Ok I’ve got thoughts, and I’m sending them out to the ether because I’m just that moved. (And at this point if I wait to say my thoughts through my “Once I Saw Him” fic.. they’ll never be told):
I’ve always considered Cody/Randy’s first Wrestlemania match (WM26, 2010) so telling of what Cody means to Randy. The build up was intense of course, but there was always such a sadness in his eyes, and it was nothing short of poetic that he tossed Ted out of the ring like garbage (lol) and was left with just Cody, the way he looked at him, when he was down on the ground by his side, moving in that magnetizing snake-like way that only he could do- his eyes are so wonderfully small, yet sharp, and incredibly expressive, they always soften when he looks at Cody.. and once he got up he had one thing on his mind: punting him. Why? Because Randy is “The Legend Killer” — (that’s the monicker Cody tends to favor during interviews/promos because that’s how he introduced himself in their first promo with his father.. that’s when Randy’s star was rising and Cody has never been shy about how much he admired him during those times) — at that moment, the only right way to finish that match was to punt Cody, because he was a (future) legend in Randy’s eyes.
Cody is the fruit of Randy’s labor.. the one person he poured into besides himself that bore fruit beyond anyone’s wildest dreams..
& now, they get to finish telling THEIR STORY, meeting at WrestleMania 42 to once again remind the word they are truly wrestling soulmates.
& back to this promo Randy cut tonight on #wweRaw , “you see Michael, I’m a killer..”
we can all read between the lines; he’s a LEGEND KILLER , back to who he truly is, back to the man he was when he first met Cody, (and their spellbinding relationship was formed) and then he signs off by saying:
“Wrestling has more than one royal family.”
I’ve never had a doubt in my mind that Cody says that in his entrance music not only remind everyone that he comes from wrestling lineage but that Randy does too.
Their story is rich, rich with history, with emotion, with turmoil, with betrayal, with love. And if anyone doesn’t see it by now, well, they’re simply not meant to. This is their magnum opus. And I’m so ecstatic that we get to bear witness to it.