8 Booking Steps For Cody Rhodes In WWE
2. The Culmination
...turn heel.
There's no sense in denying it: Cody has an unlikable air about him at times. He comes across as cocksure, and his smile alone gives him one of the most punchable faces in wrestling. Being honest, Rhodes is only really relatable as a babyface when he's the underdog.
Playing wrestling's biggest free agent signing will work for a while, but WWE fans will also naturally tire of Cody in the baby role eventually. Audiences are fickle, and there's a definite pattern of peeps turning on something they initially wanted once they get it. So, the journey from returning hero to WWE Champ and then despised heel may be an easy one.
This is when Rhodes can start getting bratty and do his best Jericho circa 2008 impressions. He'd do well to become more stoic, but still show signs of erratic behaviour by occasionally grinning from ear-to-ear as everyone balls up their fists.
He can't stay face for good.