Oh my god, I was searching for a clip from this NXT episode but I found what I think is a video of Cody and Seth's first match together at an NXT house show in like a highschool gym and omg I feel like I'm witnessing secret history
[edit: this is not their first match, here's one from before Wrestlemania in March 2012]
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OH NO I can't link to clips I take!! They're not working 😖😖
The crowd is being so nice to Cody 🥺
Cody introducing himself on the mic: "ladies and gentlemen you are looking at the 27 year old phenom, four, four time world tag team champion, MVP of the Royal Rumble, lasting over 45 minutes, eliminating six wwe superstars, two of them hall of famers, two time intercontinental champion, formerly Dashing, once lost now found, giant killing, event thrilling, Cody Rhodes" whew
Boy, he is Confident, he's feeling Good
Alright, no handshake
There's a kid yelling "it's a trap!!" lmao, also I wish I could hear what he said to him 😶
Cody knocked him down one (1) time and he's over there gloating lmao he's the worst
Omfg he knocked him down again and went straight to the other corner
This looks like some kind of wild body horror gay sex
Cody just ate another raw moonsault oof
There's a bit that starts at like 17:07 where the crawl up eachother to get off their feet and then just punch each other for awhile that feels very homoerotic
Cody "I like to get hit in the face, it's a weird thing" Rhodes is having a great time
This other man just inserted himself into the match as things were getting spicy
And now Dusty's music just started 👀👀
Oh Dusty made it a triple threat match
His leg's really up there huh
Cody cross rhodesed this other man after throwing Seth out of the ring and Seth came back in and threw Cody out and got the pin
Cody's just quietly walking off with Seth's belt please
Oh my god I didn't see this coming????? He's like, never a good sport???
The people behind the camera (mostly kids) were yelling "hit him with it!" at Cody, that's why he looked over
And then he did the opposite!!!
Holy shit, I don't even know what to make of this??? Cody? Respects? Him??
The camera quality is so shit I can't really read his expressions and stuff but BOY
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Oh my gosh 🥺😭😭
Seth saying Cody is the future of WWE and that he hopes he can be a part of that future too? Wow
I can't believe that match, they had so much like, Rivals Chemestry, Cody showing off by listing all his achievements in front of him was really good, he was also a dick like usual but that ending???? Especially like, with how Cody's been acting on the main show, like very clearly Not Okay and Going Through It to the point of like, literally almost crying at the end of several matches when he loses, to get the win "stolen" from him and not only not get upset, but to bring Seth his belt and drape it over his shoulder, pat it affectionately, then shake his hand???? Whew, there's DEFINITELY something there, he hasn't acted like that with anyone else
Like, from a character standpoint, I can see this match being really low stakes for him? Like maybe since Seth's in NXT he doesn't see him as a threat and so he's less emotionally invested in the outcome? But he's smarter than that? He knows these guys are going to be his competition eventually, especially the champion, so like, I don't think that's it? Idk, I just hope they interract more tbh