The SELFISH REASON Why The Rock Sabotaged Cody Rhodes Out Of His WrestleMania Match
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- On Smackdown we saw of the BIGGEST CREATIVE BLUNDERS in WWE history with The Rock, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. Solomonster is heated about this even more so now than he was on Friday night and has a LOT to say about the situation, why it happened, why Triple H should be paranoid right now, the one thing that makes him think there could be a swerve involved and the ways they can still fix the mistake they made.
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This is now the textbook definition of: "Because fuck you. That's why"
who cares most of these wrestlers drop down their pants for vince
No it isn't.
Roman vs. Rock:
- 20 minute entrance
-10 min staredown/circling the ring
-10 min chinlock
-finisher spam
-Rock gets gassed after 30 sec
-Spear
-1.2.3.
*cheer, you marks*
😂😂😂
Actually 5 spears.. solo interference. Boom Roman wins 😅
The Rock is to get casuals to watch, Hardcore fans are already going to watch.
No such thing. @scotthenderson3519
And it's still more exciting that Cody Rhodes.
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become Hulk Hogan" DIED. XD
Villain?
@@lancethefilmguy9392Same thing.
@@lancethefilmguy9392 He’s certainly not the hero, “brother”.
It is the loser bracket title. It’s ok to Seth to make fun of Roman but Roman can’t do it back ? Ok lol
rock was never a hero. His father is also a grapist
Rock wanting to “save WrestleMania” is funny to me because last time he tried to save something he killed an entire movie universe.
It was that debacle that made it clear why people didn’t care for the Rock in wrestling.
88% audience score, It was critics that ruined the movie not The Rock
@jamese7110 it flopped hard so the audiences couldn't have liked it that much if they didnt go see it
@@jamese7110 executives wanted him gone because of his ego trip. He wanted to make his production company to take on the DCEU.
He didn’t kill a movie universe. It was already dead but y’all can’t accept that.
Can't wait to see that 10 minute chinlock.
It’ll be a nice change of pace from the super kicks, chop battles, and suicide dives.
85% Roman taunting the crowd. 10% stare-down. 4% Bloodline run ins while Rock is in the corner trying not to pass out.
1% actual wrestling.
Wrestling bios would love that
@@Immortalangel14he'd have a stroke
@@michaelsinger4638wouldn't it be funny if Rock got no help and not Knight or Orton helped him win over Roman? 😂 I'd laugh my ass off
Leaving aside the match itself, HOW they did this was pretty much the dumbest way possible.
It buried Cody, Seth, Seth’s Title, the Royal Rumble, etc. and it makes Rock look like an egomaniac.
NO ONE was helped by this.
That was all Roman that buried Rollins and his title. He should get more backlash for this too
@@jordan12118After Seth's promo on Raw calling the Universal title the Hollywood title, calling himself THE champion, THE guy, and THE workhorse, Roman had no choice but to respond. And it makes sense because in kayfabe both Seth and Roman believe they're the top champion of the company. It only looks like a burial because Cody essentially agreed with everything that Roman said and still chose Seth anyway letting The Rock steal his match with Roman.
@@MaxVillarreal-ks1mvsaying “no pop” and going after the guys pay compared to yours looks like a burial anyway you put it. There was a way to respond to not make that title look so weak especially when you know that’s the one Cody was gonna chose. Roman doesn’t get any respect from me for doing it the way he did assuming he wasn’t scripted to say that
It also degrades Roman Reigns further because, ONCE AGAIN, he dodges a bullet with the help from a Bloodline member on the board of directors (The Rock is his cousin after all). TWO bullets, actually, when we know, we KNOW, that there's no other outcome except Roman beating The Rock at Wrestlemania 40 and going on the shelf to artificially inflate his record since "business" and "statistics" are the primary concern for WWE now.
Yes, but WWE will make more money off it from other big companies, etc. because Rock is the bigger name, and fans won’t stop supporting them regardless, so of course they will screw the creative and the fans every time.
All this because we didn’t watch Black Adam
I did don't blame me I even have it
What if, right after the Rock wins the undisputed title and we hear "You may be Black Adam. But I'm a Black Bitch!"
Ha.
How was it? Was it really that bad?
@@life0093 It was ass. He was trying so hard to be some kind of Superman-Batman fusion, and it just wasn’t working. Black Adam isn’t a character that needs his own movie. There just isn’t much to the character. The only nice thing about it was seeing Henry Cavill back as Superman, but that’s it.
Can't blame The Rock for trying that though, these superhero movies are big business and he's a top action star with a limited acting range.
This is seriously giving me Daniel Bryan in 2014 flashbacks
Don't forget hulk hogan did the same thing to Bret hart
@@MrJ33352major difference, Bret lost the match and then Hogan showed up and Bret even signaled Hogan to get in the ring to beat Yoko.
Daniel Bryan is a 2X WrestleMania Headliner and got shoehorn both times
Exactly. Rinse and repeat..
@@toniyakovlev4403 Ya think? Punk even said so.
I keep re watching the segment and a key thing i noticed is if you pay attention you can tell they tried really hard not to show Cody’s face while he was walking away, truly heartbroken for him.
