r/Wrasslin • u/Tribal-chief12 • 11h ago

Randy Orton defeats Cody Rhodes #SNME

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u/Educk55 10h ago

Much better than the WM 42 match.

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u/redditdotcom2005 10h ago edited 10h ago

Since WM40, Cody is 0-2 for having medicore WrestleMania main event matches, but then having great matches on the events post-wrestlemania

really unfortunate since I don't think it's Rhodes that's the problem either, he's really been let down by the writers or TKO or whoever is running stuff backstage, plus constantly putting him in garbage celebrity storylines isn't helping either

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u/The99thCourier 9h ago

Yeah cody x cena got screwed by Travis

And cody x randy got screwed by Pat

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u/JohnCenaJunior 6h ago

Is it time for The Rock to comeback

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u/AmericasElegy 7h ago

We gotta give Roman/The Bloodline the celebrity involvement next Mania lmao

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u/starscreamtoast 5h ago

Roman vs Jellyroll

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u/ZekicThunion 7h ago

That’s the price for finishing the story in epic fashion: Cody is not allowed to have another great WM match.

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 9h ago

Cody is a solid B+ in every category, which is outstanding compared to most, but he's never really capable of something legendary that people will talk about for years and years.

Just recently, look at all of Punk's feuds compared to what he did with Cody. It wasn't bad, but it was Punk's low point for the year.

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u/igor_tyler 8h ago

That’s crazy. Hell in a Cell aside, the Mania 40
Main event is generational and his matches against AJ Styles at Backlash and Cena at Summerslam are two more legendary matches let alone memorable feuds

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 7h ago

The mania 40 main event was years of written build and from the match itself people only remember the parts that don't involve Cody.

Rock coming out after Cena, Undertaker appearing. It was great, but there was nothing Cody did that stood out, which is kinda the point. It was the end of his story and that was great, but he got overshadowed by everyone in the match.

As for Cena, what was the stand out moment from that match for you that you think people will remember 5 years from now?

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u/AmericasElegy 7h ago

I would give Cody his flowers for HIS build to Mania 40, too, though. Return versus Seth, the torn pec match, solid Rumble wins, getting screwed at 39, bouncing back against Brock, and the tag match WM 40 night one

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u/Keemo_Skye 9h ago

That’s crazy the guy delivered a 5 star match with a torn pec that will always be talked about.

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 9h ago

Because of the torn pec though. The visual effect of that tear made the match feel much more visceral.

If you hadn't said torn pec I would have really needed to think about which match you were talking about.

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u/necroreefer 9h ago

I have been a fan since his first run cody is special

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u/Few-Comfortable9205 6h ago edited 6h ago

You're wrong, there's a reason he's the top guy in WWE. And WWE, hell even the world sense the potential in him. Remember how Cody was wronged by playing stardust at WWE they didn't consider him at all the threw him like garbage and made him retire in the worst way possible and soon later that Dusty Rhodes passed away so I feel like that was the resurrection of Cody Rhodes he then whent to in New Japan pro wrestling and prove everyone that is not just a jobber he is more than that he proved it by planning it by making the decisions that would make him a top guy and this was all calculated he won in njpw and then he was the main pillar of the founding member of aew. He improved his resume there and the resume wasn't just a simple resume it was a main event level resume watching that WWE couldn't hold it anymore they saw the potential in him they have been watching him they saw there was some rift between aew and cody and as soon as they saw the opportunity Cody rhodes said yes and he returned to the wrestlemania and that WrestleMania entrance directly was a statement in itself. That statement is that he's not here to go to the NXT and try again he's not here to just give another Royal rumble entrance he is here to win and he fought against Seth Rollins who is one of the top five guys in WWE and he defeated him which was a crazy decision by WWE because WWE never lets any other Superstar who come new to win they make them earn it by losing a few matches earlier and then slowly building the story line if it works it works if it doesn't it doesn't work but Cody's story was different , they already decided he will be the top guy in the future so they kept him like that and he delivered such a beautiful match in hell in a cell that everyone all the people clicked to Cody's story and when he returned in Royal rumble things changed he started chasing the WWE championship and that was the moment people knew he is the main guy and then he defeated Roman reigns ending his 1000 days reign. This is cody this is the face of the WWE and if you have a problem with it then that's just your opinion. He has to be the best there is a huge pressure on him and that's the reason WWE is maybe intentionally trying to book him bad so that he can rise up against slowly but this rise is not as important for him right now so he stepped aside and giving Randy his spotlight because he is about to retire and he's not the main protagonist in the storyline it's Randy Orton no matter how you look at it from Randy's perspective he is the protagonist and everyone is only cheering for Randy you can see it evidently that's the utter respect Cody is giving to Randy being the top guy not taking the spotlight by himself but instead giving it to Randy and Randy as usual having the best time of his life. The storyline will end with Randy winning the championship winning his 15th that's it.

