#2 Dashing Cody Rhodes and Sherri Martel:
Sherri Martel was one of the talents that Vince McMahon poached from the AWA in the 1980’s. She initially specialised in managing tag teams, such as the duo of Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers before she joined the WWF.
Even though Martel won the WWF Women’s Championship on her debut, she would eventually make her name as the manager of Shawn Michaels. She was the perfect complimentary piece to the narcissistic heel character that HBK portrayed at the time.
She was instrumental in developing many of the mannerisms that would go on to define the essence of the Shawn Michaels character.
Cody Rhodes is currently one of the hottest properties on the independent circuit, playing the role of a villain to perfection. However, he was one of WWE’s most underutilised performers during his run with the company.
He was misused repeatedly despite having the lineage, look, charisma and amateur wrestling background to be one of the top performers in the company.
The only time he was allowed to portray an effective character was during his time as “Dashing” Cody Rhodes. This run saw him play a narcissistic villain, who had a ruthless streak. Despite drawing considerable heat from audiences, he was squashed by the Big Show at Wrestlemania 28.
However, the input and charisma of a manager like Sherri Martel would have given Cody Rhodes more depth and signature character traits which he could’ve eventually parlayed into a babyface run. His Intercontinental Championship matches would’ve also generated a greater degree of drama, because of Sherri’s expert ringside manner and psychology.