@@5IvanDrago5 You’re not getting EC isn’t WRESTLEMANIA, no one would give up there chance at the main event of the biggest spectacle of there industry, The Rock is one of the greatest he’s already done it he’s been at the very top, Cody hasn’t he’s worked his whole life for this and he finally can tell his Dad the belts home and they waste all of this by some sorry excuse to make more money?? Like WWE isn’t hotter than ever rn? This makes no sense and if they do fix it’ll either be a triple threat or Cody and Rock will both face Roman in night 1 and 2, but if they don’t they’ve thrown away one of the greatest story lines of the modern era and if you don’t have an issue with that i don’t know what else to tell you.
@@5IvanDrago5Seth isn’t healthy enough to work that match. And why would he want the #2 belt, proving Roman is better than him?
@@5IvanDrago5if you think they are gonna have Cody finish his story at 6am American time then I got a bridge I wanna sell u
Roman isn't losing to anyone before facing The Rock.
Fuck him. Karma got him for leaving Tony high and dry
The Rock coming back to push a full-timer aside and take their Wrestlemania spot?
CM Punk must be getting SERIOUS deja vu right now. I guess the more things change...
The more they stay the same.
I would blame Vince but he's not involved much since the allegations but Rock shouldn't being having wrestlemania he's had his time in the sun it's time for Cody they literally hold a person who is an asset to them that has organic love among fans with his face character and its squandered. This is why I felt somewhat bad for Punk then and Cody now because the person who came in and took their spot away won't be there tomorrow after all is said and done if it goes ahead oh please have the outcome set to Roman Reign burying Rock as his time is long past holding a title
Cody got told to go sit at the kids table.
He was sent to catering limbo.
He will be stardust in no time 😂😂
Cody back to AEW would be something huh?
I'm just gonna say this
Having this press conference opened to the public is an horrific idea
At least media will keep some level of professionalism
The public on the other hand doesn't know that word
Good, I hope the fans go ham. Rock deserves it
Good
At best, they focus on the kayfabe bs.
At worst, they’re about to get pressed about the Vince allegations.
This is an L
Only internet fans will be mad, but they don't go to events. The mainstream fans will love it, because that's who wants this match to happen.
They shouldn't have press conferences to begin with.
"People's Champion, my ass."
Perfectly said.
corporate champ was better
Dwayne Johnson is TKO board member, previous position was held by Vince McMahon who used to give orders to HHH so now HHH's new boss is The Rock. What is HHH gonna say to the Rock ? "Hey stop" he can't.
1- Ava is NXT GM
2- Nia Jax was hired back
3- Dwayne steals Cody's spot
He was never the "people's champion", that title belongs to Dusty Rhodes and DDP
@@Wolvilax
I never felt my heart take a hit as a fan so much in that moment. It felt like I was back in the Vince era. Just like Vince's to take down an honest man's dream down in his evil ways.
I'm upset and I feel the same way. It's just such a deflating feeling. And I'm just at the point where I don't care about Romans title reign anymore.
I just don't want to sit through another year of the same shit and hope they do the title switch at 41.
It wasn't all about Vince. It was about the corporate BS. But in the same way as Vince, The Rock is every bit the narcissistic asshole Vince was.
If the Rock goes to WM and wins... the rub for beating Roman is wasted on a part-timer. No new star is built up. If Rock loses, it becomes a huge waste of time.
They have to do a 180 like WM30, turn Rock heel and make it a triple threat
@@5IvanDrago5 copium huffing mark
Ya sure, Cody and wwe have been saying finish the story at WRESTLEMANIA for 2 years. And now all of a sudden the ROYAL RUMBLE winner is cucked and pushed aside from the TRADITIONAL WRESTLEMANIA MAIN EVENT spot! Completely ridiculous! And anyone trying to justify it is even dumber!
@@5IvanDrago5Yes, let’s break the tradition of winning the rumble to insert the opportunity into a PPV name that didn’t even exist 15 years ago, let alone 25.
@@5IvanDrago5 The only issue I have with your take is that apparently Rock wants to beat Roman and take the title. Assuming that's true, the entire Cody angle might have been scrapped. I don't know if it will happen or not, but with the way the Rock is throwing his weight around, I could see it...
Rock isn't turning heel
just remembering all the people defending WWE last year saying, "just give them a chance to see where the story goes!"
Thing is, it was doing fine initially. But this wasn't Triple H's call. It was Rock's.
They never learn lol. Wwe is a clown circus.
@@XombieLejon66 the thing is they could have struck while the iron was hot and resolved the story. We were all ready for it, instead they used a lame finish and extended it a year, risking the story derailing from so many potential reasons (injury was the top one i was worried about). So now we have...this
Exactly! I am just sitting back sipping slow.
@@skinder124 Bryan Alvarez claims that he's been told certain things from people in WWE that Vince changed the finish, because Vince still had power at that point. He claims that the original finish was Cody winning, and if you look at the build, it makes sense because I was *certain* based on the build that they did that Cody was going to win. It was the most obvious build they've ever done, but allegedly Vince walked in right as the company got sold and made Roman win.
