>>20248810
I feel so bad for Cody that this is what the story of the match has been forced to become.

>>20248810
I feel sorry for Pat’s normie viewers but love this storyline and Pat’s promos.

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>>20248810
There were several people on this board who rejected the idea of Ted Jr. being brought in to do a Legacy-based angle with Orton and Cody
Welp, looks like you guys got your wish. Congrats

>>20248851
>There were several people on this board
bet

>>20248831
can't stop thinking about all the amazing "MY DAD DUSTY RHODES" promos that have been lost because of it

>>20248810
Seems that the hour-long story recap didn't get all of this latest event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdWpRpZICA

>>20248810
Unless Cody either drops the title or turns heel at WM, then this whole shit is officially a dud

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KWAB

WrestleMania is a 2-night show. It’s fine to have a little diversity between your two main events. They don’t both HAVE to be clean stories about the wrestlers.

And the more I settle into this McAfee angle, the more I realize it’s simply designed to draw mainstream ESPN sports eyeballs onto one of the main events. It doesn’t need to make sense or be “good,” lol. It just needs to get people talking who don’t normally watch wrestling. Especially because it’s Cody again. Cody’s “real” story was already told at WM40. Now that we’re into the “sequels,” it’s pretty typical to add a few gimmicks and shenanigans to keep people interested in the same character.

The OTHER main event is the one that needs to be purely about wrestling.

Given all that, the only “mistake” that was made was when Punk inexplicably mentioned Pat in HIS promo, which unnecessarily (and thankfully temporarily) dragged Pat into that storyline. Thankfully, they let it go and didn’t mention it again for the final Punk Roman promo, because as long as one Main Event stays all about wrestling, I don’t really have a problem with the other Main Event being more of a circus spectacle with mainstream crossovers.

In short, it’s fine. It’ll probably have a silly ending, but who cares.

>>20249104
>it’s simply designed to draw mainstream ESPN sports eyeballs onto one of the main events
Then they should have paid Tom Brady whatever the fuck amount he asked for during negotiations, because that would have been the only thing to salvage the feud once Pat got into it

>>20249141
marks do be seething at pat lmao

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They delayed or canceled this podcast so he could piss off Randy's manager

>>20248810
kek what a sloppy podcast

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>>20249141
>months of Logan Paul feuding with Tom Brady, in real life and live streams, leading to.....Tom Brady interfering in an Orton/Rhodes match

>>20248810
Also it isn't a top thread on r/squaredcircle so no one that makes threads here saw it

>>20248810
PAT BTFO

>>20249175
Mike Tyson feuded with Austin for months just to end up being a guest ref that helped Austin in the end

>>20249104
>They don’t both HAVE to be clean stories about the wrestlers.
They don't have to be, but THIS one had to be. Cody and Randy is the story we've been waiting for them to tell since Randy came back from his injury, and to see them bring in all this outside shit instead of the history of these two men, is just disgusting.

>>20249212
they had to do all this outside shit because the history of them is boring and has no hype.
>Randy you used to be my hero and mentor, but now you're evil!
Exact same boring story they did last year with Cena

>>20249225
It would have hype if they told that story instead of having Pat McAfee cut his shitty promos that make WWE look like a joke.

>>20249141
Logan Paul already dogwalked Tom Brady in flag football

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J6RPb945vNg

>>20248851
I didn’t reject it. I just said the Redditors wouldn’t like it because he’s LE BAD!

What you retards fail to understand is that pat is necessary because nobody sees orton as a heel, they'll never boo him no matter what he does. Pat is just a proxy heel to get some heat. But marks gonna mark I guess.

>>20249233
WWE always looks like a joke. Wrestling is a joke carny industry. People on the "outside" will always laugh and joke about wrestling and no one ever takes it seriously. It is pathetic how much the fact they like retarded childish entertainment pisses smarks off and they have to pretend a bunch of roided up guys in their underwear pretending to fight each other is actually some high sophisticated art form because they're too far up their own ass to just admit they like a trashy TV show.

>>20249212
>>20249212
Except the absolute truth is no one truly cares about the Legacy faction (a faction that was supposed to be the spiritual successor of Evolution, which also was a faction that didn't have any drawing/nostalgic 'legacy' either) and ultimately Randy Orton is not a real draw.

The history of these two men is that they were together in a faction that was supposed to elevate Ted/Cody in which it failed to do. It drew no money, sold no tickets, and had no mention UNTIL it comes here as some lore callback for imagined depth.

>>20249274
So instead of a lore callback/imagined depth, we'll settle for having both wrestlers be backed by some cracked-out singer with a stupid name and an ex-NFL player, both who we've already seen in WWE many times before. Gotcha

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pat does something to screw orton
cody wins as a result
orton turns around and punt kicks pat before orton and cody have a rematch at backlash
alternatively orton wins and punt kicks pat
good?

>>20249382
Pat feared for his life. It’s not a joke.

>>20249741
Pat's said multiple times if Randy loses, he'll never do anything with the WWE again. Only way Randy loses is if Pat is generating genuine backstage heat, and everyone is willing to say fuck you, get gone.

>>20249382
yeah cody's the evilest guy in this feud

>>20248810
people change and cody rhodes has become a fucking criminal

>>20249274
Except the truth is the angle kicked off to big fanfare and huge views and ratings and attendance were going up and fans were positive about the product again. I think the Pat stuff is starting to work, but the it started had a big negative effect.

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>68k views after 14 hours

>>20248810
WWE is truly going the AEW route of needing to watch youtube crap to follow the story? Is gaytch actually motherfucking retarded?

>Orton-less
>dimeless

these are contradictory

>>20248866
>Randy, I wanna talk about our dads for a moment
>You see ladies and gentlemen, my father the late great Dusty Rhodes spent an awful long time wrestling Randy's father the late great Bob Orton
>I grew up hearing stories about your dad Randy, and they were nothing short of magnificent
>I remember the time when I asked Dusty about that moment in the ring when his muffler shot out and nobody could find it, and he said to me "Naow kiid, Cowbwoi Bawb Orton nevva, and I mean nevva in his God blessed life, would let that happen without meaning to"
>Because your dad's a man of intent Randy
>He would set out goals for himself and achieve them, and if you didn't stop him he'd set goals for you and make you achieve them too
>God willing, you did... God help you if you didn't
>Randy your father was great, but I must admit, mine was the better father

>>20248835
it should be attached to a midcard match to help elevate the guys who need it. it's taking away from Cody vs Orton

>>20249235
I thought WWE didn't care about Reddit's opinion?

>>20249274
i miss the days when the fans cared about the tv show and the wrestlers cared about the money and ratings. fans crying over profits and views is the LARPiest thing about modern wrestling

>>20251178
TV is a dead medium gramps

>>20248810
This is so so so embarrassing