Next superstar to be pushed!

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Crayo said:
I'm not overly keen on Cody Rhodes breaking into the ME scene quite yet, he has seemingly lost his mojo. That may well be due to poor booking, injuries and weird gimmicks but I think there is much better talent available to have the push. An example of this is Sandow, I think he is outshining Cody exponentially in this current tag-team.
This. Cody hit road bump after road bump on his way to the main event during 2012. During his injury a lot of talent stepped up to fill his spot and did so gloriously. Daniel Bryan, Sandow and Dolph to name a few (yeah I don't think the initial plan was to have Bryan remain in the main event after Miami but it seems he will be pivotal now). Cody is great as an upper midcarder right now. He's young and the main event will still be there for when he is ready.
 

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I kind of saw it when he had the mask tbh, you could see nothing was wrong but to him it was due to an obsessive nature. It's hard to explain but I kind of saw it working.

Great name btw.

When he had the mask his character was an absolute psycho, though. A Patrick Bateman gimmick would pretty much be a well-dressed heel who's obsessed with himself and how he looks but has a dark psychotic side, kinda like a split-personality type of thing. I guess if you combine the Dashing and psycho gimmicks of Cody then I can kinda see it.

And thanks, couldn't believe the name wasn't taken :yes:
 

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When he had the mask his character was an absolute psycho, though. A Patrick Bateman gimmick would pretty much be a well-dressed heel who's obsessed with himself and how he looks but has a dark psychotic side, kinda like a split-personality type of thing. I guess if you combine the Dashing and psycho gimmicks of Cody then I can kinda see it.

And thanks, couldn't believe the name wasn't taken :yes:

The mask was see through, we saw he had no injury but he still classed himself as hideous even though there was no visual defect. Think of his attack on Rey when he walked away with his mask as an example of his dark side also. Also when he attacked Rey when Dusty was there after apologizing to him.
 

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I want Justin Gabriel pushed! I always liked him in Nexus.
 

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Crayo said:
A split personality gimmick for Cody could work so well. He went from dashing, to psycho, to genius way too quickly.

Just for another opinion have you seen American Psycho and do you see a potential for a Bateman like character if so?
 

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Crayo said:
A split personality gimmick for Cody could work so well. He went from dashing, to psycho, to genius way too quickly.

A bit of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could perhaps work in his character. Like claiming to be a sophisticated, kind man outside of the ring but once the bell rings he becomes much more aggressive and vicious (masked Cody like).
 

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Nat... Justin gabriel and cody
 

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seabs said:
Just for another opinion have you seen American Psycho and do you see a potential for a Bateman like character if so?

I've not seen it, but from what I've read I think it's possible. Are we still talking about Cody or anyone taking this gimmick?

I think it's a great gimmick to take and that some particular superstars can master it, and I reckon Cody could be one of them. He needs to polish up on his mic delivery and needs to be booked properly for this to work.

I've said for so long that this type of gimmick can not just work in WWE, but it can be a huge success. It opens up so many storyline opportunities, promo opportunities, booking opportunities, because of that one gimmick alone.
 

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Crayo said:
I've not seen it, but from what I've read I think it's possible. Are we still talking about Cody or anyone taking this gimmick?

I think it's a great gimmick to take and that some particular superstars can master it, and I reckon Cody could be one of them. He needs to polish up on his mic delivery and needs to be booked properly for this to work.

I've said for so long that this type of gimmick can not just work in WWE, but it can be a huge success. It opens up so many storyline opportunities, promo opportunities, booking opportunities, because of that one gimmick alone.

It's in general but with Cody as a contender for it if you will. Also read the book, watch it and download hip to be square.
 

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seabs said:
It's in general but with Cody as a contender for it if you will. Also read the book, watch it and download hip to be square.

I don't have time to read books, but I'll definitely watch the movie.

I honestly think Ambrose's psychotic Joker-style gimmick is going to become huge in WWE, but I am a huge psycho-gimmick mark to be honest.
 

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I've not seen it, but from what I've read I think it's possible. Are we still talking about Cody or anyone taking this gimmick?

I think it's a great gimmick to take and that some particular superstars can master it, and I reckon Cody could be one of them. He needs to polish up on his mic delivery and needs to be booked properly for this to work.

I've said for so long that this type of gimmick can not just work in WWE, but it can be a huge success. It opens up so many storyline opportunities, promo opportunities, booking opportunities, because of that one gimmick alone.
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Of course, they would have to tone it down if it's gonna be in a PG environment. But if the character is pulled off well it can really be something. I know Scott Hall got the idea for his Razor Ramon character from the movie Scarface, and also Steve Austin got his badass Texan gimmick from a movie character so I've heard.
 
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seabs said:
Also you have Sting and the Crow, plus Ambrose has to have had some influence from Ledgers joker

And Bray Wyatt and the preacher from Cape Fear.
 

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Derrick Bateman would be my pick besides Riley..

Still waiting for the USA guy. :gusta:
 
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