Cody Rhodes

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Cody Rhodes in 2014.

Cody Rhodes in 2014.
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Ring name Cody
Cody Rhodes
Cody Runnels
Stardust
Additions to names Dashing
The American Nightmare
The Prince of Dark Matter
height 185 cm
Fighting weight 100 kg
birth June 30, 1985
Marietta , Georgia , USA
Announced from Marietta , Georgia , USA
Trained by Dusty Rhodes
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Al Snow
debut May 13, 2006

Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes (* the 30th June 1985 in Marietta , Georgia as Cody Garrett Runnels ) is an American wrestler . Runnels, who came from a family deeply rooted in the wrestling business. He is one of the founders of the wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling and is under contract there. His greatest achievement so far is receiving the ROH World Championship .

Private life

Cody Runnels is the son of wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes ("The American Dream", real name Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.). His half-brother Dustin Patrick was known in the WWE as "Goldust", his uncle Fred Ottman was known as "Typhoon" and "Tugboat" in the same promotion. Runnels was an amateur wrestler in his school days and made it up to the junior national champion of the US state Georgia in his weight class. In September 2013 he married his colleague Brandi Reed , who is known by her ring name Eden Stiles .

Wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-2016)

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006-2007)

As the son of a well-known wrestler of the past, Runnels received a contract with the WWE . This initially built him up in her development promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW for short). At OVW, Runnels formed a tag team with Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell) from August 2006 . They feuded against Deuce and Domino . Of these, Runnels and his partner were able to win the Tag Team title twice. Runnels was allowed to win the Heavyweight title of promotion from Paul Burchill on February 17, 2007, but had to give it up the next day against the same. On June 6, 2007 Runnels was allowed to win the OVW Television title. Thus, he held all titles of this doctorate at least once.

Tag Team with Hardcore Holly and Legacy (2007-2010)

Cody, Orton and DiBiase as Legacy .

On July 2, 2007, Runnels made his debut as Cody Rhodes on RAW in the WWE. In June he and his father Dusty feuded against Randy Orton . He then feuded against Hardcore Holly , with whom he then formed a tag team. On December 10th, Runnels and Holly won the World Tag Team Championship from Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in the special edition for the fifteenth anniversary of RAW .

From the pay-per-view Night of the Champions on June 29, 2008, Runnels formed a new team as the reigning Tag Team Champion with Ted DiBiase . In doing so, he cheated on Hardcore Holly and sided with DiBiases as a mysterious partner. On August 4, 2008, Runnels and DiBiase had to surrender the titles to Batista and John Cena . Just seven days later, Runnels and DiBiase were able to receive the title again. In the course of a feud against CM Punk and Kofi Kingston , they had to give up the title on October 27, 2008. As a result, he formed the stable The Legacy together with Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase , which was dissolved shortly before Wrestlemania XXVI after more than a year.

Dashing and Intercontinental Champion (2010-2012)

Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania XXVIII .

At the Supplemental Draft on April 27, 2010 on wwe.com, Runnels switched to SmackDown. At the PPV Night of Champions he won the WWE Tag Team Championship on September 19, 2010 together with Drew McIntyre . On October 24, 2010 they had to surrender the titles to David Otunga and John Cena at Bragging Rights . In the second season of WWE NXT , he served as a pro for Husky Harris .

In the course of a feud against Rey Mysterio , in which Runnels broke his nose according to the storyline , he appeared from January to November 2011 with a mask and no longer with the gimmick of a beautiful (Dashing). On August 9, 2011 at the TV tapings for SmackDown, he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time from Ezekiel Jackson . He lost the title at Wrestlemania 28 on April 1, 2012 to Big Show . At the major event Extreme Rules on April 29, 2012, he won the title again. On May 20, 2012, Runnels lost the title to Christian . From September 2012 to July 2013 he formed the Rhodes Scholars team with Damien Sandow . After the separation, Rhodes and Sandow were put against each other in a feud program, which also involved the blue Money in the Bank suitcase, which Sandow was able to win. Rhodes was unable to take the suitcase from him.

