In an exclusive clip from the documentary 'Becoming Cody Rhodes,' before he was a pro wrestling star, Cody Rhodes's success begin on the amateur wrestling mat. WWE American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes, is a documentary that follows the wrestler's departure and return to WWE, which is set to stream on Peacock.
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00:00 Freshman year, he was unseated.
00:01 He took on the number one seed
00:03 in the Cobb County Tournament as a freshman.
00:05 Cody beat him.
00:06 So right from then on, everybody knew
00:08 he was gonna be a factor in wrestling to come.
00:10 He basically had one move in the whole four years.
00:15 That was a double-leg takedown.
00:16 Start in the middle, shoot,
00:19 and drive the guy all the way to the out-of-bounds,
00:21 and then drag his toes to stay in.
00:24 - I'll never forget the time he said,
00:27 "My junior year, I'm gonna win the States."
00:29 - Wow, that's a bold statement, young man.
00:33 - He was like a local sports celebrity.
00:37 They were always coming to the house
00:38 to do an interview.
00:39 He was always in the local newspaper.
00:42 - Cody and I were at rival high schools.
00:45 My goal was to wrestle Cody, beat him in front of Dusty,
00:49 and then Dusty would go, "Oh man, I gotta train you.
00:52 "You're gonna be the best wrestler ever."
00:53 That was what my teenage brain said.
00:55 That was my path.
00:56 That was how I was gonna make it to WWE.
00:59 - He was really, really frustrated.
01:01 It's one of the reasons why he always kinda sat up
01:03 in the furthest part of the stands to watch.
01:05 He didn't wanna be down there
01:06 and take away from what I was doing.
01:08 Overall, in junior/senior year, it was 101 and two.
01:13 So 101 wins, only two losses,
01:15 but also, I think I'd only been taken down twice.
01:19 - State champ as a junior/senior.
01:21 - He was the best.
01:23 He was the best.
01:24 This is how smart he was,
01:26 'cause he knew the business was going to be his life.
01:29 In the final match, he walks out, he comes out,
01:32 and he gave them a sheet of paper.
01:34 He wins the state title.
01:36 They made this announcement.
01:38 The winner, Cody Rhodes.
01:40 (dramatic music)