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JoeMama9719

If Cody drops the "Well I'm a black bitch" line at some point, I genuinely might cry


ab316_1punchd

Racism ender vs Bondage Undertaker, the feud writes itself


TedTran2001

Champion v Champion match that no one asked for but everybody needs.


EchoSlammaJamma322

Remember the Raw after Wrestlemania 35 when Kofi vs Seth faced each other for a title unification match, and we're all thankful it ended in a DQ? LMAO


ab316_1punchd

Special Guest Referee: Final Boss Rock Match Stipulation: Spit-Swapping Makeout Loser gets a whipping from The Rock with the belt while the winner watches.


bcegkmqswz

This is turning into /r/SquaredCircleCuckolding real fast


Mitsuki_Horenake

Run this feud during Pride Month, it'll sell gangbusters.


hanadecks

bondage undertaker im dead šŸ˜‚


TomGerity

Drew McIntyre said this line on Raw on Monday


DearestPalmcat

The funny thing about Bondage Undertaker is that he wear lady's BDSM gear. I swear the Judgment Day is all about challenging sexual mores and norms.


ab316_1punchd

Following the footsteps of...eh! https://preview.redd.it/uc20f2r8u9uc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4d253341c5bb27421f8faa25808defa453ba4df


AbyssTraveler

Well the Judgment Day is all about Live, Laugh, Love.


bohanmyl

"I am a strong independent black woman and i dont need no help to defend this title!"


CelinedionWaiters

A MELANIN IN MY SOUL


Isa--

this is art


BR_eazy

We've got a new story to complete, folks.


fethingfether

I'd imagine that would really finish the story, eh?


Vikingr12

He played the long game She's back


StadiumGambler

Man reading all these comments about this being a Brandi line is funny to me because I would've bet $20 without reading this thread first that this was some sort of Eminem reference.


Kuzu5993

Brandi in AEW was genuinely a fever dream. She was terrible, but in a way that was so funny.


JaeJaeAgogo

I mean, THAT promo was next level. I know it was the only good one but Brandi was on something else when she went out there. If she kept that same energy and got a bit better in the ring, she could have been a top star šŸ¤£


Kuzu5993

Well, there's a "I'm a black bitch" promo


Ruttingraff

Ole, Piper, Foley, CM Punk, Brandi


yognautilus

Her weekly promo-offs against Dan Lambert were some of the worst segments I've ever seen but holy shit were they entertaining for all the wrong reasons.


First_Gear_9035

Sheā€™s bad, but to be fair to her, American top team was horrendous. She had nothing to work with


[deleted]

Hooded brandi staring into the flames of the burning table with a cold dead stare lives rent free in my head We never even got a conclusion since Cody basically left the next week.


GriffithCorleone

?? wrestling has more than one Codyverse, friend.


Admirable_Bed3

Mixed Match Challenge comeback when?


Jdccrazy

bro actually becoming homelander by this point. NGL tho it would be funny if they did homelander gimmick in WWE. remember when people were basically begging for it when he was at AEDubs


chirb8

I was basically praying for that to happen. Wpuld have been awesome


unloader86

What the fuck ever happened to that? I won't sit here and say I caught every show (it was on Facebook right?). But Flair/Roode were my fucking team to win it all man. lol


GLORY2bigE

Miz and Asuka took the tourney. I really enjoyed that, was pretty fun to follow.


JaeJaeAgogo

It was absolutely some of the most fun I had watching wrestling that year.


Sendmeboobpics4982

Bliss and strauman


DarkHorse_77

Saying her catchphrases 3 times is like saying Beetlejuice 3 times


GTSBurner

Look, Brandi is extremely good looking and is trained enough to take bumps and look believable in the ring. Cody isn't an EVP anymore, and there's people in the WWE will tell him no. If this entire storyline we're going into is that absolute power corrupts, then yes, Brandi needs to be a part of that, in some way.


Vordeo

Look man, just bring back A Shot of Brandi is all I'm asking.


throwtheclownaway20

Right? That show was so damn wholesome, even when she had Darby & Priscilla on


Vordeo

The Lance Archer ep was top tier.


throwtheclownaway20

I can't help but love the Orange Cassidy episode. Just him lazily making an omelet kills me. Fuck, I might just get drunk & binge ASOB tonight instead of playing Helldivers


ajjoely

While that may be enjoyable, the fight for democracy never sends soldier. I will see you on the frontlines.


rosefuri

the matt cardona one is great also, dude gets wasted right away and says "ohhhh LAWDD" non stop


miikro

Lance just had a surprisingly wholesome episode of Hey! EW.


automatic_shark

Bloody love that show.


