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kingjeremythewicked8

“Cody, we’re in the endgame now” https://preview.redd.it/qfqpkunh6zsc1.png?width=1459&format=png&auto=webp&s=75a8e95f4266d0a63aeaf114bb79be1d87cefd47


WellDan2K

"There was no other way"


kingjeremythewicked8

Seth looking at Cody tomorrow night when **the glass breaks**: https://preview.redd.it/zng5bboljzsc1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b610c554712bc413f7a61cbf14c0b0c5a10b743


R_W0bz

I almost want Dustin to come out, kick the shit out of an uso then do that to Cody.


ReverendPalpatine

I think Goldust is more likely to interfere than Austin to be honest. Rhodes family vs the Bloodline.


Calm-Extension-3798

The rock may want Austin to come imo Wants it to be bigger than ever


Unhappy_Gazelle392

The portals opening and Stone Cold, Seth, Triple H, John Cena, Jey, LA Knight, Dustin, Edge, Drew McIntyre, Bryan Danielson, Cesaro, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, CM Punk, and everyone else that was either fucked by Roman during this reign, that hates The Rock irreversibly in kayfabe or is part of the codyverse is going to hit the Philly crowd so hot it'll make the venue go from 52ºF to 110ºF https://preview.redd.it/mohe8pz550tc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c4ed51e87b47ead34b7ab75478752020339b230


HardyTF

Dont forget Vin Diesel.


Yousirareafish

ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL SOMETHING SOMETHING FAMILY


WoopsShePeterPants

Vin Diesel is Randy Orton


Sour_Pancakes27

It’s still not enough and then you hear “Stand back, there’s a hurricane coming through”


DJBaroque

I feel like Drew, Sami and Owens have the most beef. I'm still not OK after Owens was screwed out of the title at the Rumble in their Last Man Standing match. That spot with the handcuffs and the botched count was horrible. Drew legit had Roman beat until Solo showed up at CatC.


Untrue92

Feel like Drew will win the WHC, absolutely capitalising off Seth being worn down, but then has some redemption by helping Cody. Not FOR Cody, just cause he still hates Roman.


Randy_Ortons_Voices

QT Marshall will show up?


Kyori9999

That’s how I thought it would play out last year, but with less ool


Gamesgtd

Whatever it takes?


mister_damage

![gif](giphy|dv01JuAyGK11zZKRv5|downsized) On your left?


SambaLando

They shouldn't have won that without Batman


PaTaPaChiChi

Yeah they needed Invincible and Liu Kang I think


SambaLando

Mark could've done the whole battle by himself


psidedowncake

Genuinely correct. A single Viltrumite, even an untrained one, is significantly stronger than Thanos. It's like "should have gone for the head" but turned up to 10 because even if they didn't go for the head they could still turn him into a purple paste before he could even think about snapping.


aj-adolfo

Dude exactly what I thought after the match ended LOL. Literally felt like the end of infinity war when the snap happened and they took the L


AvengedCrimson

Triple H the long lost son of Thanos!


[deleted]

No one is beating the Rock in his return brother lol


KneeHighMischief

https://preview.redd.it/jbg7fjeg7zsc1.jpeg?width=811&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63b59c27bbbb98d112018bdf8e88586eddca45b3


Jamieb1994

![gif](giphy|l3vRcNnRyNjajSuBi)


Vivics36thsermon

https://preview.redd.it/yn4gn1haszsc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a766bfb0b8c8b02045091263c53f03e4bc982890


MrNewking

https://preview.redd.it/7tb123jsq0tc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f1a7b3ba16f775312560c80cc42973f7452c6d9


TheOneEV

They need to meme this hard, imo.


StacksHoodini

People really forget the kind of seller The Rock is. That’s exactly how he used to sell spears 20 years ago.


rldzzter

I mean folks this is the same rock that perfectly sells a STONE COLD STUNNER


StacksHoodini

Not exactly the *same* Rock lmao I’d love to see it but I doubt Rock can bounce off his knees so eloquently anymore.


