Cody and Dustin Rhodes
Cody and Dustin Rhodes | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Cody Rhodes / Stardust / Cody Goldust / Dustin Rhodes |
Name(s) | The Brotherhood Cody Rhodes and Goldust Gold and Stardust[1] The Rhodes Brothers Cody and Dustin Rhodes[2] |
Billed heights | Cody: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] Dustin: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[4] |
Combined billed weight | 452 lb (205 kg)[3][4] |
Debut | October 6, 2013 |
Disbanded | 2020 |
Years active | 2013–2015 2019–2020 |
Cody and Dustin Rhodes (also known as Cody Rhodes and Goldust, The Brotherhood,
The tag team was formed when Cody was fired[A] from the WWE after losing to Randy Orton in a match prompted by Cody's questioning of the company's chief operating officer Triple H's authority. The following week, Goldust fought Orton in an attempt to have Cody rehired, but was also fired after he lost. Dusty attempted to convince The Authority to rehire his sons. Eventually, Triple H and his wife Stephanie McMahon decided that the half-brothers would face the two members of The Shield, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, at Battleground, but stipulated that if Cody and Goldust lost, they would never work in the WWE again and Dusty would lose his job as a trainer at the Performance Center. This match marked the debut of Cody and Goldust as a tag team and their victory over Reigns and Rollins led to an immediate return of their jobs. However, after almost eight months, they were disbanded at Payback due to the number of times Cody and Goldust lost. Cody suddenly returned to revive the tag team in June 2014 on Raw under his new gimmick as "Stardust".
They became
Following the creation of the promotion All Elite Wrestling, where Cody and Dustin serve as in-ring talent (and Cody as a founder and an executive vice president), the Rhodes brothers continued to stay associated and expanded their group to include Cody's real life wife Brandi, WWE Hall of Famers Arn Anderson and Diamond Dallas Page, and close friend Q. T. Marshall, and are collectively known as Nightmare Family (taken from Cody's nickname, "The American Nightmare"). On October 30, 2020, Cody announced on Twitter that Billy and Austin Gunn had joined the group,[9] as well as Lee Johnson.[10] On February 8, 2021, Cody announced on Twitter that Aaron Solow and Nick Comoroto had joined the group.[11][12]
History
WWE
Early years and confrontations (2009–2010)
In 1995, Dustin Runnels, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Virgil Runnels (better known as Dusty Rhodes), was re-signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), as it was then known.[B] He was then given the character of Goldust, a somewhat spooky and mysterious persona with sexually suggestive mannerisms, later nicknamed "The Bizarre One". Vince McMahon, the promotion's chairman, described it as "androgynous".[4][13] In his period of time with the WWF, Goldust went on to become a three-time Intercontinental Champion,[14] a nine-time Hardcore Champion,[15] and a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Booker T.[4][16] However, his contract expired in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), as it is now known, and he refused to renew it in December 2003.[17] In 2008, Runnels returned to WWE as Goldust at Cyber Sunday.[18] After a four-year stint in WWE, he was released in 2012.[19]
His half-brother Cody Rhodes is also fathered by Dusty Rhodes.
In January 2009, Goldust participated in the annual
The Brotherhood (2013–2014)
Renee, it's no secret that I have been the screw-up of the family ... I've got second, third, fourth chances here, I've messed them all up. Cody getting fired is ridiculous, all because of Triple H ... embarrassing my family's name, the Rhodes' name, that's not cool! So tonight, Cody has a second chance, he gets it 'cause I mean business.
On the September 2, 2013 episode of
On 11 October on SmackDown, the Rhodes Brothers gave The Wyatt Family their first-ever main roster loss.[39] The Rhodes Brothers heaped more misery on The Shield as they defeated Reigns and Rollins in a No Disqualification match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 14 on Raw after interference from Big Show. This was Goldust's first championship in WWE in nearly 11 years.[40][41]
On the following Raw, The Shield faced the Usos in a number one contender's match, which ended in a no contest after Ambrose provoked the Rhodes Brothers into interfering.
