AJ Styles and Kazuchika Okada / Courtesy NJPW ... first match against a member of the Rhodes family, as he wrestled Dusty Rhodes in 2003. “I was wrestling a legend,” said Styles.

Someone who got to wrestle Rhodes was AJ Styles, who shared the ring with the ... "We spent more time together out of the ring. When Dusty was in charge of creative, we'd talk a lot.

AJ Styles is on a collision course with greatness ... Styles actually faced off against Rhodes' father, Dusty Rhodes, for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in October 2003 at TNA Wrestling ...

It will be interesting to see whether AJ Styles recalls his win against Dusty Rhodes to try and get under Cody's skin. Cody Rhodes won the Undisputed WWE Championship by finishing his story at ...

In the lead-up to the title match between Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles at King and Queen of the ... shared affinity for the ‘American Dream,” Dusty Rhodes in the hopes of making things a fair ...

AJ Styles and Cody Rhodes were face-to-face this week on SmackDown as they signed the contract for their title match at Backlash. The Phenomenal One addressed Cody and said that his father Dusty ...

AJ Styles challenges Cody Rhodes for the undisputed ... Ohio Valley Wrestling -- as the son of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes guaranteed Rhodes a headstart. But by 2016, he'd been saddled ...

The main event of the PLE will feature Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles facing ... to being the son of Dusty Rhodes. Cody had legends watching his back at WrestleMania, but Styles was kept out of WWE ...

Styles talks about how he’s beaten Cody’s father and WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. Those matches took ... under a bit of better terms. Last week, AJ implied that I cannot carry the weight ...

Undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes will defend his title against AJ Styles Saturday in Lyon ... "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, and gotten by on his family's name and the fact that he was ...

Dusty previously wore the robe when he faced Antonio Inoki in Japan. Cody went on to defeat AJ Styles to retain his title. Cody Rhodes is set to appear on the July 26th episode of WWE SmackDown.