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Cody Rhodes: WWE's OVW Could NEVER Happen Today
Cody Rhodes and Santino Marella recently looked back on their wild OVW days on What Do You Wanna Talk About? — and Cody said something that perfectly sums up that era:
“This would never happen today.”
He’s right.
I was there from 2005–2008, living the OVW developmental life alongside Cody, Santino, CM Punk and a generation of talent chasing WWE contracts. In Episode 21, I break down the contract vs. nontract culture, Rip Rogers’ class, Santino’s unbelievable rise from Boris Alexiev to WWE Intercontinental Champion, Cody’s early days, and why that strange little wrestling ecosystem could never…
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