I love the rhodes family storyline i find it very interesting but at the same time it seems like dusty is the voicepiece of the group which is making cody seem like a higher version of jack swagger. i think cody is a good talker he should be voicepiece, and why is goldust still with him? its not like goldust had a job with wwe "this year" before this angle. cody aint reaching the whole potenial and dusty is holding him back, so this kinda makes me wonder what if dusty screwed his kids? stephanie mcmahon pays him off and gives him a higher job if dusty screws goldust and rhodes. and dusty screws rhodes brothers? would this be a bad storyline? or would u be interested in it?
Will Dusty screw his kids?
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Here is my take on why they are putting Goldust and Dusty with the Cody storyline. I think they want to repackage Cody as part of the continuing Rhodes family legacy. Instead of thinking of the failed pushes Cody has had over the years now he will be pushed as part of the Rhodes Dynasty which has history in this business. It's similar when the WWE pushes someone as a 2nd or 3rd generation wrestler. It gives them creditability over someone new without having some connection to the past. Seeing Cody as the son of HoFer Dusty Rhodes and brother of former WWE star Goldust will now make us see him as the next Rhodes to compete in the business instead of oh that was the guy who was in Legacy and then went on to failed pushes and will never be a main eventer.
I agree with the family dynasty part, but what failed pushes are you talking about? The only real singles push he had was with the IC title and he did extremely well with that run.
True but then nothing happened with him after that. It didn't help him to make the next step in his career because the WWE didn't know where to take it. Now they build him as Cody Rhodes part of The Rhodes Family who have history in the business vs just being Cody Rhodes the former member of Legacy, former IC champ, the guy who was "the prettiness" superstar, the deformed superstar, the guy with the stache in Rhodes Scholor.
The Eighties
Forward Thinking Nostalgist
I don't think Dusty will screw them over, there's no real pay-off to be had there as Dusty isn't going to wrestle and I honestly don't think it fits the angle. I could see one of the brothers swerving the other and the angle being that they made a deal beforehand with Triple H to get a job.
Personally if they go that route I think Dustin screwing Cody makes the most sense rather than flipping Cody back heel again. Dustin can say that when he came to fight for Cody he didn''t know there was a chance for a job full time, and that at his age he needs this one last run.
Personally if they go that route I think Dustin screwing Cody makes the most sense rather than flipping Cody back heel again. Dustin can say that when he came to fight for Cody he didn''t know there was a chance for a job full time, and that at his age he needs this one last run.
Sorry, but I don't like this storyline idea in the slightest.
One, there's the obvious issues of how to possibly pay it off. There seems to be only one logical outcome here, and that's the Rhodes brothers winning. Having Dusty screw them over creates two major problems.
---How does Dusty get his comeuppance? Since Lawler's heart attack, WWE won't allow performers over 60 wrestle any longer, which is smart. There's simply too much risk, especially for someone who's overweight in the way that Dusty is. So what else is there, if he can't get some kind of physical comeuppance, especially for costing his sons their jobs. Wrestling is about good and bad, and the good guys eventually overcoming the evil. That can't happen if Dusty turns heel.
---Even if Dusty was younger and deemed capable of taking bumps, how would his sons get Dusty back? Unless HHH and Stephanie are somehow overruled and forced from power, if the Rhodes' lose, they're out of jobs within the WWE, for life. So even if Dusty could get physical comeuppance, there would be no way to pay it off, as Cody and Golddust will be fired.
I understand where you're coming from, but that's just not Dusty's character. They introduced Cody backstage as a face in his first Raw appearance in an angle with Randy Orton that lead to Dusty fighting Orton in a Bullrope match in 2007, and Dusty distracting Rey Mysterio in the build to their Wrestlemania 27 match. When asked how he could possibly set Rey up, Dusty replied:
This is meant to be a feel-good family moment, and I don't expect a swerve here.
One, there's the obvious issues of how to possibly pay it off. There seems to be only one logical outcome here, and that's the Rhodes brothers winning. Having Dusty screw them over creates two major problems.
---How does Dusty get his comeuppance? Since Lawler's heart attack, WWE won't allow performers over 60 wrestle any longer, which is smart. There's simply too much risk, especially for someone who's overweight in the way that Dusty is. So what else is there, if he can't get some kind of physical comeuppance, especially for costing his sons their jobs. Wrestling is about good and bad, and the good guys eventually overcoming the evil. That can't happen if Dusty turns heel.
