Cody Rhodes Reveals WWE Talent Scout Paid A Visit To The Nightmare Factory

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Cody Rhodes has revealed that a WWE talent scout paid a visit to the Nightmare Factory.

During Cody Rhodes’ 6 year journey after leaving WWE, “The American Nightmare” helped a lot of young talent get huge breaks thanks to the creation of All Elite Wrestling and his own training school named “The Nightmare Factory.”

Alongside fellow trainer QT Marshall, the school opened in 2020 when the two men were part of AEW together and even held AEW Dynamite tapings in the facility during the early part of the pandemic.

Speaking on The Pulse, Cody Rhodes was asked about The Nightmare Factory. Claiming that the school has been the most fun he has had in the business, Cody said:

“The Nightmare Factory is the most fun that I have with all of sports entertainment or wrestling, outside of actually being out there in those moments with the fans. When you’re a beginner, that’s the best.”

“You don’t have any bad habits, you don’t even know what the bad habits are. Everything is new. There is nothing instilled in you other than you love this, something caught your attention, and you want to do it.”

“I really enjoy teaching that crop of youth. I’m not great when it comes to fundamental chain wrestling, go from A to B to C to D. As much as I can tell you, ‘in front of a live crowd, this moment might work for you.”

“Take an extra second.’ I had the best education. Dusty Rhodes is my father and growing up in the business, I started at 20, I got to wrestle Triple H, the Undertaker, Shawn Michaels.”

Rhodes continued on to explain how he is teaching his trainees the same lessons that the legends of the past gave him, saying:

“All these guys aren’t here (wrestling) anymore. Everyone is alive, other than my father. These legends passed it on to me, that’s how it used to be done.”

“Now, to be able to take the stuff they said, and make it my thing, and tell these kids, it’s the best. I love the Nightmare Factory.”

“I love to do a showcase every 12 weeks. It’s the beginner’s camp. The showcase, I always think it’s going to be so bad.”

Revealing that a WWE talent scout recently visited The Nightmare Factory, Rhodes stated:

“They’re brand new, they’re children. The running gag is ‘ah, it’s actually pretty good. We must have taught them something.’ We just had a scout from WWE come down, give them the hard talk on all the things that it takes.”

“He was really impressed. That makes me feel good because that’s the whole point of getting this knowledge. I got this knowledge from guys that I mentioned. The whole point is passing it on and building the next generation.”

Cody Rhodes last wrestled on Monday’s August 21 edition of WWE Raw when he teamed with Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens to defeat The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor, Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio in the main event.

Transcription via Ringside News

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