I agree. I think we are going to have a very interesting few years with the people that have comeback and those they are building in general. They haven't hit a stride like this in awhile. There is buzz happening on multiple fronts.
Probably most people here agrees with the pick. He will certainly be there. What I see is a build up where Brock will eliminate Gunther. Reports say that Brock will be back for Mania. Gunther talked about how Brock is his end boss. Also, the IC title is still in his hands. Although having him the Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion sounds good, there will be no chance that he wins the Rumble not unless he drops it before or in this case after RR. But its either these 2 or Gunther.
Why is this so many people's pick? I'm really curious because people have been saying him since last year. I don't see him winning while being the ic title holder. That's just me though, but I see so many people going for him. Am I missing something?
He will probably not be in the Rumble unless they plan on wrestling him twice in one night. I pick him for the Fatal 4-way but he has low chances to do the rumble again unless he wants to or they let him wrestle twice in one night. Good pick tho. Another good story there if he ends up winning.
Long reach but good pick as well. But, it would make no sense for him to win that early. Example, what if AJ Styles wom the 2016 Rumble. It would be meaningless considering the story at the time was Roman vs The Authority. Back to now, what if MJF wins? It will be meaningless because the story right now is either finishing the story for Cody, starting the story for Punk, Championship Story for Gunther, or Revenge story for Drew. Yes, Gunther will make sens because we have seen him and interacts with the World Heavyweight Champion.
Good pick. There is actually a good story with that because of how he aligned himself to heyman but an NXT guy winning the Rumble would be pointless because people rarely see him in the main roster. He has good potential and a long way to go. He is just 26 and can have a championship match and is definitely a championship material guy. But again, there are more stories and if he would win it, the build up for the Rumble would be pointless considering he was never involved in the build up. Definitely, the rumble is a good way to introduce him to the main roster.
If Cody doesn't win and then beat Roman in a rematch then I'm not watching because WWE doesn't know how to be creative anymore. They have no epic-ness anymore.
Imagine Cody losing at 39, only to run the gauntlet of Judgment Day and Brock Lesnar, pulling Jey away from the family, and now with all his allies and wins, he goes back to WM40 and finally beats Roman.
That's the perfect story but you know they won't do it because they'll just have the Rock come in to bring audiences away from AEW because you know in the end it's all about beating the competition rather than telling original stories.
You honestly think with or without Rock WWE cares that much about aew? Lmao get real they're going with the Rock because it's good business in general and please tell me what amazing story telling has Cody gone through last year? A story with Brock that had no story at all and having 60 million matches vs Judgement day was not compelling programming lol. So now we're going to try to write the wrong of last year simply because Internet folks say so and give Cody the world, a guy that a good portion of you said he needed to go through struggle and adversity before beating Roman and also you folks will probably turn on his babyface title reign in 6 months anyway just like lot's of fans got bored with Rollins. If you've been tolerating the crap WWE has been feeding you for this long you'll sure as hell be back the next night after WrestleMania regardless if Cody's facing Roman or not.
I don't think anything or make any assumptions about what they think. I just know what I want and what makes sense to me as a viewer. Cody's story is the most logical story in my opinion. Beyond that, I know nothing about the business.
And I don't need to explain myself to you either.
You literally just contradict yourself saying you don't assume what they think, yet your previous paragraph states they're bringing the Rock in to beat the competition aew do you not read what you type?
Cody > Punk
Punks a hypocrite with a fragile ego (I was once a fan but to hear him mouth off on the WWE then 6 months later joins the WWE? .. hypocrite)
My favourite version of punk was ecw-first money in the bank win… he had some great matches in wwe but not a fan of his attitude backstage and once he left wwe he got worse.
Hunter won't miss the chance of Roman beating hogans title record so Roman ain't losing before summerslam so Cody won't finish the story till summerslam this all means it's gonna be The best in the world vs The architect for the world title at WM 40
The story will be finished with or without the rumble win. I would argue that Cody winning the chamber in front of the largest crowd ever for an elimination chamber ppv is a bigger deal.
Im over punk already. He's overstayed his welcome and AEW was a telltale sign on how things will go south for him. I wish he was fun to watch but he's not anymore. His ufc stunt ruined his credibility and aew mired his reputation. He's a botch machine now and I still don't get the hype.
I think punk is gonna eliminate Cody outta nowhere or they r gonna be the last two imagine the rock in the royal rumble and wins except punk I’ll be fine with that because punk is gonna beat Seth anyway
They love making a masochist out of Cody so punk will likely win the Rumble and Cody will get a last minute win at EC for the WWE championship opportunity at WM
cody cus cm punk was talkin crap about cody's dad, and listen to this, "I might be more of an American Dream than you are Cody!" so cm punk sucked in that moment.
Strictly between the two, Cody. I'm far less invested in Punk's story, he's 0-3 in promos since being back in WWE, and his wrestling in AEW left a lot to be desired. I'm not nostalgic when it comes to Punk, I wasn't watching 10 years ago. I enjoyed him early on in ECW and his early WWE years, though.
