The Rhodes Family legacy has undoubtedly been cemented with the success of Cody and Dustin Rhodes, and the only negative element therein is that its patriarch, “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, didn’t get to see its highest heights. With Cody as the face of WWE since his return in 2022, along with his industry-altering influence in the inception and success of AEW, plus Dustin finding a new lease on his wrestling life in AEW and Ring of Honor, there’s not much debating the iconic line that kicks off Cody”s theme music: “Wrestling has more than one royal family.”

Cody “finishing his story” in WWE dominated programming for the first two years of his second run with the company and that was only just the beginning. His fingerprints are all over everything WWE these days and that now stretches out further into the mainstream with sponsorships, podcasts, media appearances, and movie roles, including a significant role in the upcoming “Street Fighter” film.

Though Dustin is currently recovering from double knee replacement surgery, his time with AEW and ROH has allowed him to not only continue his in-ring career but to mentor young performers, including nephews Wayne and Wyatt Rhodes, who debuted in a dark match for AEW in August and, given this particular family bloodline, could very well carry the Rhodes torch for a long time to come.