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1. He Tagged With Cody Rhodes
The most prolific tag team partner of his many teammates during his slog through WWE's unforgiving proving grounds, Cody Rhodes (then going by his real surname Runnels) and Spears worked for months together against some of the top teams in Ohio Valley Wrestling, eventually scooping the territory's tag team titles with a victory over Deuce & Domino.
The duo lost the titles several months later against Charles Evans and Justin LaRoche (later known as Bam Neely), beginning a feud with each other that would see them battle for months over the OVW Television title after Spears cost Runnels a shot at the Heavyweight Championship to destroy their unit.
They traded the title on OVW Television until Spears won the belt and feud outright as Cody prepared to make his main roster debut alongside Hardcore Holly just weeks later.
Spears would move on to form the aforementioned units with Dolph Ziggler and Colt Cabana, but neither team achieved the heights of his first developmental double act.