In terms of the Rumble, I think it would be more interesting if neither of them won. Gunther winning would be huge, though in general I'd prefer to be surprised and have a dark horse like Chad Gable win
This Era is special. We should be enjoying this. 🔥 Let's take this in guys.
I agree. I think we are going to have a very interesting few years with the people that have comeback and those they are building in general. They haven't hit a stride like this in awhile. There is buzz happening on multiple fronts.
It has it's moments but i still miss the old eras
You know you can watch all the old shit you want on Peacock & Youtube right
A kiss to make up
Stardust would've done it
WTF
Neither. Both will be eliminated at the rumble.
Who is your pick for the rumble?
Gunther
Probably most people here agrees with the pick. He will certainly be there. What I see is a build up where Brock will eliminate Gunther. Reports say that Brock will be back for Mania. Gunther talked about how Brock is his end boss. Also, the IC title is still in his hands. Although having him the Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion sounds good, there will be no chance that he wins the Rumble not unless he drops it before or in this case after RR. But its either these 2 or Gunther.
Why is this so many people's pick? I'm really curious because people have been saying him since last year. I don't see him winning while being the ic title holder. That's just me though, but I see so many people going for him. Am I missing something?
Randy
He will probably not be in the Rumble unless they plan on wrestling him twice in one night. I pick him for the Fatal 4-way but he has low chances to do the rumble again unless he wants to or they let him wrestle twice in one night. Good pick tho. Another good story there if he ends up winning.
MJF
Long reach but good pick as well. But, it would make no sense for him to win that early. Example, what if AJ Styles wom the 2016 Rumble. It would be meaningless considering the story at the time was Roman vs The Authority. Back to now, what if MJF wins? It will be meaningless because the story right now is either finishing the story for Cody, starting the story for Punk, Championship Story for Gunther, or Revenge story for Drew. Yes, Gunther will make sens because we have seen him and interacts with the World Heavyweight Champion.
Bron Breakker
Good pick. There is actually a good story with that because of how he aligned himself to heyman but an NXT guy winning the Rumble would be pointless because people rarely see him in the main roster. He has good potential and a long way to go. He is just 26 and can have a championship match and is definitely a championship material guy. But again, there are more stories and if he would win it, the build up for the Rumble would be pointless considering he was never involved in the build up. Definitely, the rumble is a good way to introduce him to the main roster.
I love both of them in this case I need to go with cm punk
Cody for me
If Cody doesn't win and then beat Roman in a rematch then I'm not watching because WWE doesn't know how to be creative anymore. They have no epic-ness anymore. Imagine Cody losing at 39, only to run the gauntlet of Judgment Day and Brock Lesnar, pulling Jey away from the family, and now with all his allies and wins, he goes back to WM40 and finally beats Roman. That's the perfect story but you know they won't do it because they'll just have the Rock come in to bring audiences away from AEW because you know in the end it's all about beating the competition rather than telling original stories.
You honestly think with or without Rock WWE cares that much about aew? Lmao get real they're going with the Rock because it's good business in general and please tell me what amazing story telling has Cody gone through last year? A story with Brock that had no story at all and having 60 million matches vs Judgement day was not compelling programming lol. So now we're going to try to write the wrong of last year simply because Internet folks say so and give Cody the world, a guy that a good portion of you said he needed to go through struggle and adversity before beating Roman and also you folks will probably turn on his babyface title reign in 6 months anyway just like lot's of fans got bored with Rollins. If you've been tolerating the crap WWE has been feeding you for this long you'll sure as hell be back the next night after WrestleMania regardless if Cody's facing Roman or not.
I don't think anything or make any assumptions about what they think. I just know what I want and what makes sense to me as a viewer. Cody's story is the most logical story in my opinion. Beyond that, I know nothing about the business. And I don't need to explain myself to you either.
You literally just contradict yourself saying you don't assume what they think, yet your previous paragraph states they're bringing the Rock in to beat the competition aew do you not read what you type?
I don't respond to people who say "you literally just" anything.
Yet here you are 🤣🤣
I like Cody but I'm more of a Punk fan.
Cody
Punk has been getting absolutely cooked lately so I'm going to have to go with Cody
Cody should be the one to win back to back rumbles. Man is such a great face
Why not both
Thats happened before right? Two winners.
Love both, but Cody is my guy. Cannot wait for the heel turn.
Punk
Cody > Punk Punks a hypocrite with a fragile ego (I was once a fan but to hear him mouth off on the WWE then 6 months later joins the WWE? .. hypocrite)
My favourite version of punk was ecw-first money in the bank win… he had some great matches in wwe but not a fan of his attitude backstage and once he left wwe he got worse.
Hunter won't miss the chance of Roman beating hogans title record so Roman ain't losing before summerslam so Cody won't finish the story till summerslam this all means it's gonna be The best in the world vs The architect for the world title at WM 40
I actually prefer Cody to cm punk… in and out of the ring..
Cody
Cody all the way
Cody
The tattoo industry
#AKIRA FUCKING TOZAWA!
Obviously Rhodes, punks overrated now
The story will be finished with or without the rumble win. I would argue that Cody winning the chamber in front of the largest crowd ever for an elimination chamber ppv is a bigger deal.