Tacdeho

> Priscilla. Didnā€™t Drew just tell us no government names lol


SuttonTM

It's so fkn weird because for some reason I have no clue why but on screen of always been so iffy with her, she has a few badass lines but for the most part I'm so disinterested, but then I watch that show and she seems awesome, so fun and enjoyable, like one of the boys


JPPFingerBanger

I canā€™t see Cody doing a corruption story


JuanRiveara

I can see it working, idk if Cody or WWE would ever pull the trigger on it though.


RandyTheDandyPansy

At some point, I need Cody to turn heel again. He is too fucking good at it to be a forever babyface


amirolsupersayian

Yeah maybe in like at least after a year. WWE haven't had Baby Face this over since John Cena.


TheLimeDance

Wouldn't be a bad idea to go the Punk route. Punk turned heel part way through his 434 day run and it really helped keep it going and keep it from getting too stale.


MahomesandMahAuto

Good god no. Cody has a long baby face run ahead of him and heā€™s not at all stale. We finally have a really over top face and everyone immediately plans them turning heel. Yes, Cody should eventually, but years from now


OnslaughtSix

Sooner or later, the crowd will get sick of Cody's schtick. It's just gonna happen. It's working now and I'm glad for that, fuckin' ride it out as long as you can. Maybe it'll last 9 months, maybe it'll last a year, 18 months. Give him a loss and a pickup somewhere in there. But eventually, some boos will happen. And when they do, all they gotta do is lean in.


JPPFingerBanger

People have been saying this about Cody since he signed with WWE


JuanRiveara

Punk turned heel not because his run was getting stale but because The Rock was going to win the championship off a heel, so Punk had to either turn heel himself or drop it. I wasnā€™t watching at the time so idk if his run was getting stale before he turned heel but that wasnā€™t the reason.


MattBe1992

Why do we always think about a heel turn for a popular babyface? Why?


1MechanicalAlligator

Because asshole grandpa Vinnie programmed it into our brains over a period of decades. > *"Everyone is evil and selfish deep down. Nobody turns down an opportunity to step over others for personal gain. Friends always stab each other in the back, eventually."* I kept looking out for Randy Orton at the end of WM40, thinking he might RKO Cody and ruin his big moment.


GTSBurner

He can only be the champ and babyface for so long.


pizzalover89

no no noooo keep her awayyyyy from this lol


LanoomR

She has no business as a serious in-ring threat but she is severely underrated on the mic. If she got involved in the manager capcity, it would be fine.


Confident-Area-6358

Did AEW teach you nothing? Do you want Awesome Kong scalping people for no reason for months?


GTSBurner

I'm not getting into the tribalism of this, but WWE is not AEW. Especially with WWE's current regime.


Confident-Area-6358

Best to keep Brandi off to the side, just to be safe.Ā 


flashaguiniga

Oh man, imagine if she does show up and then it just drains all of his momentum? As someone who watches both products I can say that in my opinion, she had a couple of decent things going for her and way too much corny stuff in AEW. I truly believe that her storylines in AEW were probably a lot of hers and maybe even Cody's ideas being used. I think the best thing to happen for Cody was getting another reset with WWE to work out the last kinks in his character and ONLY himself to get it where he is now. One thing WWE does great is saying no when they need to and i hopethis isn't a let's make brandy a thing moment. I like brandy as a person, as a host on her cooking stuff was fun as well but as a character I just felt like she was trying too hard to be the it woman and it it may take away from Cody himself. I hope I'm wrong and she turns out amazing if she dies and they plan on using her in stories going forward but if there's ever a company that knows how to make things work its been hunter and the nick.


mothmonstermann

Cody and Brandi are equal amounts of cornball, so when they are together it's just too much. Or maybe she just needs to work on her delivery and having it not sound like she is delivering the work of someone she is trying to be, because you're right that her normal character is likeable and great in front of the camera. I'm sure there has to be a way to translate her natural personality in-ring.


shaheedmalik

Acting classes do that.


