>>11065189The Cross Rhodes is Cody's best move, he can performer it better than any other move and anyone else. The twist disorientates his opponent while the impact of their head hitting the mat and their neck smashing into Cody's forearm completely dazes them while also making it hard to breathe and recover quickly.
Now in this scenario, a single Cross Rhodes is simply not enough for 2 reasons. The first being that Cody cannot perform it as well as he may usually be able to given how badly he's beaten up. The second is that Brock Lesnar is incredibly tough to beat. You know he's tough and he can take the best you've got and still dish out more. You cannot simply go for a pin after a single Cross Rhodes because if it fails, you give Brock time to recover. Also, transitioning into a different move requires time to set up and energy to execute.
Cody takes advtange of the fact that the Cross Rhodes is incredibly efficient to perform. It requires very little energy compared to any big power moves and the risks are very low compared to most high speed high impact moves.
However, the best thing about the Cross Rhodes is that you can seamlessly transition into another straight after. Avoiding the need to waste time setting up a different move and executing it. Even better, they progressively get easier to hit as the opponent is more disoriented and the time between each execution is too little to recover.
The triple Cross Rhodes really is the perfect finisher for high stakes situation to minimise risk and maximise damage while insuring that your opponent is too disoriented and breathless to kick out even with sheer willpower.
