A Corridor of Famer says that WWE’s current Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns phase is an instance of what the corporate does greatest.
On the September twentieth version of WWE SmackDown, one of the distinctive segments aired on WWE tv this yr. It concerned the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes having a chat with former WWE Champion Roman Reigns at midfield of Georgia Tech’s soccer stadium.
The concept behind the phase was that Reigns starred in faculty soccer at Georgia Tech whereas Cody lives within the metropolis of Atlanta, which is the place Georgia Tech is.
Atlanta can be the town that may host WWE Unhealthy Blood subsequent Saturday, October fifth when Cody & Roman group up towards The Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu, each of whom are cousins of Reigns.
Throughout the phase, Cody needed to know if he may belief Roman within the match. Roman assured Cody that he may very well be trusted, however Roman additionally made it clear that after they had been performed coping with The Bloodline, Roman was coming for the WWE Title. That’s when Cody knowledgeable Roman that the WWE Title was not for Roman to take.
Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns Georgia Tech Section Is An Instance Of What WWE Is Nice At
Whereas talking concerning the Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns phase on his Corridor of Fame podcast, WWE Corridor of Famer Booker T mentioned it’s an instance of how WWE is about greater than what goes on within the ring.
“I believe it goes again to what I mentioned a few weeks in the past. They usually picked up the story, so far as I used to be speaking concerning the variations between WWE and AEW. So far as what WWE is doing, so far as creating stars and AEW having good wrestling matches — per se, good wrestling matches.”
“With the ability to create a present, an general present, to the place you watch it for extra than simply the wrestling. I believe that’s what that [segment] dropped at the desk.”
“That proper there may be what WWE has all the time been so good at for thus a few years. And that’s making you’re feeling like one thing’s taking place [and] that you simply gotta be part of it. It’s all the time similar to again within the day when a brand new character would present up, however earlier than they confirmed up, they’d do a package deal on them for 4 to 6 weeks. And also you didn’t even know who that man was, however by the point he received right here, you couldn’t wait to see him.”
The subsequent WWE PLE is Unhealthy Blood on October fifth in Atlanta with this lineup introduced to date.
* Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes vs. The Bloodline – Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu
* Hell in a Cell Match: CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre
* WWE Ladies’s World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
* Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor
* WWE Ladies’s Championship: Nia Jax (c) vs. Bayley
You may watch WWE Unhealthy Blood, streaming reside on Saturday, October 5, at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Peacock in america and on WWE Community in every single place else.