Imagine watching a television show for two seasons and you’re invested in the protagonist’s story and their goals. Now imagine in the second to last episode of the season, the main villain’s cousin comes out of nowhere after barely being alluded to previously. Now the finale is all about this new character battling the villain while the protagonist does something different and less important in the B plot. That’s what this is. Just garbage tier storytelling.
Imagine if in the office they suddenly replaced Michael Scott with 90s actor James Spader just because Stargate made more money once upon a time.
Oh wait....aww now I'm sad now cause I used that but I really liked Robert California lol
So basically Game of Thrones season 8?😂
So, Halloween Ends?
Exactly. Dwayne is so tone deaf that he thinks everyone will just lap this up because he’s The Rock, and that’s all he needs.
Well, sorry, pal, but we don’t give af who you are, Dwayne, this is Cody’s story. Not yours.
You either die the hero or you live long enough to become hulk Hogan…
Goddamn
Villain*
Hogan’s more polarizing.
The Rock: "What's this story you keep talking about Cody?"
Cody: "Well".....
The Rock: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR STORY IS!"
WrestleMania XL just seems to be falling apart by the day. When it was first announced that WWE were no longer going to have any of their PLEs released on DVD/Blu Ray I was very disappointed; but judging by how WrestleMania XL is turning out I’m relieved that I won’t have it in my collection.
With what has gone down over the last two weeks, I'm not sure how Okada could even consider going to WWE at this point.
Okadas signed,by time okada debuts rock will have fucked off again
Still be better than AEW and jobbing out to some goof who sticks his hands in his pockets.
They might as well change the name of the show from WrestleMania XL to WrestleMania Backlash.
This hits hard for me because I've never been so invested in someone's story to win their first championship, not Bryan, not Punk, not Batista, not anyone. And for this to happen now, this way, and to hear all the backstage reasons for why infuriates me to no end.
I rarely get legitimately angry with on screen wrestling, but this honestly broke me.
Just say you hate AEW. It’s a lot less to write
@@ShawnRakar just say you can't read. It's a lot easier to rationalize
@@thegreenpianist7683 and your overembellishing of your support to “Cody’s story” basically says you’re a hypocrite. Then you proceed with this terrible justification paragraph like it’s going to win hearts in WWE over. It’s toxic fans like you that’s the problem.
Boo and trash a man because he’s in AEW then he goes to WWE and now you’re invested in him?!?! Fans like you make me embarrassed to be a wrestling fan.
@ShawnRakar what?
So my comment got deleted 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not my fault the truth hurts
All because no one watched Black Adam and Rock lost out making the DC films around him to James Gunn😂
What if The Rock tears a muscle from his bone in the first five minutes? There goes the "biggest main event in WM history".
People forget he ripped one off his ribs last time
it doesn't because we get the match. We've got Cody before. Cody was never guaranteed Roman again. His STORY never mentioned Roman specifically nor did it mention Wrestlemania specifically, simply winning the WWE title. Which can be at Summerslam or anywhere.
what if what if what if
@@scarlettmichanco8023 yea thats fucking lame so Rock simps can bust a nut and pop a one liner
5 minutes will be half way thru the entire match or more. Rock's gassed 1 move on Jinder, it'll be the shortest shittiest WM main event ever.
YOU CANT BUILD NEW STARS BY PUTTING PART TIMERS AND "LEGENDS" ON MAIN EVENTS.
How is so hard to understand?!
“People’s Champion, my ass.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
That was the perfect way to end that discussion.
Cody: But I Won The Rumble, The Rock: it doesn't matter if you won The Rumble. 😂😂😂😂😂 You Have to Love The Rock🙂☺️👌
Creative blunders in this company: The more things change, the more they stay the same
When Hogan passed the torch to The Rock back at WrestleMania X8, I guess the Hulkster also passed over his politicking abilities as well. Good lord, even putting aside the fact that Dwayne once again took away a Mania main event spot away from a full time talent, that segment on SmackDown was such an astronomical fuckup. From Roman burying Seth and the WHC in a way that would make even peak reign of terror HHH blush, to Cody looking like the biggest goof on the roster for willingly allowing Dwayne to take his spot that he EARNED and fought for 2 years to earn, which ultimately has led to fans turning on The Rock himself and what many viewed as a dream match between Rock and Roman. I haven’t seen this kind of universal outrage from the community in a long time.
The Rock literally just proved every criticism of him over the years 100% correct. What an idiot. This is worse than when Triple H decided that Cena, Orton, and Rollins being injured meant that he needed to win a Royal Rumble with the WWE title on the line and main event Mania as a nearly 50 year old man in 2016.
Styles debuted in that Rumble. He wasn’t injured.
@@thetribalist6923 I meant Seth
@@sochioranmyaku gotcha bro
You know, I didnt hate that Rumble at the time, butnin hindsight, it was equally as bad as this
@@retrokoh it was really bad when you think about it. It did nothing to get anyone over. Just Triple H’s vanity. The main event of mania could’ve easily been Roman vs Dean Ambrose or Bray Wyatt or maybe even a triple threat. Triple H should’ve wrestled Shane. Taker’s match could’ve been used like an old school streak era match to elevate someone like Ziggler who would’ve bumped his ass off for Undertaker to make him look like a million bucks even in his old age.
