Have DiBiase and Rhodes actually done anything? *minor spoilers*
 

I mean, I know that wasn't the big threat of Monday Night, but does the threat of them walking actually mean anything? I mean, I could see WWE (Onscreen) worrying about the threat of larger names like JBL or Michaels or even Kane walking, but have these guys, you know....Done anything that would merit such a threat (onscreen)?

I've been told they have potential. If you want to count that it's up to you.

If Orton is saying they are worth something...I expect something big soon.

True but you know what I mean...the BIG picture.

Potential doesn't really count. Not in the sense of this being a huge loss.

They distracted HHH long enough for Orton to eliminate him from the Rumble. Cody had a backstage segment with Goldust, the focus of which seemed to be the recently available Best of Starrcade DVD. That is all I can think of.

Well, yes they are worth a lot. Rhodes and Dibiase---Key words.

I don't think that Rhodes and DiBiase are future WWE Champions, but I could see them being Intercontinental Champions.
I would really like to see a feud of CM Punk and Kofi Kingston vs. "Priceless"
I know that they had a match for the belts, but that was it.
I think it would make a very interesting feud.

I think the problem is that Orton just assumed we thought they were amazing because they're associated with him and second-gen wrestlers. Fine...that's kind of the gimmick of the stable. He could've made them look better by saying that if Stephanie fired him, she'd be losing out on three of the final four wrestlers in the Rumble, or the three wrestlers from Raw that lasted the longest, or whatever. I do agree it's a pretty lame threat when neither has ever held a singles belt, though.

Well Stephanie didn't dismiss the threat, so I'm guessing she agrees that they're a commodity. In kayfabe, of course.

I'm a big fan of Priceless though.

I do not like their new theme.

they havent had a good one yet.

I don't like any new themes

I think it's all about implication.

Although Orton didn't state as much he was basically saying "You'll be losing two of the youngest guys on the roster. Two guys that have wrestling in their blood. Two guys that have the potential to be the future of WWE".

Perhaps if he'd actually said that it might have hammered the point home a little better.

She was also dealing with bigger threats in the form of lawyers and those bullshit claims of injunctions.

Which still doesn't really seem viable. I mean, WWE may look at it that way because they want to believe it (As they seem to want to believe they can have a PG show and still keep the late teen and twenties male market), but honestly, I can't help but look at such a threat and picture 2 Cool threatening to walk. Two guys (Including Rikishi) with wrestling lineage whose potential led to their role as "dancing bears." Almost literally.

I'm sure WWE thinks they have more value, or they wouldn't be pushing them as Orton's flunkies, but damn, fthey're still flunkies.

At least 2 Cool was over as a tag team. Priceless still gets no reaction when they're not backing up Orton.

He said he included Rikishi.

Now ya lithen heagh, Mithta BigDaddyCooool! Ya don't be tellin' mah thun, Cody Rhodeth, that he'th okay at bein' a lackey. Mah thun ith tha betht at what he'th doin', whatever he'th doin', and 'dat includeth bein' a lackey! He'th da betht damn lackey 'dat 'da WWE hath evah theen, Mithta BigDaddyCool!

When ya big thtar bound, it'th a long hard ride. I'ma' drink me thome Mella' Yella'. Kingth and queenth, frankth, and tho forth.

He just needs time to develop. I happen to like Ted alot and particularly enjoyed his performance at the rumble.

I think Cody has been a good heel, but I dont see him as much more than a a sidekick. He is just so non threatening looking.

Maybe because 50% of the crowd aren't old enough to know, let alone to have seen, DiBiase's old man. So, just because they're being told this guy is a son of a legend, doesn't mean they're going to go nuts for him.

I see it this way- Rhodes and DiBiase aren't there to actually do anything. They're there so that Orton can look like a leader, and so that they can learn up close. Being sons of legends, they can be banked on to be in it long-term. If they did anything specific, they'd get too much attention, and probably split up and turned face prematurely. Think of it this way - if Orton had stood by and done nothing a bit more, he might not have spent so much time spinning his wheels post-Evolution.

Grandmaster Sexay and Rikishi do.

Mostly because there's no reason to react.

Or, we could be more realistic and say that if he hadn't shat in bags, done drugs, and been an all around douchebag, he might not have spent so much time spinning his wheels post-evolution. His "doing nothing" had little to do with his lack of a place. He had everything, and he shat it away. Well, he fake-shat it away. You get the point. That is SO not a function of time spent, and more a function of him being a stupid motherfucker who thinks WWE owes him, and WWE being stupid motherfuckers who won't learn.

Vince knows that if he lets them walk then Russo will immediately put the TNA Title on them in less than 2 months, feature them in overbooked storylines, and kill their careers.

He is actually looking out for these young bucks.

Too Shay.

So when I said "Two" and "including Rikishi," you had trouble because....

You should have gone the Noid route. "Of course I said something stupid. That's the point!"

Stop poking the Noid.

It's a hard habit to break.