Cody Rhodes

Once upon a time, Rhodes was an outcast to the league that made his family famous. "I was in pain," he says. Now, he's back at this weekend's ...

But it was under the tutelage of trainer and coach Dusty Rhodes in the early 2010s—while at the WWE’s developmental company, NXT—that Reigns started his path to WWE main roster ascension. During a WWE Smackdown segment in March, Rhodes finally came face to face with Reigns for the first time in 10 years. Growing up where there's that public ownership, a little bit, of Dusty—growing up in the public spotlight because of who he was—I just accepted it in a way that it's now how I live my life.” Dusty neither fought in a WrestleMania event, nor won a championship in the company. His everyman tales of being the son of a plumber resonated with everyone. While taking on the character of the cartoonish Stardust, Rhodes realized that after almost a decade in the company, he was far way from his dream of headlining WrestleMania. Dustin made his WWE debut in 1990—he was jumped on TV by The Million Dollar Man. hired Andre The Giant to win it for him in the ring. “They’ll be at WrestleMania and be able to see what we do all this work for—the time away that I do spend—what it culminates with.” He’s been a staple of WrestleMania the past several years, seated in the front row with friends and fellow MCs like Wale and Smoke DZA. Miraculously, Rhodes would go on to wrestle his opponent, Seth “Freakin” Rollins—recognized by many as one of the best ring performers on the planet—for over 20 minutes. He's reflecting on the past few months since earning his spot in the coveted primetime spot of WrestleMania.

Cody Rhodes shares his thoughts on MJF potentially coming to WWE. Rhodes and MJF are often linked, as “The American Nightmare” helped bring MJF to All Elite ...

Rhodes will challenge undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns on Sunday's second night in an effort to capture his first-ever World title in either WWE ...

Ahead of his Undisputed Universal Championship match at WrestleMania, Cody Rhodes discussed the world champion of the rival promotion.

If it makes him happy to be here, he just needs to be happy.” Friedman is one of those rare talents that would find great success in any promotion he chose to work for. He has all the tools to develop. “If it makes him happy, I want him to be happy. If it makes him happy to be there, great. He has all the tools because he’s so young.

MJF has made it no secret that his contract with AEW expires at the start of 2024 and there will be a bidding war for his services. He's said that he will go ...

If it makes him happy to be here, he just needs to be happy." Cody Rhodes will try to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at WrestleMania 39 when he faces Roman Reigns in the main event of night two. That all depends on if he sticks to the good side of this and he doesn't lose his head and his ego doesn't get too big, I'm talking about the man, not the character, and he still has a passion. He has all the tools to develop. When asked if he would like to see MJF in WWE, Cody replied, "If it makes him happy, I want him to be happy. He has all the tools because he's so young.

During the conversation, he was asked whether he's noticed any differences between his return last year and the road to WrestleMania 39. “Not for me, personally ...

I kind of chuckle when I see, I have friends in the media, ‘Such and such, this is changing, this sale might happen, this might happen.’ Being on the ground and seeing it, we just have great shows and fans seem really happy and we’ve been on this road to WrestleMania and it’s been very consistent. “Because of who I returned as, I have a grasp on it. Rhodes, who returned at last year’s PPV and was out of action for a good portion of 2022 before returning at the the Royal Rumble, recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times for an interview.

Cody gave Ludwig a ton during the match. It would never be a five-star classic more to provide Smackdown with a Cody Rhodes match on the road to WrestleMania.

FINAL THOUGHTS: Cody, Kevin, and Sami, tied to the bloodline storylines, continue to carry Friday night Smackdown. I like L.A Knight as a character, but I don’t need to see him in the ring for 10 minutes. The match was a fixture to set up for the post-match angle. You can have a good conversation on how Triple H has booked the women’s division as a whole, but when Lacey can’t even do a primary tag to Xia to leave the ring, what are we doing? It would never be a five-star classic more to provide Smackdown with a Cody Rhodes match on the road to WrestleMania. Having Flair and Ripley main event night one of WrestleMania is a colossal mistake, and the match will die on its ass on the night worse than this entire feud has.

