#2 Gimmick that destroyed a wrestler’s career in WWE: Stardust (Cody Rhodes)
You may call him overrated but it is true that Cody Rhodes brought a huge change in everyone’s mind. He was average when he left WWE but became a huge wrestling sensation in just 2 years.
Rhodes joined WWE in 2006 and working for their then developmental brand OVW. He made his WWE debut as a mid-card wrestler and won a couple of titles. However, the company wanted to align him with Goldust, his brother, and it is why Cody Rhodes became Stardust.
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He would then talk about celestial stuff which made no sense for a majority of the fans. It was clear that his career was winding down but the WWE didn’t care about it at all. Soon, Stardust became a lower mid-card wrestler and then he got little to no television time. Rhodes demanded his release from WWE in 2016 which was smoothly granted to him.