The Brotherhood and Stardust (2013-2016)

WWE Tag Team Champions Cody and Goldust in 2013.

Rhodes was then fired from the camera after losing a careers match to Randy Orton. This led to a feud against Stephanie McMahon, in which Dusty Rhodes and Goldust were also involved. After the Rhodes Family won a reinstallation match against The Shield at the PPV Battleground, they were officially part of the WWE roster again. On October 14, 2013, the Rhodes Family defeated The Shield again in a title match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, which Cody Rhodes was able to win the title for the second time. At the Royal Rumble 2014 he lost the title to the New Age Outlaws .

Since June 2014, Cody Rhodes has performed under the ring name Stardust and formed a tag team with Goldust, Gold and Stardust. On September 21, 2014 they were allowed to win the title against the title holder at the time, The Usos. However, they lost the title two months later to The Miz and Damien Sandow . A feud against Goldust followed.

On May 21, 2016, he asked the WWE for his release because he was dissatisfied with the Stardust character. After repeatedly asking officials to return the Cody Rhodes gimmick to him and the officials ignoring his request, he decided to leave the WWE. On May 22, 2016, WWE complied with his request and released him from his contract.

Independent leagues (since 2016)

On June 3, 2016, it was announced that Rhodes would play a match against Zack Saber Jr. on August 19, 2016 at Evolve . On the same day, it was confirmed that Rhodes will make an appearance on Northeast Wrestling and that he will confront with his wife, Brandi Rhodes, Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis. On July 6, 2016, the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla promotion announced that Rhodes would participate in the annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament. On July 19, the Ring of Honor promotion confirmed that Rhodes will perform in the Pay-per-View Final Battle on December 2, 2016 .

On August 19, 2016, Rhodes made his independent debut when he defeated Zack Saber Jr. at Evolve . On September 3, he took part under the ring name Cody R. in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament, which was organized by the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla promotion. In the first round he eliminated Sami Callihan. In the quarterfinals, however, he was eliminated when he lost to Marty Scurll, the eventual winner of the tournament. On November 26, 2016, he played a match against Sonjay Dutt at the Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion and won the GFW NEX * GEN Championship . On November 30th, 2016 he defeated the iPPV Delete: WCPW of the WhatCulture Pro Wrestling El Ligero promotion and won the WCPW Internet Championship .

In November 2017, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer stated on Twitter that no Indy promotion would be able to fill a hall with 10,000 people in the foreseeable future. Cody Runnels and his stable mates Matt and Nick Jackson ( The Young Bucks ) took this tweet as a challenge and stated that they will put on an Indy supershow that beats that number. So on September 1, 2018, this Indy super show called All In takes place . The venue will be the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates , Illinois , a suburb of Chicago . The wrestling community took this plan very positively. The tickets went on sale on May 13, 2018. According to Runnels, the tickets were sold out after 29 minutes. In addition to Cody and other stable colleagues from the Bullet Club, other wrestlers from leagues such as Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground competed at the show , including Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, Pentagón Dark and the actor Stephen Amell . Cody met Nick Aldis here and defeated him to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion .

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016-2017)

On September 22nd, 2016 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling announced that Runnels will debut under the ring name Cody on October 2nd, 2016 at Bound for Glory together with his wife Brandi Runnels , who will perform under the ring name Brandi Rhodes. On October 2, 2016, he made his debut with his wife on Bound for Glory by confronting Mike Bennett and Maria. He played his first match at TNA on October 13, 2016, by defeating Mike Bennett.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (2016-2019)

Cody Rhodes as a member of the Bullet Club.

On December 2, 2016, Rhodes made his debut for Ring of Honor at Final Battle. At Best in the World 2017, Rhodes defeated Christopher Daniels to become ROH World Champion . At Final Battle 2018 he had his last match in the league and lost to Jay Lethal there .