Rock is about to be Boo-Tista'd.
💯 correct
The difference was Batista knew from the beginning it was a bad idea. The Rock has no self awareness.
@@C666O
People for years said Rock was an "anti-Hogan", but in the last few years has shown he is exactly like him politically, if not WORSE.
@@FingerBreakerWuthis right here hurts his legacy. This is ten times worse than Hogan beating Yoko or sandbagging Sting or the thing with Jarrett
It checks out considering during his DC run he didn’t want the ACTUAL rival (Shazam) to Black Adam be part of his films. And even called up Vin Diesel to see who gets a certain amount of punches in between the two. I’m sure he’s a cool guy but in some areas he’s just looking out for himself when it comes to the entertainment space which is ironic cause he had to start from the bottom in both wrestling & in Hollywood.
I could be wrong but I think he has a clause on his contract where he can never lose a fight in a movie
@@vicstone8817 that’s fucking stupid. So basically handcuff the writers of your film, great job 👍
He didn't really start from the bottom. The dude grew up in the locker room as a kid and had relatives in wrestling from the getgo. That's a leg up anywhere else especially in pro wrestling, where nepotism is a real thing. Cody isn't blameless either but at least he was making sense and we have seen him go from nothing to something. Rock has always been handpicked to be there even if he didn't want to be there at first, don't let his lies fool you.
@@vicstone8817 Talk about petty. That might explain why he was insufferable in Baywatch
Everyone knows Rock is 3rd generation wrestler. They’ve been saying it since the 90’s. He’s been saying that since the 90’s. How’s he lying. If Nepotism was so important than how come David flair isn’t a legend?
If Vince didn’t think he could make money with Rock, he would’ve cut him like anyone else. Even with the “Die Rocky, Die!” phase, he got a reaction from the crowd.
I’d like to hear Punk’s opinion on this matter.
Seeing what happened with the whole aew situation, Cm punk probably doesn't want to rock the boat too much.
He's probably getting serious deja vu right now.
@@HeyItsAJOmega that’s what I’m thinking. I’d beat he doesn’t care for Dwayne and his selfishness .
He honestly already called it.
You KNOW what he’s thinking. 😂
He even said as much on that 2014 podcast:
Colt: What if I said 'well, The Rock, he's in Hollywood, he brings all these outside people...'
Punk: I don't give a fuck. WrestleMania is the draw, not The Rock. I don't care what anybody says, that is how I fucking feel.
Punk was right. Last year’s Wrestlemania was the highest grossing one of all time, and it had Cody-Roman in the main event, with no Rock in sight. I’m not saying Dwayne wouldn’t help them, I’m not oblivious, but the brand of Wrestlemania has become so big now that it makes money even without Black Adam coming back and clumsily inserting himself into the main event.
The World Wrestling Federation is in complete disarray at this time. The Road To WrestleMania XL looks even more bumpy than initially anticipated.
This is 2014 all over again. Guy from Hollywood just shows up and is in the main event for the world title, and we all say screw that and get the guy we have been backing for years into the spot he deserves. History repeating itself before our very eyes.
But didn't Daniel Bryant Main event mania that year and win? Soooooo, what's the problem?
@aspect1200 Only if they change their plans. If not, it will be a problem.
Cody can literally compete for the other World Title, and he already main evented with Roman LAST YEAR.
@@ericdxfan511
Why would you want him to go for the Losers Bracket World Title, as Roman pointed out?
@TheSHIELDCap It's STILL a World Title and besides, Roman has been marketed as the UNIVERSAL Champion and has held THAT title (not the WWE one) for over 1000 days. Universal Championship didn't become a thing until 2016. This logic you all have just proves that it's dumb for WWE to have two World Titles.
Can we bring back the old "Die Rocky Die" chants?
There were some in 2000.
And "Rocky sucks!"
@@Speedyreedy1218lol😂 No, there weren’t. The Rock was hotter than anyone in the industry in 2000. If you rewrote history any further, you’d be some kind of comic supervillain with a magic macguffin of destiny.
@@TheHaloRed I’d love for that to come back. 😂
@@Jeff_Pryce I have hard DVD copies of every Raw from 93-09. I have the ability to pause and zoom in to read the signs. And yes there were.
There was even a sign on one episode with a sign that said "Triple H is the True Gr8 1." As a matter of fact, that one was in a Raw in Miami.
Nice try. But it wasn't universal love with every fan for Rock. He had a lot of fans. But not everyone loved him. Just like Austin had some boos at SummerSlam 98.
Lol rock pulled a Kevin Nash by getting on a committee with booking power to get himself into a title match
Whether you like it or not, I'M NEXT 🤪
Like what Nash said to Goldberg
You know, I always heard good things about The Rock from people when he was an full time wrestler, Solomonster said it best 'He was more giving than most top stars'...what the fuck happened to that guy? Did Hulk Hogan possess Dwayne's body or something?
He’s a business man. And also he’s dealing with Hollywood people. You have to be shrewd in Hollywood and in Business, or else you’ll get pushed around.
