Cody Rhodes in two years time?

[Billie Jean]

Cody Rhodes as you all know is a RAW superstar in the formed stable Legacy. His allies are established main eventer Randy Orton and the son of the million dollar man Ted DiBiasi Junior. He has held three world tag team titles and main event few pay per views in a very short period of time. However, many see him to be a jobber, many see him as a mid card for life, and some see him as a possible future main eventer.

I feel that he is a great wrestler who has been thoroughly underrated throughout his tenure so far with the WWE. i think that if Cody was given a solid mid card feud and had the chance to showcase his in ring abilities I feel he could be potentially huge. One thing holding him back is his size, but hey, look at Rey Mysterio, and Cody is much bigger than him. If he were to freshen up a little bit and bulk up I can see him being great.

So what do you think Cody Rhodes will be doing in two years time. Will he be a jobber? Will he be a Main eventer? Will he be in a Mid card feud or championship title picture of some sort. Or will he be released, fired...etc?

What do you all think?

PS: If you think he will play a CM Punk like role, between the Mid card and Main Event, you can pick the other button if you wish as that is what I have done myself.

 

[INDYjon22]

I have a serious problem with seeing this guy going any further then the mid card, especially in the next two years. He is an above average talent with an above average presence when he is in the ring. If it was not for the rub Orton and Dibiase have given him I would not see him being as relevant as he is now.

I could be wrong and honestly I hope I am because I want him to make it in this business and become rich and all that jazz but Cody Rhodes does not excite me at all when I see him come out. He looks like a model for Abercrombie and Fitch, his ring skills are decent but I have yet to see him actually do anything worth remembering, and his mic skills are sub par. To his credit, he has packed on a few pounds which makes him more believable, in my mind, as a legit contender for the U.S. or even World titles, but he still has a lot of work ahead of him before he can really accomplish anything, in my opinion of course.

 

[Theo Mays]

I love Cody Rhodes and I like his future better than Ted's. Yes Ted will probably have the better career, but I've been far more impressed with Cody's in ring work and mic work. But in two years time I think Cody will still be in the mid card, but will be towards the top of the mid card. I could see him with either the IC or US title if he were on Raw or SD. If he happened to get shipped to ECW then I could see him carrying the ECW championship.

I really think two years from now Cody will be waiting to break the class ceiling and he'll be on the verge of the main event. Maybe a MITB win to push him through the ceiling. But I think he will still be a main player in that time span.

 

[Super Crazy]

I believe in 2 years time, Cody Rhodes will be in the upper midcard. He will possibly be holding one of the mid card titles too, more likely to be the US title though as I can't see him being shipped off to another show just yet. From there he will become one of those guys in the midcard that gets randomly thrown into the larger main event matches.

 

[SuperSteve16]

I think Smackdown is the place to properly utilize Cody Rhodes talent. He could have some memorable feuds ( John Morrison, Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy) and have a couple of rns as intercontential championship. Then they should consider hiim as a main eventer but I don't see it happening for 2-3 years if it even ever happens.

 

[sMoKe]

I think Cody Rhodes in 2 years time will be in the upper midcard. I think he will still be on RAW. But if he's not on TV more often then he will just be another jobber.

I think he has what it takes to be in the main event scene, I saw that when Legacy was feuding with DX. After their feud with DX Legacy crashed but they haven't burned yet so both Ted and Cody still have a chance to make the main event scene if creative can play the cards right.

 

[Travaje]

Cody is only 24 years old. He's gonna be around a long time. No need to push him harder than he needs. I really like him in a tag team right now, if they break up Legacy, the office might want to consider putting him with another guy. He can't chase the IC or US straps right now with heels holding the titles, and I like Cody as a hell more than a potential face.

Cody will be a solid worker in two years that's relevant, and he'll bring good matches. As far as him being a major draw, give it time. A lot of time.

 

[Lancer]

I think also that he will be in the upper midcard. I can definitely see him holding the US or Intercontinental strap at some point in his career. There's no doubt about that at all.

I agree with the poster above me. Whenever Legacy breaks up and Ted gets his inevitable monster push, hopefully Cody will not be lost in the shuffle. Put him in a tag team and give him plenty of TV time with some long, solid matches to let the fans warm up to him a bit. I think a perfect partner for him would be Evan Bourne. Both guys are undersized, but have a lot to prove, which could be a good gimmick for them.

 

[Toroc102]

I don't really see what is so impressive about Dibiase tbh. Lots of people say he is carrying Rhodes, or got a rub from Dibiase, I don't see it. Now I like both, but thus far, neither have done anything that blew me out of the water, I don't see how Rhodes has gotten a "rub" from Dibiase, its not like Dibiase is any more over than Rhodes.

As far as two years time? I think Rhodes will be a Mid-Carder there are a lot of guys being built up for the future that I think are ahead of him at the moment, and I don't think they see star potential in him either, so I think thats probably as far as he goes.

