What Would You Do? #6 - Cody Rhodes

[BigBombB]

The sixth in a series of threads that asks you "What would you do if you were in charge of handling this superstar's future?" All you need to do is answer the following questions:

01. Push or Bury?
02. Revamp or Continue (their current character)?
03. How would you book them?

01. Push

02. Continue

03. There are a ton of guys floating around in the midcard that have been pushed into the main event but are now kind of floundering. Somebody could get a huge push by beating them. Start with Damien Sandow, head into Swagger, Del Rio, Ziggler, get a good win streak going against a bunch of guys who can propel him into the main event and then...Goldust screws him. And commence huge feud.

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Past Threads (because I keep forgetting to do this and don't want to accidentally do the same person again!)
#5: Rob Van Dam: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?t=274549
#4: R-Truth: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?t=273991
#3: The Miz: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?t=273351
#2: Evan Bourne: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?t=272811
#1: Kofi Kingston: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?t=272663

 

[Pérez84]

1-Push

2-Continue

3-He should stay in The Broterhood having some title shots (even another reign if required) until breaks up and feud with Goldust, leading into a match at WM 31. Then joins the IC title scene until post-WM 32, the moment when he will be ready to fight for the WWE WHC in my opinion.

 

[OYDK]

1. Bury THEN Push
2. Revamp
3. I would only bury Rhodes to give him some time off for a while before bringing him back with a few tweaks. It seems Rhodes is forever stuck in that upper-midcard position and just can't find a way to add that final part to his repertoire that will elevate him to the main event scene. I would have him screw Goldust and lose like 3 matches in a row to Goldy only to go on and lose to more ridiculous opponents every week, eventually losing to like... El Torito. After the match have him do a "shoot" interview where he says he's busted his ass too damn hard and put too much work into this business to be ridiculed by the WWE. Have him say he's a Rhodes and he doesn't need this, he quits. Than bring him back a couple months later as a full blown heel attacking John Cena. Cena doesn't need titles and he's in a good spot to elevate the young guys at this point in his career.

 

[JoeFromTomsRiver]

Have him go back to being called "Dashing" Cody Rhodes, have him grow his mustache back in, and have him put on his face-protector mask and put bags on people's heads.

Seriously though, I totally agree the above poster, I think he needs to actually be "buried" for a while, take time off, come back with a chip on his shoulder and a mean streak and go after Cena or another top babyface. I think if he's gone for a while, people will realize that they took him for granted in a sense, he'll get a big pop upon his return and he should immediately flush that goodwill down the toilet and make a statement.

 

[Punk_Aries_Daniels_Bryan]

I have been looking forward to when Cody Rhodes would come on the "What Would You Do?" list. FINALLY .. and thank you

1 - PUSH.

Really though, this guy deserves it. I mean, he has had feuds and matches in the past that prove that he his a main-event player. He has the second generation legacy to add (as Paul Heyman had quoted for Curtis Axel) a certain pedigree to his resume. His heel run with the face protector mask was the best run of his career, and I think a mean streak would suit him before turning him to a babyface again, but this time as one of the top 5 guys in the WWE.

2 - Revamp

I love The Brotherhood. I am a huge fan of what Goldust and Cody do as a tag team and I really wish that their run as tag champs could have continued longer. But now that they have been out of the tag titles picture for a while, I think he either should just go back to the face protector mask gimmick, or something else.

3 - Strong heel in a new stable ... and then MITB winner

I think with the success of 3 man stables such as The Shield and The Wyatt Family, I would love to see more team ups in WWE. With a whole "you need somebody to watch your back" kind of thing in the locker room. I think Curtis Axel needs to drop Ryback and team up with Rhodes. Have a match booked with Rybaxel against the brotherhood, and have Axel and Rhodes both beat up their partners. Maybe with an addition of Ted D Jr. if he ever returned, or another 2nd generation superstar, they would do great. Who knows, bring Charlotte from Nxt and put her with Rhodes and Axel. After a good heel run with the titles, they could split and Cody can win the MITB breifcase.

 

[hisfirewithin]

1. Bury

2. Revamp

Cody is a talented guy but he is only going to be a tag teamed or jobber in WWE at this point. He needs to go to TNA, be a top guy there and tweak his gimmick a little, then come back to WWE after a few years as a top guy.