Roman is gonna retain at mania so he can beat Hulk’s fake record. Solomonster had said that before.
If Cody wrestles Roman at Wrestlemania he’s gonna lose again. I’d rather he face Roman later after he (Roman) gets a win over rock.
I really wish Cody would’ve won last year, but they ruined that story.
Rock is still cool, people are getting worked up right now. We had to watch Cody wrestle meaningless with the Judgement Day for 6 months straight. It won’t kill us to wait a little longer.
*meaningless matches
@@life0093Rock is beating Reigns. I’m 100% expecting the closing shot of WrestleMania XL be Dwayne Johnson’s music playing while he celebrates with the Undisputed Universal WWE Championship
Looks like he's still there
Only way to make change is to let your voices be heard.
It happened at Mania30, it can happen again 10 years later.
"you can either die a hero or live long enough to become Hulk Hogan." Talk that shit Solomonster 😂😂😂😂😂
This is going to be worst then Goldberg vs lensar wrestlemania 20. It’s going to be in Philly this year.
The Philly fans are going to crap on that match.
Trust me. We’re gonna let them hear it.
Lesnar*
@@philly_sports1558 Okay, and they still have your money.
It’s business not a charity. The rock is a megastar deal with it.
This is stupid as hell. Idc if Punk is injured. Do Roman vs Cody and Seth can put over Gunther or LA Knight. Dwayne can sit at home.
Or if he wants to be involved so badly, fine, make him the special guest referee or special enforcer. Then he can have his play date with Roman next year.
But this is not the way. Him just walking in off the street and taking Cody’s moment is bullshit.
@@Jeff_Pryce no bull, think about how better received it would’ve been if he pretty much said he wouldn’t allow the bloodline to interfere in the match.
They should have saved Rock vs Reigns for the 40th anniversary which is actually WrestleMania 41
What's the point of winning two Royal Rumbles in a row only for him to give up his spot? Makes the Rumble look irrelevant.
Are you sure that Vince isn't running things behind the curtain? This is why I don't watch WWE anymore.
Thing is, even though Vince himself is out of the picture - for now, hopefully for good though never say never with this guy - you've still got the TKO board with guys like Ari Emmanuel who was BFFs with Vince (and insisted that Vince return to the company inspite of all the controversies the first time around as part of the takeover), and now the Rock having a big influence on the board who has always been pretty tight with Vince, as well as Brian Gerwitz involved on the Rock's behalf who was a Vince era writer. There's a lot of Vince's grimy sleazy handprints all over this company, even with him directly out of the picture. No wonder Solomonster said that Triple H should watch his back!
I always said, Vince McPalpatine will never truly be out of the picture till he's in the ground or in a prison cell. His desire for power and control won't allow it.
@@XombieLejon66if Vince goes to jail, he’ll find a way to run the show and when the time comes he’s no longer in this life, he’ll come back as a ghost and he’ll try and run the show.
And a hearty congratulations go to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for making history in Birmingham for the most disliked segment in WWE history... 500,000 and counting... Enjoy, big guy, you've earned it... Soak it all in... Way to take the negative focus off of the Vince mess with another negative... Great ending Solo "People's Champion, my ass"... It appears that the new people in charge of TKO/WWE like Ari Emanuel & putting The Rock on the board are just as tyrannical as Vince is...
This is all a poly to distract everyone from the Vince situation, thinking no one will follow what is happening in the McMahon case! But it also plays into Rocks Narcisim! So backstabbing Cody out of his match and Mania moment is a 2 for the price 1 situation, which is total BS!
I am boycotting Wrestlemania 40! Refuse to watch! Cody should be the main event and take that dam belt of Reigns!
The difference between Batista & Rock is that at least Batista won the Royal Rumble fair & square. The Rock just walked right in front of Cody and told him: "That Doesn't Work For Me Jaborni." 🤨
Do I think that Punk getting injured or the Vince Scandal had anything to do with this? Absolutely not. Do I think that Rock did this as a Power Play? Absolutely. As far as why he did this, it is because 40 sounds better than 39. The Rock didn't want a match on a 39th annual WrestleMania. He wanted to do it on the 40th annual WrestleMania instead.
For those who say: "Well, we have been waiting for this dream match forever." So have the rest of us. But that is what The Rock gets for waiting until the last minute to do the match. This should have happened last year. With the reactions on social media and at live events, I hope WWE will pivot and change their plans for WrestleMania XL.
Let's deflect away from the Vince debacle.
With a very Vince kinda booking of a older wrestler over a younger one.
Brilliant.
I wasn’t even caring about Vince’s problem.
I guess in the wrestling business, you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Congrats, Dwayne.
This is why I don't watch Wwe anymore 😂 I only listen to Solomonster 💯💪
The Rock is going to replace Shawn Michaels in NXT with LA Smooth and than promote Rikishi to Triple H's position of Head of Creative.
As bad as I feel for Cody, people should quit pretending to think that Triple H actually gives a shit about what fans want.
Well Rikishi will do it for the rock.
@@Neethan3247atleast wwe under HHH become better
@@Jrh-rp7np 🤦🏻♂️
I've said it before many times. In WWE, they bury 30 guys to mint ONE super superstar. It's always been their model.
