Eric Bischoff On Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania 39 Loss: It Was The Right Move As Long As There’s A Plan
Eric Bischoff talks about the end of WrestleMania 39 and Cody Rhodes’ failure to finish the story.
Eric Bischoff has now weighed in on the Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes ending at WrestleMania. Speaking with Jon Chuckery, Eric Bischoff noted that he’s in favor of not having Cody Rhodes go over on Roman Reigns at the end of WrestleMania 39, as long as WWE has a long-term plan in place.
If not, Eric says this could be looked back upon as a huge missed opportunity.
“I think it’s absolutely the right decision. Having Cody chase that title, yes. If, giant ‘if’ fluorescent colors, fireworks, or anything else you can think of to draw attention to the word ‘if’ in this context; if they have a plan,” he said. “Look at what they did with The Bloodline storyline. That was a phenomenal storyline from a storyteller’s point of view. The character development, the art of each of the characters, the layers in the story, the defined arc within that story, all of it was as good as anything I’ve ever seen in professional wrestling. From a technical point of view. I thought it was amazing, really amazing. Now, if they can, however, they ended up with that incredible storyline, six months, eight months leading up to WrestleMania, whoever that team was, if they can replicate anything close to that level of success over the next 12 months, that is absolutely the best decision. On the other hand, if they don’t have a really great plan, then it could be a lost opportunity, but we won’t know until we know.”
Paul Heyman, an integral to this storyline and head of ECW in the 90s, has stated that he thinks it was the right move to tell a longer story. Read his comments here.
Dustin Rhodes, Cody’s own brother, even believes it was the right move because they’re making Cody earn it. Read his comments here.
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