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.
No disagreement from me but I fully admit that I live in the past as a wrestling fan so I’m excited but they should’ve had Rock Vs Roman 2 years ago. Cody should’ve won last year. I do believe something like Rock vs Roman happens night 1 and Cody vs Reigns night 2. Or a Daniel Bryan scenario comes up. It’s interesting but like I said I am not as engaged in the product as I once was but do hope I get to see Rock in action as well as Cody get what he deserves
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.
No disagreement from me but I fully admit that I live in the past as a wrestling fan so I’m excited but they should’ve had Rock Vs Roman 2 years ago. Cody should’ve won last year. I do believe something like Rock vs Roman happens night 1 and Cody vs Reigns night 2. Or a Daniel Bryan scenario comes up. It’s interesting but like I said I am not as engaged in the product as I once was but do hope I get to see Rock in action as well as Cody get what he deserves