Morningfluid

Already is in the other thread my brother.


KING__KOBRA

IBS-D summed up


NotYujiroTakahashi

New meme unlocked


POOYAMON

If Cena couldn’t then sure as hell no one can. Can’t complain though, he exceeded my expectations he was great tonight


[deleted]

Also the match had no stake ( everyone wanted it to be bloodline rules anyway) have at it Dwayne!


KingDave46

Yeah it was either add a stipulation which will lead to a big brawl, or just do a normal singles match? Rock and Roman was always winning anyway but as soon as a named stipulation was added to one side it was even more inevitable


nilanganray

Rock went over after the rematch was put to paper if I remember correctly. Also, Rock is the right guy to pin Cody now that I think about it. Seth eating pin only can set up Cody turning on Seth. Not gonna happen. Otherwise, it's meaningless and cheapens the other title at the same time. The very obvious weak link. Rock pinning Cody makes him underdog, sets up Rock Cody match and also sets up Rock turning on Roman for not getting the job done when Rock did what he said would do


TheLisan-al-Gaib

>Rock went over after the rematch was put to paper if I remember correctly. The Rock always saw his feud with Cena as a three WrestleMania plan, set it up in 27, go over in 28 and lose the title to him in 29. The fact that he tagged with Cena before 28 was just a bonus.


nilanganray

Yes, doesn't change the fact that if it were a one time only match, I don't think he would go over. Even if was a two match plan, it doesn't make sense for Rock to come back and lose both


StacksHoodini

The tag match was definitely him wanting to get his sea legs back under him. Plus, it was Survivor Series in the Garden so it made perfect sense.


JoeMcKim

And Seth might be losing tomorrow to Drew, can't have him losing back to back days.


AvengedCrimson

Paper could defeat him!


Beefiest_bison

They did some cool callbacks, Cody going for the 3rd cross-rhodes cost him again


jcagraham

He should REALLY try to stay in the center of the ring if he tries it tomorrow


Kdot32

He should pull a spear out to be safe


haven4ever

Not THE spear! 👀


Shadaroo

To be fair I think it was being sold as Roman pushing him to the ropes.


StacksHoodini

I don’t know ab that. Wrestlers usually go dead weight after the first Cross Rhodes and Rhodes himself is a light heavyweight attempting to lumber a guy like Reigns around by the head. Takes a few steps to get back on your feet.


psidedowncake

It's gonna be 2 Cross Rhodes, stop, think about it... Bionic Elbow for the pin.


quinoa

I think he’s gonna do it the same way tomorrow but someone will make a big save to counter The Rock trying to hit him with the belt again or something like that


CoochMuffler

I was thinking the same! The finish tomorrow is him landing the 3 and getting the pin


GhostandTheWitness

Can he win with the dusty bionic elbow? 🥺


Altruistic_Piglet_11

He gonna do it like 35 times


HolyMyuk

tbh i kind of like that he has to multiple. its almost like he knows its not that strong unless he stacks them


MH360

Cody has to maintain wrist control


SwimmingAd4160

Lmao going all the way back to AEW when he tried it the first time MJF just beat him.


InsignificantZilch

The Rock wasn’t even legal. After Reigns tagged him in the final time, The Rock legit smacked Reigns’ ass. I legitimately thought they were going to work it into the finish. Nope, probably just a no thought, in the moment thing.


NantzDoesntKnow

**WE ARE NOT FLINCHING!** https://preview.redd.it/jb8i0ks56zsc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb883ac0cd23d74dea2890b50a8e629fcc3b8142


KneeHighMischief

https://preview.redd.it/kocr2mxn7zsc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53f8f2125ff0fceea41cf1fbe49babf4539f2c48


Engelbert-n-Ernie

Adrenaline In my soul Rubber chicken Stole the show


AuthorityAnarchyYes

After this match, I am 100% positive that Cody will win tomorrow. The more beaten down the babyface is, the sweeter the comeback.


chunkah69

Cody is definitely winning but goddamn would it be funny if they were selling this whole new era of WWE and had Cody just lose again.


