hug made me tear up a bit

[@yourstrulytonydollar4733]

Honestly, if this unites the wrestling community, after the last few weeks, then FLY THAT FLAG!!! #WEWANTCODY

[@tylerwolf2557]

“Dave Meltzer said this…” jesus, you dont need to believe everything Dave is saying

[@troz1]

I'm having flashbacks to when it was "Daniel Bryan's" year and they tried to make it Orton vs Batista and had to insert him into the match to make everyone happy.

[@naviskywalker]

If they settled the Main Event as Rock vs Reigns, crowd may be hijack the arena.

[@NotHaydenMoss]

The Samoan Hogan

[@doseoflegend1310]

First CM Punk and now Cody Rhodes💔

[@Sss-lt1it]

SMH

[@omarfaruk8164]

It was Rock who firced Triple h to book him against roman even he wants to win . Remember Rock wanted to be no 1 at everything in hollywood movies dceu and Wwe .

[@mitulvarshney2647]

So if Cody wins the World Heavyweight Championship at WM40 and beats Roman or Rock for the undisputed title at SummerSlam in a title unification match then what happens to Damien priest's cash in?

[@adarshsathyanarayanan922]

I believe everything you've said except the fact that you quoted dave meltzer of all people

[@crow-dr3st]

big issue here is that cody was not suposed to win royal rumble , without cm punk injury in the match i strongly believe the story plan for royal rumble was for cm punk winning the match

[@TheFactorySealedCollector.]

They had new stars to build this year Dominic Mysterio versus Bron breaker opening night, one main event night two and five years

[@lancefrye2554]

My guess is that Triple H and TKO had/have two different plans for WrestleMania. Cody winning the royal rumble was Triple H putting his plan into motion and Cody letting The Rock take Roman was TKO telling Triple H to step aside and taking over themselves. I feel like this would be a great explanation for all of this.

[@user-es1vk1qk2c]

Should have the rock turn heel and talk down on Cody to the fans, Cody comes out, challenges the rock at chamber, builds to mania, they have a triple threat

[@splatninja9447]

See? Now how the hell did WWE ignore that? It could've even been a passing of the torch to Cody as the new peoples champion.

[@sean24833]

I wonder if people understand that roman who is the face of pro wrestling the biggest draw and star has say of when he is gonna drop the belt. Even if cody was booked to face him he would've been booked to lose again. Don't blame the rock. He just made cody a sympathetic figure and even more over.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Exactly and he ain’t dropping the belt anytime soon. He’s retaining until 2025. The rock knows how to draw, sell and put someone else over.

[@Kudomtanawat]

I don't even heard anywhere that they're gonna keep that title to roman that long. It's just a fan conspiracy theory for those bullshit Hogan's record that is just not even the number 1 record. Moreover, Roman is not a face of the pro wrestling that draw people to watch. While you think that he is the biggest draw, there are so many people stop watching the show because of this boring parttime champion.

[@dreamingsymphony]

Roman is the face of pro wrestling who is the biggest draw?????? WTF! Bro he's no way near the likes of Cena,Austin,Randy or even his pathetic cousin The Rock,he's way overrated!

[@tompen94]

If Roman politics his way into retaining against Cody *again*, then he's just gonna start getting the wrong kind of heat. It won't be heat towards the character of Roman Reigns, it'll be heat against Joe Anoa'i for being selfish and abusing his power in backstage politics.

[@sean24833]

@@dreamingsymphony bro none of those guys are active. He's not greater than those guys but yes he's the biggest thing in pro wrestling that not even up for debate.

[@aaronmcclellan12345]

No one asked for this, there were people who were wanting Roman vs The Rock, but NOT like this, and that was years ago, things have changed since then, this also goes by the whole thing "it was at the wrong place at the wrong time", and this is NOT "best for business" because it destroys future business, meaning superstars who work their butts off for weeks, months, or even years gets pushed to the side, for crap like this, and it makes the Superstars who are being mistreated not wanting to stay and want to go somewhere else, and superstars that WWE are interested in, not wanting to go otherwise they be treated the same way.

[@JubeiSenpai]

That little vid at the end is why we love Cody Rhodes dude is a class act

[@user-qr3so8yz4c]

Aew needs to capitalize on this chance

[@dripkublack1811]

And khan will fuck up like always...and also i feel like Hunter has no control over something if a board of director of TKO says something i have a strong feeling that when rock signed his contract he had a statement saying his match with roman must be one on one

[@thoughtstorn854]

Facts

[@waterwarrior242]

Bring back cody 😂

[@kelseykjarsgaard5774]

I dont think rock expected this much backlash

[@RBreaux580]

He should have thought twice 🥱

[@Whoknows18]

​@@RBreaux580 well the rock doesnt call the shots or storylines so why y'all blaming the rock lmao

[@RBreaux580]

@@Whoknows18 "I mean he did put himself in that position" reported yet speculated for what reason Lord Knows and it's the writers it's their fault too TKO got TKO'd cuz NOOOBODY Asked for this but them (Classic Wrong Booking Decision)

[@Venomx-nb1jr]

I think people are being really stupid. The rock as in the rock and stone cold didn’t see this happening? You’re joking. You’re absolutely kidding yourself. At the same time this is happening he made his daughter the GM in NXT. The corporate champ is coming back cmon. They’ve cooked up some kind of next chapter for Cody that will eventually include a match w the rock. It’s not that deep.

