10 Things You Didn't Know About AEW's Cody Rhodes
"In 2013, Rhodes (who admits to having no love for the IC title's previous appearance) revealed that he himself paid for the belt to be redesigned, while also adding that he ended up getting reimbursed for his considerable purchase..."
6. Learning The Ropes
As a teenage boy, Cody sometimes refereed matches for his father's short-lived Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion, which ran shows in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee from 2000 to 2003. This role gave Cody a valuable education in the construction and progression of wrestling matches, though he wouldn't begin formal training as a wrestler until a few years later. While one might assume that Dusty would have a greater hand in Cody's physical training, Cody admitted that it was other individuals who guided him in that area.
There are four specific men that Cody credits as being his wrestling tutors: then-Ohio Valley Wrestling owner "Nightmare" Dan Davis, his eventual successor Al Snow, Robert Gibson of the Rock n Roll Express, and Cody's future Legacy ally, Randy Orton. The last name is a bit surprising, since this would have been around the time that Orton was in his earlier years as a headline talent on Raw and SmackDown, but Rhodes does attribute part of his wrestling education to "The Viper."
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
