Backstage talk on Cody vs Goldust feud

[Action Jackson]

They've known we want it ever since Cody and Dust threw down in the rumble. It got a great response from the live crowd. The feud will be kick ass.

 

[Dat Girl]

I'd like to see this, because it would be a passing of the torch as such. I'd also like to see how they would work Dusty into this angle, maybe have him go heel and support Gold Dust?

Have a match before Wrestlemania, handicap elimination. Have Cody Wan Rhodobi and Dus Quan-Dream vs Goldmaul. Dus gets eliminated when Cody is out of the ring, and have Goldmaul taunt and Cody get the win via rollup.

 

[seabs]

Meh, it's not really interesting match up to me.

 

[Goenka]

I think it is worthy for WrestleMania 30...

 

[Leo C]

I'd love to see Cody go against Goldust. I fantasy-booked something in my mind the other day before they announced Cena was going to fight ADR, where Sandow won the belt at BG or something. Then later in the year he feuded with Cody and in the end Damien retained, then he feuded vs Goldust and Dust won the strap. He'd then get cocky and end up turning on Cody and they'd fight for it at WM (just a little something I imagined, there are some inconsistencies there but I'd mark, I'm sure). Still, any Goldust/Cody feud ending at WM with Goldust finally retiring once and for all and putting Cody over would be great.

 

[Wacokid27]

I think a feud between Cody and Dustin would be very good, even good enough for a Wrestlemania spot. I figure they start to show cracks at the Rumble (maybe Cody eliminates Dust or something along those lines), then Cody gets an EC shot for the WHC at Elimination Chamber, which Dust (who doesn't have a match that night) costs him, leading to a "loser leaves town" type of match between them at Mania.

I also figure a guy with Dustin's background would work out very well as a road agent or some other backstage guy (or a trainer in NXT). I have a feeling Dustin Rhodes will be working for WWE for a while yet.

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[Leo C]

I think a feud between Cody and Dustin would be very good, even good enough for a Wrestlemania spot. I figure they start to show cracks at the Rumble (maybe Cody eliminates Dust or something along those lines), then Cody gets an EC shot for the WHC at Elimination Chamber, which Dust (who doesn't have a match that night) costs him, leading to a "loser leaves town" type of match between them at Mania.

I also figure a guy with Dustin's background would work out very well as a road agent or some other backstage guy (or a trainer in NXT). I have a feeling Dustin Rhodes will be working for WWE for a while yet.

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I think he was already working as an agent for a while after he left the previous time. He got canned due to PTP botching a Powerbomb though. I'm sure he'll get his job back as an agent once he retires.

 

[Danielson]

I love the idea of goldust being the heel instead of cody.

 

[Lockard 23]

Whether their feud and match is worthy of being on the WM30 card comes down to whatever else of importance ends up on the card as well. I don't see how a Cody/Goldust feud wouldn't be worthy of earning a spot somewhere (they're currently apart of the main storyline, after all), especially given that Dusty Rhodes will certainly get involved in the brotherly feud somehow and WWE likely wants as many legends as possible to play some type of role (major or minor) in next year's Mania. Dusty's two sons fighting it out gives him a purpose to be there on-screen.

Here's one way to book it:

Since Cody and Goldust are on a roll (beating The Shield at Battleground and giving Harper and Rowan their first ever loss in a very good match on Smackdown last night), I think they should be the ones to defeat Rollins and Reigns for the Tag Team Championships at Hell In A Cell. Then prior to the Rumble or on the card itself, they lose the belts to Rowan and Harper and this causes tension between them because of a screw up that one or the other makes (i.e Rhodes accidentally hitting The Disaster Kick on Goldust and causing him to get pinned.) Their tension escalates even further in the Rumble match later on, with someone trying to get Goldust over the top rope and then Cody comes up behind and lifts them both over the top rope, eliminating his brother along with whoever else was trying to eliminate him. Similar to the way Hogan eliminated Savage in '89, which caused Savage to blow a gasket. This pisses Goldust off and really starts to pit them against each other.

This leads to the Elimination Chamber PPV, which shows one of two things happening: either Cody wins his qualifying match for the chamber and Goldust doesn't and so Goldust distracts Cody during the chamber match and causes him to get eliminated (or slips into the ring when the chamber door is wide open to let a recently eliminated participant out, and hits the Curtain Call or Final Cut on Cody) or they both qualify for the chamber match. And it comes down to the two of them and whoever the WHC is. Goldust gets eliminated and then immediately afterwards, Cody gets the upper hand on the champion and right when it looks like he has the championship won, Goldust (who is only just now recovering and hasn't left the ring yet) hits the Curtain Call or Final Cut on him. Maybe even Shattered Dreams on top of it. And he causes Cody to lose the match and have the title slip from his fingers just like that. Easy to build to Wrestlemania from there.