10 Fascinating WWE Backstage Facts About Cody Rhodes

10. He Never Teamed With Dusty Rhodes In WWE

The American Dream and the American Nightmare. Does that average out to the America normal? Perhaps, but it doesn’t make a team that most wrestling fans ever got to see.

Surprising, isn’t it? The only time Cody and Dusty teamed up was in front of a tiny crowd of 1,500 people for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky. The lucky opponents were Idol Stevens and KC James, soon to become Damien Sandow.

The father and son team was victorious, but it’s hard to believe this was their one and only match together. Sure, Dusty’s best days were behind him, but he still managed to have another three matches after this one. He’d defeat Nicky of the Spirit Squad long before he was Dolph Ziggler and last 8:25 in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match before his last ever bout.

That was a Texas Bullrope match which included a run-in from the Son of the Son of a Plumber. Perhaps the small gap between Dusty’s return and Cody’s main roster debut prevented them teaming up, but it’ll always feel like a missed opportunity.