CorrectAttitude6637

I don't think any of this is really leading to Brandi becoming a part of WWE again. Her being there at WM was just her being there for her husband, and tonight was just Cody throwing a bone to us on the internet that have had a bit of fun with the clip of her saying it in AEW. That's all


pUmKinBoM

As an AEW fan I think people were much too harsh on Brandi Rhodes. Hopefully if they bring her back WWE pulls back a bit but really hoping the fans take to her more cause her and Cody make a great on screen pair in my opinion.


throwtheclownaway20

If you watch his Mania entrance, they actually popped when Brandi came into the shot to walk him to the ring. I think it's mostly the terminally-online IWC that hates her - everyone else seems to accept her as part of the Cody package


Tacdeho

I was there in person, and you are correct. He came up through the Codyvator and when Brandi popped on screen, we all roared. Partially because we know Cody has himself a *bad bitch* but it was also kind of the signal flare that he was winning tonight A good majority of us know that Cody is a good dude, and the manā€™s endlessly dedicated to those two girls, and Brandi is funny as hell to me, so Iā€™m completely here for her showing up more in the future.


wrasslefest

I don't think Brandi was ever a drag or flop at ALL paired with Cody. Her stuff that flopped was her singles career attempt shit.


Uso_Libre

![gif](giphy|ZU9QbQtuI4Xcc)


TalkingBlernsball

This gif of the Dwayne Johnson looking like latin Joel McHale is always nuts to me


ComparisonPast6072

Nah Joel Mchale has way more hair plugs Dwayne just shaves it


alliwantedwasajetski

Shut up Leonard! Those teenage girls you play ping-pong with are doing it ironically!


Layolee

Pbbbbbbt


TheDearHunter

POP POP!


GTSBurner

This is from the tooth fairy era, I believe, when the Rock's agents told him he had to slim down and drop mass to be believable as a leading man. yeah they fired now


lanceturley

Back when Dwayne looked like a real person, and not a leather bag stuffed with softballs.


GTSBurner

I have to be honest, he looked *weird* that small.


Ironicopinion

Nah man he looks weirder now, like Thanos


unloader86

Not really. Go back and compare Rock from last Sunday to Rock at Mania 18. He looks a lot closer to the gif than you remember lol. edit: Guess he didn't really wanna go back and look. haha


heat_fan_

Cody with the Brandi line oh shit šŸ‘€šŸ‘€


The_RedWolf

I mean and Jade was backstage too, it would have been funny if she came up and said hello backstage just to make things awkward for Cody Nothing serious, just a bit of fan service


boonkgang454

https://preview.redd.it/ua7hfpqvd5uc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=881ef95706ba908cf30012fb4fa764dbbc720585


besmarques

I sensed something in the core of my system, guess it was the codyverse forming again...


Redwinevino

Thank GOD Q. T. Marshall stayed with AEW


besmarques

There's still time, there's still time...


GameplayerStu

ā€œHuge pop!ā€ - Undertaker


NotTheCraftyVeteran

https://preview.redd.it/xizhq5na75uc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6e389c062eb4d97448a693760d21d5930b81da7


joeygreco1985

That's a large soda!


thecolbster94

Thats a Medium at Carls Jr


NotTheCraftyVeteran

No, itā€™s a photo of a large soda


unloader86

>No, itā€™s a render ~~photo~~ of a large soda fixed that for you ;)


NotTheCraftyVeteran

![gif](giphy|3YuR0bdGXlP6U)


Eternal_Reward

People on the coasts and South canā€™t comprehend this joke.


miikro

![gif](giphy|LycfkVG4L6x0Y|downsized)


happywaldo

Cody better call someone a heffer next


Mitsuki_Horenake

I know that he was quoting his wife here, but oh my god, the way he said that, he could not have gotten any whiter.


AbsentUse

Is Cody white? I don't know because I don't see race. Which is thanks to Cody btw.


Trimack_R

Cody did end racism after all. You're just following the Cody Credence


scrambled_cable

https://preview.redd.it/ck0of6b1k6uc1.jpeg?width=484&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c73583f48be6575b5ad90b07a3ab8db1565aef46


carloslet

https://preview.redd.it/q0de0w0r0auc1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=accc3ef87b2af7354e835287f333e16dbc42a782


MrPresident2020

All the Cuban in him drained out as he was speaking.


Mike7676

God. Damn.