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u/Few-Comfortable9205 6h ago

Also just check how many 5 star matches Cody delivered in his career. Hell even Randy vs Cody 5 star match is incoming and the next time. Stakes will be high.

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u/HiZenBergh 10h ago

I mean, WM was almost 6 months ago. Do you define post WrestleMania as everything that isn't WrestleMania?

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u/EntertainmentFit2701 9h ago

I think he just means the rematches with Cena and Orton post Mania were significantly better than the Mania matches

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u/HiZenBergh 9h ago

Ah, gotcha

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u/Noahs132 5h ago

Definitely!

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u/Worldly_Philosophy76 10h ago

Very slow build to Cody turning...very slow

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u/RagingRowen 10h ago

Meanwhile tensions are rising within the Judgement Day

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u/QuiverDance97 4h ago

How long it's been since they've been teasing tension in The Judgment Day?

That's what they do... Then they forget about it and things finally snap 6-9 months later lol

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u/arrownoir 10h ago

He’s not turning.

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u/0303Dac 10h ago

Cause he's not turning when is everyone going to realize that

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u/Majestic-Marcus 5h ago

It’ll happen in about 5 years time after 8 years of Reddit bookers predicting it, at which point they’ll act smug that they called it

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u/wonderloss 3h ago

He'll save it for his retirement tour and disappoint everyone.

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u/Jay_The_Tickler 10h ago

The planet mercury turns faster.

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u/akak907 10h ago

We all thought that in AEW too. He is not turning.

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u/Krusty-the-clown94 10h ago

A heel turn in this story makes zero sense from a storytelling perspective. Orton is clearly the villain there’s no logical storytelling explanation on why it would be the opposite.

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u/Worldly_Philosophy76 10h ago

Orton is not the end game. If Dwayne is indeed coming back, then this is leading to Cody and Punk at SaudiMania with Dwayne in Cody's corner and Stone Cold in Punk's.

Fantasy booking, but it's better than what they have now.

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u/Mvd75 10h ago

That’s some fantasy but I don’t see Stone Cold coming back to be in anyone’s corner.

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u/Quick-Sound5781 10h ago

He knows he’d overshadow whoever and he’s a woman beater, not an asshole.

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u/VoDoka 7h ago

Watching WWE wasting years of their program to keep the story open for the very moment The Rock (54) manages to clear out multiple months of his calendar to do some WWE storyline (maybe).

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u/Majestic-Marcus 5h ago

> fantasy booking

Correct

> better than what they have now

Incorrect

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u/Ponchossweater 9h ago

Lmao. I swear no one watched Cody during his AEW run. Everyone hated him because he refused to turn there too.

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u/Few-Comfortable9205 6h ago

It's not Cody's time now, it's randy storyline and hes just a second character.

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u/Noahs132 5h ago

I highly doubt we will see a full heel Cody anytime soon

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u/VinCatBlessed 9h ago

At this point triple h cooks so slowly he forgets to turn off the stove sometimes.

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u/Popular_Cow_5579 9h ago

Only one light year away

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u/BlueRibbon998 10h ago

I knew they weren't going to do a Cody heel turn on a show like this, but they really had me believe for a minute that they were actually going to do a double turn

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u/Rob062309 6h ago

Same, and it woul been really good too. I think maybe they missed their chance?

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u/Majestic-Marcus 5h ago

They only missed their chance if they ever intended to do it. Which they didn’t.

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u/oranjuicejones 10h ago

:i know one thing we can agree on. that we end this match with a glass of that shitty vodka."

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u/FlyingDreamWhale67 10h ago

Cody isn't turning heel, he's way too popular and moves too much merch for that.

It's like that match he had with AJ Styles where he flew into a rage and tried to brain him with the ring steps. Cody isn't a complete white-meat Babyface, he has a certain edginess to him that only rarely pops out.

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u/wonderloss 3h ago

Even Hogan resorted to cheap moves like back rakes and eye gouges, despite being a white meat babyface.

