The Surprising Journey of Cody Rhodes Explained

Cody Rhodes and the The Weird Story Behind Finishing The Story
The People’s Story

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0:00 Cody Rhodes Documentary Intro
1:48 Cody Rhodes Origin Story in AEW
4:37 Cody Rhodes Returns to WWE
10:18 Cody Rhodes Torn Pec Injury
13:35 Cody Rhodes wins WWE Royal Rumble 2023
15:45 Roman Reigns | The Tribal Chief
20:55 Cody Rhodes vs Sami Zayn
26:24 Cody Rhodes loses to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39
33:30 CM Punk returns to WWE
35:19 Cody Rhodes wins WWE Royal Rumble 2024
36:47 The Final Boss, The Rock Returns to WWE, We Want Cody
48:23 Cody Rhodes finishes the story vs Roman Reigns

Cody Rhodes is WWE’s biggest star—whoa, whoa let’s do that again. Cody Rhodes is WWE’s biggest babyface since John Cena.

With WWE spending one generation after another fighting its own fanbase trying to coronate a top guy, Cody clicked—for a myriad of reasons—Cody perfectly timed his free agency, immediately ascended to the WWE main event, and most importantly—started his story. One that fans became inescapably invested in for years. We’re living in a whole era of WWE’s long-term storytelling at its finest, good, bad and ugly.

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Writer/Narrator/Score: Alfred Konuwa
Senior Producer/Editor: Shane "Scenario" Howard @scenarioistma
Associate Producer: Jenkinson Denzel Southern@mavthefilmmaker8815

I’ve spent two years, and almost 1,000 days studying the Cody Rhodes story and everything that comes with it. Cody’s story was an imperfect journey that at its best—was an Emmy-caliber tear-jerker. And at its worst—was the biggest meme in wrestling. There was a real chance that Cody Rhodes could finish his story too late. Or, worse yet, not finish this story at all. In which case he’d go from the grandson of a plumber, to the son of Roman Reigns.

So what was it that made Cody such a conquering hero to such a fickle fanbase? Why didn’t the unpredictable WWE fanbase never leave his side, even during his darkest moments. And is his story really finished? Or are they writing the epilogue before our very eyes? The answer may surprise you.

“So…what do you guys wanna talk about?”
These were the first words spoken during Cody Rhodes’ last AEW promo. Cody was working without a contract and speculation ran wild that he was jumping ship to WWE. And that’s exactly what happened in March of 2022. The great paradox about Cody Rhodes is that he fits in anywhere, but not always at the right time. During his early days on the main roster, he seemed like an AEW guy in WWE. Once he left for the indies and joined forces with the Young Bucks, he was like an ex-WWE guy competing in the indies to show WWE what they missed. Cody succeeded at that goal through the success of All In, and All Elite Wrestling—where he seemed like a WWE guy in AEW.


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