Over the past couple of months, rumors have been going around all over the Internet wrestling community stating that Ted DiBiase will be getting a face turn in the near future. The reason for that is that he is the star of “The Marine 2″ which is set to come out December the 29th of 2009. Following up John Cena is not an easy thing to do especially if you’re a rookie like Ted DiBiase so having him turn face and be a “good guy” would attract kids to see his new movie.
Now, we have been so eager and anxious to see his face turn in recent months that we have completely forgotten about the second “Legacy” member, Cody Rhodes. One thing is for Randy Orton to have two henchmen. That idea is so tempting that he has had these same two henchmen for eight months now, believe it or not. But having him have only one henchman especially with the size of Cody Rhodes is not the best of ideas. So should Ted DiBiase turn face, maybe even win the WWE title, which is another rumor going around, Rhodes will go nowhere.
Randy Orton, as old as he looks, is only 29 years old. He is only 3 years older than DiBiase and 5 older than Rhodes. He is not Hardcore Holly. He will not move away from the main event scene for at least another year or two just to push guys like Rhodes. For those that expect Rhodes & Orton to form a tag team when DiBiase leaves “The Legacy” are dead wrong. It’ll never happen, and Orton, being a close friend of Vince McMahon has all the connections he needs to be in the title picture as long as he wants.
The last thought would be to keep Rhodes in “The Legacy” for a while longer and add another young guy like Jack Swagger or Chris Masters. The thing is though, WWE wants to keep them in the midcard for now and guys like Swagger & Masters may not have a dad in the hall of fame but they do have what it takes to main event.
So with that said, both Rhodes & DiBiase need a face turn in the next 3 months. Face turns don’t happen overnight so December would definitely be too late. Last Monday night on RAW, after Dusty Rhodes made a plan for the Legacy to ambush DX & Cena, Orton RKO’ed Dusty and you could see Cody Rhodes get pissed signaling that he will leave the Legacy sooner or later. Both Rhodes & DiBiase will have succesful careers with their connections but the question is, who is ready to leave “The Legacy” first? I will let you guys answer that.
Closing Thoughts
The best way to do this would be to have them do what they did a year ago at “Night of Champions 08.” Have Rhodes & Orton vs. DiBiase & a mystery partner at a pay-per-view after DiBiase turns face and have Rhodes kick Orton in the skull and be DiBiase’s manager for a while as a face. That is all for today folks, leave a comment, and vote on the poll, I’M OUT!
