In a battle of brothers, Cody defeated Dustin Rhodes at All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Dustin fought valiantly after getting busted open and kicked out of Cross Rhodes and a low blow, but Cody finally managed to put away his older brother with the move.
Prior to the match, Cody took a shot at WWE's Triple H by destroying a skull-emblazoned throne with a sledgehammer, which is The Game's weapon of choice:— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) May 26, 2019
While Cody used some dirty tactics to beat his brother, including having his wife, Brandi Rhodes, spear him outside the ring, the brothers made up after the match. Cody asked Dustin to be his tag team partner against The Young Bucks at Fight for the Fallen in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 13, and Dustin accepted.
Both Cody and Dustin are sons of the late, great "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, and after facing each other on a few occasions in WWE, they went head-to-head with higher stakes than ever at Double or Nothing.
When the event was announced, questions swirled regarding who Cody's opponent would be. AEW held off on announcing it for quite some time, which was likely a logistical move since Dustin was still under contract with WWE.
Hints were dropped about a match between them on The Road to Double or Nothing YouTube series, including Cody's costume designer asking if she should avoid using gold, which was an obvious reference to Dustin's Goldust character.
Dustin ended up announcing his departure from WWE the day after his AEW match against Cody was announced, locking in another huge bout for Double or Nothing.
Cody cut an engaging promo on YouTube toward his brother in which he laid out the reasoning behind the match. Rather than simply making it a family feud, he said he wanted to prove this era of wrestling is superior to the Attitude Era during which Dustin thrived the most.
While Cody and Dustin were no strangers to wrestling each other prior to Double or Nothing, their match on Saturday had a different feel. In WWE, their rivalry came when Cody was playing the role of Stardust, and it didn't feel as special as it should have.
At Double or Nothing, it was just Cody and Dustin locking horns at a huge event for a new company that has the makings of being the first true competition for WWE since WCW went out of business.
Cody and Dustin are following in the footsteps of their father, who was a huge part of the success of WCW and Jim Crockett Promotions before that. Wrestling is in their blood, and they laid it all on the line at Double or Nothing.
Cody used his youth and cunning to prevail over his older brother, but now that they appear to be on the same page, they could be a force in AEW's tag team division
Sean Waltman Says Cody vs. Dustin Was Double or Nothing’s Match of the Night: ‘I’m So Happy For Dustin’
On the latest X-Pac 12360, Sean Waltman discussed AEW Double or Nothing and singled out the Cody vs. Dustin match as the best of the night.
Waltman said that the match’s sustained heat and how the brothers pulled it off was impressive, and shared his experiences meeting Dustin as a kid. Highlights are below:
On the Dustin vs. Cody match:
“It was the best match of the night. It was THE best match of the night, and nothing against, you know, [anyone else], because when you say that, it’s like some people go ‘That’s a put down on any other match that was on.’ Because there was great matches [there]. I mean arguably, one of the best pay-per-views, I don’t know, some people say ever in their minds, just because of the significance of it all. And that was the best match of the show. If you go by the crowd reaction, and the sustained heat from beginning to end, not — okay, there’s moments. There’s great matches to where the people are going f**king apes**t, and there’s parts of the match where they are dead f**king quiet until they get them going again. You know what I mean, right? Even some of the really great matches that have been talked about recently, you find quiet spots in those matches that like, ideally you don’t want to have. And this match didn’t have that. The f**king people were crazy the whole way through, from what I can tell. It was so great. Just I mean, the really important stuff is not the moves. It’s the stuff in between the moves. And that’s all the shit that they did here. The stuff they did in between the moves was brilliant. It was just f**king — it was so great.”
On behind happy for Dustin:
I am so happy for both of those guys, but Dustin especially. Because Dustin, he’s admittedly he’s talked, he’s been very open about his struggles and all that. And a lot of that has to do with self-image, and not thinking as high enough about yourself as you should. So when I see him go out there and do that, and everyone piling praise on him for it that he deserves it, just makes me really happy for him.”
On first meeting Dustin years ago:
“He was, he was, yeah … When I first started in wrestling, I’m like fifteen years old. I was around Dustin a lot. I didn’t wrestle both think we’d hang out — I don’t know if you know who Buzz and Brett Sawyer were. They were wrestling brothers, kind of like the original Steiner Brothers actually. Buzz was f**king nuts, but we hung out there, Nasty Boys and Dustin, and they worked for Florida Championship Wrestling and I was a Malenko guy. So I was around Dustin a little bit there and I actually met Dustin for the first time when I was about 10 years old. He was at one of the wrestling shows with his dad. I’m so happy for that guy.”
On if he talked with Dustin after:
“A little bit, yeah … His mood was amazing. It’s just he’s very middle, like you don’t see a huge sway in emotion. He was pretty stoic and just kinda laid-back vibe. You couldn’t tell from looking at him that he was on Cloud Nine, but he was.”
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