2006: "WWE Signs Cody Runnels (Dusty's youngest son)"

[rnrk supports BLM]

Thirteen years ago, we discuss some new guy in developmental...

Eh, who knows, he might be good. I hope he doesn't suffer from David Flair syndrome.

He just looks like some generic MySpace kid.

[Mike Strike]

Or they can dress this guy up like Goldust mark 2

Like that would ever happen.

[Peeetah]

I just remember thinking he looked like he had a lot of potential despite most people calling him Cawdy.

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And that would bring the Grand Total of Raw tag teams to a whopping 3.

Boy... stuff from 2006 hasn't changed that much has it?

[Lance Uppercut]

I remember thinking

Why is one of them Dustin Runnels and the other is Cody Rhodes?

[Cyno]

In thirteen years, he went from doe-eyed greenhorn to one of the best in-ring storytellers in the business today. And one of the vice presidents of an exciting new promotion that's sold over 100k tickets in a year with a major TV deal. Crazy how things progressed.

[King Devitt]

Cody is an anomaly in the fact that as he's gotten older he's gotten much much hotter.

Sure he's still young, and started young, but he looks way more attractive than he did when he first started.

[Macho Pichu]

Man I had been nostalgic for MySpace for a little while because I miss people being awful amateur web developers, but people linking their profiles the way they were feels creepy in hindsight.

[Spider2024]

Dec 23, 2019 20:20:29 GMT -5 Mike Strike said:

Or they can dress this guy up like Goldust mark 2

Like that would ever happen.

Totally would make him a STAR!

[Sicho100]

Dec 23, 2019 21:18:48 GMT -5 King Devitt said:

Cody is an anomaly in the fact that as he's gotten older he's gotten much much hotter.

Sure he's still young, and started young, but he looks way more attractive than he did when he first started.

It's because he covers his knees now.

[Mozenrath]

Amusing reference to him "only" being 6'1. Not like that was short even then, but nowadays, quite a few wrestlers are closer to 5'8. I am guessing there's no one reason for that, though guessing less active scouting of athletes like basket ball players, etc, are a contributing factor.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Dec 23, 2019 21:18:48 GMT -5 King Devitt said:

Cody is an anomaly in the fact that as he's gotten older he's gotten much much hotter.

Sure he's still young, and started young, but he looks way more attractive than he did when he first started.

Growing into looks seems fairly common for second or third gen guys who start young, Bret certainly did, Jeff Jarrett, even Erik Watts.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Dec 23, 2019 20:20:29 GMT -5 Mike Strike said:

Or they can dress this guy up like Goldust mark 2

Like that would ever happen.

Next, you’ll tell me he’s gonna fight the guy from a Green Arrow TV series or something.

[ben:friendship frog]

Kinda weird how everyone was obsessed over how hot he was haha

[Hypnosis]

Dec 26, 2019 9:24:07 GMT -5 ben:friendship frog said:

Kinda weird how everyone was obsessed over how hot he was haha

Now Cody is: