10 Things We Learned From American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes

10. His First Memory Ever Is WrestleMania VI

Imagine your first childhood memory ever being WrestleMania. In fact, scratch that; imagine your first childhood memory ever being inside the ring at WrestleMania. Cody Rhodes can say that, because his earliest recollections include standing in-ring before 'Mania VI back in 1990.

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Cody would've been just shy of five years old at the time, but he told WWE's interviewers that he doesn't remember much before Dusty placed him on the mat in Toronto on 1 April '90. Now, the man has hazy images of that gold WWF logo on blue turnbuckle pads burned into his brain, and he recalls thinking the top rope looked really high.

That's cool as f*ck.

Dusty teamed with Sapphire to take on Randy Savage and Queen Sherri at that pay-per-view. It wasn't the most high-profile bout of his iconic career, but the day would live with his son forever. Not many kids can say their first memories of dad include 'Mania.

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