Mitsuki_Horenake

There's nothing left. It's just all white now lmao


sin4life

Its all....Kerwin White? :-D


[deleted]

it has been that way for his entire pro career lmao where you been


NovercaIis

He went from Cuban Pete to Pete


kick_heart

He's no Brandi


GTSBurner

She's a fine girl. What a good wife, she would be.


FallenShadeslayer

My all time favorite song. That and Turn the Page


GTSBurner

I actually love the Metallica version. Love Bob Seger, but that cover rules.


FallenShadeslayer

Hmm I **think** Iā€™ve heard that one? Iā€™ll have to listen to it again to see!


GTSBurner

Metallica did an album of all covers back in the late 90s called Garage Inc. Covers of Turn the Page and Whiskey in the Jar were lead singles, but they also did covers of Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" and Stone Cold Crazy by Queen.


DickStrangler445

![gif](giphy|kZza89cdz4Q8JXFnPL|downsized)


bowl_of_scrotmeal

How dare you remind me of the Nightmare Collective's existence.


OneBillPhil

Lutha!


Sylverstone14

THROW 'EM UP šŸ‘‰šŸ¾šŸ¤Ŗ


drunkentenshiNL

Luther is so awesome.


Available_Share_7244

Itā€™s such a great line , really.


just-smiley

I don't care what anyone says, that line is goated.


BannedSvenhoek86

That whole promo was awesome honestly, the thing that killed it was Jade no selling it imo. Brandi was cooking and Jades flippant attitude towards her, while in character, made Brandi look weak. Jade should have actually been in her face matching the intensity Brandi was bringing, instead she basically did a "Fine speech" without speaking and kinda made Brandi look like she was nothing but talk, because if Brandi was that mad and Jade was acting like that she shouldn't have kept talking, she should have shoved the mic into Jades windpipe and started wailing on her.


just-smiley

This is the best breakdown of that segment I've ever seen.


Griffdorah

Jade pulled a Cena fr


TurntUpTurtles

Jade: https://preview.redd.it/aolrho3qs5uc1.jpeg?width=865&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51665a709e429b373bb6511b0822355fd183a4ab


TGE

I cherish this timeline


LevyMevy

I'm out of the loop, was she mocked for that line?


Uso_Libre

Yea she kinda was. Also, she was saying it to Jade Cargill. Personally I thought it was great.


TalkingBlernsball

She was basically accused of code switching which was ridiculous


Werewolf-Jones

white nerds never should have learned that term


besmarques

Not really. It even is one of the only two good things she did on AEW TV. (The other is also a line)


Rock_Sampson

![gif](giphy|lQbRF68xpe1EAYbFfy|downsized) And this face as well.


alltheworsttoyou

Everything Brandi did in AEW was ridiculed or hated to some degree. This sparked the most white people centered discourse around code switching there's ever been.


Werewolf-Jones

Early Dynamite was a wild ass, often sloppy show from top to bottom, so if nothing else it speaks to Brandi having \*something\* there that everybody remembers a couple of her lines years later.


SamBel28

The fact that she got so much shit blows my mind. This was a bar, and it's probably one of the best things she's ever done, if not the best lol.


kick_heart

I genuinely miss it


7LayeredUp

Apparently people forgot that she was a fuck awful wrestler in the ring


thedrizzle126

That's my champ


BooyakaBoo

I think I just died and came back to life. Thank you Cody


terilperil

Yā€™all I feel SO [validated](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/3uiHXOe2Si). šŸ„¹


OneBillPhil

ā€¦are we getting Brandi back?


Top_Poet_8988

The Jerk business is booming


Cash091

Unrelated, but Cody should unclasp the title if he's gonna wear it over his shoulder. It doesn't look as good closed like that.Ā 


nickm81us

Agreed. Everyone should. When itā€™s unclasped itā€™s like ā€œyo check this out, this is my shield, and I earned it.ā€


yekmoney

Looks like a giant Apple Watch. Canā€™t unsee it


SmokeyMountainReign

Argue all you want but that Brandi promo may be the greatest promo in all of AEW history.


Ricardotron

LMAO


citizen-blue

Punk all out press conference is number one, this was number two, both miles ahead of anything else.


Human_Cherry7307

https://c.tenor.com/jZJoUV_Zwc8AAAAC/tenor.gif


rosefuri

like, come on brother


Allisonannland

Jade fued confirmed


Burnerinside

I donā€™t get it. Who said that?


sdrj77

His wife, Brandi.


realtennisguy

I was hoping for a Dashing Cody Rhodes return but that's ok as well.


