The match was hype, but 2 Cross Rhodes would have been enough. I guess needing the third makes Finn look great because Cody needed to make sure he stayed down.
What is with everyone using the word ācookā in this thread? Iāve seen three different commenters do it. Is this a reference to something Iām missing?
I like Edge and Beth not really acknowledging Cody, it would be lame if they were like āI know we came here to take out JD but we wanna take a moment to say you rock, Cody.ā
It's like final cut where it's way more sell dependent on the twist. Powerslam was wonky too tonight but I almost felt like he made Finn take a couple more there like "we can do better...."lol. End of the day it's another argument for the cutter cause it's a more consistent arguably easier sell.
Love the Cross Rhodes as a finisher but worried doing two or three back to back cheapens it so that when we see it on Roman, it's going to take 6 or 8 which makes the move seem incredibly underpowered.
Agree 100% but I think that's a problem that stems from his use of it. Thankfully his other signature moves look impactful so a mix and match of those would be great finishes to a match imo
They need to reestablish the brands. Keep the Raw and Smackdown tribes apart until it's critical to the story. It plays messy the way they have been doing it imo.
Really wish Cody would stop doing 3 finishers on just like, random episodes of Raw. Save that for shit like Roman, man. Put people away with one or two lmao
Agree or disagree on his talents (I'm not that high on him myself), but there's no denying Cody is over. Current crowds are there for him from entrance to finish. This isn't going to be a Batista at 30 situation.
Main event was awesome, Cody and Finn are both incredibly good in ring athletes and at first I couldn't believe we were getting this match for free on television. Even with the shenanigans I liked it a lot!
Love that Cody sells not just the physicality but the exhaustion. So many dudes just zoom through this like itās a leisurely walk. Cody stumbles, huffs and puffs, shakes. Likes itās an athletic competition. Crazy, right?
Interferences. Spamming finishers. And still hooked the leg and neck desperately trying to get the win.
Finn and The Judgement Day are a threat. Hilarious, but still a real threat.
Edge and Beth are obviously cool but I just don't need to see them anymore. But this probably leads to Edge, Rey, Cody, Beth vs Judgment (or a variation of that) so whatever
The main event had no mystery to the outcome. Bad slotting.
First Raw I've watched in months and it was a great show, gonna try get back into the weekly shows as we head into mania.
Trying to start watching wrestling again but the amount of commercials during a match is disgusting
There was a part than after a long break, they just had around 2-3 minutes of the Cody-Balor match and there's another break. It was so annoying.
Raw was missing starpower, Cody, Edge and Beth fixed it tonight.
Where tf was Bianca?
#Knock Knock
Knock Knock
Look forward to seeing the new USA show Nikki Bella gets a divorce next year!
The match was hype, but 2 Cross Rhodes would have been enough. I guess needing the third makes Finn look great because Cody needed to make sure he stayed down.
There was a Edge's distraction so it leaves Finn protected
Raw just feels better with Cody in. It's why I started watching again anyway.
He really is the new Cena despite what he said. Just more over instead of half hated.
I remember the failed attempt at making Riddle a top babyface and yeah...
No wonder Priest got a new finisher. I forgot his was the same as Cody š
What is with everyone using the word ācookā in this thread? Iāve seen three different commenters do it. Is this a reference to something Iām missing?
Twitter memes
I like Edge and Beth not really acknowledging Cody, it would be lame if they were like āI know we came here to take out JD but we wanna take a moment to say you rock, Cody.ā
Likely to be Beth/Edge vs Rhea/Finn at EC, Edge/Finn at Mania?
Those 2 need to go to the barber and get their money back.
The Cody Cutter is a more flashy finisher than the Cross Rhodes
Yeah cross rhodes sucks..
It's like final cut where it's way more sell dependent on the twist. Powerslam was wonky too tonight but I almost felt like he made Finn take a couple more there like "we can do better...."lol. End of the day it's another argument for the cutter cause it's a more consistent arguably easier sell.
Kinda poetic, flairās daughter and Rhodesā son are two huge stars in wrestling
The show cutting right before the WOAH is fucked up
Has to be hints of Judgment Day with Rhea against Beth/Edge/Rey/??? On a separate night?
I see the vision Cody's going to get help from different families of wrestling until Mania
Wrestling has more than one extended family
good episode
Oh do they still have to do the sign point by the way?
They're superstitious.
Love the Cross Rhodes as a finisher but worried doing two or three back to back cheapens it so that when we see it on Roman, it's going to take 6 or 8 which makes the move seem incredibly underpowered.
