10 Times WWE Dropped The Ball With Cody Rhodes

After failing to win the Money in the Bank briefcase, Cody Rhodes did nothing of note on his own in the remainder of 2012 and was unsuccessful in recapturing the Intercontinental Championship. He would have continued to flounder had it not been for his pairing with Damien Sandow.

The two teamed up on an episode of SmackDown against Team Hell No in September 2012. It's unknown whether the alliance was merely meant to be a one-off, but they had such great chemistry as teammates that it turned into a permanent partnership.

Collectively known as Team Rhodes Scholars, Sandow and Rhodes brought the best out of each other and consistently had some of the best segments on Raw and SmackDown each week.

Unfortunately for them, they joined forces as a time where Team Hell No had a stranglehold on the tag division, preventing them from ever getting a run with the twin titles. They contended for the gold on no less than half a dozen occasions and were unsuccessful every time.

They were briefly broken up early on in 2013 only to reunite shortly thereafter once officials realised they had no plans for either of them as singles competitors at that time. Their eventual breakup that summer at least had more of a build behind it.