Coach and Bro: Why There's No Heel Cody | Damian Priest & Story Time — Friday 11/13/26

Coach opens Story Time Friday 15 minutes late with a frustrated Vince Russo calling in from the cabin on an iPad, and they go straight to the story of the week: Cody Rhodes telling ESPN Radio's Unsportsmanlike that a heel turn is up to Triple H, who's "guiding the ship," and that "when it's time, we won't miss that opportunity." Russo says it plainly: if Triple H wanted Cody heel, Cody would be heel, and the difference is a wrestler's mindset versus a TV writer's. Coach remembers NBC's Dan Hicks, who died this week at 64, as a reminder that it's entertainment and you can always write it back. Russo asks what the "magic number" is before WWE shakes things up, with Crown Jewel reported among the year's least-watched premium live events, and Coach points out it ran on the biggest college football Saturday of the year.

They debate whether Cody likes being the "QB1" face of the company, whether talent is going into business for themselves (Seth Rollins off TV, Drew McIntyre filming a movie with Russell Crowe, Cody fresh off Street Fighter), and why Nick Khan isn't sitting Triple H down. Russo explains why he and Triple H were never on the same page going back to 2002. Then Russo questions a four-match Survivor Series: WarGames card for a stadium show at Daikin Park in Houston (Nov 28), and Coach wonders how you write for L.A. Knight when he hasn't been seen since his title match with Roman Reigns.

Super Chats cover Chyna and the first women's Royal Rumble, whether a heel Cody was The Rock's idea first, the Oba Femi table spot that injured Bronson Reed, a Cody mid-card U.S. title run, and why you never win playing it safe. Then Damian Priest on Complex Graps: frustrated with the R-Truth run and done carrying other people. Russo says a writer would call Priest the second he read that; a wrestler-booker sends him to the doghouse. The lightning round hits Kurt Russell on Nitro, WWE's entrance music, AEW Worlds End in Minneapolis and Sami Zayn's merch, and Coach closes with a Story Time classic: a Miami rental-car disaster from his college days. The Coach and Brolette wheel crowns a winner.

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