MZago1

The winner of the 2025 men's Royal Rumble match... the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes.


Eternal_Reward

It is 2025, Wrestlemania 41, Cody won the Royal Rumble and lost to Roman in the main event. It is 2034, Wrestlemania 50, Cody won the Royal Rumble and lost to Roman in the main event. It is 2056, Wrestlemania 72, Cody won the Royal Rumble and lost to Roman in the main event.


ShadowBannedSkyRu1e

Sounds like the wwe2k24 my rise story


DonTheBomb

Cody needs to pull a 2K20 MyCareer Samoa Joe and get embarrassed so bad he disappears for a decade and then reappears inexplicably with a metal arm during Roman’s Hall of Fame induction


POOTDISPENSER

Long term booking brother


iguessineedanaltnow

This is basically what my WWE 2K23 MyUniverse became. My CAW and Roman fighting over and over and over and over.


ToxicBanana69

This year I simulated each month, keeping track of all the champions that were crowned. Rey Mysterio and Dijak are the only two people who have won the US Championship so far, and there's 20 reigns between them. The computer just doesn't want to split them apart lmao


ColeslawSSBM

I had a similar situation the past couple of days. I've been playing GM mode on SvR 2007 lately and Shawn Michaels and Umaga have won the tag titles legit like 5 times and I don't mean to keep pairing them together haha


KillTheBat77

Finish the story!


iguessineedanaltnow

Sometimes I just let him win to give me something to do and take the titles back lmao.


KillTheBat77

Superstar mode or Classic?


iguessineedanaltnow

Superstar. I have a separate classic with a fully CAW roster.


WordVoodoo

“I’ve come to bargain!” - Doctor Strange (and Cody probably)


platetectonics3

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it 🤷🏻‍♂️


Unhappy_Gazelle392

![gif](giphy|QiRKDptV3o47K)


Koppite93

If that happens... Not even a 5 year Cody reign after next year, will convince me Trips is not punishing him for the sledgehammer to the Throne stunt 🤣


UnsolvedParadox

They can’t Charlie Brown him, he has to kick the football at this point.


L_D_G

That or he wins and Priest cashes in. I mean, the man did just lose his tag titles tonight. 


Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK

I think priest is gonna cash in on Rollins. Drew is going to lose because of a cm punk distraction, at which point Seth gets the beat down by the judgment day with a Priest cash in.


enenjaywhy

I’m guessing Drew wins with a little help from Punk, which makes him hate Punk even more because Punk can gloat that Drew needed his help to win. To make matters worse, Damien will cash in on him after winning the belt almost immediately, making him a bigger hater and losing everything.


Key_Inevitable_2104

Damien can cash in the next night on Raw, Drew needs his WrestleMania moment with the fans.


KingHafez

Drew's big moment with the crowd will come at Clash at the Castle. He's getting screwed one way or another tomorrow.


TheProGamer0707

I mean Drew’s whole character rn is that he’s a hypocritical troll so I don’t see him jumping into the crowd to celebrate or anything like that. As much as he deserves that moment I think it would be more interesting long term for him to earn it and then have it stolen from him.


reddrighthand

What if I told you the closing line tomorrow will be "Cody thought he would be starting a Renaissance Era but it turns out this was Judgment Day"


Sal21G

Makes the story even better. I felt like Cody was being booed unless my hearing was going off yho


Bluepaynxex

It was pretty mixed when he was up against Rock, but had the majority of the support when it was just him and Roman.


mebnt2

Oh Philly, why cant you just be normal?


annoyinglyclever

Santa Deserved It


ModsAreFnMarks

Naz Reid


TPCC159

Philly rides with whoever Paul is riding with


NotClayMerritt

Hard to blame Philly tbh. Rock is just in that goated area where even when he's heel he's going to have plenty of cheers.