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016-2019)

On December 10, 2016, a video from Runnels was played in the final of the World Tag League , in which he was announced as "The American Nightmare" Cody. In this video, he announced that he would join the Bullet Club . On January 4, 2017 at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome , he played his first match for NJPW against Juice Robinson, which he won.

All Elite Wrestling (since 2019)

The success of All In moved Cody and the Young Bucks to start their own wrestling promotion. In late 2018, the first rumors of a new promotion emerged, which made fans sit up and take notice, who long for a powerful alternative to WWE. On January 1, 2019, the Young Bucks' YouTube web show Being the Elite , in which Cody is one of the regular cast , not only announced the follow-up show to All-In (Double or Nothing), but also showed the logo of the new promotion for the first time . The new league is being financed by US investor Tony Khan from Pakistan, who u. a. co-owns the NFL- based American football team Jacksonville Jaguars and English football club Fulham FC . A convention with members of the elite has been scheduled for January 8, 2019 at the stadium in Jacksonville , Florida, and further information on AEW will follow. At the first event of All Elite Wrestling Double Or Nothing on May 25, 2019 in Las Vegas, Rhodes won his match against his brother Dustin Rhodes .

A year later he became the first title holder of the TNT Championship at Double Or Nothing on May 23, 2020 , when he won the tournament final for the newly introduced title against Lance Archer . He handed the title over to Mr. Brodie Lee at Dynamite Records on August 13, 2020 .

Outside of wrestling

In July 2009, Rhodes became one of the faces of the Gillette “Be a Superstar” advertising campaign, along with Chris Jericho and John Cena . In August 2009, Rhodes appeared on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien .

Rhodes made several appearances on the television series Arrow . He played Derek Sampson, a drug dealer who became a metahuman because of his inability to feel pain. Sampson's drug of choice was named in tribute to Rhodes' WWE gimmick Stardust .

In August 2009 he had a guest appearance on the television series Warehouse13 (season 2 episode 8) as Kurt Smuller.

He has appeared in nine WWE video games . He made his video game debut in SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 and has since been a playable character in all games up to WWE 2K17 . He also appeared in a DLC for the video game WWE Allstars , released in 2011 .

Titles and awards

Wrestling

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in 2011.
World Tag Team Champion Cody Rhodes.
  • Alpha-1 wrestling
    • A1 Tag Team Championship (1 × with Ethan Page)
  • Bullet Proof Wrestling
    • BPW Championship (1 ×)
  • Global Force Wrestling
    • GFW NEX * GEN Championship (1 ×)
  • Northeast Wrestling
    • NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • WhatCulture Pro Wrestling
    • WCPW Internet Championship (1 ×)

Wrestling

  • Georgia State Tournament
    • Champion at 189 pounds (86kg) weight class (2003, 2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WWE fires Cody Rhodes / Stardust! Cody sets out his motives in a statement and doesn't skimp on criticism of the WWE officials! wrestling-infos.de. Retrieved May 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Contract terminated by Cody Rhodes. In: de.wwe.com. Retrieved May 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ EVOLVE 66 iPPV results from Joppa, Maryland from August 19, 2016 wrestling-infos.de. Retrieved August 20, 2016
  4. ^ Chicago Tribune: 7 things to know about 'All-in' - the huge indie wrestling show coming to the Chicago Area
  5. ↑ NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 In Tokyo Dome Results from January 4, 2017 cagematch.de, accessed on January 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ^ First All Elite Wrestling Event.Retrieved May 26, 2019
  8. ↑ "Dashing" Cody Rhodes on "Warehouse 13". Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ American Dream Pack. WWE All Stars Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community, accessed on April 24, 2020 .

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Commons : Cody Rhodes  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Rhodes, Cody
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Runnels, Cody Garrett (maiden name); Stardust
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Marietta , Georgia