Cody Runnels

Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes is an American professional wrestler and actor He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand He is also known for his time in All Elite Wrestling where he was the inaugural and record threetime AEW TNT Champion and also served as an executive vice president Rhodes rose to prominence during his first tenure with WWE from 2006 to 2016 where he performed under his real name as well as under the gimmick and ring name Stardust an overly deep dramatic and sparkling spinoff gimmick of his brothers Goldust character Rhodes has also wrestled for various other notable promotions including TNA Ring of Honor and New Japan ProWrestling Outside of wrestling he serves as a judge on the competition series GoBig Show and stars with his wife Brandi Rhodes on the reality show Rhodes to the Top Rhodes is the son of wrestler Dusty Rhodes and the halfbrother of fellow wrestler Dustin Rhodes Joined WWE in 2006 initially being assigned to the companys developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling OVW After becoming a Triple Crown Champion in OVW he was promoted to WWEs main roster in 2007 and remained there for nine years performing under his real name and later under the gimmick of Stardust During his time with WWE Rhodes became a twotime Intercontinental Champion and was a prolific tag team wrestler winning six world tag team championships with four separate tag team partners Rhodes left WWE after requesting his release in May 2016 Following his departure from WWE Rhodes began wrestling on the independent circuit also making several appearances in TNA he wrestled under the shortened name Cody due to WWE owning the Cody Rhodes name until 2020 when WWE surrendered their trademark In the time frame spanning from early 2016 to early 2017 he competed at WWEs WrestleMania ROHs Final Battle and NJPWs Wrestle Kingdom events as well as appearing for Impact Wrestling at Bound for Glory In September 2017 Rhodes wrestled in ROH where he became a onetime ROH World Champion He would later become a onetime IWGP US Heavyweight Champion and a onetime ROH World SixMan Tag Team Champion with The Young Bucks In September 2018 he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship due to ROHs partnership with the National Wrestling Alliance NWA with he and Dusty becoming the first father and son to win the title All totaled between WWE AEW NWA ROH and NJPW Rhodes has held 15 championships including two world titles and in late summer 2018 held the NWA World IWGP US and ROH SixMan titles simultaneously In January 2019 Rhodes was unveiled as an executive vice president of the newly formed AEW where he would also serve as a wrestler During his run in AEW he became the inaugural holder of the AEW TNT Championship in May 2020 and would win the championship a record three times After failing to negotiate a new contract Rhodes relinquished his position as an EVP and he and his wife departed AEW in February 2022 He returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 that April