Dashing/Un-Dashing Cody Rhodes - Was It Any Good? 

Undashing cody rhodes is the best version of cody

You gotta give Cody credit, He did everything WWE wanted him to do, He worked his way up. You would have thought with his last name it would have been guaranteed but it wasn't.

To this day I think this was Cody’s best character work. And for the time period it was maybe the best character in WWE

The "Only one can judge" theme for Undashing Cody Rhodes is highly underrated.

The Undashing Theme was pure gold.

I remember being about 10 years old, a few years after the dashing gimmick was over with (he was teaming with Damien Sandow at the time) and watching all the vignettes with his beauty tips. His grooming advice kept me in good shape throughout my teens haha, thanks Cody

I use to hate dashing/Undashing Cody Rhodes as a kid. Now I look back he was good and entertaining.

Ranking 1. Undashing 2. Dashing 3. Current AEW/WWE EVP Nightmare 4. Bullet Club 5. Legacy 6. Stardust. Stardust is low because of how miserable it made him but as a performer, i loved the camp villain approach he did to dissuade himself from being another Goldust.

One of the best runs of his career and my favorite alongside his first face turn and teaming with Goldust as The Brotherhood.

Undashing was miles better than Dashing. Dashing was OK. I loved Dusty's heel moment trapping Rey for Cody's beatdown.

i love this version more than the American Nightmare, imagine him turning into the modern day Mankind from 1996, sitting around in the boiler room, weird, cryptic stuff, total psycho, boiler room brawls and all that maybe even getting into a program with the Wyatt family, switching between Normal Cody, Undashing and maybe even Stardust, the new Three Faces of Foley or rather, Cody

Undashing Cody Rhodes is what made me a Cody fan. Very very entertaining and a ray of light in a dreadful era of WWE.

2:04 When Drew McIntyre was stripped of the Intercontinental Championship, he’d beaten up Matt Hardy not Kofi Kingston

The dashing-undashing saga gave me American Psycho vibes and Cody knocked it out of the park. I remember that was the time I really started getting invested in his work and when they moved on I was a bit sad to see the mask go.

Kinda crazy how some wrestlers in 2009/2011 would go on to win the WWE championship nearly a decade later. Drew McIntyre cody Rhodes husky harras(bray Wyatt) and kofi Kingston

This was peak Cody Rhodes

My buddy went to a house show last year just for the meet and greet to meet Cody. He bought a suit just for the occasion. He wanted his Cody weight belt to get signed, so I cut out a giant paper bag for the Un-Dashing gimmick and asked him to ask Cody if he'd sign it too (Dashing and Un-Dashing made me pop so hard). I dropped it off at his house the night before and called him the day of the show, he said he already put it in his car so he wouldn't forget. Then the day after the show I asked if Cody had signed it and my friend replied that he didn't do it because "I didn't really feel like it" and that he had thrown it away. Oh but he made sure to show off all those pics he took and that $120 weight lifting belt he bought twice to get signed.

This has to be my favourite version of cody. His character work for this was amazing

I still think Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio at Wrestlemania 27 was the most underrated match. I love how it told a good story of getting revenge on Rey for breaking his face and how he utilized the face mask as a legal weapon to his advantage, like a heel should.

Undashing Cody was very good. I loved Smackdown in 2011 and Cody was a big part of that. I suppose the Smackdown 6 of that time was him, Orton, D-Bryan, Christian, Mark Henry, and Sheamus. His character came at a time where comic book superhero movies were red hot and most people loved them. He came off like a comic book villain, Dr. Doom I guess. Really loved this video, a trip down memory lane.

This shows long term storytelling. Dashing and un-Dashing are one long story with two parts. You need both. You forgot to mention his dashing tips promos. Those I found so entertaining

Cody was a pretty good heel, I wouldn't mind seeing it again

Dashing and Undashing are my favorite versions of Cody Rhodes

This just emphasizes how abysmal almost everything was in this era of WWE. I coulda sworn they released Chris Masters way before this. Also, whoever told you the long videos are bad are lying I live for this shit

This kind of stuff remind me just how long NXT has been around and it kind of blows my mind every time.

The Undashing Gimmick should of been the gimmick that gave Cody his first World Title win. It was one his better gimmicks before leaving WWE to recreate himself.

