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Night 1 >>>>>>> Night 2. The match distribution on the cards was really weird and always seemed like they wanted all the attention of night 2 on the main event.
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Yeah I mentioned that before, for the most part, the matches with really emotional stakes took place on night one. Rhea and Charlotte, Dom and Rey and the main event of night one all had these huge emotional stakes. So they maybe drained the crowd for night two.
It didn't help that the opener of night 2 with Brock and Omos and the 8 woman tag team matches were messes. It did pick up steam later on.
I think night 1, was a sales brochure.
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Which makes the result even more weird...because it really felt like they were setting it up for a Cody win and to make him a mega star.
In the end I'm not sure it's the wrong result. It's interesting because I feel like it really depends where it goes.
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I didn't mind the result, because it doesn't end the Cody story against Reigns. Instead just as questions came up on the end of the blood line, they came out in the end completely united. You have Cody as the extreme underdog who was cheated, Also in terms of Reigns they were going to hit that 1000 days thing.
I am going to say, that I'm amazed at how far Reigns has come since he was put with Heyman. His psychology, his expressions, and his story telling are all top notch. Cody is a star no matter what.
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If this is build up for the potential of The Rock then that is a mistake. Let it go. This was the year for that in Hollywood if you were going to do it.
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There will possibly be a Rock matchup a year down the road. Expect to see a lot less of Reigns between now and then.
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If the build up leads to Jey or Sami dethroning Roman then I think that could be good too - I still think Sami-Roman should have main evented tonight. Maybe more so with the way it turned out.
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Love your opinion, of course I'm going to disagree. The emotional timbre of the tag match really can't be beat. Having Sami come out and fight again on night 2 would have been way to much. Cody is still going to be world champion, my gut tells me though that we're going to see the undisputed title split.
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For Cody I think they can use this. TBH his build wasnt great and I think fans could have turned on him quickly. Making him "Earn It" a bit more could be good longer term...but that crowd was ready to erupt for him tonight.
Will he interesting to watch it back later, because honestly it's so different live without the commentary.
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Cody somehow has found undeniable main event charisma. The emotion was just pouring off of him last night. And that toe to toe fight between Reigns and Cody was awesomely well done.
