5 Gimmick Changes That Shouldn't Have Happened 

#3 Cody Rhodes became Stardust

Cody as Stardust

Cody Rhodes, the vice president of All Elite Wrestling, gained attention from independent wrestling circuit and the NJPW. Though he was also a part of the WWE, it seemed like he didn’t really achieve a lot of things here.

The former Intercontinental Champion received a ton of early push in the WWE, but he became irrelevant when the company made him the Stardust.

He worked with perfection in the ring but wanted to achieve more in WWE. However, the creative team didn’t listen to him and made him Stardust which proved to be a wrong decision. He lost multiple matches against superstars and even feuded with actor Stephen Amell, who unsurprisingly defeated him.

Cody knew Stardust gimmick would never work, and he even pitched an idea to the creative to let him play Stardust and Cody Rhodes’ gimmick simultaneously, but the WWE ignored his pitch which led to his release from McMahon’s Billion Dollar company.

It is sad to see that the WWE never used him correctly while he was in the company, but now, Rhodes has become a notable superstar.