Paul London and Billy Kidman as a Tag Team for ROTH

This was one of the few times I wish I had not stopped watching wrestling almost completely since the attitude era. I heard Undashing CR was a fun time, and now that this video has posted; I can see that it was indeed a good time. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of such an awesome run💪🏾😎

I've been a Cody fan since his team with Bob Holly. Always knew he'd be something special. I didn't expect it would happen in the WWE though.

I think Cody being drafted to Smackdown was in a way to get him out of the way cause WWE saw more in DiBiase which is certainly a choice but i think Cody being on Smackdown helped him stand on his own and showing that he was more than capable. While i didnt think much of his dashing gimmick at the time, his undashing run i thought was a lot better and probably his best character. He was so good his IC Title run was actually quite good and very long which was quite rare during this time. He also introduced the White Strap IC Title which everyone loves (apart from me i thought it was a little overrated tbh. Still looks cool but everyone went a little overboard). I'm not entirely sure where they were going ask Cody lost his mask but hey it was better than the mustache lol

I too completely forgot Trent Barreta was in WWE at this time lol

This is my favorite version of Cody. I was at Mania 27 live, and I was one of the only people standing and clapping for Cody over Rey.

Give him back to back Rumble wins and a world championship idc, Dashing/Un-Dashing is still my favourite Cody.

Dusty’s heel turn in 2011 was amazing.

I really liked the early version of the gimmick when he had sort of dark, Mankind vibes. Then they ruined it in my opinion by making him a cartoon super villain.

One of the Hawk's best videos yet. I love the longer videos.

Even though Cody Rhodes has had an epic rise to the top I do think drew McDonald has had a more impressive rise to the top and his character work has improved

I LOVE THIS RUN THANK YOU HAWK

I loved Both these versions of cody! The moment i really became a Huge Fan n Thought he had so much potential✊🏾

Damn, Marky's editor putting in work! And Un-Dashing Cody was fantastic at the very least. Wish he got more out of it. His and Rey's match at Mania would legitimize him to me the way Randy vs Mick Foley's hardcore match did lol

Good video, I love long videos. Thanks!

Every time I see a Spinebuster I hear "The Cabdriver Slam, Cabdriver Slam" in my head, even though I barely remember David Young wrestling. Thanks, Markyd!

Do like the new shuv it meter

The African Dream/Nightmare Cody Rhodes

Him bringing back the white strapped IC belt is just chefs kiss level of perfection

Oh sweet! I've been waiting forever for a review of Robocop The Animated Series

No Slapnuts😂😂😂😂🎉😢😢

1:22-1:26 I did Hawk. I vividly remember going on wrestling forums in the early 2010s telling anyone who would listen that Cody was going to be the guy someday and I would get laughed at or bullied by other users (I was a regular on wrestlezone, nodq, and the wrestling roundtable fb group). Believe it or not, at that time the popular consensus was that Dibiase Jr was going to be the star. I imagine they felt this way because he had a better look, but Cody had everything else. If you search deep enough down the rabbit hole of forums you'll see that was the popular opinion at that time. Cody had already surpassed him by mid 2010. He found something to sink his teeth into with Dashing while DiBiase jr was with Maryse because Vince thought he was boring. Anybody else remember the DiBiase posse lol? One final note on Cody. Awhile back Cena was asked at some conference on superstars he thought had potential to break through and he said Cody. I forgot when this was but it was in the early 2010s. I think it was one of those Q&A's before a Mania. I can't remember which one it was though but it was in the early 2010s when Cody was low on the card.

Cody’s run on the JBL and Cole show around this time was great and hilarious. Him walking around WWE HQ in ring gear was peak dashing

I actually enjoyed this longer video format

Its crazy how the guy that you showed at the 23;13 mark that Cody bullied with the paper bag is the same guy that Cody fist bumps now everytime they show Cody walking into the arena before every raw or smackdown..Same short dude everytime...Lol he was with the company a long time I see

At the beginning you mention Cody paying homage to Hardcore Holly. Cody has said before somewhere that anyone he wrestles with at least 5 times he takes a move from, Holly was the Alabama Slam

Undashing Cody was the best gimmick he's ever done. Way better than his current Hellander gimmick.