The Rock is a wrestling politician just like Hogan, HBK and Triple H!
U didn’t say that last week
@@dwaynejpeterkin I actually did & it wasn't online when I said it! The Rock is a major star with a lot of political power & sway! But if the Rock's hands are forced, then he has no political power!
@@Ultrasoniic lol as if Taker always hogged spotlight & become 100x Champion but agree with Austin though
@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333they gave The Undertaker his own spot with a championship equivalent in that unbeaten streak, you have to admit that
@@BigBadJerryRogers and Undertaker even lost plenty of matches with 0 buildups unlike Hogan , Rock & Austin though
So the executives at Endeavor don’t mind interfering in WWE’s creative but wouldn’t open the checkbook to ensure Ngonou vs Jones happened in the UFC
Backwards priorities breeds backwards results
I find it hilarious that rock vs roman reigns at wrestlemania 40 is taking place in Philadelphia same place where the rock got booed at the 2015 royal rumble you thought that was bad this is much worse i feel so bad for cody especially since he just won his second royal rumble match I'm really enjoying the backlash online maybe this changes wwe's mind who even cares about this rock match this is past it's expiration date cody rhodes vs roman reigns is a much bigger match i don't care if the rock is on the TKO board of directors and this'll be the first wrestlemania under the new ownership cody rhodes vs roman reigns is better because of what happened last year.
Could have happened at WM Hollywood but he had too much tequila to sign papers 😂
@@chilltunes8926that would've made more sense lol
Except he didn't. The boos were for Roman, not the Rock.
@Supre3m3Kai cody rhodes vs roman reigns is a bigger match especially since what happened last year that's 10X Better than a boring match with the rock that's past it's expiration date plus the rock is 51-years old and hasn't Wrestled a proper match in 11-years this is a terrible move and wwe deserves this backlash.
@@benespinosa6725 You want to talk about expiration dates? Cody's story has been sitting on the shelves for the past several months. You want to talk about expiration dates?! This whole "we want cody" movement is well past it's due date! Where was this outrage at 39? Oh right, people were too busy making excuses for it. Now, those same people want to sit here, fake outrage, and scapegoat the Rock for past creative blunders.
Wow, The Rock went full on Hogan.
Bret Hart is more like it.
Dwayne Johnson is TKO board member, previous position was held by Vince McMahon who used to give orders to HHH so now HHH's new boss is The Rock. What is HHH gonna say to the Rock ? "Hey stop" he can't.
1- Ava is NXT GM
2- Nia Jax was hired back
3- Dwayne steals Cody's spot
Oh god nia jax is never getting fired now
It's all a strong coincidence. Netflix deal, Vince drama, Vince quits, Rock takes Vinces spot, ends up taking Cody's spot. Remember the Cliq did not get along well with the Rock during the attitude era. Maybe this Rocks revenge
I hear that the IWC is only like 5% of of the viewing audience.
All of this could've been avoided if the WWE put the belt on Cody Rhodes last yearl at WrestleMania 39.
Actually, Austin didn't get to go to WrestleMania to fight for the title the first time he won. Granted, that was because he didn't technically win because he got eliminated but the refs didn't see it, so that's why they took it away. He did eventually get his title shot at the following In Your House, and it's not like he just gave his shot away, but he was the first to win the Rumble and not get the match at Mania.
Bingo and if you remember this set up Vince to be the biggest heel in wrestling history and catapulted Austin into the greatest babyface in wrestling history , imagine Rock in that Vince spot and Cody as Austin they could really turn this into something special.
we got to beat hogan's record tho@@firstorder438
@firstorder438 This happened 3 times in 1997, 1999 & 2008.
1997: Like Bman said, Austin used his Rumble victory for the In Your House: Final Four and lost.
1999: McMahon won the Royal Rumble, and Austin faced him in a steel cage match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Austin won by being thrown by The Giant aka Big Show in the match.
2008: John Cena used his Rumble victory to face Randy Orton at No Way Out 2008. Orton got himself intentionally disqualified and retained his championship.
@lancethefilmguy9392 Oh yeah, I remember. 1999, Vince gave up his title shot, but I think that was to protect his champion from having to defend the title. In 2008, Cena got his shot at No Way Out and lost but still found his way onto WrestleMania and challenging for the title.
@@BmanTheChampStupid move in 08. HHH was robbed in 08 for the rumble.
This is Hogan level political booking.
I literally learned something new because of The Solomonster around 9:22-9:30 & 9:30-9:36.
I had no idea The Rock had something in his movie contract stating "I don't lose any of the fights that I partake in.", or, something like that--paraphrasing, of course...
The Definition of having an Ego
@@lancethefilmguy9392- What makes you say & think that, exactly?...
Also, I wouldn't go that far, per se.
Others would, though...
