Seth Rollins, Cody Rhodes and the Roller-Coaster Ride of Being a Wrestling Star
"You either pass on a saint or live to the point of seeing yourself become the scalawag."
Aaron Eckhart's Harvey Dent articulated those words in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, a forerunner for the plunge into haziness that Gotham's "white knight" would assume control throughout the span of the more than two hour exemplary.
As stars in both WWE and All Elite Wrestling are generally very mindful, it is additionally an articulation that mirrors the thrill ride of being a top star in the realm of expert wrestling.
Wrestling Fans Are Fickle
As of late, both Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes have taken that unsavory ride. There were the highs of profession vital crossroads and rambunctious group responses, followed quickly by similar fans turning on them and condemning their work.
Rollins worked himself into the ground to get where he in the long run did, carrying reestablished believability to the Intercontinental Championship through 2008 preceding winning the men's Royal Rumble match in 2019 and beating Brock Lesnar two times on pay-per-view.
Rhodes, in the mean time, conveyed probably the best challenge of the most recent 10 years against his sibling, Dustin, at Double or Nothing in 2019. He carried energy to shows and was the essence of AEW almost immediately.
In spite of their endeavors, in any case, fans turned on them. However, they started welcoming their essence on shows with ensembles of boos that became excessively clearly and clear to disregard; not on the grounds that they quit trying sincerely or on the grounds that they transparently welcomed the cynicism.
A few contend the debilitating of the characters was to blame, while others will highlight "the machine" as the explanation they deserted the very contenders they supported to progress. All things considered, others will offer not an obvious explanation, their abilities to focus requesting they reject their past top pick for finding another person to hook onto.
Envision how unique wrestling history might have been on the off chance that similar fans who upheld "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock had out of nowhere and mysteriously quit pulling for them, booing either man since they had a lot of TV time or in light of the fact that Vince McMahon and his inventive powers at long last got behind them.
Inept Ideas From Bad Creative
There is fault to be put at the feet of imaginative groups.
Rollins blurred as a fan most loved the second he turned into a one-layered babyface, booked to battle from under and gave pitiful promotions to convey to a group of people that had become burnt out on it months sooner.
At the point when Bray Wyatt showed up with his new Fiend persona, the fans inclined toward this is on the grounds that it was completely special in a universe of equivalence. For what reason would fans keep on supporting Rollins when they had this new toy that caught their consideration more than the beat-up old teddy bear had in months?
The equivalent can be said with regards to Rhodes.
Regardless of being the core of AEW, his promotions began to sound all in all too pompous. They were less engaged than they ought to have been, tying in components greater than wrestling when he definitely should have simply pounded home the purpose of his personality according to whichever fight he was in at that point.
Fans became worn out on something similar, standard promotion and the self-complimentary congratulatory gestures and decried Rhodes, something we saw a great deal of in 2021.