TBH though, I see the same for Dibiase, I don't think that he's going to be a Main-Eventer in 2 years time, he still has a lot of build to go through. But he has a better shot than Rhodes does.

Also, besides being big, I think the other thing Dibiase has going for him is that he is a Dibiase and not a Rhodes. I mean you look at the Rhodes legacy in the WWF and the Dibiase Legacy, you'd have to like Dibiase Jr's chances better from the start.

On one hand you have the Million Dollar Man, on the other you have Golddust and the man in Polka Dots.

 

[Dagger Dias]

So what do you think Cody Rhodes will be doing in two years time. Will he be a jobber? Will he be a Main eventer? Will he be in a Mid card feud or championship title picture of some sort. Or will he be released, fired...etc?

Cody Rhodes has improved a lot since he first started. I think that in two years he will be about where CM Punk is right now. World title contender, upper midcarder, maybe a 1 (or 2) time world champion, and still improving. He is good on the mic and decent in the ring. As long as he keeps on improving at the rate he has in the past 2 years then in another 2 years he might have gotten his first world title. I could see that happening because he is a good wrestler who has been getting better. He would probably be an underdog champion though because of his size, the smaller guys don't always have as good of a world title reign, maybe he will prove us wrong.

 

[capoxstatus]

Cody in 2years hmm i see him as a midcard talent. Nothing against cody really because hes solid in the ring but he lacks the persona and the mic skills. Oddly the persona and the mic skills were something that both his brother and dad had in strong supply, but it seems somewhere down the line cody didnt either inherit or he didnt learn these things. The dream was super over because he connected with the crowd with his normal everyday person and over the top personality mixed in with some great promos. Goldust just has that character that makes a lasting impression with you. Cody...not so much. If only they could combine cody and goldust into one wrestler you have your strong well rounded mainevent talent.

 

[CaptainCrazy74]

I like both Cody Rhoades and Ted Dibiase Jr. I don't think either one is currently being used as potential allows but, there is the problem. The writers are just not strong enough to handle the talent they have. I don't see Mr. Rhoades doing anything more than say to the equal of Jake "the Snake" Roberts(in the ring not privately). I don't see the charisma out of Cody that you see in his brother Dustin or even close to that of their father. I do however see more desire and talent/ability in the ring. He has to work on his mic technique if he is going to make it two more years.

 

[Chill]

I like Cody Rhodes, I'm a big fan admittedly and I will start by saying I couldn't ever see him being fired or reduced to jobber status in two years time. So the question really boils down to whether he will remain in the mid card or advance to the main event.

Obviously, as a fan I would hope he will be main eventing in the future and I think he can do it based on what I've seen so far. For starters, I like his in ring work (e.g. his moonsault, interesting submissions, knee drops, cool looking finisher etc) and I think after a few singles programs we will really see what he is capable off (it's very difficult to really distinguish yourself when you've wrestled as a tag team for a large portion of your career, although I enjoyed his work as a singles wrestler when he first came in) and his mic skills have improved and chances are they will continue to do so if given the opportunity.

So as long as he continues to improve, I see no reason why he wont be in the main event...it may take him a while to get there but I don't see why he can't do it and add to the mix the fact that WWE are obviously high on him which is clearly evidenced by his association with Legacy.

For some to say he wont succeed based on his size is a bit foolish, it's not like he's the smallest guy out there and many so called 'smaller' talents have proved successful in the past with names like Eddie Guerrero, Benoit, Mysterio, Michaels all coming to mind.

At the moment I feel that Rhodes is underrated in certain circles because of the IWC's golden boy, the great Ted Dibiase which pisses me off because while Dibiase is good, I hate when people declare him the one with the brighter future whenever he hasn't really done much to justify this, but I digress. Overall, yes I can see Rhodes definitely in the upper mid card in 2 years time before he will ascend to the main event and to suggest that he will either be jobbing out or fired is an asinine suggestion in my opinion.

 

[maar130]

Well, if allowed the guy can Main event in two years time, for real. He has a nice move set, he is good on the mic, yes he is not that big but really who cares? He is no midget at all.

Thing is for me that it really depends on the next step. Sorry but this Legacy thing has gone long enough, instead of helping Rhodes and Dibiase it is now dragging them to Midcard Hell.

If at some point Rhodes is traded, he can make an impact, but if he remains on Raw, for him to succeed he will have to climb a lot since none of the top dogs seems to leave their spot, yes Kofi and Sheamus are up there but for how long? Orton already defeated Kofi in a clean way and Sheamus is jut being prepared to become a victim of either Cena or HHH.

If they put him in a good angle to win a sigle's title, like the one the Miz is carrying, then the future can be good, if not he will end up lik every potential main eventer that arrived to Raw, with one way ticket to midcard, and that is really a shame because it does not matter who's son Cody is, the guy has a lot of potential.