The List Of Cody: One Year Later
2. Vs. Kurt Angle
Some of Cody's highest-profile matches in his post-WWE career were announced soon after his departure from Stamford. Those matches pitted the grandson of a plumber against the Olympic gold medalist and soon-to-be Hall-of-Famer Kurt Angle.
They first clashed in an impressive bout in Northeast Wrestling in August 2016, where Cody bested Angle with the CrossRhodes. It was an early standout match for the newly-unshackled Cody, but both wrestlers would top it at WCPW's True Legacy event in October where Angle forced Cody to tap out to the Ankle Lock, tying up their rivalry 1-1.
Fans waited six months for the rubber match between the two, a steel cage match for Northeast Wrestling in March, which Cody won with a surprise roll-up.
This trilogy of matches with Angle quickly became the measuring stick for Cody's efforts as an indie talent... that is, until he went toe-to-toe with Okada.