Before headlining WrestleMania, this year, WWE superstar Cody Rhodes recalls the moment from WrestleMania 29 when he met Donald Trump.

From being placed as a mid-carder to headlining the biggest WWE event, Cody Rhodes has definitely come a long way as he looks to complete his story. Rhodes further said that Trump asked him to move his legs so that he and the other fifty men with him could pass. During the interview, a segment came when Rhodes recalled his encounter with former US President Donald Trump. Recently, WWE superstar Cody Rhodes gave an interview with Ariel Helwani. ADVERTISEMENT Before stepping inside the arena for his biggest match, Rhodes recalled the incident that happened ten years ago at WrestleMania 29.

The match wasn't a five-star classic, but it provided Smackdown with a good Cody Rhodes match on the road to WrestleMania. Cody and Heyman had a great promo ...

The match wasn’t a five-star classic, but it provided Smackdown with a good Cody Rhodes match on the road to WrestleMania. This is the tone you set after winning the titles, not before. Some thought this would capture NXT lore vibes, but the match missed its mark. Although the storyline wasn’t ideal, the pop from the crowd after Rey finally hit Dom for talking to his mother crazy was undeniable. The opening match of Smackdown was a solid performance, with Cody Rhodes giving Ludwig a lot during the match. Charlotte Flair’s segment fell off the tracks once she acknowledged the (what) chants.

AEW World Champion MJF is not shy about discussing his future and has promised to be the focal point of the “bidding war of 2024” between WWE and AEW and ...

If it makes him happy to be here, he just needs to be happy.” If it makes him happy, I want him to be happy. So if it makes him happy to be there, great.

After losing to Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear 2019, Cody Rhodes could no longer challenge for the AEW World Championship during his tenure.

The last heel run that I had, the number one thing they wanted me to do was turn heel. "I'll give you an example, the number one thing a heel is supposed to do is take something away. You have to know when to give it to them if you take it away. Cody would reference being a heel on AEW television, and forget which tunnel he should go through. "I definitely prefer being on the light side of things and being on the gold guy realm. After losing to Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear 2019, Cody Rhodes could no longer challenge for the AEW World Championship during his tenure.

For Cody Rhodes, he did not go into his first meeting with WWE thinking about a contract or a job. He was looking for closure.

but I got a really nice message from Nick Khan that I thought would just be a really nice message and then I listened to it further and it was a full-blown fiery almost college football coach level pep talk. It went from some standard pleasantries to a legit pep talk and I thought it was one of the coolest things to receive. That first meeting was about having some closure and see some faces I haven’t seen in a while and I left that meeting strongly considering WrestleMania and then of course when I come back at WrestleMania, it was like obvious to me and I even said it on Raw that, ‘You find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.’ When I say ‘outsider,’ I just don’t know everybody in the locker room. I’ve been doing a media tour with people I just haven’t done a media tour with before and I felt like I knew everybody here. I’m just trying to reconnect with them or connect with them for the first time because I say I’m an outsider but you also want to be the quarterback and lead the team so you have to know everybody and what they do. He scored a win over Seth Rollins in his return match and fast forward one-year later, on April 2nd, he’ll be [challenging Roman Reigns](https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/03/30/dates-set-for-wwe-wrestlemania-39-matches/) for the Undisputed WWE Universal Title.

'The American Nightmare' Cody Rhodes has broken company shackles to heap massive praise on a top AEW star who had once lambasted CM Punk.

[WWE](https://www.essentiallysports.com/category/wrestling/wwe/) serves as further evidence that the sky is the limit. And the results of that are for all to see and admire. The 26-year-old is so invested in his gimmick that he always stays in it even during public appearances. Friedman has skyrocketed to the top echelons of the industry through his stellar character work in AEW. “His final form is probably going to be 10 years from now, like that’s who he is. The second-generation superstar said, “I think he has all the tools because he is so young, he has all the tools to develop and you are not seeing his final form yet”.