To answer your question, YES. YES people believed he was a future world champion back then. People were saying that he and Dolph should leave if they don't get pushes. And sure enough, Cody left, and was immediately the top babyface on his return.

I actually kind of messed with Dashing Cody Rhodes. Some fun, goofy shit that I love in my wrestling, could've been the next Model Rick Martel.

Undashing was a proper step for Cody towards the main event but then the whole Stardust thing happened and while that wasn't bad in the beginning, he pretty much turned into a complete jobber by the end and Vince wouldn't even let him ditch the gimmick despite Dusty passing away. I wasn't a fan of Cody's run in the Bullet Club or AEW but it was necessary to show WWE they made a mistake because look at him now.

Of course you had to put Sonny Siaki's rear on your shove-it meter.

"That referee tried to f*** on me" where is that from? I was dying

Really good work this what got me into cody I knew one day he be WWE champion

I really lovedd this gimmick and the entrance song especially the undashing one

Awesome run

Undashing Cody Rhodes was fantastic, I really enjoyed his promos from this time. I copied this gimmick on WWE 2K19 and gave it to Bo Dallas to be the leader of a new Wyatt Family like stable called The BOlievers.

You didn’t repeat the “cabdriver slam” and I felt stupid saying it twice lmao

I didn’t realize wrestlers had topp cards!! That’s neat!

This was a good run. Also shows Cody's future heel run will be great, and his eventual turn back to baby will be even better

Love the series

I was so on board with both sides of this gimmick

Why did that paper bag on a pole match get me I found it hilarious😂😂

Man Cody got every gimmick he ever did over i love dashing to unleashing cody Rhodes

RIP Husky Harris🙏🏻

I remember enjoying both back in the day

Cody knocked every one of his gimmicks out of the park.

Shockmaster ACTUALLY has some televised matches after his horrific debut promo, which would make for a hilarious 'Was it any good' video

hey leader of the shuvit sqaud if u do youtube suggestions can u do the original run ec3 in tna ?

I like this series!! 😎👍

holy fuck this is the best channel ever rn at this point in my life lmao

You should do this for Flair vs Steamboat. Obviously it was good, but its worth a deep dive on how good the feud itself was

Hope you're doing good man shit gets rough but hawks always sore

Dashing was funny, but undashing was hilarious me and my sister enjoyed that gimmick a lot when we watched it, made me a Cody Rhodes fan.

Updashing Cody is the gimmick that made me a fan. He was so incredibly complicated. Cody made that work

This run had a lot more "Ted Jr stands around not doing anything" than I remember

Would love a video on Johnny nitro

That's good shit!

If you'd have said 10 years ago, WWE would have a resurgence, The Rock would come back as a heel, D-X would be in charge of creative, Vince would be gone and Stardust would be the Undisputed champion 😅

Btw I don't mind the longer video format idc what other people say. If the numbers say they are worse so be it, that's how I feel 😂😂

I loved the dashing gimmick

It was amazing actually

28:37 32:45 classic Randy Orton moments of savage pragmatism💀

Cody will forever be better as a heel

Undashing was the best loved the paper bag gimick was gold.

Was it any good suggestions: Goldbergs first WWE run Raven in WCW Ahmed Johnson in WWF NWO Wolfpac faction

He had great midcard runs and he honestly had a really good moveset at the time. Unfortunate that he had to leave for WWE to see him as main event material. I think I still prefer him as IC champion tho

My favorite Cody is his Bullet club Roh gimmick,i loved his kiss my ring gimmick especially the leader storyline with Kenny Omega

Good video but seeing Bray as Husky Harris is so crazy now.

You should do a video on Matt cardonas Indy/GCW run

I feel like undashing Cody Rhodes would’ve thrived even more if it happened just a few years later, the dashing character was underutilized and could’ve gone further too. Imagine undashing Cody vs Daniel Bryan after WM30 instead of Kane, that feud would’ve been really good.

"I can literally hear you getting fatter" - Dashing Cody Rhodes

Can you do was it any good the Authority?

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think that Drew and Cody's past as tag team champions was mentioned during their brief feud during the Road to Wrestlemania 40.

This was my favourite era of ocdy