---Even if Dusty was younger and deemed capable of taking bumps, how would his sons get Dusty back? Unless HHH and Stephanie are somehow overruled and forced from power, if the Rhodes' lose, they're out of jobs within the WWE, for life. So even if Dusty could get physical comeuppance, there would be no way to pay it off, as Cody and Golddust will be fired.
I understand where you're coming from, but that's just not Dusty's character. They introduced Cody backstage as a face in his first Raw appearance in an angle with Randy Orton that lead to Dusty fighting Orton in a Bullrope match in 2007, and Dusty distracting Rey Mysterio in the build to their Wrestlemania 27 match. When asked how he could possibly set Rey up, Dusty replied:
Not that WWE is consistent with their storytelling, but that's not truly the logic of a man who would screw his sons over for a paycheck and a better title, correct?
This is meant to be a feel-good family moment, and I don't expect a swerve here.
King_of_Swing1520
The King of Swing
ya i feel that the rhodes get the win sunday. this finally give someone a win over the hhh regime. it gives the shield a loss, which could lead to them being disgruntled with hhh and him making them his lackeys causing them to lose focus on themselves and their titles. and if the rhodes lose then whats next? how do you bring cody back? he was supposed to be getting a push. cant get a push if hes not even story line employed.
Spidey Revivey
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There's nothing to benefit from if Dusty turned on his sons. Cody already has the perfect antagonist in The Regime, and that would call for Cody to face Dusty, a clear no. As mentioned, ever since Lawler's heart attack WWE seems to be taking every precaution and excluding the really old from fighting.
It would also hurt "The American Dream"'s reputation. He's too over as a face to go heel at this point in his life. It would reflect negatively on his legacy I think.
How I see it, they are setting Cody up for another big push. I don't understand where people are coming from saying that his last few pushes failed. As a metrosexual pretty boy, he gained as much heat as Rick Rude did. As a demented "disfigured" heel, he had the most intriguing dark character going who's name wasn't Undertaker. And moustaches are awesome. He plays who they tell him to play well and deserves this new push.
It would also hurt "The American Dream"'s reputation. He's too over as a face to go heel at this point in his life. It would reflect negatively on his legacy I think.
How I see it, they are setting Cody up for another big push. I don't understand where people are coming from saying that his last few pushes failed. As a metrosexual pretty boy, he gained as much heat as Rick Rude did. As a demented "disfigured" heel, he had the most intriguing dark character going who's name wasn't Undertaker. And moustaches are awesome. He plays who they tell him to play well and deserves this new push.
Do i remember Cody saying in an interview one time that he would love to face his brother in a match? If this is true then i could see this as a distinct possibility....
At Battleground HHH/Steph will announce that should the Rhodes beat the shield....there is only one job available, to the person who scores the pinfall.
Dustin will screw Cody out of the pinfall and his job, saying that he needs one last run with the company whereas Cody has a whole future ahead of him.
Dusty will step in and request that Cody has one last shot to get his job back, by which he will have to beat his own brother at Survivor Series.
Dustin becomes a heel and sides with HHH against Dusty and Cody with the huge payoff being at Survivor Series where Cody finally gets his job back by beating his brother.
It will allow the Rhodes legacy to be lived again through this sibling rivalry and will allow Cody the chance to have the match he always wanted!
Maybe not exactly like this, but i can see something along the lines where Cody and Dustin have to face each other sometime soon in order to keep their job
At Battleground HHH/Steph will announce that should the Rhodes beat the shield....there is only one job available, to the person who scores the pinfall.
Dustin will screw Cody out of the pinfall and his job, saying that he needs one last run with the company whereas Cody has a whole future ahead of him.
Dusty will step in and request that Cody has one last shot to get his job back, by which he will have to beat his own brother at Survivor Series.
Dustin becomes a heel and sides with HHH against Dusty and Cody with the huge payoff being at Survivor Series where Cody finally gets his job back by beating his brother.
It will allow the Rhodes legacy to be lived again through this sibling rivalry and will allow Cody the chance to have the match he always wanted!
Maybe not exactly like this, but i can see something along the lines where Cody and Dustin have to face each other sometime soon in order to keep their job
Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
If Dusty Rhodes was maybe 15 years or so younger, then this is something that I think MIGHT have been feasible somehow. If Dusty was about 15 years or so younger and maybe another 50-75 pounds lighter, thereby POSSIBLY not having as much to risk as far as getting physical inside the ring, then it'd open up some possibilities. We seen partners stabbing each other in the back all the time, guys who claim to be as close as "brothers" really. We see managers, mentors, father type figures turn on their talents as well. However, a father actually "screwing" over and "turning" against his own children is something extremely rare.
