Seriously, how did he get so over in the indys when workrate means more then ever and he's a 3 star general?

Seriously, how did he get so over in the indys when workrate means more then ever and he's a 3 star general?

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he associated himself with the Bullet club/Elite

>workrate means more then ever

But this is changing. Look at Joey Ryan and the Bucks. Cody got over with his character work which is appreciated more on the indies.

We live in the age where dumbasses with twitter can control the weak minded.

>Dusty’s son
>Mainstream E star leaves for the indies in his own terms. Calls out WWE for being a shit show.
>Becomes Geese Howard
>Hot wife

Gee, I don’t know OP.

He carries himself like a star. That's why. Name a better storyteller/character worker than him.

this and only this. the cult if personality around the cucks is more important than any wrestling match.

Codys character work is awful. He cheats in matches then cuts pandering, fan appeasing promos after the match. He doesnt generate any genuine heat in his matches because even when he heels it up hes over as a face because of all his fake-woke philanthropic BS that he puts in his character. Hes a prime example of why that brand of wrestling is so tiring and boring.

Cody had a high work rate in the showers.

He's the total package unlike artificially pushed people like Reigns, Corbin, Gargano, Cole Shane, Becky, Charlotte, Bliss, etc.

Workrate doesn't actually matter.

This is my main issue with him right now. He wants to be a face in the streets, heel in the sheets, but he's not willing to play a duplicitous bastard so it just comes off as highly dissonant. As much as he tries to call out Triple H he's acting EXACTLY like Triple H.

I actually think he's capable of playing a really good heel when he lets himself but he really wants to be a face outside of the ring.

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People forget that early on he was taking bookings like crazy. I wanna say he kept his price low ($800 a match) and was everywhere in 2016.

what character work?

His matches always generate the best reaction of the night. You are retarded if you think that his character work sucks. Literally his best trait.

Than why isn't hangman over?

If you call retarded crowds that try to get themselves over with dumb chants good, then sure.

He wants to be dusty so bad.

Someone post the clip of that guy literally shitting himself when Hangman Page comes out.

His matches generate the best reactions because he managed to get himself over with the obese dorks that populate american independent wrestling shows. I literally just mentioned why I think his character work is inconsistent drivel. Hes doing it now and he was doing it back during his ROH title run. He would cheat to win then cut a super babyface promo with the whole elite crew once the cameras were off. Its counter productive to actually running a narrative.

>REEEEEEEEE CROWD REACTIONS DONT MATTER IF IT ISNT ME!!!

A Character can be a heel or a face depending of the situation. He was a heel during the Dustin match and then turned at the end. He was an arrogant face against Darby and is going to be a vicious face against Spears. How is that inconsistent?

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He legitimately looks like a star

He allows pretentious smarks to throw around terms like character work and ring psychology

>>REEEEEEEEE CROWD REACTIONS DONT MATTER IF IT ISNT ME!!!
Its not about crowd reactions you fucking spoon. Its about consistency in the overarching narrative. Cody has never been able to do that after he left the WWE. Lets wait and see if Brandi constantly interferes in his matches now that hes a babyface til we start calling him a genius hey?

TOOK IT ALL AWAY, GAVE IT ALL AWAY
I AM MY DING DONG
positioned himself as the ultimate underdog that goes against the E and the obese fat fucks don't want to admit it but they'd prefer a non pg wrestling show rather than workrate fags-festival

He constructed this narrative through interviews and promos that "if I succeed, we're sticking it to the wwe". He's over with that particular portion of tsundere edrones that hate wwe but keeps watching 5+ hours if garbage tv and can't stop talking about the bad things wwe does because deep down they're hoping their attitude will cause wwe to listen and change.

because of his anti-WWE propaganda

It’s funny that CAWdy was some background character on BTE and rarely spoke then he cucks The Young Bucks

The Bullet Club dissension shit was over like crazy

I didn't forget, he was getting nowhere, and it was a reflection of the ceiling he was destined for before marrying into the Bullet Club and took the easy route.

he is the only one that knows something about booking among the Elite shitters

It wasnt. He was the definitive heel in the program and he was getting cheered. Everyone in that feud was getting cheered because its a bunch of fan favorites and american wrestling fans dont give a fuck about reinforcing the narrative they are given.

>he was getting cheered
>Everyone in that feud was getting cheered

What do you think over means?

getting an angle over means the wrestlers get their desired reactions. Should the desired reaction for a bad guy forcibly taking over a stable from a fan favorite, be having him cheered?

Sure, why not? Seems to have worked out pretty well for them.

Its impossible to be a heel that doesnt get cheers. Hell, even MJF gets cheers because he is so damn good/funny.

in america*

>he plays five different characters in two matches
>how is that inconsistent?
buy a dictionary

Imagine not being able to understand simple storytelling in the ring.

t. Seething brainlet.

Suzuki gets cheers in Japan. Whats your point?.

Dude, Cody is THE Elite.

He didn't join, he took over!

Now he is THE Throne Breaker.

And because of it WWE is in a an absolute state if perpetually being fucked

800 a match

Are you literally fucking retarded

>workrate means more then ever
why?

This. He's basically the indie equivalent of HHH marrying Stephanie.

Mexico is the only major wrestling country where heels can still be heels and actually despised by the fans.

He's the only member of the elite who takes his gimmick and storylines seriously. Cody's shit is always good while Omemega and the cucks are just doing halloween party shit.

Cody isn’t a mark like ryback who was charging 5000 a match. 800 for a half hour - hour of work. Work 3 shows a week and that’s 2400 a week.

Considering he probably has millions saved up it’s smart to keep a steady and modest in come to supplement his savings.

Virgin smarks like him because they hate Vince/Haitch and they used to bury him sporadically for being Dusty's son, that and he tanned the Miz's ass once a guy they also cream over.
Cody seethes over Vince and haitch so much that he helped create a rival company and the highlight of their show was of course, a cheapshot at Haitch with his throne. cheesebeards share that hatred and that's why the likes of Sandow also got cheered until he was exposed as a shitter in TNA.
I'll go as far as to say above average on the mic, average in the ring and midcard material.

Kudos to Cody for understanding what his fans like, weeb and indy shit.

>Confirmed never seen an Indy match

Workrate is super hit or miss on the indies. It can get you over, but if you come in and do a lot of gaga BS, people are more likely to respond to that too.

>becomes Geese Howard
kek

Amen brother

When so many people can work at a top level now, the audiences yearn for a character to root for. You need to be pretty proficient in both areas. Although Cody isn't exceptional in the ring he can tell a story and is sound enough to not take away from the match.

Nope. He was popular on the indies even before he joined the Elite. He was super over everywhere he toured. It's a great mystery, desu.