Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes is an American professional wrestler and actor.
86 Facts About Cody Rhodes
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Cody Rhodes is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
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Cody Rhodes is known for his time in All Elite Wrestling from 2019 to 2022, where he served as an executive vice president and was the inaugural and record-tying three-time AEW TNT Champion.
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Cody Rhodes has wrestled for various other notable promotions, including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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Cody Rhodes left WWE after requesting his release in May 2016.
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In September 2017, Cody Rhodes wrestled in ROH, where he became a one-time ROH World Champion.
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All totaled between WWE, AEW, NWA, ROH, and NJPW, Cody Rhodes has held 15 championships, including two world titles, and in early fall 2018, held the NWA Worlds, IWGP US, and ROH Six-Man titles simultaneously.
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In January 2019, Cody Rhodes was unveiled as an executive vice president of the newly formed AEW, where he would serve as a wrestler.
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In 2023, Cody Rhodes won the 2023 Men's Royal Rumble match, earning him a championship match at WrestleMania 39.
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At WrestleMania 39, Cody Rhodes main evented the second night of the show in a losing effort against Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
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Cody Rhodes attended Lassiter High School and had a successful high school wrestling career.
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Cody Rhodes had planned to wrestle collegiately at Penn State University, but decided to become a professional wrestler instead.
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Rhodes credits his father, Dusty Rhodes, for starting his wrestling training when Cody was 12 years old; this was limited mainly to simple fundamentals and taking bumps.
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Cody Rhodes won the OVW Heavyweight Championship and the OVW Television Championship.
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Cody Rhodes made his main roster in-ring debut losing to Randy Orton via pinfall on the July 16,2007 episode of Raw.
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Cody Rhodes appeared at The Great American Bash to prevent Orton from further attacking his father.
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The next night on Raw, Cody Rhodes challenged Orton to a rematch from the previous week, only to lose again.
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Tension within The Legacy became apparent at the 2010 Royal Rumble, when Cody Rhodes attempted to interfere in Orton's match for the WWE Championship.
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Cody Rhodes mentored Husky Harris, a third-generation wrestler, in the second season of NXT.
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Cody Rhodes would participate in the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match at the first ever Money in the Bank pay-per-view event but was unsuccessful as the match was won by Kane.
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Cody Rhodes was extremely protective of his face during matches; if he was hit in the face, he threw a fit and checked his mirror.
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In 2020, Rhodes said his time as Undashing Cody Rhodes was his second best work as a pro wrestler.
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Cody Rhodes demanded the audience to put on the paper bags on their heads to cover their ugliness and imperfections, because they offended him.
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Cody Rhodes put paper bags over several of his opponents' heads after matches with them.
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At the second annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Cody Rhodes participated in the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match, but was unsuccessful as Bryan won the match.
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At the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view on October 2, Cody Rhodes debuted a new design for the Intercontinental Championship, which included a white strap and plates similar to the title's classic 1980s design, before successfully defending it against John Morrison.
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At Vengeance, Cody Rhodes was defeated by Orton in a non-title match.
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At Survivor Series, Cody Rhodes was sole survivor alongside Team Captain Wade Barrett in their traditional Survivor Series match against Team Orton.
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At Elimination Chamber Cody Rhodes pinned Big Show in the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match, before being eliminated by Santino Marella.
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Cody Rhodes spent the following weeks highlighting Big Show's embarrassing moments in previous WrestleManias, often costing Big Show to lose matches in the process.
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At WrestleMania XXVIII, Cody Rhodes lost the Intercontinental Championship to Big Show, ending his near eight-month reign of 233 days.
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Four weeks after losing the title, Cody Rhodes regained it at Extreme Rules by defeating Big Show in a Tables match.
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Two weeks later at Over the Limit, Cody Rhodes lost the Intercontinental Championship to the returning Christian.
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Cody Rhodes would go on to lose to Christian in a rematch for the title at No Way Out.
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Four days later on Super SmackDown Live, the WWE Board of Directors granted Cody Rhodes another shot and he defeated Christian to earn a spot in the match.
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The team, now known as "Cody Rhodes Scholars", won a Tag Team Championship tournament to become the number one contenders to the Tag Team Championship, but they were defeated by the champions twice.
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Cody Rhodes suffered a concussion and a strained shoulder, resulting in him being removed from his traditional five-on-five tag team match at Survivor Series.
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In September 2013, Rhodes started a storyline with his brother against Triple H After Rhodes was defeated by Orton, he was fired in storyline.
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In return, the vengeful Cody Rhodes brothers gatecrashed Raw by attacking The Shield.
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Cody Rhodes teamed with his brother to defeat RybAxel that night and then at both Money in the Bank and on Raw.
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On May 21,2016, Cody Rhodes revealed on Twitter that he had requested his release from WWE, which was officially granted the following day.
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Cody Rhodes cited frustrations with WWE's creative department and his position within the company as the reasons for requesting his release, noting that he had "pleaded" with writers to end the Stardust gimmick for over six months and pitched numerous storyline ideas which had been ignored.
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James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch wrote that Cody Rhodes "had been floundering as the Stardust character over the past year or so, mostly landing on Superstars or Main Event".
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In September 2019, Cody Rhodes revealed WWE Executive Vice President Triple H's reaction to his WWE departure, where Cody Rhodes stated:.
