Cody Rhodes never forgot what Steve Corino said to the American Dream Dusty Rhodes in ECW 1999

The Undertaker said Cody Rhodes will have his greatest run as a heel.
Heel Cody Rhodes is going to be epic!
Before The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes returned to the WWE to finish his story against Roman Reigns to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 40 with the Rock, Undertaker, Seth Rollins and John Cena being involved in the match.
Cody defended his Father's honor, he never forgot what Steve Corino said about Dusty Rhodes.
Cody ended up beating Steve Corino in Ring of Honor. Cody Rhodes went off to found AEW with Tony Khan, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega before returning to WWE.
He became undesirable to undeniable.
Cody thanked Paul Heyman when Paul booked a broke Dusty Rhodes in ECW. Cody said Paul gave Dusty his confidence back and it is a debt that Cody can never ever repay.
A Son will always take up for his Father, this is another reason why Cody is so relatable to a lot of people.

[EyeOfTheWatcher]

the fact that he call him dream instead of Dusty showed that he had respect for Dusty.

[SomeDumbPunk]

Such a good call back. These are the things I love most about wrestling.

[leviking]

Dude, call backs will forever be the best thing ever. It’s literally like surprise cameos in movies.

[Gremlin]

"How apropo". One of my favorite Cody catchphrases. He says it often, but alsp says it like he just learned it off a "word of the day" calendar.

[johnnymike]

Heel Cody 2025 gonna hit like Crack in the 80s

[debbstraw]

Man heel Cody just feels so much better

[SilverFang]

Cody be remembering the stuff almost all of us forgot about. What a legend.

[MartyNozz]

Steve Corino was a helluva worker and an amazing heel. He did an amazing interview with Mike Powers back in the day and he said something that really stuck: "If you want to be great at being a heel and make people hate you: don't swear." It was such a telling bit about psychology and connecting with fans in a very specific way. He credited Taz for this advice.

[brianjohnston]

Being rewarded for years of watching, great stuff 👌

[ndrwwggn]

Corino deserved better after ECW fell. He was an amazing heel

[DaneGoode-wmed]

He got the same elbow as a retaliation 😂

[mkauffman]

I was good friends with Corino - and he told me without a shadow of doubt, working Dusty Rhodes was the greatest experience of his wrestling career at that point. The reason why he got a wwe tryout in the 2000’s - not as a coach- but as talent was because of Dusty.

[rolandreedii]

This dude has been finishing the story his entire career and what an honor it's been to witness.

[JaeHellyun]

That little dance before the 2nd elbow was

[Aaron_leonard]

Cody is his father's get back on the entire industry

[josephreese]

Heel Cody/Indies Cody is a 5-star A1 top-shelf all-time great wrestler. Right up there with Attitude Era Austin and 80's limousine riding jet flying Ric Flair.

[danhill]

Steve Corino barely slapped Dusty😂😂😂. Shows he had respect!!

[troylandzerep]

steve corino was cm punk before cmpunk was ever invented

[tylerjanelle]

Crazy that Steve corino is still around

[AmateurHour]

Nothing beats the way Dusty would drop that elbow