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ValeeLove:
Kevin Knight is your new TNT champion.

I knew I had seen this before.

Kevin Knight is your new TNT champion.

Kamille is back and will face Willow for the TBS title on Dynamite.

Kyle O'Reilly returns and the Conglomeration defeats the War Dogs to become the new Trios Champions.

That was short title reign?
Some people are arguing it was a called audible because Gabe Kidd got injured, but some think it not since the they was graphic already ready.

FTR defeats Cope and Cage to retain the tag titles.

This shocked me. Guess they're truly the top guys.

Moxley defeats Ospreay to retain the Continental title.

Maybe they're preserving Ospreay for the World title at All In.

MJF defeats Omega to retain at Dynasty.
Kicked out of the one-winged angel for good measure (2nd guy to do it).

pu7pl3:
No it's not
In MMA you can see someone of 210 fighting someone of 240 pounds

give me a prime example.

pu7pl3:
Even in UFC and MMA heavyweights division there are large disparities and it doesn't change anything for them. You're grasping straws here G

this is apples to oranges. They don't even wrestle inter-weight in MMA, how is this a good point?

samistry:
When they say Meltzer has influenced you. You go defensive about am. You think technique is by doing 50 moves and flips in a match? I'd even argue this fast paced, adrenaline style you love so much doesn't fare well for the wrestler's wellbeing in the long run.

Collar and elbow tie ups, chainwrestling and mat based offence are techniques. He still has suplexes, slams, springboard moves and suicide dives to spice it up .

Wetin else you dey find again?

You argue about telling a story in the ring but at the end of the day all you wanna see is flips.

how many times does he do them? To me he wrestles more like a brawler then a technician. And again, it's not about flips. Guerrero didn't do flips, same with Benoit, Bryan and the rest, but they don't wrestle like Cody.

samistry:
Cena uses the AA, a powermove as finisher.
The CrossRhodes isn't a powermove.

At the end of the day Cody still fights underneath to make a comeback after the heel controls a large portion of the match, right? So what's your gripe?

the RKO isn't a power move either, but I get your point. That said I also said he uses some lightweight moves sometimes, it's just his general style and presentation that's off.
And how does he fight back - by facing the bigger guys head-on.

samistry:
Exactly, so why are you talking as if Cody wrestles like a dominant powerhouse?

I'm saying your point is irrelevant in this case. IfRandy and Cena went at, Cena would still fight from underneath regardless.

samistry:
Cody, a guy with amateur wrestling experience and championships since highschool doesn't wrestle with technique?
Na why e we no dey take you serious at times be this

you think before I suddenly come out to talk I haven't seen a match of his that inspired it? Background or no background, the point remains.
You don't take me seriously? Well guess what - gimmicks and storylines still don't work.

samistry:
You're talking as if Cody doesn't go through absurd punishment in his matches and fight underneath. It's not a back and forth power movefest bout.
How many power moves does Cody even use in his matches?

Even Batista, a powerhouse wrestler wouldn't be able to hit the Powerbomb on Big show. He'd use the spinebuster and spear but not after going through punishment.

everyone goes through that. It's more of a babyface thing than a weight class thing.

CoolUsername:
I guess you can just refuse to engage the point, then claim later that you win the argument?

Batista, at his biggest, was billed at 290. The Big Show, at his smallest was billed at 383. That is a 93-lb difference. Now compare that to Cody Rhodes, who is billed at 222 and Drew McIntyre and John Cena who are 275 and 251, respectively. The difference is a lot smaller and the disadvantage is less pronounced.

And let's not forget that Kurt Angle at 220 Angle Slammed The Big Show. So why weren't you complaining then?

bro, 20lbs is something, not to talk if 30 to 50lbs. This difference is important. When I see Cody wrestling with the big guys, I expect to see him trying to outsmart them, play on their weaknesses, make use of his speed, and use some techniques and moves in his arsenal to try to gain advantages then he can start going on the offensive. But what you see is him looking them in the face and starts wrestling them with equal strength - no smart moves, no special techniques, nothing - just a regular heavyweight against his fellow heavyweight and I think it's ridiculous.
Kurt Angle didn't doesn't just lift Show, he uses tactics to get an advantage to weaken him before going for a slam.

pu7pl3:
Were Jeff or Rey heavyweights when they won the world heavy weight title?

they had to change the name for Rey when we won, that I recall. It's not even a semantics issue, CoolUsername understands my point but just likes dragging things. Batista and Big Show are both heavyweights, but I don't expect Batista to go head-on fighting him with equal strength due to their size difference.

