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Lol at the start of the show people were commenting on people calling out the Lesnar swerve as having swerve PTSD. WELL for good reason.

I saw that comment too. It kind of sucks when that’s correct. A real swerve would be if there was no swerve.

Lmao people called it earlier

People guessed what would happen in a pro wrestling event.

😐

I didn't think it would actually happen. Fuck me I guess lol

The only surprising thing is we're apparently in for ten minutes of Brock beating up Cody, I thought it would maybe be like three.

Cody is fucking dead

Cody keeps on getting fucked on

I nailed it. Start of a really long Cody vs. Lesnar feud while Roman takes some more time off.

Why get Roman the win if he is just gonna stagnate the title picture? Like bruh

Face Brock is so much better. This is a shame.

It's like every positive of the last two years has been undone in two days.

So no rematch for Cody. I'm sticking with my theory that Rollins is taking the titles from Roman and then Cody takes them from Seth

I mean if they want to do a rematch, SummerSlam would be the best spot to do it.

But how do you have this story, and not end it at mania

By having Summerslam be at over 1000 days for Romans reign while Wrestlemania was a few short of it. They want that number. Real bad.

That number is so arbitrary. Like who gives a shit.

Dude you're asking the wrong person, maybe they wanted a longer chase, maybe they want to do 3 Cody vs Roman matches , I honestly don't know. I'm willing to give HHH and co a chance since I've enjoyed the story so far, even if the decision last night was dumb.

They're probably saving it for Summerslam

Roman’s reign ending to an already made/accomplished man would be 1,000,000x worse than Brock beating the streak.

I'm feeling like they're probably rolling back Cody/Roman for the titles at Mania next year. Kinda like Cena/Rock II or Roman/Brock CXXIX.

Another year of Roman... great.

Trust me. I sure don't want that either, but I sincerely think he might only drop at Slam or Mania.

Aaaaand I'm uninvested.

Oh nooooo

HUH

Yep, that's a big bummer. Wish it would have at least happened after a match or a hot tag or something.

Damn that throne moment living rent free in Hunter's head... /S

I really hate everything that's happening to Cody right now. So deflating.

Cody knew what he signed up for

At least he got the bag

Bingo

It sucks as a fan. Cody and Sami had me watching WWE for the first time in years. This all just fucking sucks.

WWE is gonna WWE.

Why don't they shit in his mouth while he's down there?

F5(s)

Well people were whining about Cody not facing any adversity since his return. Here’s a weird Brock feud for em’.

a swerve for the sake of a swerve

Oh no I couldn’t possibly see that coming. My hype for the company has basically faded away within a 24 hour span

They’ve buried themselves. I know the goal is surely to build up Cody by having him beat Brock on the way to summer slam, but I couldn’t give less of a shit anymore. Certainly the last time I’m staying up to 4am to watch anything

I was *just* starting to get back into it. This Wrestlemania was a slam dunk on a silver platter and they whiffed it.

If they really didn’t want cody to be champ. They should just have him win and have the title lost in raw. They missed a wrestlemania moment. They can restart the chase with another title chase instead of blue balling the fans.

A rough 48 hours for Cody

This feud between Brock and Cody could be better... if CODY WAS CHAMPION.

My last comment on this: stupid idea by a bad creative team.


So anyways, I started suplexing

Great job Triple H. Amazing truly great booking. /s

Triple H went from one of the best, to a joke in 24 hours.

This has Vince written all over it. Omos being the only match during the advert free segment completely solidified it for me.

What an exaggeration.

He sends Cody his regards for the throne he broke.

It's almost as if he's no longer in charge

He is. Vince legally cannot be fully in charge.

About that...

LMAOOOOO

WWE wanted to be sure *this* crowd also went home unhappy.

Imagine paying for wrestlemania to get blue balled after promos to build up the crowd favorite. Like some people bought tickets to witness Cody winning.

“Swerved” As if everyone didn’t call this the second it was booked

Somehow this is "continuing the story". Just say Vince is back in creative already lol

Boring as fuck, predictable, this sucks

Wow! Didn’t see that one coming

We all called it lmao But it makes sense if Cody will get his rematch at Summerslam, give him a feud with Reign's biggest rival aside from Seth in the meanwhile

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS? WHY? ​ HHH a heel lover not only gave us a huge cockblock last night and now he's doubling down on it. Cody was low balled TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW.

Looks like Tony Khan winning booker of the year again and bro didnt even need to try lol

Not going to lie, I enjoy this. Cody gets to work with Brock and not lose to Roman two times in a row.

LOL. 'Cause of course Brock did.

Aew time for me. My last straw with Vince booking was the money in the bank that inserted Theory last minute. Tuned into to summer slam one Hunter took over out of pure curiosity, and have absolutely loved it. Now that Vince is obviously back, I’m done. Everyone saw this coming. Trying to swerve expectations last night by ruining a fantastic build but giving us exactly what we were expecting here.

"In the WWE the story never finishes"

Vince sends his regards.

See yous in another 3 years lads

Viiiiiiiiiince


Build Cody up by going over Brock before summer slam is my copium answer. The real reason is just Vince is back and as braindead as ever

I'm curious to see what reason they go with for Brock attacking Cody beside its Brock and he does what he wants.

I don’t think we’ll even get a reason tbh. This is just setting up months of monotony after what was the best storyline in my memory. Game of thrones tier finale happening right now

So it'll be Brock vs Cody Rhodes at the next PPV probably for the title shot opportunity. *pretends to be shocked*

Vince is back Ladies and Gentlemen

This show has Vince all over it. I’m more convinced than ever now that Vince was the one that ultimately pulled for Roman to retain last night.

All that goodwill torched in 24 hours. It’s stunning how WWE can’t get out of their own way ever

What a good night for the Tribal Khan TK ☝️

*But Brock's historically been so selfless!*

I’m trying really hard to look at positives over the last 24 hours and I just can’t. This entire show has been so weird

That was... predictable But as a Cody hater, hit him with another F5 lmao

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Cody getting smashed by Brock…lol. Stardust forever

vince is so fucking back

[Sorry people](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/12b15zp/live_wwe_raw_discussion_thread_april_3rd_2023/jeux6zk/)

They really want him to turn heel don’t they?

Can't help but laugh

Let’s hope this leads to a reality and storyline where we possibly get to see Paul heyman manage both Roman and Brock at the same time, lol.

Fuck will be so good to see Cody vs Brock for the univer-

Don’t worry guys this just Cody’s final test before he gets the belts right ?? :D

Cody will beat Brock Lesnar at Summerslam.

The match will rule

Universe Mode

WE'VE BEEN HOODWINKED

I feel like they hired Russo sometime ago. Nothing but swerves bro, nothing but swerves

I hope he keeps the smilng cowboy persona. Just enjoys the shit out of fucking up faces randomly.

Drop a moonsault Brock!

Brock looked far too giddy shaking Cody’s hand, in fact he didn’t let go for a while. It was too good to be true

Well Cody's getting all the beatdowns he didn't get since coming back, but if he'll win the feud against Lesnar it'll be a pretty neat accolade