It wouldn’t remove the stink they’ve added to this all but it would at least be a favorable outcome.

It really should be Gunther challenging Seth.

I don't know who you have to beat Gunther for the IC title though.

There are any number of guys who would do well.

Sami Zayn. Jey Uso. Chad Gable.

Yep. Even if they pivot Roman buried the entire roster 6 feet deep with that promo on Rollins and his belt, and it was made all the worse by Rhodes meekly bowing out of the way for Rock. The damage has been done, only thing to do now is mitigate it as much as they can.

The Rock is going to Black Adam WrestleMania.

Why? Rock hasn't wrestled a match in 11 years. Last time he did he tore muscles and the dude is gassed after one move and a promo. The match will suck big ones.

It's backfired massively. Only reason you do this is for the casual fan and media attention. They sure got it. The angle has the most dislikes EVER for a WWE video, well over 300k at this point, the #1 hashtag on Twitter at one point was #WeWantCody, and most of the media coverage is about the backlash, not Rock vs Roman.

Now, if this was some 5d chess move to divert the controversy away from McMahon then nice try, but as soon as the next domino drops there it'll be right back to being one of the main story in the media.

I don't think they could've botched the post Rumble fallout much worse even if they were actively trying to.

Only way forward I see that may actually be better is Rock just goes full Hollywood Heel again and instigates Cody to the point Cody says **** You and cashes back in while Roman goes tweener and the Bloodline ally with Rock (Hell, maybe even bring in Jacob Fatu finally).

The rock gets the last laugh stealing THE WWE from HHH.

Everyone complaining about the insertion of the Rock in Wrestlemania and yet no one sees the Yawn status of Roman Reigns continuing to remain champion for so long...

Huh? That's a huge part of the problem. People were willing to grudgingly put up with it because the story they were telling logically led to Rhodes finally dethroning him at Mania. Hell, they even acknowledged that his reign sort of sucks, and that's why they gave Rollins the 1b title.

Oh they are very close to NWOing the bloodline storyline.

Honestly the whole Rhodes beating Reigns was silly to begin with unless you throw in a Paul Heyman betrayal to make it interesting.

How sure are we that he was going to bear Roman at Mania?

They’re pushing Roman to beat Hogans record. He’s 226 more days from breaking it

How would people react if Cody lost?

Also people have been telling for Rock Vs Roman for years. We knew this match was going to happen. It was teased in the Young Rock Rock even discussed it on the McAfee show when they were out in Boulder last September. He showed up that same night on Smackdown Then a few weeks ago he teased it

All of a sudden people are upset? We knew it was going to happen. It wasn’t going to happen any where else besides Mania. It’s too big of a match

Now I can see why people are upset on how it was presented to us. Rollins ahead o e of the great promos putting over the importance of the title. The rititlr meant something. That they made the titke so it could be the workhorse He propped up Cody

Cody said he’ll think about it

Here is we here it detailed. Roman trashed Roman and Seth. Horrible decision. Also Seth should’ve been there In the ring The go back and forth The. Cody comes out. Talks to both of them. And picks Seth and explains why. That Seth was a true defending workhorse and the title Actuslly means something not a joke of a title where the champ never wrestled

Then the rock comes out to everyone’s surprise. Saying Roman even though Cody isn’t facing you I will


Now that’s how it should’ve gone sone

But hey we still have time. Things can change and develop.

The overarching story of the entire WWE FOR A LITERAL YEAR was Cody finishing the story. They've alluded to Rock/Roman here and there but this was not the year to do it. And quite frankly, if they were going to have Cody lose AGAIN just so Roman could continue this awful run and beat Hogan's time they should've never even went down this path to begin with.