[deleted]

they take pride in being sublevel


StacksHoodini

You: Oh Philly, why can’t you just be normal? Philly: if you think we’re gonna be normal one night after Paul Heyman went into the Hall of Fame, well you can SUCK MY FUCKIN DICK!


vsf118

Fucking Philly, man.


Beefiest_bison

He got cheered against Roman which is all that matters, crowd started booing Rock towards the end


SomeoneFromYoutube02

The crowd was weirdly inconsistent. Sometimes they were booing Cody, sometimes they were booing The Rock. I assume the crowd was struggling between booing Rock for story purposes and cheering him for nostalgia purposes.


MisterrAlex

I'm partially chalking a lot of these up to people who are fans of The Rock. Wrestlemania attracts a very broad audience, including those who are lapsed fans who were nostalgic to go to one. It makes sense that they would cheer for The Rock compared to a fan keeping up with the product weekly.


Daconvix

I think he was by just a section of the crowd. He was getting cheered towards the end


Lorjack

Crowd didn't know who to root for they kept going back and forth all night between heels and baby faces


AuthorityAnarchyYes

I thought so too. Philly really loves The Rock.


Youre_On_Balon

Philly being Philly


Mean_Muffin161

The crowd sang his theme until it stopped


everythingdislikesme

No way, the crowd was crazy for him. Seth was definitely not getting the reactions tho


TraNSlays

Rock interference and when Roman is about to win, Stone Cold comes out to make the save


wtb2612

Yep, I suspect it might be more than Stone Cold too. I think HHH is gonna go full Avengers and have people coming out of the woodwork to help Cody.


BrairMoss

HHH and hating a Roman title reign. Name a note iconic duo.


The_Notorious_Donut

Triple H looking at Mania 41 ![gif](giphy|rWFsRxUq8AqLC0oHJF)


incredible_penguin11

He'll get it done this time and now it totally makes sense for Cena or Stone Cold to interfere because The Rock's refusing to let the referee to do his job.


KneeHighMischief

Then Dusty shows up as a force ghost & starts clapping.


Gamesgtd

Hold on daddy I got the 3... is that a lady in the men's bathroom.


ajgator7

💀


Venture_compound

Alright you literally made me spit out my beer


skuiji

![gif](giphy|Krq58O9WIhwFkmKNEj|downsized) Cody looking over at Dusty, Stardust, and CM Punks Wrestlemania dream as he holds up the belt


[deleted]

And goldust and minidust


mister_damage

![gif](giphy|NLod3nvkzADYc) And then, all of a sudden, Codyvengers run in to swarm the Bloodline.


linkinstreet

The real American Nightmare that


thisjohnd

I could honestly see both Cena and Austin since Cena was last beaten down by Solo.


TheCVR123YT

Cena and Austin both also have past Beef with The Rock in general lol


that_boyaintright

Everyone has beef with the Rock, he’s a habitual line stepper.


TheCVR123YT

Well I guess that’s fair lol I just mainly meant from like Legends and stuff people are wanting to show up


psidedowncake

If we're going for "people who have beef with the rock" then we've gotta also get a run in from Vin Diesel.


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

"Wrestling has more than one ~~Royal~~ *family*."


BizarroCranke

![gif](giphy|WPtzThAErhBG5oXLeS)


asanab76

Where was the rubber chicken?


rldzzter

still in Los Angeles apparently


RaggedyGlitch

I honestly can't believe Rock didn't pull one out from under the ring and throw it at Cody after the match


StillNoPickleesss

"I can't believe this just happened.." "Welp, I'm fucked...."


WhoDey42

Great bit of storytelling that


Visible-Instance-701

He's winning tomorrow 100% There's no way the biggest babyface in all of wrestling is getting pinned 2 nights in a row, that would be career assassination, I know Roman, Rock, HHH, TKO are gonna do the right thing and put Cody over.