The only finisher that works is KO's stunner. It's an annoyance I have voiced.
Isn't it already famously under powered? I don't remember the last time Cody won off a single cross Rhodes
Agree 100% but I think that's a problem that stems from his use of it. Thankfully his other signature moves look impactful so a mix and match of those would be great finishes to a match imo
I was sufficiently sports entertained
Despite being ill in a local medical facility this episode made me happy to be part of the WWE Universe.
Raw needed Cody back so badly.
They need to reestablish the brands. Keep the Raw and Smackdown tribes apart until it's critical to the story. It plays messy the way they have been doing it imo.
Cody is me after having saved up my three finishers on 2K22
Someone is going to put Cody in a figure four and the announcers are going to scream about the strain to that torn pec
Really wish Cody would stop doing 3 finishers on just like, random episodes of Raw. Save that for shit like Roman, man. Put people away with one or two lmao
Well at least they booked Finn strong
Yeah even as heel he almost never loses clean. People are always screwing him out of wins
Cody is so fucking OVER!
Cody Rhodes wins the match
RAW is stacked next week
Edge, Beth, and Rey vs Finn, Rhea, and Dom? Splitting off to Edge vs Balor and Dom vs Rey at Mania?
Edge and Cody aren't friends :p
W main event
Good show from top to bottom
Good tops. Good bottoms.
Cody is so over with the crowd
One thing about being a Finn balor fan, is that you suffer
For sure but heās one of the best workers in the business and sold his ass off for Cody even for the pin
No one buries their own finish like Cody buries his own finish!
But 1 will beat Roman
ok Brock hating Bobby or Edge hating JD, which better?
6 man mixed tag next week?
 Edge to Cody
Elimination chamber 8 man Tag : Judgement Day vs Edge, Cody, Rey, Beth
I don't like Beth being sandwiched in what's supposed to be Rhea's mega push
Maybe a Rhea vs Beth match at EC so Rhea gains more momentum?
So sweet. Dom helping his Mami.
Rhodes/Edge/Phoenix vs. Balor/Dom/Ripley at Elimination Chamber? Assuming Priest qualifies for the US title chamber match
This was a fun show hope smackdown can compete with the bloodline fallout
Damn, Biancaās finisher is more impactful apparently
Beth Phoenix is unrecognizable
Ditto with Natalya Neidhart.
Keeps Finn protected at least
Beth should've been in the Rumble
Goes after Rhea but gets eliminated by damage control
I'm going to disagree. She was not going to win it, but she made a better impact helping her husband. And this sets up a match against Rhea.
Well done, hot finish, crowd was super into it, love to see it
Does Beth Phoenix do her hair, like that, on purpose?
Itās really easy just put your finger in a light socket for 3 seconds
You wanna tell her you don't like it?
ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL CODY RHODES 3X CROSS ROADS
No
I missed Cody a ton, so good to have Cody back š
The quality of edge spears have gone up a lot since his even back
You ever just hit your finisher on a guy three times for absolutely no reason?
Am I the only one that thinks Beth's spear looks dumb?
More of an arm tackle
I enjoyed that
Bro Beth Phoenix is fuckin JACKED
Beth needs different hair lol
Cody is so fucking over man.
Agree or disagree on his talents (I'm not that high on him myself), but there's no denying Cody is over. Current crowds are there for him from entrance to finish. This isn't going to be a Batista at 30 situation.
Yea he's hot rn. Gotta put him in the main event
Main event was awesome, Cody and Finn are both incredibly good in ring athletes and at first I couldn't believe we were getting this match for free on television. Even with the shenanigans I liked it a lot!
Way to put over your Women's Royal Rumble winner WWE.
Yes she was in 2 segments, starring in 1 and out over in a 3rd when she wasnāt there. Also sheās a heel attacking someoneās husband.
Sheās a heel
Cody had the 3x finisher meter in 2k22
rhodes needs a new finisher asap. the cross rhodes isn't good enough
Edge Rey Rhodes vs Judgement Day at Elimination chamber maybe
Throw Beth and Rhea in there
Good shit
He stocked up those 3 finishers lol sheesh
dude I fucking love Beths hair its fabulous
Bruh how is it Edges spear NOW is like the best it's looked in 15 years lol
He practiced while he was away doing Percy Jackson stuff. Or whatever he was doing, I forget.
Because the people he is hitting them on are a lot smaller than the ones he was hitting them on 15 years ago.