[@cbrocafe]

Regardless of how it plays out this is a lesson in patience. All WWE had to do was wait.

[@nyxjackson229]

It's like they were making a perfect fried rice but then intentionally added ketchup instead of soy...haayyaa

[@phinDanderson]

At this point Cody is becoming a national treasure

[@trewilliams8411]

Dude Cody sucks im happy this is happening we can now stop this Cody and Cena comparison.

[@Yoshiinite]

@@trewilliams8411 That is not stopping, you're delusional if you think Cody is not the babyface of the company now.

[@subzerofromny735]

@@Yoshiiniteand you’re braindead if you really think that Cody Rhodes is on the same stratosphere as John cena

[@prodjxp]

We did it, Cody did it.🔥🏆🙏🏻

[@beardedweirdo790]

Im begging this whole situation is a work, the fandom hasnt been this united since DB

[@Phantom42000]

I think we all now know how cm punk felt when he kept getting the wrestle mania main event taken from him when HE WAS THE WWE CHAMPION AT THE TIME

[@theatlantean8036]

Difference between rock and cena Cena: Comes back, shows up constantly, puts full time superstars in the spotlight and puts everyone over Rock: Shows up once a month, inserts and steals the spotlight from the biggest baby face in the company

[@trewilliams8411]

I wish cena can hulk hogan his way to a 17th championship like rock

[@Yoshiinite]

More like Rock: Doesn't wrestle a single time in 13 years and steals the spotlight from the biggest babyface in the company.

[@Windsofthesix]

Them saying that this was planned is a lie...they just tryna not make the rock come across as the bad guy since he wanted this even tho it wasn't the best thing to do, I honestly think he wants to b the one to dethrone Roman rather than anyone else

[@odysseus2k1]

thank you

[@jasminejones4272]

The dumbest part is that there was an interesting way to do this that would’ve cohesively wrapped up many storylines but they missed it. They should have had Cody win the title clean at Wrestlemania and start a spiral where eventually Roman loses Head of the Table as well. They could build that up for a few months and then have either The Rock or Jey (with help from The Rock) take his position as Head of the Table. I am a huge fan of The Rock; however, he’s lost major respect from me for doing this to Cody.

[@SpAceDrragon]

If they even attempt to run H out of WWE I’m out , H has been putting his life into this company for years while the rock was away , he doesn’t deserve more power than H

[@ipleathetv6334]

3:54 well they definitely seen the reaction. And pivoted 😂

[@thomas3146]

Just say u got worked mark 😂

[@twistedmetal100]

I think we are all being “worked” the wrestlers tweeting “we want Cody”makes it obvious it’s a work

[@Andress550]

WHOOP THAT TRICK

[@qweasdzxcname]

unification match with a unified title. triple-unification match ?

[@tylerbarragan9730]

Rock should back out and become the ref and then when roman reigns loses you have the rock talk abt how he’s not the head of the table and then fight next year

[@redpineapple1527]

The Rock is getting on in age. He's 51, and Cody fans, being as selfish as they are, probably deprived us of having one last Wrestlemania match with The Rock, in a dream match with Roman Reigns, simply because Cody has to 'finish his story.' These people are so degenerate that they send death threats to The Rock's daughter to the point where she had to delete Twitter, and Cody said nothing to try to regain control of his fans. He is supposed to be a face and a potential champion, but didn't act like one when his colleague was being handed death threats over a situation she had no involvement with. Whether Cody wins or loses, this moment for him is tarnished by his fans for sending a 22-year-old woman death threats, all over fake fighting, whilst Cody himself said nothing. I honestly want Roman to win out of spite at this point.

[@vgfreak4life]

Why did Cody win the Royal Rumble if this was going to happen?

[@YourXellency]

To go for the BooHoo Title.

[@d4v1do]

Punk was supposed to win it

[@YourXellency]

@@d4v1do Imagine Punk winning it after leaving AEW. LOL!

[@tootyrnt5533]

If the reports are true that Rock was pushing hard for this, it definitely changes my opinion on him and makes him seem like a shitty person

[@redpineapple1527]

Why? The Rock was probably pushing for this since September at the earliest. Cody had his opportunity last year, and it was squandered. Wrestlemania 40 is an anniversary Wrestlemania and could've been the last time we see The Rock compete at a Wrestlemania. If anything, given the death threats sent to The Rock's daughter by Cody fans, and Cody's inability to get his own fanbase under control by denouncing that behaviour, I see Cody and his toxic fans as the shitty people, to be honest.

