Cody Rhodes was just confirmed for an upcoming AEW project, so we’ll take a look at that
story.
We’ll also check in on the latest with Alexa Bliss, another addition for the Roman Reigns
cash in theory, and more
Let’s start things off with the official confirmation that Cody Rhodes will be appearing
in an upcoming AEW project
The AEW project in question is the company’s first ever video game, which is titled “AEW:
Fight Forever”
The game has been in development for a while now and is said to bring that direct AEW experience
to the video game universe
It’s been confirmed through Kenny Omega and others than the game won’t look as visually
stunning as the 2K engine, but will have immensely fun gameplay
The game is rumored for a late 2022 release
Kenny Omega recently spoke with Sport Illustrated about AEW: Fight Forever and addressed Cody
Rhodes’ status in the AEW video game, he had this to say about that topic, quote:
“This may come as a surprise to people, but Cody is still in the game.
I was very passionate about making sure his legacy and position within the company were
preserved.
We’ve built this game from the ground up, starting everything from scratch.
That’s why I thought this game could coincide with the birth of this company.
You get to experience AEW from the beginning, from day one.
The game is going to reflect a lot of that, even though our locker room is ever-changing.”
End quote
So a great gesture by AEW and even more information on what to expect from the game
It sounds like they want you to play the game and be able to reminisce about those early
2019 days from when the company was just starting up
And at the same time, they wanna give you the feel of the current day AEW product as
well
With Cody Rhodes signing to WWE, a lot of fans thought it was a no brainer that Cody
Rhodes’ in-game model and any content related to the American Nightmare in Fight Forever
would be pulled from the development of the game
But according to Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes will be fully featured on the game’s playable
roster and his role in the company’s history will be preserved
Which is great to see!
You can honestly say that Cody Rhodes was one of the founding fathers of AEW, he was
definitely part of that front office towards the early days of the company, played a big
role in it’s creation and history, so it’s going to be nice to see him still featured
in AEW’s debut video game when it’s finally released
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WWE introduced a very interesting story this week on Smackdown that has both fans and WWE
legends coming up with all these different booking scenarios and possibilities
The story in question is what Sami Zayn said about winning the Money In The Bank contract,
but refusing to cash in on Roman Reigns
We went over how JBL thinks Sami Zayn is being dishonest and would still cash in on Roman
Reigns if the right opportunity presented itself
Well Mark Henry also appears to agree with the idea that Sami Zayn would definitely cash
in on Roman Reigns if the opportunity was right
Mark Henry recently spoke on Busted Open Radio and gave the full details of how he would
pay off the entire Sami Zayn and Bloodline storyline
Mark Henry had this to say, quote:
“Brock Lesnar, he has taken Roman Reigns to the limit.
The Usos come out and they tap dance on Brock.
Roman comes up and bang.
He nails Brock from behind and they do the triple tap dance on him.
Brock drops Usos over the top.
He goes back and forth, and bang, he drops Roman.
The match is over and Sami is like, 'Oh my Gosh' Paul Heyman goes, 'Don't do it, Sami.'
He cashes it in and becomes the WWE Champion.
Now, he can do the whole, 'Acknowledge me.’”
End quote
So Mark Henry’s idea definitely feeds off of what JBL is saying about Sami Zayn secretly
being dishonest to The Bloodline’s face
If a scenario like Mark Henry’s idea actually came true, that would in fact be the ultimate
test for Sami Zayn’s loyalty to Roman Reigns
Does he keep his cool or does he jump on the opportunity to become Undisputed Universal
Champion
A lot of people may find that to be a pretty weird ending to Roman’s 600 day title reign
as well
Waited 600 days only for him to be pinned by Sami Zayn?
Well in the bigger picture and context of this entire scenario, it does make sense
You’re talking about Roman Reigns going through an entire brutally long last match
standing match with Brock Lesnar
Then on top of the damage of the match, he gets attacked post-match by Brock Lesnar once
again…so in that specific scenario, anyone with that money in the bank contract could
believably pin Roman Reigns
And WWE loves some shock twists every once in a while and that’s exactly what this
would be
No one pictured the end game of the Sami Zayn and Bloodline storyline to be Sami actually
becoming the new undisputed universal champion, so it would be this huge unexpected payoff
And even if it’s not Sami Zayn that wins the contract, you can fill in whoever is the
actual contract winner into this scenario and it will still fit
Let’s say it was someone like Drew McIntyre or Seth Rollins that cashed in after that
post-match Brock Lesnar attack…
well the outcome would still be the same, that contract holder would be walking out
of Summerslam as the new undisputed WWE champion
So no matter who the Money In The Bank holder turns out to me, everyone knows that they’re
coming for Roman Reigns
There’s no more taking your time and deciding who you wanna cash in on between Raw’s world
champion and Smackdown’s world champion
There’s only one world champion, so everyone knows that the contract holder will have eyes
on only Roman Reigns at all times
Hopefully it is a great winner and they end up having a great surprising cash in
2021’s cash in was great with seeing Big-E becoming WWE champion, but what fans didn’t
like about the cash in was that it was basically announced that Monday morning and was part
of the advertisements for that edition of Raw
Big-E basically revealed in a tweet that he’ll be cashing in on Raw, so that tweet did take
away from the genuine shock that usually comes with cash ins, since everyone knew he was
cashing in that night
But hopefully the 2022 cash in takes place unexpectedly at Summerslam, Clash At The Castle,
or just any other moment where no one will see it coming at
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Alexa Bliss took to Twitter recently to set out another goal for herself
She recently tweeted out how she wanted a movie role, but now Alexa is tweeting about
wanting to voice an animated character
That’s definitely a goal that’s highly capable of being reached for Alexa Bliss
In fact, there’s a lot of other WWE superstars doing that same exact thing at the moment
The 2021 animated film “Rumble”, features voice work from Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch
And of course there was also the news that Liv Morgan had even secured a role in an upcoming
horror film
So whether it’s animated work or actual acting, a lot of WWE superstars are jumping
into that scene right now, so it shouldn’t be that difficult for Alexa Bliss to jump
in on that action
As far as the latest with Alexa Bliss, she hasn’t had much story revolving around her
since returning to WWE
So it’s still a waiting game there to see what’s actually next for Alexa bliss in
WWE
The only major things WWE has done with Alexa Bliss since returning was teasing the idea
of her teaming up with Liv Morgan
With the state of the womens tag team division being in complete full limbo, Alexa and Liv
would be a great choice to try to build the division around
But what are your thoughts on all of todays stories with Cody Rhodes, Alexa Bliss, and
the Roman Reigns cash in situation?
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