The WWE has always done solid documentaries about their WWE Superstars. Their latest venture debuted this week on Peacock and features a legacy performer who has been one of the top performers in the ring recently.

Cody Rhodes was a wrestler who spent the first ten years in the WWE, but reached a point where he could not see a path for him to escape the midcard in the company, and he chose to bet on himself by leaving the WWE and going out into the world of the independents, smaller organizations around the country/world.

This led to Cody, matching up with some other wrestlers (The Young Bucks in particular) and forming an alternative wrestling company in AEW.

Then, when his contract came up with AEW, Cody Rhodes made a return to the WWE at Wrestlemania 38, taking a new turn in his wrestling career.

This documentary does an excellent job of showing us who Cody Rhodes is and how he wound up getting to the point where he is one of the most over stars in the profession.

Cody spoke from his heart, an interview that was at the center of the doc, and displayed true emotion when discussing areas of his life and career that make him such a compelling figure to the fans.

One of the bets parts of the documentary was the discussion of Cody’s relationship with his father, wrestling legend “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. The relationship between Dusty and Cody was complex and comes across so real and genuine in the doc that it easily stands out as the highlight.

Another epic moment was the discussion of the moment when Cody tore his pec muscle during training a few days before he was scheduled to perform in a match with Seth Rollins inside a Hell in the Cell, a brutal cage match. The imagery of the bruised pec was one of the moments that define who Cody Rhodes is.

There were plenty of interviews with other WWE stars for the doc, giving their thoughts on Cody Rhodes including Randy Orton, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Triple H, Diamond Dallas Page, The Undertaker to name a few.

Cody comes off as a family man, whose family means the world to him and as a driven professional who wants to become the top of the wrestling community.

The doc does a great job of covering everything from his career, from his days wrestling in high school to his defeat at Wrestlemania 39.

4 stars