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Online fans are no strangers to Cody Rhodes. Son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, "The American Nightmare" was featured as a second generation superstar in WWE. After leaving the company in 2016, Cody showed his true potential to the world.
He has been a prominent member of the world famous 'Bullet Club' and one of the main masterminds behind the successful 'ALL IN' show. As at writing, Cody is also the NWA Champion. It was believed that Cody left WWE as he felt that he was not being used properly.
After having a successful run in the indies, it is quite possible that Vince will try to bring Cody 'back home'. If Cody does return, would he use the 'Stardust' gimmick? Or will he be featured in a completely different way, given that he would have considerable amount of creative control?
#1 As part of a new tag team on Raw
If Cody does return, there are many possibilities open for him. He could return to WWE in a tag team alongside his brother Goldust. This also gives Goldust screen time, and maybe he can work on-screen as Dustin Rhodes.
A return to the old 'Stardust/Goldust' gimmick could work too. A reunion of Cody Rhodes and Goldust can surely revive the RAW tag team scene, which has been a complete joke with the B-Team as champions.
#2 The old 'Cody Rhodes' moniker
Cody could also return in the old 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes gimmick. He has a lot of potential as a singles superstar, and could surely be a main-eventer. He could be featured both as a heel as well as a face.
He could have exciting feuds with AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan and Shinsuke Nakamura on SmackDown Live, or can steal the show with Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, or Kevin Owens. He may even improve on the gimmick and make it better.
#3 The Club
WWE loves to make stables. They had already formed The Club, with Styles as the leader of the group) and The Balor Club, but failed to convert it into a successful faction (like The Shield). Cody, being a Bullet Club member, could return to the company to reform 'The Club' or 'Balor Club' stable.
Story-line wise, this would be beneficial for Cody as he could use the stable to be immediately catapulted to the main-event scene. In reality, this could do wonders for Finn Balor and The Good Brothers, who have not been utilised to their full potential lately. A feud with The Shield or The Undisputed Era would certainly entertain the crowd.
#4 Stardust
I personally would like Cody to return back as 'Stardust'. Before all of you burn me down (pun not intended), I will like to justify myself.
If Cody is given creative control, he can surely turn the 'Stardust' gimmick into something like 'The Demon King' gimmick of Finn Balor. We can see 'Cody Rhodes' wrestling on a regular basis and only calling upon his alter ego 'Stardust' when it is required.
With Cody himself showing interest in running the two gimmicks as two different wrestlers, WWE could certainly play a 'Corporate Kane/ Demon Kane' storyline here. Cody could certainly lead a demonic stable, like Ministry of Darkness 2.0 under his Stardust gimmick, having stars like Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt, and Aleister Black with him.
