When former Diva was pitched as Cody Rhodes’ girlfriend on WWE TV

Earlier than Cody Rhodes married Brandi Rhodes in actual life, The American Nightmare virtually discovered himself on the middle of a WWE romance storyline.

In 2013, former WWE author Kevin Eck observed a number of tweets from one-time Divas Champion Kaitlyn about her love of fellows with mustaches. Rhodes sported a mustache on the time, giving Eck the concept to pitch an on-screen love angle between the 2.

Eck wrote in a 2017 article for PressBox that the storyline would even have concerned Rhodes’ then-tag workforce accomplice Damien Sandow:

“I figured we might take the storyline in a number of totally different instructions. The apparent route can be for a jealous Sandow to activate Rhodes. Finally, Sandow would get along with a rival of Kaitlyn’s, resulting in a collection of combined tag matches. One other option to go can be for Kaitlyn to show heel and hook up with Sandow, saying Sandow’s spectacular beard put Rhodes’ mustache to disgrace.” (H/T The Sportster)

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The thought was pitched in early 2013 when Rhodes and Sandow have been among the many most outstanding tag groups in WWE. Kaitlyn held the Divas Championship on the time.

Why the Cody Rhodes and Kaitlyn romance by no means took off

The Bella Twins returned to WWE shortly earlier than WrestleMania 29. Nikki and Brie have been virtually instantly aligned with Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow, inflicting the romance storyline to abruptly finish.

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Kevin Eck recalled how the early levels of the story featured on tv earlier than WWE Govt Chairman Vince McMahon nixed the concept:

“My preliminary pitch of Kaitlyn being drawn to Rhodes truly did make it onto TV, however I might inform McMahon wasn’t all that concerned with it. When Brie and Nikki Bella returned to WWE, the storyline was abruptly dropped after a pair weeks as a result of McMahon determined to align The Bella Twins with Rhodes and Sandow.”

Eck mentioned he as soon as requested for an replace on the storyline. McMahon allegedly felt that Rhodes’ character wouldn’t have been concerned with Kaitlyn if he already had The Bellas by his aspect.

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