In a continuation of their feud against the Authority, on 11 November on Raw, the half-brothers defeated Randy Orton in a handicap match.[45] It was announced the following week that at Survivor Series, the Rhodes Brothers would team up with the Usos and Rey Mysterio against the Shield and the Real Americans in the traditional Survivor Series elimination match, but they lost after both were eliminated by Reigns, who was the sole survivor.[46] On 22 November on SmackDown, the half-brothers defeated the Real Americans to retain their WWE Tag Team Championship.[47][48] The Rhodes Brothers were scheduled to face the team of Ryback and Curtis Axel, the team of Rey Mysterio and Big Show, and The Real Americans at Tables, Ladders & Chairs, as they had recently been defeated by each of these teams. Once again, they successfully defended their titles.[49]
On 3 January 2014 on SmackDown, the Rhodes Brothers defeated
In the following weeks, the Brotherhood feuded with different tag teams and
The Brotherhood then returned for tag team action with consecutive losses to RybAxel and the Usos; after the latter loss on 21 April, dissension was teased between the brothers when Cody shoved Goldust and left by himself.
Gold and Stardust (2014–2015)
On the 16 June episode of Raw, Cody announced that he had found the perfect tag partner for Goldust. This turned out to be himself, appearing under the ring name Stardust while wearing a jumpsuit and face paint similar to Goldust. The two quickly defeated RybAxel on that night,[1][71] and also at the Money in the Bank.[72]
After weeks of primarily appearing in vignettes cryptically expressing their desires to acquire "The Cosmic Key" (their name for the WWE Tag Team Championships) that The Usos now have, they successfully defeated The Usos in a non-title match on the 18 August episode of Raw.[73] On the 25 August episode of Raw, they challenged The Usos for the Tag Team Championships and won by countout, thus not winning the championships. They would accuse the Usos of a purposeful countout to retain the titles, and then attacked them, turning heel in the process.
At
Disbandment and feud (2015)
In early 2015, the two again began showing signs of tension between them as Stardust became further entrenched in his gimmick, leaving Goldust to try and communicate with his brother through his new persona. Stardust would respond to this by walking out on Goldust on the February 5 episode of SmackDown before their match had concluded.[80] On the February 16 edition of Raw, Dusty Rhodes returned to speak to his sons for the first time since their debut in an attempt to smooth out the problems they were having.[81] While Cody seemed to be in agreement with his family at first, Stardust hit his old finisher Cross-Rhodes on Goldust after he took the loss for their team in a match against The New Day, dissolving their partnership entirely.[82] When Dusty approached Stardust backstage afterward, Stardust claimed that it was Dusty and Goldust that were responsible for the intense pressure Cody was subjected to from a young age. He then stated that Cody, and now his own family, were dead to him. A match between Goldust and Stardust was set for Fastlane, with Goldust promising to vanquish Stardust, reclaim his brother, and rekindle their partnership.[83] Due to their father asking Goldust not to cause any real harm to Cody, Goldust won their first encounter via roll-up.[83] Backstage, Stardust viciously assaulted Goldust and again proclaimed that his mental decline was his family's fault.
On November 22 at
All Elite Wrestling (2019–2020)
After facing each other in a grueling match at AEW Double or Nothing, Cody asked his brother, now going by his original ring name Dustin Rhodes, to team up with him at Fight for the Fallen to go up against The Young Bucks.[84] On the January 8, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite, Rhodes Brothers teamed up to take on Lucha Brothers.[85]
Throughout 2020, The Nightmare Family would become a stable who mostly supports Cody Rhodes in big matches while also teaming amongst themselves, the group consists firmly by Cody Rhodes, his wife Brandi Rhodes, his brother Dustin Rhodes, his manager/coach Arn Anderson, Q. T. Marshall, Lee Johnson and The Gunn Club. Diamond Dallas Page is also a part-time member.
Championships and accomplishments
- CBS Sports
- Promo of the Year (2019) – "Silver spoon" promo on AEW Dynamite[86] – Cody
- Smack Talker of the Year (2019)[86] – Cody
- WWE
- 2 times)[87]
- Slammy Award (2 times)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Match of the Year (2019) – Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes at Double or Nothing[89]
See also
- The Nightmare Family
Notes
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External links
- Nightmare Family's channel on YouTube
- Cody Rhodes on WWE.com
- Goldust on WWE.com
- Cody Runnels at IMDb
- Dustin Runnels at IMDb