[@TheVoiceofLiterature]

Just subbed cuz you speak the truth. Let’s keep the movement going

[@sonofage]

This reminds me of the rock loving his shit movie , the bad guy movie lol. Patchy Adams lol. He has turned out to be the Hogan of the modern era of wrestling

[@jayjaybulldog9180]

Man Cody is definitely getting the Daniel Bryan treatment. I really hope that they fix this situation cause they seriously have 2 months before mania when it comes to wwe there all about swerves just to fool and trick people. Who knows maybe this was the rocks plan to replace Cody and then maybe something else happens of him getting injured against Roman at mania and then his replacement is in fact cody Rhodes or after the rock saw how much people cared about Cody all over social maybe he can probably do both matches against Roman at mania for night 1 and 2.

[@tarikfretes7562]

Felt like vince came back for 1 episode

[@richborn6700]

2022 would have been the last best chance to do this match. You could have wasted the rumble on a second win for the Rock instead of Lesnar. You could have still unified the titles if you wanted to, but even two years ago Rock was younger and more ring ready than he is now.

[@MrPaz4vida]

yeah so many boos in the crowd lmfao

[@Shrieqer]

Maybe this is actually gonna be a heel turn for the Rock, and he’s gonna play an on-screen corrupt authority figure like VKM in the Attitude Era. At least that would make this storyline make sense.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I think he's turning heel and Hollywood Rock will return

[@RealSethLong]

I can’t tell if they are genius for doing this so we cheer Cody, or they are dumb for legit forcing this on us. And we cheer for Cody EVEN MORE.

[@markfischer1778]

A part of me thinks this is all a ruse, and Triple H is just creating drama to increase ratings. At least I hope that’s what’s happening.

[@wolfelord9216]

​@@markfischer1778 mee too

[@jakeaghaian]

Forcing?? Are you living in a cave? This Rock Va Roman match has been in the making for years, longer than Cody’s dumb lame story

[@RealSethLong]

@@jakeaghaian - you are absolutely right. Unfortunately something seems to have switched with Rock's energy. He doesn't look the same anymore...

[@h445]

we were already cheering cody and wanted him to win? that's why there is backlash. we didn't need any more reason to love cody, he's been the man for years.

[@azalikmar2]

Look at Cody man.. How can they not push him? its pretty crazy. The Rock doesnt need the belt, he has the clout.

[@colin6603]

Excellent video and take on this situation, my only gripe is that the Rock vs Roman was never a dream match for me personally. I don’t like Roman and am sick of the Rock at this point.

[@kodywilliamsdev]

They should do Cody Rhodes vs The Rock at Elimination Chamber Winner gets Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania XL, and Cody wins and gets to finish the story They need to save this match after the backlash from the WWE Universe..

[@wazupladies332]

It was so sad seeing Cody get replaced, Im so happy seeing everyone else be this supportive to Cody, I'm proud if this Wrestling community and I hope Cody can get that moment back and finish that damn story! Make Dusty proud! #wewantCody

[@raymondshrout1863]

Why does he have to finish the story now?

[@wazupladies332]

@raymondshrout1863 1. It can be very possible fans won't care for him to finish the story if it's postponed longer 2. People don't want to see Roman's title reign any longer, it's getting more stale as time passes 3. It's just not right for Cody to finally have that big moment, waiting for a year, working hard just for the Rock to swoop in and take it in seconds, that's why he should finish the story sooner than later

[@raymondshrout1863]

@@wazupladies332 1. Are they Cody fans then? I don't get that one. 2. I disagree, Roman is surpassing Hogan's title reign. 3. Life's not always fair. If Roman beats Rock and surpasses Hogan, Cody beating him then means a lot more.

[@wazupladies332]

@raymondshrout1863 The first one is your typical Wrestling fans, they need to strike while the iron is hot and have Cody get his big moment while the crowd is still invested. People can have opinions on Roman's title reign and that's fine, but him breaking Hogan's record does nothing, he's not really proving he's a dominant champion anymore, he hardly wrestles and when he does, he always needs some sort of interference to win, which kinda makes him look weak if anything, so he's not really earning or proving he's a dominant champion to break Hogan's record, it's just a number at this point.

[@jacoblopez6100]

@@wazupladies332 If people aren't going to care about Cody if "the story" is prolonged, he shouldn't be champion. Because where does the story go after he finishes it? You don't know, you'll probably turn on him a month after he wins it.

