Masked Cody Rhodes appreciation

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEC5wvSvOHw&feature=player_detailpage#t=189s]WWE Raw 4/25/11 - Draft 2011 Part 3/6 (HQ) - YouTube[/ame]

this nikka had so much potential...



This nikka was finding his niche...



He was wrestling solid matches all around while building an actual character...



WHY would you just let this gimmick go? Why?

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

I'm NEVER going to forgive the WWE for this.

 

[Roman Brady]

When he appeared in that 8 man tage on monday I was like who is this chuck? the guy has fallen so far its not even funny.Everyone said the mask gimmick was hokey but the guy aint been worth a damn since.Like I said if undertaker/kane debut in this era everyone would b rollin their eyes saying it had no legs.And how wrong they would've been

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

this nikka's gimmick wasn't perfect but it fukkin stood out

now he's generic heel number 4 for no logical reason at all, what reason did they give for him to not even go back to the dashing gimmick atleast, but just to an arrogant kid...which is what he basically was before he became dashing then undashing

 

[Bob Loblaw]

He was really hitting his stride during the feud with Orton. Always getting his baggers involved, taking the mask off and using it as a weapon

 

[Bob Loblaw]

this nikka's gimmick wasn't perfect but it fukkin stood out

now he's generic heel number 4 for no logical reason at all, what reason did they give for him to not even go back to the dashing gimmick atleast, but just to an arrogant kid...which is what he basically was before he became dashing then undashing

He had the most heat and stood out from the rest here

7:00 The E should've kept these guys together longer but it was a nice crew til SS

 

[THEREALBRAND]

I still want to believe in Cody

 

[Bob Loblaw]

They should have him chill in boiler rooms, maybe a loose alliance with Kane for a while

 

[Shadow]

The 'transition' promo(from Dashing to Undashing) was



"No we're not shooting my face Todd, not...not my face."

They messed up the gimmick when he started handed out bags to people in the crowd but the stuff before that was One of the only dudes who had a gimmick back then.

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

he was harvey dent/dr. doom esq before the cheesy bags but even with the bags he stood out

 

[Shadow]

he was harvey dent/dr. doom esq before the cheesy bags but even with the bags he stood out

Yeah, I liked that even though he was a heel, to a certain extent it was possible to actually feel sympathy for him. Especially earlier on. Of course everyone else knew that there was nothing wrong with his face but that wasn't the point. The point was that the incident psychology messed him up, so he sees himself as ugly every time he looks in the mirror. There was so many different paths they could have went with that character.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

They missed a golden opportunity to evolve the character when Orton legit busted him open with a ring bell on SD! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAtz4Kce_aw]Randy Orton causes Severe Bleeding on Cody Rhodes in SmackDown [720p] - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHRv10zIysk"]WWE SmackDown 9/23/11 Cody Rhodes Bleeding Full Syfy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Yeah, I liked that even though he was a heel, to a certain extent it was possible to actually feel sympathy for him. Especially earlier on. Of course everyone else knew that there was nothing wrong with his face but that wasn't the point. The point was that the incident psychology messed him up, so he sees himself as ugly every time he looks in the mirror. There was so many different paths they could have went with that character.

his arc was simple and highlighted smackdown's writing last year, which was underrated.

the feud with rey, henry's run as champ, db becoming a star, christian vs rey

 

[Smokebreak]

Top 3 most disappointing character derailments of this ERA

 

[Roman Brady]

Top 3 most disappointing character derailments of this ERA

which are the other 2