I can see and respect that argument, particularly given that his story was an integral part of the Bloodline.

That said, the payoff to his story was arguably perfect with a Night One win with KO.

The biggest (and only real) problem with it was the dog shit storytelling they did with both teams since that night- but they can flip that into a pretty good overall arc for Sami if they give him the significant honor of dethroning Gunther at Mania.

I think Cody’s a better overall personality and promo, though, and I don’t think it’s particularly close. As far as straight up wrestling goes, I give Sami the edge but I don’t think there’s much of a gap, Generico indy cred and all.

I’m curious to see your thoughts on what makes Sami better though.