[@heylolp9]

This is straight up WCW 2001 energy from WWE

[@laithamekir5778]

Imagine someone coming in and giving him the YOU ARE WORTH IT TOO SPEECH! Making hom realize you only get one shot, one chance, dont step away dont back down..

[@IBeNerdy76]

If rock won the rumble, people would have been MAD. i think it would have been worse. Rock would be like batista and roman when they won the rumble booed outta the building.

[@phoenixfirebird4221]

I doubt they would be as mad as now, but still very mad. Cody would still have elimination Chamber, and Punk IS out so the next big name is Cody to win it. If Cody loses that or it's for the WHC, THEN people will be riled up. Heck right now, people have been sending death threats to his family

[@IBeNerdy76]

​@phoenixfirebird4221 if the rock won, it would've been guaranteed rock v Roman. And having Cody's story end at the elimination chamber would've felt anti climactic. Thing is..the fans wanted cody to win the rumble he did without being booed at all with cm punk in there. Hell I've seen subreddits and tweets that showed they wanted him to finish the story.

[@tompen94]

If Rock won the Rumble, people would be mad, but the storytelling would at least make sense. We wouldn't be expecting Cody to "finally finish the story" only for it to get undercut. We would just go through the motions of a build to Roman vs Rock, only miffed by the fact the Rock won the Rumble. Here's the thing tho: the Rock didn't need to win the Rumble either. Just don't make it Cody. There, problem solved.

[@davidlynch4852]

#Codymania is running wild and I love it! Hopefully WWE & TKO see that too #wewantcody

[@CGTraderYT]

The way it looks right now, this couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. I feel sick.

[@bernee8162]

i stopped watching wwe for about a few months and now getting back to the loop im confused as to why cody won the rumble if he wasnt going to go against roman. Doesnt make sense and others couldve taken the win and fought seth.

[@LA-Knight-YEAH]

Why couldn't the Rock (if we are sticking with that narrative) try to save the actual PLE that needs saving more than ever, being Elimination Chamber, there are no world championship matches on the card, and Seth will not be able to wrestle there?

[@JamesAndrei-nn7qj]

"Cody Rhodes needs to finish the story with Chris Jericho (c) for the AEW World Champion" #WeWantCody

[@omarfaruk8164]

😂

[@larryrobinson7899]

It was done to get everyone’s mind off of Vince. This was strategic..

[@bigwill6089]

Yo the ending of the video got to me! Now that is the FACE of the Company!!

[@KornKobb]

With WWE supposedly monitoring reactions, all I have to say is #WEWANTCODY Shoulda been Rock V Roman last year, or later this year, but it’s Cody’s story.

[@jacoblopez6100]

It's not Cody's story, it's the bloodline's story. If it's Cody vs Roman this year Cody is going to lose again.

[@Mnxyt13]

BUT CODY WAS GOING TO LOSE ANYWAY 😭💀

[@wrestlinggoatedits]

Fr I thought He Was Smarter 🙄

[@wrestling_play1]

Pllana is Dumb anyway #WeWantRocky

[@neonlegacy4022]

He wasn't, pay attention to the storyline buddy.

[@neonlegacy4022]

Rock was losing anyways 😂, not Cody 😂, and you'll see that Rock is losing to Roman at Wrestlemania 😂, such an obvious prediction

[@neonlegacy4022]

If you guys really think WWE were going to make us wait for Roman to pass Hogan's record, then u guys are delusional 😂

[@jonathonzavala7729]

Mick Foley v Ric Flair main event night 1 book it. Have Flair tear his quad while applying the figure 4 while the people chant "you still got it" only for Foley to counter and reverse the figure 4 while the people chant "this is awesome" having them both pass out in the middle of the ring setting up a feud that lasts till SummerSlam

[@KeishawnHood04]

Cody actually tweeted something tonight it said “Appreciate the passion, God bless y’all, but trust me.” Sooo hopefully that’s a good sign we still don’t know yet and that’s why I don’t really like the rock he assumed people wanted the match you can’t just assume

[@redpineapple1527]

Yup, Cody tweeted that all whilst saying nothing about his degenerate fan base sending death threats to The Rock's daughter, and harassing her to the point where she had to delete Twitter.

[@Danan_Thomas]

As someone whose been for Roman vs Rock for YEARS, as much as I want it to happen, they did this in the worst possible way. They could have done this match at Elimination Chamber or SummerSlam to please both fans. Sure it wouldn't have been as big as the grandest stage, but the grandest stage ME match was MEANT for Cody vs Roman II. They made Cody’s RR win seem pointless now.

[@goldenwolf8081]

I heard somewhere the rock and roman would face off at elimination chamber then Cody at mania I would have been perfectly fine with that

[@Danan_Thomas]

@@goldenwolf8081 I heard that rumor as well around the rocks return at day one. I guess they didn’t want people to be upset or just got it wrong

[@jacoblopez6100]

You want to see Cody lose again?