WWE's greatest families - Part 1

The Rhodes Family

3) The Rhodes

‘The son of a Plumber’ and his sons are currently the hottest property in the WWE and their match at WWE’s PPV Battleground against the Shield was one of the high points of the PPV. The story though began way back in 1985 with Jim Crockett Promotions. However he became famous when he debuted the Character of the ‘American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes, who represented the aspirations of the common man.

He went on to feud with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen pitting the common man against the flash and flamboyant crowd which got him instant superstardom. He is also credited for naming most of WCW PPV’s. Dusty is the current GM of WWE’s developmental program NXT.

Dusty has two sons who joined the Wrestling business. The elder of the two half-brothers is Dustin Patrick Runnels better known by the name of his infamous in ring persona – ‘The Bizarre One’ Goldust.

Goldust who wore golden face paint, a sparkly robe and a blond wig oozed attitude before the attitude era was cool. His character is still considered to be one of the most controversial characters that have graced the ring. Using overtly homo-sexual antics he spooked his opponents and provided the WWE universe with a character that was totally fresh and unique and something that they never had seen before and have seen since. In the WWE, he has won the Intercontinental Championship three times,the Hardcore Championship nine times, has one World Tag Team Championship to his name. In the WCW he won the US title and world tag team championship twice. He also won the six-man tag team championship and the the NWA tag team championship once.

The youngest of the family, Cody Rhodes is the rising star in the WWE. Cody received his first major push when he and Ted Debiase were put under Randy Orton in the Legacy storyline.

Already a four time tag team champion (3 World tag team and 1 WWE Tag team) as well as two-time Intercontinental champion, he has just recently received a big push and is expected to be a big highlight especially under the WWE’s current storyline of the Authority. With the return of his brother Goldust to the WWE, the Rhodes dynasty is here to stay.

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