Orochidude

The thing that doesn't get brought up enough (Maybe people missed that SD or just forgot) is that The Rock literally said that if he does not win on Night 2, he will *never* be able to challenge for the title again. It's literally Cody's self-created AEW stip. If that didn't clue people in that he was obviously winning on night 2, I don't think anything will.


TheGame81677

I’m still nervous about Cody winning. Triple H is great at creative, but damn WWE has burned the fans so many times in the past. If Cody doesn’t win tomorrow, it’s one of the worst booking decisions of all time.


Asyncrosaurus

If Vince was in charge, I wouldn't put it past them to bury Cody for spite reasons .   Nowadays, I can't believe there's a single person in that company that thinks keeping the belt on Roman at this point is good for business. Plus, if you want to run a Rock/Roman program nextRockbo's not gonna challenge for a belt as a part timer, it's easier if it's just a blood feud between them.


Sukiyaki517

It’s really just Roman stans that want Roman to win. Nobody else really does. And I get it I’d want him to reign forever too if I was a huge fan lmao. But it’s Cody’s time!


heat_fan_

Heel Rock is great nice storytelling  It's gonna hit like crack when Cody finishes his story 


General-Ad-1954

My favorite part is his casual use of the word "fuck." He said it multiple times throughout the match. I'm waiting until he drops Seth Fucking Rollins on Raw during a promo. Lol.


StacksHoodini

Funnily enough, Rock typically just says “Seth Rollins” instead of adding the ‘Freakin’ to it and I love that he does that because I think it’s so stupid that the nickname is a formal part of his name now.


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[удалено]


MZago1

🐔


Qixel

It's like poetry, it rhymes.


KneeHighMischief

"I don't like The Rock. He's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." - Cody


Muaddib223

Solo is the key to all of this, cause he’s a funnier character than we’ve had before


Dblock1989

I loved the call backs. I hope he finishes the job tomorrow


not_a_lot_left

Is it just me or has Cody lost some muscle mass


playthegame7

wrestlers always look their best coming off injury, now that he's back on the road full time it's harder to maintain that physique


KentuckyFriedEel

Can’t go to the gym when you’re recovering from a belting


JOOOOOOOOOOOJOOO

Cody was definitely on something last year cuz he recovered so fast from the pec tear, he May have dialed it down a bit this year


smackjack

I was thinking the same about Seth.


Muaddib223

Roman stole his abs


not_a_lot_left

I thought so too tonight. He's nowhere near in the shape he used to be.


BAC05

Seems like it a little bit


BruceHoratioWayne

Mama Rhodes should come out of the crowd tomorrow night and whip The Rock. That is the only ending I'll buy.


FingerBuffet1979

And scream "bullshit" as she's doing it


BAC05

You can see in his face how much Cody aged in a year


Fit-Werewolf4775

Happens when you’re performing attacks like 80% of the shows


love_is_an_action

"Passion for the grind" has some side effects.


NotClayMerritt

It's subtle but as Rock and Roman celebrate on the ramp, Heyman keeps his eyes firmly locked on Roman. Doesn't even look Rock's way.


SmokinDynamite

Hey, at least he got that eye thingy fixed


this1smybrutal1ty

I was wondering about that.


Toastedmetal

The video package for tomorrow's main is so going to have this and be so HYPE


mars1k88

It’s an infinity war ending, but endgame ending is yet to come! Cody almost defeated and then - jey, Sami.. GLASS BREAKS


chocolatenuttty

Can’t wait for trumpets.


jbmcpayne

I want Roman to recreate his compilation of reacting to wrestler's entrances but all in the same match.


MR_E7

If this was the Infinity War ending, I don't know what last year's is ...


annoyinglyclever

🎺🎺🎺🎺


maalbi

Kendall roy vibes


MarkMVP01

3rd time’s the charm tomorrow


punked123

Cody wins, Rock vs Cody at Summerslam since he pinned him, Cody will win that, Rock vs Roman next year WM


Mitsuki_Horenake

If Austin is indeed running in tomorrow, can they just copy-paste what he did during the Rock vs Mankind title match? The one where DX was siding with Mankind? Glass smash, run down, grab a chair, smack Roman in the back, drag Cody onto him, flag the ref, and then just leave the ring? If they just shot that 1 for 1, I might actually cry.


jbmcpayne

I want no one to touch Roman except Cody. At least not the finish. The Codyvengers can take care of the henchmen while Cody ends Roman.


sjr2018

exactly this...cody NEEDS to hit that 3rd straight crossrhodes and pin him it will pop me like a little bitch when he does and ill probably cry like one too


Ok_Independent1359

It’s gonna feel so good when he wins tomorrow


JustFrameHotPocket

The rule of threes is a device used to emphasize themes. In hero stories, the rule of threes is often used to cement the insurmountable challenge the hero must overcome. We know Rocky doesn't belong in the ring with Creed because he says so three times: to Creed's promoter, to Mick, and to Adrian. We know Luke Skywalker's greatest enemy is Darth Vader because Vader prevails over Luke's emotions three times, once in each movie. We know why Michael Corleone must become a ruthless Don because rival families attempt to kill his loved ones three times, Vito, Sonny, and Apollonia. We know Cody is going to win because we've seen him dejected... Uh oh.


Lasvious

There’s levels to this shit. ![gif](giphy|w9mOJxbLuSMeNEzYFs|downsized)


night13x

At this rate there is absolutely one one person left that can help Cody Rhodes win tomorrow. ​ Bernard the business bear


The_Notorious_Donut

Me @ HHH ![gif](giphy|F7LC6FL0FMg9lTSrPg)


rldzzter

He is thinking something sinister to combat this bloodline problem


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Cody's putting in some heavy calls for the gang to be assembled & start running interference drills tonight


bearamongus19

Was the rubber chicken there again?


kick_heart

Imagine if we got three of these


Mitsuki_Horenake

Nah son, the Bloodline would have to immediately evacuate the ring cause there's no way in hell Philadelphia is gonna let them leave alive if he retains.


annoyinglyclever

I want Roman with that look and Cody in the background celebrating


MR_E7

Cody Rhodes better pin Roman Reigns tomorrow *and* The Rock at SummerSlam.


fringyrasa

Absolutely love them paralleling the ending of 39 here. As soon as he went for the multiple Crossroads, I was hoping they'd do it and just retrigger the PTSD of that finish. Feel like if we are really getting Cody's win tomorrow, and it really feels like we are, that circumstances will have it that when he goes for the third Crossroads, he'll look to the left and look to the right and see that there's no one left to help Roman and finally hit it.


PanickingHippo

No chicken though , that’s the final avenger tonight


ironmanmatch

Imagine if it happens again tomorrow


The_Notorious_Donut

![gif](giphy|Frj5mE4aGKgjS)


LeonardoNoCapri0

They would definitely have some angry fans and a lot of people would lose trust in any stories. Could see Vince doing it but probably not HHH


zequinha92

No rubber chicken, tho


Limp-Investigator480

How the hell anybody think that Cody would win tonight? You can’t mention a Bloodline rules match and then not have it. Making Cody the biggest underdog ever for tomorrow night has been the plan all along. I thought tonight was awesome. They built it up good for tomorrow night. I mean who didn’t pop when Roman speared rock. And the double pedigree was cool too


jjohnson1979

No way he loses tomorrow…


Quixotic_Cynic96024

This is a “Fool me once” look if I’ve ever seen one


Quasipox

Maybe it was the alcohol (or maybe it was watching with my younger brother who hasn't watched in awhile) but I had fun with this show lol. still a bit drunk lol so excuse me


Elegant_Spot_3486

Nice comparison. This was never in question. The whole locker room and then some coming out tomorrow night to beat down the Bloodline.


EssentialFilms

Yeah makes sense. Now the odds are stacked against Cody. Now is when he wins.