Cody Rhodes Says A WWE Scout Was Recently At The Nightmare Factory

Cody Rhodes takes pride in the Nightmare Factory. 

The Nightmare Factory is a training school in Georgia run by Cody Rhodes and QT Marshall. The school opened in 2020 and was the site of some AEW Dynamite tapings during the pandemic. 

Speaking on The Pulse, Cody was asked about the school, revealing that a WWE scout was recently in attendance. 

“The Nightmare Factory is the most fun that I have with all of sports entertainment or wrestling, outside of actually being out there in those moments with the fans. When you’re a beginner, that’s the best. You don’t have any bad habits, you don’t even know what the bad habits are. Everything is new. There is nothing instilled in you other than you love this, something caught your attention, and you want to do it. I really enjoy teaching that crop of youth. I’m not great when it comes to fundamental chain wrestling, go from A to B to C to D. As much as I can tell you, ‘in front of a live crowd, this moment might work for you. Take an extra second.’ I had the best education. Dusty Rhodes is my father and growing up in the business, I started at 20, I got to wrestle Triple H, the Undertaker, Shawn Michaels. All these guys aren’t here (wrestling) anymore. Everyone is alive, other than my father. These legends passed it on to me, that’s how it used to be done. Now, to be able to take the stuff they said, and make it my thing, and tell these kids, it’s the best. I love the Nightmare Factory. I love to do a showcase every 12 weeks. It’s the beginner’s camp. The showcase, I always think it’s going to be so bad. They’re brand new, they’re children. The running gag is ‘ah, it’s actually pretty good. We must have taught them something.’  We just had a scout from WWE come down, give them the hard talk on all the things that it takes. He was really impressed. That makes me feel good because that’s the whole point of getting this knowledge. I got this knowledge from guys that I mentioned. The whole point is passing it on and building the next generation,” said Cody. 

WWE legends have stopped by the Nightmare Factory in the past, including John Cena. 

Cody is in action on Monday’s WWE Raw, teaming with Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens in the main event. Fans can find Fightful’s coverage of WWE Raw by clicking here. 

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