The Many Faces Of Cody Rhodes - From Worst To Best

5. A Rhodes Scholar With A Moustache

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In the summer of 2012 Cody lost his Intercontinental title to a returning Christian (as in WWE superstar Christian, not some random Christian dude that happened to be coming back) and ended up losing his way a little bit. In Britain we would say he 'pottered around', challenging champions, winning some matches, losing others, but essentially doing a whole lot of nothing. 

This changed in October, however, as Cody aligned himself with Damien Sandow to form the team Rhodes Scholars. Well, they were actually called Team Rhodes Scholars, but the 'team' is a little superfluous. Rhodes and Sandow were quickly thrust into a feud for the tag team titles against Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane). 

Ultimately unsuccessful in their quest, this time is mostly remembered for Cody growing a nifty little moustache, with emphasis on the 'little' there. Rhodes Scholars split up, although they did stay close friends, at least until Sandow pushed Cody off the ladder when he was inches from winning the 2013 Smackdown Money in the Bank match.

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