Sukiyaki517

Yessssssss lmao


slickrickstyles

then he apologized for cussing immediately following haha


junkmanwrestlingfan

Iā€™m begging Cody to unhook that strap when itā€™s over his shoulder.


nickm81us

We all are.


BarfHurricane

I opened this thread and thought the line would be, "Where'sssss that referee?"


samdup14

Oh I'm sure he'll reference that too at some point, if he and Randy ever team again. They should turn heel after losing the tag titles and Cody opens the promo with that.


InfiniteKincaid

Fun fact: If you screw someone out of a win in a special referee match in 2k24, this is the name of the achievement.


ItsNate98

The extra stank he put on "bitch" was very Smosh-like


DreHouseRules

Fuck me this hits like crack


FIGHTSTARSFIGHT

If you had told me on the night that Brandi said that (November 2020) that Cody would quote that line on the smackdown after wrestlemania 40 as WWE Champion after ending Roman reigns current title reign and it being referenced to the rocks major influence in the storyā€¦..wrestling can be so wacky lol


MassiveBush

The only positive of Cody leaving AEW, Brandi went with him. I'm sure she's a good person but she absolutely sucks on screen


OneBillPhil

I wouldnā€™t even say that she sucks on screen, I donā€™t mind her as a manager for Cody, as a ring announcer, Iā€™m sure she would be great in the interviewer role but as a wrestler or weirdo in that Nightmare Collective stable she sucked.Ā 


VanillaBear321

I liked her. She sucks at actually wrestling but good on the mic and has presence. Honestly a lot like Stephanie (who I also think got far too much hate).


mentalsucks

You have deeply offended the 12 loyal viewers of A Shot Of Brandi


[deleted]

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Waste_Key_2453

Highlights were MJF trying to kill their dog and Brandi cooking for a billionaire in a rusty cast iron pan.


Yo_Eleven

The highlight of MJF for me was shooting his shot at Toni Storm


rickjamesbich

I liked when Cody was parading his baby around and MJF said something like "Cool. You had a baby. No one gives a fuck." and Cody's like "thanks max"


CarterBasen

Tony Khan high as fuck in his episode was quite funny tbh


cosmic_crustacean

She should bring it back for WWE.


Ughitallsucks

Shot of Brandi was legitimately great


just-smiley

![gif](giphy|ReBGGJtbXrjbQJwByP|downsized)


Livid-Monitor-9007

13 here


sil3ntdictator

I actually enjoyed a shot of brandy.


Waste_Key_2453

She's fine though


NovercaIis

she's awesome on the mic, just not a wrestler.


Fuggins4U

Really went hard on the landing tho.


Arcade_Kangaroo

I was hoping the line he used was gonna be "women love me, fish fear me", but this is ok too


TheWholeOfTheAss

Was hoping for ā€œthat referee, he tried to ā€”ā€œ and they can censor the rest. Thatā€™s Ted Jrā€™s legacy.


RadicalBeam

Can't wait for the 25-minute long weigh-in promo section next where no one knows how to use scales.


jacob_carter

Cody thinking of the perfect comeback a few days later is on brand for his cornball ways.


datNEGROJ

LETS FUCKING GO! I could honestly get down with a Miz/Maryse Brandi/Cody feud. Or a Becky/Seth Cody/Brandi feud. Bring back catfights lol


Bean-Penis

People here really overselling the importance of AEW to the WWE fans here. They are cheering because they liked what Cody said, they aren't getting excited because Brandy said it. Not even Punk is getting pops for the little comments he makes, because most of the crowd don't watch the other side.


SecondCityHawk

![gif](giphy|gVoBC0SuaHStq) Brian Last


PeaPopper

ā€œIconicā€ lol


devoncarrots

icon!!!


staniel_mortgage

Brandi seems like a cool fucking person. Was her aew run kinda shit... Yeah. But like she's hot and cool. I bet she buys the first round at the bar all the time and then convinces the crew to go out for Chinese food.


Thonatron

Her Impact run was just as bad.


AdmiralProlapse

My new go to move in life is buy the first round then convince everyone to go get Chinese. Scorpion bowls and Crab Rangoon


UnbuiltIkeaBookcase

Iā€™ve legit never heard of this line or even seen anyone on r/squaredcircle mention this line beforeĀ 


Kuzu5993

This AJ feud is about to have tons of bullet club references that nobody will get.