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On March 3,2017, Cody Rhodes appeared for Northeast Wrestling in Connecticut, defeating Kurt Angle in a steel cage match.
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On March 18,2017, Cody Rhodes defeated Mike Bennett for the NEW Heavyweight Championship.
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On December 1,2017, Cody Rhodes lost the NEW Heavyweight Championship to Flip Gordon in a triple threat match.
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On October 6,2016, he made his debut with What Culture Pro Wrestling at the iPPV Refuse to Lose under the ring name Cody Rhodes, defeating Doug Williams.
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Cody Rhodes faced Kurt Angle at True Legacy in a losing effort.
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Later that night, Cody Rhodes took part in a battle royal for the WCPW Championship but was eliminated by Joe Coffey.
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On July 19,2016, Cody Rhodes announced that he would appear at Ring of Honor's Final Battle pay-per-view on December 2.
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Cody Rhodes faced Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle, but he lost the match.
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Cody Rhodes was expected to work events for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling while simultaneously working in ROH, both deals being non-exclusive.
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Cody Rhodes returned on the February 23,2017 episode of Impact Wrestling, calling out Moose to thank him for helping his wife Brandi while he was away.
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On January 4,2017, Cody Rhodes defeated Juice Robinson in his debut match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome.
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Cody Rhodes returned to NJPW in February during the NJPW and ROH co-produced Honor Rising: Japan 2017 shows.
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Cody Rhodes faced Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 12 on January 4,2018, in a losing effort.
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At Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Cody Rhodes defeated Robinson to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, his first championship in NJPW.
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At Wrestle Kingdom 13 on January 4,2019, Cody Rhodes lost the United States Heavyweight Championship back to Robinson.
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On January 1,2019, All Elite Wrestling was unveiled during a conference in Jacksonville, with Cody Rhodes revealing that he, along with Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega, would serve as Executive Vice Presidents, as well as on-air talent.
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Spears' actions would be condemned by MJF, Cody Rhodes's self-proclaimed best friend.
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Cody Rhodes defeated Shawn Spears and Darby Allin to reach the finals of the tournament to face Lance Archer, who advanced to the finals.
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Subsequently, it was reported that Cody Rhodes would be taking up a leave of absence from the company.
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At Full Gear, Cody Rhodes teamed up with Pac against Black and Andrade El Idolo in a winning effort.
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At the Beach Break event on January 26,2022, Cody Rhodes lost the title back to Guevara in a highly acclaimed ladder match.
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On March 18,2022, it was reported by multiple sources that Cody Rhodes had signed a contract with WWE.
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Cody Rhodes subsequently defeated Rollins once more in a rematch at WrestleMania Backlash.
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Ahead of their Hell in a Cell match at the eponymous event, Cody Rhodes suffered a legitimate pectoral muscle tear, which had eventuated halfway through a brawl on the prior episode of Raw.
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The injury was exacerbated when the muscle tore entirely off the bone while Cody Rhodes was weight training in the days preceding the event.
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Cody Rhodes entered Hell in a Cell with a massive spot of discolored skin, but despite the severe injury, managed to defeat Rollins for the third time.
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Four days later, it was announced that Cody Rhodes underwent successful surgery to repair a torn right pectoral tendon, but was rendered unable to compete for nine months.
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Cody Rhodes entered at number 30 in the Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Gunther to win the match.
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Cody Rhodes then challenged Reigns and Sikoa to a tag team match later that night, and Reigns accepted under the condition that Cody Rhodes' partner was someone who competed at WrestleMania 39 but that person could not challenge Reigns for his titles as long as Reigns was champion.
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Cody Rhodes chose Brock Lesnar the match never occurred due to Cody Rhodes getting viciously assaulted by Lesnar before the match could begin.
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In July 2009, Cody Rhodes became one of the faces of the Gillette "Be a Superstar" advertising campaign, along with Chris Jericho and John Cena.
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Cody Rhodes guest-starred on Arrow in the fifth-season episode "A Matter of Trust" playing Derek Sampson, a drug dealer turned metahuman with the inability to feel pain.
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Cody Rhodes reprised the role on episode 21 of the fifth season of Arrow.
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In July 2018, Cody Rhodes announced that his character would return for Season 7; he appeared in five episodes during the season.
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Cody Rhodes was scheduled to be included in the upcoming title AEW Fight Forever.
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Cody Rhodes is of partial Cuban descent through his maternal grandfather.
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Cody Rhodes's father was WWE Hall of Famer "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and his half-brother is Dustin Runnels, who is better known by his ring names Goldust and Dustin Rhodes.
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Cody Rhodes has two sisters, Teil Gergel and Kristin Ditto, who is a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
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In September 2013, Cody Rhodes married fellow professional wrestler Brandi Reed.
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Cody Rhodes is a fan of The Legend of Zelda video game series, incorporates its style in his wrestling gear and has stated he replays A Link to the Past yearly.
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Cody Rhodes is a comic book fan and has worn wrestling gear inspired by Archangel and Mister Sinister, characters from X-Men.
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Cody Rhodes has cited Omega Red and Cyclops as his favorite fictional characters along with the Inhumans and he personally owns a game cabinet of the 1992 X-Men arcade game.