#10 Un-Dashing Cody Rhodes
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And we end this list with the guy who started it all. The Dashing Cody Rhodes gimmick looked to be a great success until plans were changed unnecessarily (see above). In kayfabe terms, Cody was forced to stop calling himself dashing after being hit in the face with a 619 from Rey Mysterio.
This led to Rhodes getting facial reconstruction surgery, hiding behind a dark hood and a face mask.
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Cody, being the talent that he is, also made this gimmick work tremendously well. Out of the two, it was probably this Phantom of the Opera like, demented character that worked the best. It showed a darker side to someone the audience previously thought of as either a lapdog or a pretty boy.
The mask itself even became an unofficial weapon, helping Rhodes to many victories.
A lot of work was put into his vignettes, the music and even the images on the screen behind him as he came out for a match that showed newspaper headlines reporting on his disfiguration. It’s a wonder sometimes why the WWE pulls the plug on gimmicks they seem initially so keen to get over.
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