The only time I can really think of it happening is way back in the day in which Vince & Shane would go at it from time to time. I think their first feud began in 1999, not long after WrestleMania I think, when Shane was 29 years old and Vince was still 53. Technically speaking, Dusty Rhodes is about 6 weeks younger than Vince and we know that Vince has definitely shied away from getting physical. Aside from his street fight with CM Punk, which will have taken place approximately 1 year ago as of this Tuesday, and Lesnar hitting him with the F5, Vince rarely gets physical anymore because of his advanced age. Vince is also still in great shape, for a man of any age really, but NOBODY is the same man at 68 than they were at 50, I don't give a damn how much you work out. So if someone as macho minded as Vince knows when he's reached a point where it's time to stop getting physical, then I'd think someone with Rhodes' level headedness and 45 years experience in pro wrestling should know as well.
Dusty Rhodes has definitely slimmed down, he's thinner now than I've seen him in many years, but he probably shouldn't risk anything physical. As a result, he won't be wrestling and that VASTLY limits any sort of real payoff for him screwing Cody & Dustin. Even if they did go that route this Sunday, what will Cody & Dustin gain by ultimately getting the best of the old man? When you consider what Dusty has endured already by helping his sons, such as getting "knocked out" by Big Show and stomped into a mudhole via The Shield this past Monday, him simply throwing them under the bus this Sunday doesn't really work.
The only time I can really think of it happening is way back in the day in which Vince & Shane would go at it from time to time. I think their first feud began in 1999, not long after WrestleMania I think, when Shane was 29 years old and Vince was still 53. Technically speaking, Dusty Rhodes is about 6 weeks younger than Vince and we know that Vince has definitely shied away from getting physical. Aside from his street fight with CM Punk, which will have taken place approximately 1 year ago as of this Tuesday, and Lesnar hitting him with the F5, Vince rarely gets physical anymore because of his advanced age. Vince is also still in great shape, for a man of any age really, but NOBODY is the same man at 68 than they were at 50, I don't give a damn how much you work out. So if someone as macho minded as Vince knows when he's reached a point where it's time to stop getting physical, then I'd think someone with Rhodes' level headedness and 45 years experience in pro wrestling should know as well.
Dusty Rhodes has definitely slimmed down, he's thinner now than I've seen him in many years, but he probably shouldn't risk anything physical. As a result, he won't be wrestling and that VASTLY limits any sort of real payoff for him screwing Cody & Dustin. Even if they did go that route this Sunday, what will Cody & Dustin gain by ultimately getting the best of the old man? When you consider what Dusty has endured already by helping his sons, such as getting "knocked out" by Big Show and stomped into a mudhole via The Shield this past Monday, him simply throwing them under the bus this Sunday doesn't really work.
I love Dusty but I don't think there is any benefit of having him screw Cody and Dustin. Dusty is such a great face and his current work is fantastic. Too often we see long promos that become dull (Stephanie, Del Rio) but Dusty is conveying everything in a couple of sentences. I really think they should consider having him stay with Cody a little longer but not having him turn heel.
I think there has been a little bit of foreshadowing over the idea of Dustin turning heel and feuding with Cody. That could be an interesting feud down the line (with one of them getting a job) playing on the fact that Cody was the favourite son and Goldust is envious.
I think there has been a little bit of foreshadowing over the idea of Dustin turning heel and feuding with Cody. That could be an interesting feud down the line (with one of them getting a job) playing on the fact that Cody was the favourite son and Goldust is envious.
DaNotoriousNIC
New Member
Dustin will end up feuding with Cody, am I the only one that remembers how he wanted his last match to be at Wrestlemania against Cody? Now whether or not the PPV they get to work is Wrestlemania is a different question.
Cody Rhodes was getting really OVER with the Fans after MITB and with some SMART booking he could had been a great Face and the new WHC!!! Instead of doing this some idiot had the idea to screw him out of the title situation and KILL his momentum!!! Noone cares for Cody now again. The MITB etc is allready forgotten by most casual fans.... Ok i get it... they want to make him the "poor litle boy" who after getting screwed in MITB by his best friend will now get screwed also by his brother who has ofcourse allready signed with WWE and HHH and got his job back with the order to screw his brother....... He is gonna say something like "Daddy never loved me... this was MY change and i took it! Go to hell!!" and we have Goldust with the corporation against Cody with his Dusty in his corner.... I believe they try to make Cody a HUGE star... BUt... when you want too much then you lose even that what you allready have! And what you had with Cody and his momentum was alot!!! Damn!!
WM30 is 6 Months away... i cant see that storyline staying alive so long! Its gonna become stale very fast! I expect to see them fight on Survivor Series.
Funny thing is I sense the same thing coming, with a little twist, I see Cody turning on His family. I could easily see it happen with Goldust. The heels for the WHC are weaker than the TNA roster and a good heel like Goldust would fit nicely. He could screw them Over leading to Dusty fired from NXT, which few people care about anyways so he can still be behind the scene and no one would know and those who do don't care. It isn't like WWE to keep fired story lines going ( Juan cena told me so).
This leads to Goldust grabbing the WHC title from RVD so he can go on his 420 smoke break ( potheads can only work so long, right Randy?) Cody comes back and starts attacking Goldust dressed in outfits from the past of Goldust rivals. Leading to WM Rhodes vs Rhodes. Cody Wins the WHC and goldust goes back to doing what ever the hell waste of time he was doing before he came back to look just as lame as before.
This leads to Goldust grabbing the WHC title from RVD so he can go on his 420 smoke break ( potheads can only work so long, right Randy?) Cody comes back and starts attacking Goldust dressed in outfits from the past of Goldust rivals. Leading to WM Rhodes vs Rhodes. Cody Wins the WHC and goldust goes back to doing what ever the hell waste of time he was doing before he came back to look just as lame as before.
FutureChamp328
King of the Spear
Two reasons this will not happen:
1. Dusty turning on the kids has no point in the story and would not make sense because he could not do anything to help the Regime. It would mean about as much as when Taz joined Aces N' 8's, lots of initial shock that would almost immediately wear off and then be useless.
2. Cody and Goldust are both contracted wrestler for WWE (and yes according to Wikipedia Goldust is signed to WWE at the moment) so if they lose their last chance of what has now been four there is no way for either to get another shot and have it make any sense. This also means that we know neither will turn on the other because Cody is in the middle of a massive face push so he won't turn heel and Goldust won't turn either because then there is no way to bring Cody back strong.
In the end it is cut and dry wrestling 101: faces overcome odds and get a huge upswing of momentum to go into their next feud and the heels get their comeuppance after months of pestering the faces.
1. Dusty turning on the kids has no point in the story and would not make sense because he could not do anything to help the Regime. It would mean about as much as when Taz joined Aces N' 8's, lots of initial shock that would almost immediately wear off and then be useless.
2. Cody and Goldust are both contracted wrestler for WWE (and yes according to Wikipedia Goldust is signed to WWE at the moment) so if they lose their last chance of what has now been four there is no way for either to get another shot and have it make any sense. This also means that we know neither will turn on the other because Cody is in the middle of a massive face push so he won't turn heel and Goldust won't turn either because then there is no way to bring Cody back strong.
In the end it is cut and dry wrestling 101: faces overcome odds and get a huge upswing of momentum to go into their next feud and the heels get their comeuppance after months of pestering the faces.
Mustang Sally
Sells seashells by the seashore
True enough, but the whole scenario reminds me of a couple years ago when Dusty (unexpectedly) had Cody lay out Rey Mysterio in the center of the ring for no apparent reason......only to see the company completely abandon whatever they had intended to do with the program. Strange.
I wouldn't presume we're not going to see Dusty Rhodes in the ring again. Pro wrestlers are an amazing breed; they can show up in their 60's, looking as if they're actually going to wrestle.....and take a couple of shots without having to strain themselves. Didn't Dusty lie in the ring and get kicked around by the Shield last Monday? You might look at it and say: "He's too old. Look, Dusty's hurt!" while it was obvious he was fine.
Will Dusty screw his kids? I don't think so. It's ironic that Cody and Goldust followed the same career paths as their father, functioning as heels for the first few years, then turning face. Dusty was in a heel team with Dirty Dick Murdoch for years before becoming a fan favorite.
Now, even Cody has finally turned good. While anything is possible, I think the three will work together.....and I welcome the chance to see Dusty as part of the whole thing, whether he wrestles or not.
I can't see it. Mustang Sally mentioned when Dusty had Cody lay out Rey Mysterio during their feud and I really liked that a lot, but with everything that has happened i don't see them going down that path again. I think this will go down pretty simply with Dusty helping Dustin and Cody beat The Shield with some interference of his own. I am sure there will be a few more twists and turns in the corporate story, but I don't think this will be that twist.
Jaredtyler
Dark Match Jobber
i think thats a good idea, but in reality dusty should not screw his kids, cause his job is on the line as well as cody's and dustin's job is on the line.
the only way i see this happening is if dusty gets a tag team to vs cody and dustin.
the only way i see this happening is if dusty gets a tag team to vs cody and dustin.