The problem is that basically everyone younger than about 30 only knows The Rock as an actor who has it in his movie contracts that he can’t lose a fight. Him as a wrestler isn’t even in their minds, plus he’s literally doing this because he yanked his reputation in Hollywood with Black Adam and needed to find a way to salvage it.
Cody Rhodes like I said earlier is basically in peak Cena territory in terms of how popular he is. But I do blame some of this on Punk getting injured, as Punk staying healthy solves a lot of this issue.
Yep and Cody winning at last mania. But yea I’m an “old head” now so I recognize that I’m not the target audience. I rewatch stuff from those previous eras I mentioned
The problem isn't really with Rock vs Roman, it's how they booked it. Cody's whole gimmick is coming back to win the title his daddy never could. He lost last year, so the fans have been primed for him to finally win. He won the Rumble to win an automatic shot at Wrestlemania, and he hands it to the Rock?
Narrativly and character wise the move makes little sense. The fact Rock was named to the board of TKO recently is also a bad look.
I know. Cody should’ve won last year. I get the long game but wow. I’m pumped to see the Rock. In my other comment I acknowledged that my favorite time as a fan is 80s through ruthless aggression so I don’t have the same excitement as I used to even though I still watch. Hopefully they can resolve this. The rock does bring eyeballs whether young fans like it or not. I have some friends coming over to watch mania now who have watched wrestling since attitude or RE
Rock is a star but I do wonder how much extra attention he'll bring to the product. Wrestlemania is a huge event and gets watched by casuals a lot. And we aren't in the PPV era anymore. Who is going to sign up for Peacock just for Mania?
And even if he brings a lot of attention there is something off about alienating your loyal fan base to appease the rubber neckers. I'm willing to give WWE time to tell a compelling story, after all they only did this last Friday. But I can understand why folks are thrown off with the direction.
Also it’s smart of Rock to get involved behind the scenes and return to his roots. I always hoped he would. But yea Cody is in that prime Cena/Rock/Austin/Hogan territory although in my life I’ve never seen anyone as hot as Hogan or Austin/Rock
The problem is that basically everyone younger than about 30 only knows The Rock as an actor who has it in his movie contracts that he can’t lose a fight. Him as a wrestler isn’t even in their minds, plus he’s literally doing this because he yanked his reputation in Hollywood with Black Adam and needed to find a way to salvage it.
Cody Rhodes like I said earlier is basically in peak Cena territory in terms of how popular he is. But I do blame some of this on Punk getting injured, as Punk staying healthy solves a lot of this issue.
Yep and Cody winning at last mania. But yea I’m an “old head” now so I recognize that I’m not the target audience. I rewatch stuff from those previous eras I mentioned
The problem isn't really with Rock vs Roman, it's how they booked it. Cody's whole gimmick is coming back to win the title his daddy never could. He lost last year, so the fans have been primed for him to finally win. He won the Rumble to win an automatic shot at Wrestlemania, and he hands it to the Rock?
Narrativly and character wise the move makes little sense. The fact Rock was named to the board of TKO recently is also a bad look.
I know. Cody should’ve won last year. I get the long game but wow. I’m pumped to see the Rock. In my other comment I acknowledged that my favorite time as a fan is 80s through ruthless aggression so I don’t have the same excitement as I used to even though I still watch. Hopefully they can resolve this. The rock does bring eyeballs whether young fans like it or not. I have some friends coming over to watch mania now who have watched wrestling since attitude or RE
Rock is a star but I do wonder how much extra attention he'll bring to the product. Wrestlemania is a huge event and gets watched by casuals a lot. And we aren't in the PPV era anymore. Who is going to sign up for Peacock just for Mania?
And even if he brings a lot of attention there is something off about alienating your loyal fan base to appease the rubber neckers. I'm willing to give WWE time to tell a compelling story, after all they only did this last Friday. But I can understand why folks are thrown off with the direction.
Also it’s smart of Rock to get involved behind the scenes and return to his roots. I always hoped he would. But yea Cody is in that prime Cena/Rock/Austin/Hogan territory although in my life I’ve never seen anyone as hot as Hogan or Austin/Rock