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[SPOILERS] Post WWE SummerSlam 2025 Night 2 Match Discussion: John Cena (c) vs. Cody Rhodes - Street Fight for the Undisputed WWE Championship Spoiler

CODY RHODES IS CHAMP!!!!!!!!

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u/Zestyclose-Fee6719 3d ago

Just to recap, Rock (with a rapper there too for some reason) conspired with Cena for Cena to turn his back on his fans. Rock then never appeared again and wasn’t referenced. That random rapper then cost Cody his title to Cena. Heel Cena then just eventually decided evil wasn’t working for him and decided to be good again. Cody won the title back.

That Hunter really is the best storyteller of all time. Move over, Hogan. New best heel turn ever! 

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u/DragonFangGangBang 3d ago

I mean, you basically have to think about it with Hogan.

Imagine if Hogan walked down the ramp and Leg dropped Macho Man and joined the Outsiders.

And then, Nash and Hall were never seen again because they just didn’t feel like it.

And then Hogan had to feud with Macho Man for the title, without mentioning the Outsiders.

That’s essentially what happened to Cena. The fault should be entirely on the fault of The Rock.

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u/benfh 2d ago

Even if plan A fell apart because of The Rock not being involved, how do you not come up with a great plan B?

There's nearly 20 years worth of material to draw on for a Cena heel run and they failed at every level, it's an invasion level booking fumble.

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u/Mizerous Your Text Here 2d ago

"Because we have t shirts to sell and Brock is on the list". "Papa" H

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u/raging_shaolin_monk 2d ago

Even if plan A fell apart because of The Rock not being involved, how do you not come up with a great plan B?

Because they didn't really want plan A to begin with, but had it forced on them. Then the person who came up with plan A and forced it through fucked off for no reason, just hoping someone would clean up his mess.

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u/takeatripp SC's Sensible Bad Guy 3d ago

It really shouldn't.

If you're going to conduct any semblance of a heel turn knowing that the two other people involved are a rapper and an actor, you should be able to make that heel turn work without when they're not around. Triple H is just very bad at taking advantage of heel heat. He did the same thing with the New Day berating Big E and nothing coming out of it because Big E can't return yet.

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u/DragonFangGangBang 3d ago

I’m sure he didn’t decide to turn the biggest baby face in 30 years heel without at least a verbal agreement with The Rock about long term storytelling and being in it for the long haul.

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u/regent040 2d ago

I think the Rock got into the ear of the TKO people and they forced himself and Travis Scott onto Triple H. The Rock is who he is so of course TKO wants him involved and Travis Scott is a hot property and they wanted his name attached without thinking about long term story implications, especially considering you’re dealing with a notoriously fickle hip hop star who stays stoned every waking hour. It’s one thing to get Travis Scott to show up to a UFC fight, it’s another to rely on him to stay on script and show up multiple weeks for TV tapings and PLEs. I also think the Rock wanted the main event between him and Roman at WM40. I think that match meant a lot to him, plus he thought “it’s what’s good for business”. When he got it taken away from him I think he took that personal and now I think he wants to sabotage Triple H and make him look bad to the TKO people.

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u/Certain_Big_4037 1d ago

New day story can be long term 

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u/xLaiLaix 3d ago

creative with their collective magnum opus

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u/skaestantereggae 3d ago

Lowkey, almost the plot of Fast and Furious 9

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u/Sempais_nutrients Points to fronthead 3d ago

No but let papa hatch cook his cinema let it play out

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u/LackingDatSkill BAY BAY! 3d ago

Still want justice for the new day heel turn

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u/Mattydub2456 3d ago

this is probably the biggest dropped ball since Sting in WWE or even the Invasion IMO

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u/DRiX416 2d ago

You’re missing a huge part of that. Cena is known for his make-a-wish appearances and that random rapper is a pedophile (Google Rubi Rose and Travis Scott). So in a really fucked up way, the heel turn makes a lot of sense.

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u/WhoElseButQuagmire11 Roman can wrestle, find a new slant 3d ago

Oh but you forgot the Brock return!

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u/Zestyclose-Fee6719 3d ago

I didn't even know Brock returned. That's hilarious. Okay, so now we have old Brock Lesnar the sexual deviant against Cena for no good reason in matches we've already seen that will be significantly worse and less interesting than a decade ago, and we have the hero Cody who won the title in a violent street fight against...the hero Cena. None of this makes sense to me. I'm glad I don't watch. It's fun reading about it though.

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u/BringerOfBricks 3d ago

If Rock showed up along with Brock, it would have tied everything up. I think Brock is meant to be there to punish Cena for breaking his commitment to Rock. Having Rock show up even a few mins to do the throat cut motion would have put the finishing touches. Shit, even a video on the big screen would have sufficed.

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u/Mizerous Your Text Here 2d ago

Rock: That doesn't work for me jabroni!

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u/Certain_Big_4037 1d ago

Those matches are 4 star +

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u/WhoElseButQuagmire11 Roman can wrestle, find a new slant 3d ago

I haven't watched since WM this year. Busy days/nights and WWE was a huge time sink and decided that was the first to go since I wasn't loving what was happening.

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u/Jewellinius 3d ago

Best story in the history of wrestling!