@@tthomaselli2 Look, he and I don’t agree on much, but he’s right here. 😂 This is textbook ego. Dwayne has essentially tried to book himself as Superman in his movies, in that case. Now it makes sense. He never t looked anything but strong in most of his goofy movies. Dave Batista was the opposite. He’s bigger and stronger than Rock, or at least on the same level, yet he’s lost plenty of fights in his movies; hell, Daniel Craig killed him in that one Bond film. Yet he’s a much better actor than Dwayne will ever be because Dave takes risks and isn’t afraid of looking vulnerable. Dwayne is too obsessed with looking invincible. He’s afraid of failing.
@@Jeff_Pryce- What do you mean by "He & I don't agree on much, but, he's right."?...
Who are you talking about?...
Somehow it feels like Vince still has some type of control over the company.
I can't help but feel like we're getting worked here. Would they really put this match on last after two whole nights of matches in Philadelphia of all places? I know that people fly in from all over to go to Mania, but lots of locals are going to be in that building, and they're going to act like a typical Philly crowd. For two whole nights they'll be highjacking the show until Roman/Rock actually starts. Not to mention the highjacking that will go on for the next two months.
Funny how they managed to put them selves in to the same situation Daniel Bryan was in 10 years ago with Cody. Can’t make this shit up. Best scenario is to make it a triple threat and have Cody can pin the Rock. Still doesn’t fix the damage done to Seth and the world heavyweight title.
Solomon, your take on Rock is harsh. Rock v Roman would have always been the plan. I don't believe it's a last minute call engineered by himself and the company would've wanted the exact same thing
I feel like if this is upsetting the fans they should just give Cody his match back that he work so hard for
I feel like Triple H has zero control over this for some reason...
I just don’t understand. Before survivor series there was no cm punk or rock. I’m sure they had an idea of what they wanted to do with Cody getting his rematch with Roman and Seth having a different opponent so why can’t they just go that direction lol
With all the hate this is getting I would be stunned if they do not change it.
the aren't
Pathetic. If you have to keep going back to Rock, Austin, Lesner and Goldberg there is a problem. What the WWF should have done was have Roman and his crew out there in the ring for the match. Cody and his wife are looking on like the world is against them. All these people against them. Then on the screens you see a picture of The American Dream Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdock. The crowd, Cody and Roman and crew look up. Then "Midnight Rider" is blasting. Wearing cowboy hats and chaps. Their faces covered. Two men stand at the top of the ramp. They nod and lift their hats. It's Dustin Rhodes and Trevor Murdock. The sons of The Texas Outlaws. Now the odds are even. We have a terrific match. Then we have a new worlds champion.
No one cares about Trevor Murdock. Dustin, sure.
I for one can’t wait to see the rock get gassed in 2 min and have a garbage tier match with Roman. So glad this is happening over something that’s been building for a full year.
Such a weirdo. Cody and Roman have been face to face 2x all year. Where was the story exactly??
@@apitterson17people only wanted this because they're mad Cody didn't win the first time. That's where all this stems from. There's no story here.
I like Roman but I wanna see that too because people wanted this ridiculous match for the longest.
Roman vs Reigns is the better storyline. Even though I think Roman vs Cody would be a better match.
How was this building for a year? Cody and Roman have no interaction. And there's no story between them except they wrestled last year. Grow up. The story is Roman vs Rock. The bigger draw is Roman vs Rock.
The WWF has also dropped the ball on LA Knight. I think he is terrific. He has personality.
I wouldn’t say that just yet, since LA Knight has been placed in the back burner for now until Roman finally loses the championship to Cody, then LA Knight will be the one to dethrone Cody.
You guys don't actually want to see LA Knight as champion do you?? He's so corny and stiff.
@@aspect1200finally I agreed with .
The only way this can be redeemed is if they add Cody in as part of a Triple Threat with a Heel Rock, but that is just nuclear damage control
Yeah, but when you add Cody to the mix, his odds go drastically down.
Even a triple threat doesn't mean anything. Triple threats suck and drastically water down the credibility of the match and title win. It has to be Cody vs Roman 1 on 1, without Rock, or with Rock in some ancillary role like referee or special enforcer.
or the rock is the guest referee
I can’t remember the last time I’ve listened to a Sound Off and Solomonster was this pissed. “People’s champion my ass” fucking hell that was a mic drop
22:35 "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become Hulk Hogan" - Solomonster. Priceless 😂💯
Rock is an Egomaniac
Rock coming out from Hollywood after the whole black adam fiasco straight to this!!! he is ruining his attitude era legacy
I really got quite the laugh out of "maybe this is just me being delusionally optimistic"... Never change Solomonster!
Once again u hit the nail . Very good commentary on this issue. Thanks again for your insight
Rock will be gassed before hitting the ring.
That Philly crowd will have bring NUCLEAR HEAT on this match. Wonder how many batteries security confiscates at Wrestlemania......
I think Seth begging Cody to choose him was worse for the WHC than Roman dissing it.
With Roman, it at least felt in character for him. For Seth, a champion should not be begging for someone to challenge them. Challengers should be striving to do it themselves on their on initative. It's a title that hasn't even been around for a full year and has had only one holder thus far. The prestige that Seth claims it has just doesn't exist for it as of now regardless of how good his matches defending it may have been. A title doesn't become prestigous over night. (A "night" being a year in this case.)