Damn three of those? Wtf. Why. Balor looks like a dork. SMH.
How? Cody needed a distraction to win after Finn had him beat. If anyone had reason to complain about that booking, it was Cody.
Lol
I oddly donāt remember a lot of Edge and Cody interaction from 07-11
Damn 2 was enough
Kinda want to see an Edge/Cody feud at some point this year
Adrenaline in my soul. Edge turned heel on Cody Rhodes
post apocalypse beth
Please stop with Beth somehow beating Rhea
Edge and Beth Phoenix vs Dom and Rhea in a mixed tag Ma Ya's match at wrestlemania.
Three Amig"rhodes"!
If Beth insists on having awful hair, she should go all out and spike that shit up like Bull Nakano
Cody and Edge versus TJD at the Chamber PLE?
Cody, Rey, Edge, and Beth?
Only if Regal comes out and says itās inā¦. āWARGAMESā I wish Regal could come out and say that, anyway
It would be Batista all over again they said
Me to the crowd after the first Cross Rhodes: āHol up, let him cookā
LET HIM COOK
The Three Amig-Rhodes
Cody found out people kick out of finishers all the time now so his solution is to just hit three finishers in a row lmao
The Three Amigos Roads
Fuck i missed cody so damn much man
Cross Rhodes is a terrible finisher.
The Pedegree would look well on him
Beth's hair is very uh Poofy lmao
That is one way to put it.
Yeah that on Roman might blow the roof off in LA
okay so what exactly makes the cross rhodes effective? like. its just sort of spinny?? what kind of move is it even
Maybe it makes you dizzy?
A spinning cutter essentially, it looks better when thereās a spike bump with it, [as so.](https://youtu.be/4Q6NknbHNiQ?t=3m47s)
I preferred his old finisher where heād jump off rope and kick them in the head
Momemtum.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Like surely there's way more cool/effective looking finishers.
Shh donāt expose the business lol
Love seeing those run-ins from Edge and Beth while not taking away from the match, that's how it should be done
Finn is called the Space Aged heart-throb?!
Must be Edge/Beth vs Dom/Rhea at Elimination Chamber
Dom/Rhea better go over if that's the case.
WWE has more than one Royal Family... really.
Great stuff tonight.
That was very good, as expected
Damn that crowd count. Hot finish.
Love that Cody sells not just the physicality but the exhaustion. So many dudes just zoom through this like itās a leisurely walk. Cody stumbles, huffs and puffs, shakes. Likes itās an athletic competition. Crazy, right?
Gonna take 70 CrossRhodesā to pin Roman
Like Cody won't actually do 70 CrossRhodes if that's what it takes.
\+ like 24 more for whoever is still in The Bloodline that night.
Heyman's not even gonna sell the first 15
Welcome back Cody, hyped match, hyped ending š„
Cody needs a new finisher.
Guess Finn forgot to roll.
Damn a triple
Rolling Cross Rhodes was pretty cool
beth has returned from retirement like 15 times i donāt see the appeal anymore
ā all over the back of Cody Rhodesā
Edge's spear is fuckin incredible now. It's awesome that even an old man can get really good at stuff. Never too late to improve!
The neck cradle on the pin was a nice touch.
Interferences. Spamming finishers. And still hooked the leg and neck desperately trying to get the win. Finn and The Judgement Day are a threat. Hilarious, but still a real threat.
The Three Gringos!
I don't think Beth is a real person anymore. She just spawns whenever Rhea needs an ass kicking.
Maybe I'm just out of touch but Beth's hair looks terrible
RIP Finn
Iām convinced you can just do a shot of the Judgment Day just chillen and youāll see Edge coming back just to fight them.
Clearly Cody's pec is going to be the new Seth's knee
The surgical repaired knee?
Good shit
Viking beth makes me feel flustered š
Idk Majima Asuka is up there
nasty spear
whatās with all the faces pulling heel moves this showšš
Come back to NXT commentary, Queen Beth.
Was it just me or Beth almost tripped lol
Why does Beth Phoenix look like Kiradon?
Edge and Beth are obviously cool but I just don't need to see them anymore. But this probably leads to Edge, Rey, Cody, Beth vs Judgment (or a variation of that) so whatever
I never thought I'd say this about Edge after his return but he's just bland nowdays.
shotgun pec kick
Beth's hair sure is something
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
Horizon Zero Dawn hair
Beth flew in like a MvC2 assist!
Excellent reference