CoolUsername:
Cody Rhodes is not a lightweight, though. So you're still wrong

I guess it depends on where you look.

samistry:
He didn't talk about Jericho's list. It was about his return last week.
Like it or not Y2J returning after almost a year out is still big news in wrestling media.

He said he's no longer watching Dynamite anymore unless something newsworthy happens.
You can stop watching something yet talk about it. It's same thing you do with WWE.

I don't watch UFC but have talked about the upcoming Ronda match.

I'm sure he's going to talk about the list and break his promise, again (that's if he hasn't already done that).

CoolUsername:
Yeah bro, go and tell the veteran, Chris Jericho, who has had multiple gimmicks has throughout his career that none of them have ever worked. Tell him that his character, Chris Jericho, is an absolute failure and it's all because of gimmicks.

no, I'll tell him that the gimmicks (especially towards the end of his career) limited and ruined his character to some extent. Or do you remember wizard and learning tree Jericho? Same can be said for these last years of Seth Rollins' character.

CoolUsername:
I did; you're still wrong

no, you are. A light weight and a heavyweight can't go strength for strength with eachother equally, which is what Cody does. I rest my case.

samistry:
There was a promo segment between Kenny and MJF.
Mox and the deathriders took on Will and United Empire.

those were the only builds really.

ValeeLove:
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shouldn't the face of the company be the one on Jimmy Fallon?

it's almost as if I knew this would infuriate Punk hence i posted it.

samistry:
AEW Dynasty Match Card.

barely any builds. Hopefully the matches make up for it.

samistry:
He said he "won't watch Dynamite" unless something newsworthy happened.

so Jericho's list is newsworthy? How many times will he even promise to stop watching? Why will he stop when it gives him his best views?

See Cornette that said he'll stop talking about AEW. Didn't take up to a week. What a character.

[quote author=pu7pl3 post=139047603]I knew he'd do this in AEW too
Was too good a gimmick to just leave

Chris Jericho brings back his List of Jericho persona.

“You just made the list.” — Jericho to Ricochet pic.twitter.com/Lammx66lcn

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) April 9, 2026

don't work; but who's going to tell Jericho, someone whose gimmick is having multiple gimmicks. Tony Khan, so this is the sports based product you promised us.

CoolUsername:
He's a light heavyweight. Similar to the likes of Kurt Angle, Matt Riddle, lean pre-HGH Randy Orton, and CM Punk. They are light enough to hit some high flying moves and strong enough to hit some power moves.

This is well-established pro-wrestling philosophy, why are you suddenly finding it upsetting?

they're strong enough to hit some power moves, just not as good as a heavyweight. Did you not read what I wrote?

CoolUsername:
You're not going to complain about gimmicks now abi?

I should, but it's so ridiculous i don't think they were trying to be serious, i think they were just doing it for fun.

samistry:
GCW?

yeah. They really changed the game.

Invisible man Vs invisible Stan is the most ridiculous amazing stupid and stupendous thing I've ever seen.

samistry:
Na you dey complain about MJF now na Cody. It's like if they don't do enough moonsaults and flips then it isn't enough for you guys.
The Meltzer lovestyle isn't the only way to wrestle.

I didn't even mention flips. But your wrestling has to be realistic. A small guy can't be going toe to toe with a big guy in strength, it doesn't make any sense.

Someone has to say this; Cody's wrestling frustrates me sometimes. In summary, he's a lightweight that wrestles like a heavyweight and it's unrealistic and makes things look bad. Yes, he does some light weight moves once a while like Cody cutter, but when you see him do a lockup with a full blown heavyweight strength for strength and equally matches him, it's just bad.