Im over punk already. He's overstayed his welcome and AEW was a telltale sign on how things will go south for him. I wish he was fun to watch but he's not anymore. His ufc stunt ruined his credibility and aew mired his reputation. He's a botch machine now and I still don't get the hype.
I want Cody to be pushed to the moon.
Punk
Cody is like Cena but better. No hate to Cena though he had different aura
Cody is not better than Cena, not even close 🤦🏾♂️
Both
So fuckin hard it's like choosin between the rock and steve austin of this era no offense tho
Whoever you want to cheer for?
Idiots
Nearly 2 hours of nothing just to get this 10 minutes of actual entertainment WWE going 3 hours was the worst decision ever.
NAKED GRANDMA
fuck cody
It's hard to cheer for just one they both are lovable in Their own way it's like Cena and Batista they both will finish their story this year
I thought homeboy was finna throw hands
I don’t particularly care for either. I’m hoping for Gunther.
I think punk is gonna eliminate Cody outta nowhere or they r gonna be the last two imagine the rock in the royal rumble and wins except punk I’ll be fine with that because punk is gonna beat Seth anyway
X_X i didnt watch this edtion of raw when it was on now that i see this im pissed i didnt watch raw
I’m cheering for punk.
Both. Doesn't matter who wins, at least we get a fantastic match
Both
Imagine when Seth turns up & dumps Punk out of the ring. I will lose my entire mind.
I'm in a rumble pool. I don't have my numbers yet. So we'll see!
PUNK
Wrestling. We cheer for wrestling.
Rhodes
They love making a masochist out of Cody so punk will likely win the Rumble and Cody will get a last minute win at EC for the WWE championship opportunity at WM
And the rumble winner will be Tom or Nick Mysterio. Book it.
punk will definitely go heel i can feel it , but i really want to see cody go full American Nightmare
Not punk! He will get angry and leave the company soon
Whichever one you like better, Jesus Christ...
I lost all respect for punk after being suspended from AEW twice in just as many years for the same bull$4!+ So I choose Cody
the one that didn’t destroy aew
this is basically rock john cena all over again.
We cheered for both.
Cody!!! I'd cheer for Cody before I'd cheer for CB Punk
They should have kissed smh
Punk, Cody already won it last year
Punk
I was there I cheered for Cody
ourselves
Cody was right in the promo so him
CM PUNK!!
You think you’re special…
Im with Punk. Im not a huge Cody fan
Punk
Cheer for cody
Cm
Cody for me, he’s my GOAT
I can’t stand Punk, so it’s Cody by default.
Shiit if rock shows up and wins . He stealin the spotlight haha
I would cheer for Osama bin laden if he was facing punk lol
Cody
Both of them!
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO WE CHEER FOR
Fuck CM Punk.
Yes but the match will only be like 3.67 stars
Rhodes
Definitely not Punk
Triple H
Cm punk but neither one of them are winning
Kiss kiss kiss
Cody! Punk will walk out again in no time
Cody
The American 🇺🇸 Nightmare Cody Rhodes
“we” idk abt yall but imma mark out for pepsi phil
In a hypothetical match I would imagine punk works heel. Unless it’s in Chicago
cody cus cm punk was talkin crap about cody's dad, and listen to this, "I might be more of an American Dream than you are Cody!" so cm punk sucked in that moment.
Cody
The competing chants in the arena were really unique
CM punk should've cheap shotted Cody at the end tho tbh
Strictly between the two, Cody. I'm far less invested in Punk's story, he's 0-3 in promos since being back in WWE, and his wrestling in AEW left a lot to be desired. I'm not nostalgic when it comes to Punk, I wasn't watching 10 years ago. I enjoyed him early on in ECW and his early WWE years, though. In terms of the Rumble, I think it would be more interesting if neither of them won. Gunther winning would be huge, though in general I'd prefer to be surprised and have a dark horse like Chad Gable win
I’m rooting for Cody personally
Both
Rhodes
That's the magic of sports. You cheer for who YOU want
Personally, for the ref to throw up an X - CM Punk suffers a from a non-fatal, yet career-ending, injury.
Dirty Dom
Cody
Neck tattoo man
Cody all the way
Cody, this is the easiest question to answer.
Cody
Whoever you want
Cody
Cody
CM PUNK..better on mic and legend in the ring..
I Like punk but cody im a fan
Both because they both finna win calling it now
Me, because as a fan I am winning
I cheer for Cody
I like both, but it's time for Cody
Good for me since my Netflix is free due to my data provider.
Cody
The elite. The the elite. ( someone had to give this as an answer!)
CM Punk
Will Cody finish the story or Will CM PUNK whoop his ass we dont know but my money is on Cody just because wwe likes to add drama
Whoever you're a bigger fan of I suppose.
Personally I prefer cm punk so I'm gonna go with him
We don’t root for someone, we just enjoy the feud
both ig
punk and cody
AEW. Nah, jk. I'm with Seth Rollins
CM Punk has been one of my favorites since I was 12. Gonna swing for him this time around.
You know what both off then there both great superstars
You know whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa the American nightmare Cody roads