SPOILER - Am I suppose to cheer Cody?

[Hidden Blaze]

Cody going to Cody I guess He has to do these things on PPV to make them such a big deal, when really not to many people care. Surely after that....promo.

 

[Smart Marx]

I mean didn't Ogogo drape the Union Jack over Cody's body the week prior? I assume that's what started the US/UK thing.

I think people overthink this. The evil foreigner trope has worked forever.

And honestly, it creates interesting parallels when people outside the US treat the American guy as the heel.

 

[Chris]

Is it about time to lock this thread though bc don't you think we're only allowed 1 page of critiquing AEW on the internet? This isn't WWE after all, we gotta maintain the double standards that are supposed to exist

 

[Chris]

I mean didn't Ogogo drape the Union Jack over Cody's body the week prior? I assume that's what started the US/UK thing.

I think people overthink this. The evil foreigner trope has worked forever.

And honestly, it creates interesting parallels when people outside the US treat the American guy as the heel.

Why'd he start talking about his baby being mixed tho

Like I can def tell you what his goals were with the booking and the promo, just came off about as forced and tone deaf as possible even if it makes sense on paper. Nothing you're saying here is wrong

 

[Deezy]

Foreign heel trope is more played than Osh Kosh jumpsuit.

 

[Smart Marx]

Shit, Canada shares a border with us and wrestling demonizes pro-country-Canadians most of all.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I mean didn't Ogogo drape the Union Jack over Cody's body the week prior? I assume that's what started the US/UK thing.

I think people overthink this. The evil foreigner trope has worked forever.

And honestly, it creates interesting parallels when people outside the US treat the American guy as the heel.

That could be it, but the promo still just was all over the damn place for me. I was like Cody, wrap it up buddy. Like the whole stuff about his baby being mixed and all that just.....seemed weird.

 

[Smart Marx]

Why'd he start talking about his baby being mixed tho

I think that's more to do with the fact he's really proud to be a soon-to-be-dad and he wants to be proactive with upholding her biracial cultures.

 

[Chris]

There's a solid point that can be made about his unborn baby being mixed in Atlanta when segregation was a thing not so long ago....that was not the time or the place and just felt like he was shoehorning it in and now everyone is making jokes about him only having the baby for PR though

 

[Chris]

But overall I'm not too worried. Cody/Ogogo is something I wanted before the promo and we're getting it now. This seems to (rightfully IMO) be getting backlash and we know AEW is usually good at listening to fans so I imagine the USA/UK aspects will be toned down as much as they can before the PPV still. Probably just try and work it into being more about Cody's dad than the "American" part of American Dream

 

[Comrade Khan]

There's a solid point that can be made about his unborn baby being mixed in Atlanta when segregation was a thing not so long ago....that was not the time or the place and just felt like he was shoehorning it in and now everyone is making jokes about him only having the baby for PR though

"Cody's semen ended racism" is my favorite trope on reddit right now, for examples of this

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Maybe he did and I just zoned out a bit during the promo. But I'm shocked he didn't mention the voter ID drama

 

[Deezy]

Cody's a tone deaf republican.....what's the shock in him not getting how silly he sounded?

 

[Comrade Khan]

But overall I'm not too worried. Cody/Ogogo is something I wanted before the promo and we're getting it now. This seems to (rightfully IMO) be getting backlash and we know AEW is usually good at listening to fans so I imagine the USA/UK aspects will be toned down as much as they can before the PPV still. Probably just try and work it into being more about Cody's dad than the "American" part of American Dream

yeah I'd bet that too Chris, they'll likely try and forget about it. At least I'm hoping. I'm still looking forward to the match too, mostly because I still have zero idea if Anthony can do anything other than throw a hook to the body.


someone say hook?

 

[Smart Marx]

Maybe I’m a tone deaf Republican, but I think people are overthinking loving one’s country and wanting to make sure his biracial daughter respects both sides of her heritage. Especially since they do live in the south that was once segregated a short time ago. Poor choice for a promo, sure, but not really that big of a deal.

But yeah, hopefully he doesn’t bring that up again because it’s not needed in this feud for sure.

I doubt they drop the UK/US stuff though. That well is just too easy to dig into like the movie tropes that never die. Some things are just forever staples of the industry.