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I know around Rumble time the discussion was whether or not they should find a way to get Sami into the title match, if the fans would turn on Cody being in the spot instead of Sami, if Cody's story is better served with him losing his first chance, etc. While I haven't been watching outside of clips, concerns of the crowd turning on Cody were totally unfounded and it seems he's getting massive reactions even when they aren't piping in crowd noise. Cody, Sami, and KO have all had alignment on screen together and all three are majorly over so the crowd seems ready and willing to accept Cody as world champ and Sami/KO as tag champs.
Plus Cody's cutting great promos, his merch sales are reportedly right in line with the other top line guys, Roman reduced his schedule significantly in the last year and there are persistent rumors he wants to take a full blown vacation through SummerSlam and might be going into acting soon.
Roman retaining made total sense the last two Manias, but right now everything seems to be aligning to end the run and get the belt on a genuinely mega over babyface who will have tons of potential fresh programs lined up for him during the year. Like I don't want to be hyperbolic but considering all that's going into this it feels like not pulling the trigger here would be one of the biggest booking blunders of all time.
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