I think the whole problem is that we've already had it established that even though Seth is the champ, 1v1 Cody is clearly the better guy. It makes sense that Seth would want to get one back.
“Hollywood” Dwayne Hogan.
Guess Rock still holds a grudge against Trips from all those years back. How else do you explain this sabotaging? Lol
What’s that story? I’m unaware?
@@riffhousestudios96 Rock was bullied by HBK and HHH
So he became the thing he hated. Imagine if Bret Hart, his mentor, had treated him the way Dwayne is treating Cody.
Rock was interviewed espn 12 days agi and he was talking this match
I love people mentioning the DC Universe thing with Rock as the catalyst for its downfall as if Walter Hamada was suddenly going to pull his head out of his ass and turn the entire franchise around. He was already tanking those films before Rock was even in the discussion.
Aint it interesting looking at the comments now that wrestlemania has finished. What a journey
Oh the chaos, such good sh!t
Pal
Can only hope things change, but we'll see.
I saw we grab our torches and pitchforks and show up at the rocks house
It literally feels like everything is just crumbling and like…. It’s really a train wreck. This road to WM feels lame.
Alternative booking:
They should have Rock as special guest referee and over the next few months, have him slowly pull the influence of the Bloodline away from Roman to him. They get starstruck and start to listen to him over Roman. The only one still loyal to Roman is Heyman because he knows what Rock is trying to do. They go to WM, Cody wins clean with Rock counting fairly. Roman gets upset that Rock didn't pull anything to prevent that and Rock turns heel on Roman. The Bloodline all attack Roman. He becomes Head of the Table.
Raw after WM: Rock, Solo and Jimmy come out to the Bloodline music with all the fan fare. Promo in mid ring. Roman walks out to no music, no fan fare, with Heyman, cuts counter promo on top of stage and against Heyman's counsel, rushes the ring. 3 v 1, gets destroyed....out comes Cody. Cody helps Roman. Stare down. Confusion on Roman's face.
Smackdown after WM: Cody comes out, promo in mid-ring. Thanks the fans, says he's finished his story. But, there's always room for a sequel. This time, it's about being a fighting champion and restoring honor and glory to the title, not the titleholder. Roman comes out to no music, no fanfare with Heyman. Wants to know why he helped him on Raw. Cody says it's simple... before he can answer, Cody gets jumped from behind by Solo and Jimmy out of the crowd. Roman rushes the ring to help Cody. After a bit of a brawl and BL coming on top, Rock comes out and finishes off the two of them. Heel tactics. Heyman looks on from the entrance way with fear and concern.
Later on, Rock/Solo/Jimmy vs. Cody/Roman in a handicap match. Cody/Roman go over but in a hard-fought match that ends in DQ when the BL use foreign objects. Rock hits Cody and Roman with chairs. Jey's music hits and he comes down to help even the odds. Eventually, he clears the ring, helps Cody and Roman up and paces, taunting the BL as they sulk off.
(All of this leads to a Cody/Rock title match at SS [that Cody must win] and a War Games match at SS where the BL [with a 4th from NXT as a merc?] faces off against Cody, Roman and Jey [with a 4th, maybe a returning Punk?], and a Wrestlemania match of Roman vs. Rock for in a Tribal Warfare match [Lumberjack Match with Bloodline family members from multiple generations surrounding the ring]).
I mean that sounds a lot better than what we think we are getting no? This gives Rock time to get into Ring shape, protects him by only letting him wrestle at big events (with the exception of the Handicap match which he can just let Solo and Jimmy carry him in) and builds to a WM without killing Cody's momentum and potential to become the face of the company.
this would be great but unlikely with rock's schedule.
How long before Triple h is shown the door?
We made it through a pandemic we can make it through this.
The next time Rock does something altruistic, to put someone else over, will be the first…he’s been selfish as a wrestler, as a DCEU actor, as a Hawaiian resident, as an apologist for China, and as a businessman. He’s not a good guy now, and never has been…
Bullseye.
I wouldn’t blame Rhodes for having a potential exit strategy. Sure maybe they promised him the win at WM 41 but who’s not to say that something else may come up that pushes his storyline back even further beyond WM 41. Plus it really hurt his character when he willingly just gave up his spot. They could have at least tried an injury angle.
Rock: You can finish your story in the minor leaguers if ya smelllllll!
I'm so happy to see people reacting this way. Keep the loudness coming guys they have not seen this ever and I'm here for it.
Bet the rock is literally thinking "no way that people don't like me"
I find it funny because Rock said in recent interviews if he was going to face Roman he’d want them to take time to build the story and make it a huge deal at Wrestlemania. In a matter of weeks he changed his mind and is rushing to main event this year’s Mania. SMH.
What Rock did was expose how full of shit he really is.
"I'm a long gamer." Well apparently playing the long game means 8 weeks.
I’ve always hated the part time at best or once a year wrestlers coming in and taking a main event spot at WrestleMania outside of The Undertaker who’s streak was a WrestleMania storyline and draw every year.
They’ve pushed a two year story of Cody reaching the top and finishing his story just for Rock to politic his way into the main event so he hits his money target with TKO, it’s disgusting and I pray Philadelphia boo both Rock and Reigns out of the city.