WWE is teasing what’s next for Cody Rhodes, so we’ll see what’s going on there.
We’ll also check out some stories with Maxxine Dupri, Tiffany Stratton, and much more
Let’s start things off with this small update for Cody Rhodes
Ever since the feud with Brock Lesnar came to a close, it’s become clear that there
really hasn’t been any plans in store for Cody
He reverted back to feuding with The Judgment Day pretty much for no real reason
He’s feuding with them again because it’s the only big thing for him to do on Raw
And like a lot of fans have pointed out, it just feels like they have him doing side quests
and filler feuds until Wrestlemania season rolls around and it’s time to kick start
the rematch story with Roman Reigns
That’s just where it seems like they’re at right now with Cody Rhodes, just trying
to burn some time with some filler feuds
And WWE has now begun teasing one of those potential filler feuds
During a recent WWE live event, Omos came out and attacked Cody Rhodes
Now it was just a live event, but the thing with WWE is that live events are also used
as their testing shows
They’ll put together some superstars in some matches and test out certain angles at
a live event just to see how the crowd reacts, sort of like a mini experiment
If they like what they see from the crowd’s reaction at the live event, then they’ll
take whatever that angle is and potentially bring it over to WWE television in the weeks
after
So the big test at the recent live events appeared to be Omos versus Cody Rhodes and
how the crowd reacted to that
If WWE liked what they saw from that test, then it’s looking like we’ll see Cody
Rhodes versus Omos on Raw real soon
Omos is of course a free agent, so he’s not tied down to any specific brand.
He can be used on both Raw and Smackdown as much as WWE pleases
So bringing him over to Raw and feuding with Cody Rhodes is most definitely in the realm
of possibility
And it may not be the most exciting feud ever, but at least it frees Cody Rhodes up from
the never ending feud with The Judgment Day and gives him something new to do
So we’ll see if Cody Rhodes versus Omos could be taking place in the near future
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Now let’s get into some topics surrounding the former NXT women’s champion, Tiffany
Stratton
Tiffany is one of the latest great success stories to come from the WWE performance center
She just signed with WWE a few years ago with no experience at all in the ring, and almost
immediately she caught onto everything and became a sensation in NXT
Even rising up all the ranks and becoming NXT women’s champion
She might’ve lost that title to Becky Lynch, but even Tiffany herself feels like her stock
only went up following her match with Becky Lynch
Tiffany is now continuing to do great things, she’s still feuding with Becky Lynch, traveling
with the main roster for some live event shows, and is even being rumored to be called up
to the main roster real soon
But Tiffany Stratton’s entire direction and character was almost completely different
Mansoor and Mace were released from WWE this week and they’ve been revealing a lot of
behind the scenes intel from what was happening during the early days of the Maximum Male
Models
They claim that the character of Maxxine Dupri was created on Twitter and wasn’t even meant
to be played by a woman at first
They claim that the big idea was for LA Knight to dress up and portray the character of Maxxine
Dupri as a joke
But somewhere along the way, WWE liked the idea of the Max Dupri character having a sister
named Maxxine and they started looking for one of the NXT women to play the role
And according to Mace and Mansoor, Tiffany Stratton was WWE’s first and locked-in selection
to play the Maxxine Dupri character
The choice was made and Tiffany Stratton was set to take on the role and lead the Maximum
Male Models, but at the very last second, the change was made to give the character
to Sydney Zmrzel and she’s still playing the character in current day
Sydney became Maxxine Dupri and really took the character and role to new heights that
no one really expected
It was a role and character that just almost seemed destined to fail and not have that
much success in WWE
But due to Maxxine’s charisma and personality, the character kept evolving and entering new
phases to the point where she’s now a fan favorite superstar
A lot of fans have been discussing that if Maxxine Dupri never evolved as a character
and never joined Alpha Academy and stayed with MMM, then probably she would’ve been
let go with Mansoor and Mace as well
So to see what she did with the character and role she was given is one of the greatest
success stories in recent WWE history as well
The way that even both LA Knight and Maxxine were able to get away from MMM and take their
careers to new levels after that is extremely impressive
So it’s just bizarre to hear that Maxxine wasn’t even supposed to be Maxxine, that
was going to be Tiffany Stratton’s role
And who knows how history could’ve been altered if Tiffany did take it, but it looks
everything happened for a reason and everything worked out perfectly
Tiffany Stratton reached success on her own in NXT, and Sydney as Maxxine Dupri truly
made the most out of the character and role, so everyone ended up winning
As far as some more Tiffany Stratton related topics, she recently sat down with Wrestling
News C.O. and explained why her original gimmick ended up disappearing pretty quickly, she
had this to say, quote:
"In the beginning, I was kind of like Daddy's little rich girl.
I kind of just was like, I want to get on TV.
And, you know, this was kind of like, new and different, I guess.
So I pitched it.
It stuck.
And it works for a little bit until they're like, we don't have a daddy for you.
So you're not daddy's little rich girl.
We never got that far.
We never really thought it out.
So that's why I think it got scraped.
But eventually, the character, my big inspo was Sharpay Evans from High School Musical.
I think she's an icon."
End quote
So it looks like WWE was originally on board with the idea of Tiffany Stratton being a
rich girl from a wealthy family, but once they realized that the father figure would
never really be on WWE television, they decided to drop that aspect of her character
But Tiffany Stratton did keep her other inspirations for the character around, such as the inspiration
she pulls from Ashley Tisdale’s High School Musical character, Sharpay Evans, and it’s
been a massive success so far
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Speaking of Mansoor and Mace’s reveals, they also confirmed some of the old rumors
from when LA Knight was portraying the Max Dupri character
They claim that Vince McMahon absolutely hated and despised LA Knight’s character work
as Max Dupri
They said that Vince hated everything about Max Dupri’s portrayal and how they believe
that if things had never changed there during that time period, that LA Night could’ve
been fired right then and there
Thankfully for LA Knight, higher positions changed right around the same exact time all
that was going on, he was able to revert back to his old character and prove his worth to
WWE before they could instantly cut ties with him
So similar to the Maxxine Dupri situation, everything just ended up working out perfectly
But what are your on today’s stories?
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