WWE superstar Cody Rhodes is one game short of completing a total of 1500 career games at WWE which is 4th highest by any player in the history of this company. Now since he is about to achieve this milestone let’s look at the career of Cody Rhodes. His journey from Stardust to Cody Rhodes.
Cody Rhodes started his professional wrestling career in 2006 with WWE’s brand ECW, then a year later in 2007 he finally got to be on television with his first WWE match with Hardcore Holl as his tag partner. Later he joins forces with Ted DiBiase Jr. and Damien Sandow with whom he even won Tag Team Championship.
Rhodes’s rivalry with Randy Orton
Rhodes had many famous feuds in his career but the best one was with Randy Orton, which was an even better storyline. The plot was something like this, Rhodes and Orton was associated but then The American Nightmare betrayed The Viper. Their rivalry lasted till 2011’s WrestleMania where he lost and ended it to begin the story of ‘Dashing’ Cody Rhodes. With that, he even won Intercontinental Championship.
Beginning of Stardust
After losing his title, Rhodes formed a team with his Half Brother Goldust, The Brotherhood and there is where he opted for the name Stardust. Taking on the role of Stardust, a figure with enormous potential who was stifled by poor booking and staging. This mismanagement even led to his departure from WWE, he argued that they are misusing his character and not using his full potential for the rooster. This made Rhodes unhappy and forced him to leave the company.
Co-Founding All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
In 2018, Rhodes along with several wrestlers organize an ‘All in’ wrestling event which turned out into a huge success he and Tody Khan launched All Elite Wrestling (AEW) with fellow wrestlers, Kenny Omega and The Young Buck. He also was named Executive Vice President of the company.
At AEW, he got instant exposure when in 2019 they started a rivalry of him with his brother Dustin Rhodes, which is probably the best storyline of his entire career.
Return To WWE
Now in 2023, Rhodes made his return to World Wrestling Entertainment at Royal Rumble of 2023 and even was the winner of that Rumble which gave him a chance to fight against Roman Reigns for his undisputed WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania 39 which he eventually lost.
Wrestlers with the most career games at WWE
Well, we are not sure about the latest data but according to some research, Kane is topping the list with 1791 career matches at WWE followed by Dolph Ziggler with 1541 games. Big Show matched Ziggler here with the same amount of games, 1541. Now after playing his next match, Rhodes will also reach 1500 career games, he is currently in 4th place, and following him is Randy Orton with 1484 games.
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