Friday, November 12, Updated: October 20, Cody Rhodes will make his debut in the new tag team wearing the Luchador mask. By acesparks. October 20, Must Read. Read more. WWE acesparks - November 12, 0. Playing on the idea that he was infatuated with himself, the moniker instantly reinvigorated Rhodes and gave him a character to sink his teeth into. Then, disaster struck. In January, , Rey Mysterio genuinely shattered Cody's nose with an errant kick. Either way, what we are currently seeing is the next evolution of Cody Rhodes.
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Your sports. Join Newsletter. In fact, it almost made him more baby face-like. If a wrestler showed up to all of his matches wearing a football helmet, you'd think he looked like a wuss, right?
Under his "disfigured" gimmick, Cody Rhodes would always wear that protective mask, and I, for one, thought it kind of made him look like a pansy.
Rhodes was extra conscious about getting hit in the face, he had protection that no one else had and he basically "needed" the mask in order to compete in his matches. I know that the WWE likes to book its heels like huge cowards, but to have a guy like Rhodes use such a blatant cowardly tactic on a consistent basis is a bit too much for me. The masked gimmick was fine for a while, but it stuck Cody Rhodes between a rock and a hard place.
It limited what he could say during his promos and how he could talk during them , it limited what he could do in the ring and it limited the advancement of his character. If Rhodes still had the mask on, he'd still be forced to cut those drawn-out promos, be conscious about getting hit in the face and be that "tormented" and "disfigured" wrestler.
With the mask off, however, he can expand his promo range, worry more about actual wrestling and develop his character to be more than just someone who's pissed because his face got messed up by Rey Mysterio.
While removing the mask will allow Cody Rhodes to develop his character a bit more, he really doesn't have to change it all that much. I mean, it's not like he's going to start wearing a cape and acting like a superhero all of a sudden. He's still Cody Rhodes. He's still going to be a great heel who cuts good promos, is great in the ring and is a bit of a psycho.
Just because Rhodes dropped his mask does not mean that he's going to completely lose sight of the aspects of his "tormented" character that helped him get to the level he's at today. In fact, I think the mask-less Rhodes will still be somewhat of a crazed heel, only he'll be one that doesn't rely so much on his mask.
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