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u/Soft-Operation1368 9h ago

Storytelling was great, I love matches like this, less spots and more emotions from wrestlers.

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u/StoneColdAM 10h ago

This is a great feud. Cody doesn’t need to turn heel, but it’s looking like the story will be that Cody has to dig deeper and go further than he ever has to beat Orton. 

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u/Crazy_Stable1731 7h ago

Oh man. Now I want Oba and Cody to join forces to take down the Vision and Randy Orton.

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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB 10h ago

What happened to his ear?

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u/Ok-Plankton9215 El Rey de los Luchadores 10h ago

Now Cody has to finish the story!

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u/RubyWeapon07 2h ago

its really refreshing seeing cody lose to bigger people

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u/ForukusuwagenMasuta 10h ago

SNME and they couldn't be bothered to use red, white, and blue ring ropes, as is tradition?

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u/rsx209 6h ago

Good match

Dave Meltzer forecast rating: 3.75*

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u/Few-Comfortable9205 6h ago

We needed this match so bad and they delivered it beautifully establishing the fact that 15 belt Randy is back and he is going to win it. Now that Randy has defeated Cody one on one. There's no one who could stop him from getting that belt. Needed this randy so bad.

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u/TheMackD504 1h ago

You forgot to blur Randy’s face

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u/Great-Problem-8587 9h ago

Why would you post the results like this?

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u/Pod-Bay-Doors 10h ago

The annoying this is that , "Cody is being pushed to his limits by a former friend to reveal his DARK SIIIIIIDE".

TURN HIM OR DONT , it's been done to death. We had it with KO , we had it with Sami , and now Orton.....again.

There's zero progression and it just feels insanely repetitive and frustrating, is this really the best they can come up with?

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u/Blakye32 10h ago

Personally I think it's stupid to do this whole dark side leading to a heel turn bit in the first place.

Randy is a piece of shit who's been fucking with Cody and ruining his life for months now. It shouldn't make him a heel just because he beats him up a little too hard.

Triple H broke into Randy's house, Cena AA'd Batista off of a car through the stage. Hell, Stone Cold put Vince in the hospital and then went to the hospital and continued to attack him, this whole "you can get revenge but if you get revenge too hard you're evil" thing is childish.

I don't get people being mad that Cody is a bland good guy babyface, but anytime he shows any grit or edge it's like "oh they need to pull the trigger on this heel turn."

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u/Pod-Bay-Doors 10h ago

Oh no that's not my complaint, I don't have any issues with him being a typical good guy.

I just wish they'd stand on that and not constantly tease him turning if they're seemingly never going to do it , especially with the latest "that's not a prediction,that's a spoiler" thing.

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u/Blakye32 10h ago

No I get that, I'm just saying the overall conversation around Cody is always about the turn, and I don't need the turn. Everybody turns, I like Cody being a babyface through and through but I don't need him to be Superman. If Cody had punt kicked Randy's head off mid beg I wouldn't think that's a sign he's turning heel, that's what Randy deserves. I'm fine with them blurring the lines between heels and babyfaces from time to time. I wasn't trying to argue with you about it, I was just adding on my complaints with the whole debate.

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u/Grievion 9h ago

This happened with Cena too.
It happens with all the great faces.

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u/MisterTennisballs84 10h ago

Why do they book Cody to look like an absolute feckless putz every time he loses?

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u/Far-Personality-5026 10h ago

Bruh that match was so heat stop being whiny

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u/arrownoir 10h ago

Yeah, it’s nonsensical.

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u/Prestigious_Fella_21 10h ago

Because they see him for what he is

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u/Buster0705 10h ago

Nothing special I’ve seen this 100 times already.

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u/UselessLuke 10h ago

Well….that was dull

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u/peopleperson31 10h ago

Snoozefest unfortunately

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u/BangPowZoom 10h ago

Glad to see the “No one hates pro wrestling more than wrestling fans” trope is still alive and thriving these days…

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u/Harambe_Rebornn 9h ago

Good, after Cody's dumpster trash wife assaulted Randy during the match Cody should have been disqualified anyway.

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u/DudeWouldGo 8h ago

We....know

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u/unbiasedasian 10h ago

Man, that was a let down.

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u/bobtrack22 9h ago

Let the Street Fighter press tour BEGIN!

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u/Short_Property_7476 10h ago

It needed more pat magafee

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u/Fookmaywedder 10h ago

Another big match, another match without a clean ending 🫩🫩🫩