The Rhodes Dynasty Cody Rhodes and Goldust ( usually referred to as Gold & Stardust , The Rhodes Brothers , The Cosmic Twins and The Brotherhood , more recently Goldust & Stardust ) were a professional wrestling tag team in WWE . Rhodes and Goldust are half - brothers in real life . Occasionally managed by their father , Dusty Rhodes , the name of the stable including him is called The Rhodes Dynasty or The Rhodes Family . History . Background . Since the September 2 , 2013 Raw the family has been targeted by the McMahon family and Triple H : September 2 , 2013 Triple H fires Cody , September 9 , 2013 Dustin as Goldust lost to Randy Orton in a match with Cody ' s job on the line after the match Stephanie McMahon insulted Dustin , and September 16 , 2013 Stephanie gave Dusty a choice which of his sons would get a job and after he refused Stephanie forced Big Show to knock Dusty out . Formation ( 2013 ) . Cody Rhodes was ( kayfabe ) fired from the WWE after failing to defeat Randy Orton on the September 2nd episode of " Raw " , a match that Rhodes was forced into after he questioned WWE COO Triple H ' s authority . The next week , Goldust unsuccessfully attempted to defeat Orton in a match on " Raw " in order to get Cody his job back . After Goldust ' s loss , on the following Monday , their father Dusty attempted to convince Stephanie McMahon to give his sons their jobs back , which was also unsuccessful and ended with McMahon ordering the Big Show to knock Dusty out . On the September 23rd episode of " Raw " , they ran through the crowd and jumped The Shield before their 11 - on - 3 handicap elimination match , which they wound up losing . The next week , Stephanie McMahon and Triple H offered Rhodes and Goldust their jobs back if they could defeat Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns of The Shield at Battleground . If they lost , they would be banned from WWE and Dusty would lose his job as an NXT trainer . Immediately after this , all three members of the Rhodes Family were attacked by The Shield . At Battleground , Rhodes and Goldust defeated Rollins and Reigns , getting their jobs back . Dusty , who was at ringside to support his sons , attacked Dean Ambrose with his signature Bionic Elbow . Various WWE Superstars came out to celebrate with the Rhodes family . Tag Team Champions ( 2013 – 2014 ) . On the October 14th episode of " Raw " , Rhodes and Goldust faced The Shield in a No Disqualification match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . When The Shield looked victorious , Big Show ran through the crowd and knocked out all three members of The Shield , allowing Rhodes and Goldust to win the Tag Team Titles . The next week on " Raw " , The Shield faced The Usos in a Number One Contender ' s Match , which ended in a no - contest due to Rhodes and Goldust interfering in the match . Later that night , it was confirmed that Rhodes and Goldust would face The Usos and The Shield in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match for the Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell , which they retained the titles . On the November 11th episode of " Raw " , the brothers were involved in a brawl with The Shield , The Wyatt Family , The Usos , CM Punk and Daniel Bryan . The next week , it was announced that at Survivor Series , the brothers would team up with The Usos and Rey Mysterio against The Shield and The Real Americans . That same night , they were part of a 12 - man tag team match , teaming up with Punk , Bryan , and The Usos to take on The Shield and The Wyatt Family . Though the Rhodes Brothers performed impeccably at TLC , defeating imposing threats ; RybAxel , The Real Americans and Big Show / Rey Mysterio to retain their championships , in the kick - off to Royal Rumble returning New Age Outlaws claimed their titles in just six minutes . In their rematch for the gold , Brock Lesnar interfered and caused a DQ so to make sure there could be no interference , the following week another rematch was scheduled in a steel cage . They were however unsuccessful in reclaiming the Tag Team Championship . Various Feuds and Mixed Emotions ( 2014 – 2015 ) . The Rhodes Brothers rebounded nicely with a win over RybAxel on the kick - off to Extreme Rules and back to back wins over The Real Americans but instead went on to feud with Fandango , each scoring pinfall victories in the process . This ended on the March 31st episode of RAW with a tag team win over Fandango & Damien Sandow . However , in April their prowess as a tag team began to diminish as they began to suffer losses on both RAW and Smackdown weekly , in singles and tag team action . Finally after losing to new Tag Team Champions , The Usos — Cody ' s emotion got the better of him as he pushed his brother away and stormed off . Things only got worse when he was forced to submit to the Cross Armbreaker the following week on RAW which once again caused Cody to lash out on Goldust . Eventually Cody appeared depressed and said Goldust needed a new partner . After unsuccessful tries with men Cody arranged to fill his boots ( Kofi Kingston , R - Truth , Sin Cara ) Cody eventually returned June 16 with a new appearance similar to Goldust called Stardust , and finally defeated RybAxel . After weeks of primarily appearing in vignettes cryptically expressing their desires to acquire " The Cosmic Key " ( their name for the WWE Tag Team Championships ) that The Usos now have , they successfully defeated The Usos in a non - title match on the August 18 episode of Raw . On the August 25 episode of Raw , they challenged The Usos for the Tag Team Championships and won by countout , thus not winning the championships . They would accuse the Usos of a purposeful countout to retain the titles , and then attacked them , turning heel in the process . At Night of Champions , Goldust and Stardust , now referred to simply as Gold and Stardust , defeated The Usos for their second WWE Tag Team Championship , and successfully retained them against the Usos in a rematch at Hell in a Cell . They also successfully retained their titles the following night on Raw ; after Mark Henry turned on his partner Big Show to give Stardust the pin . After trading wins throughout the tag division over the next few weeks ; Gold and Stardust lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to The Miz and Damien Mizdow in a Fatal 4 - Way match in Survivor Series that also included the Usos and Los Matadores , ending their second title reign at 63 days . After failing in regaining their titles the next night on Raw , the following SmackDown , the duo cut a more sinister promo than usual on their loss of the Cosmic Key , claiming that " science " had failed them and adding that " darkness would fall on the New Day " , possibly referring to a stable that had debuted on the same episode . After being hastily defeated in a number one contender Tag Team Turmoil on the December 2nd edition of Raw by Kofi Kingston and Big E ; Gold and Stardust returned later on in the match and attacked their manager , Xavier Woods , distracting them enough to cost them the match , thus setting up a feud . A match between the two teams was scheduled for the Kick - Off show of TLC : Tables , Ladders and Chairs on December 14 , where Big E and Kingston defeated Gold and Stardust . Feud ( 2015 ) . In early 2015 , the two again began showing signs of tension between them - with Stardust becoming further entrenched in his gimmick , leaving Goldust to have to try to communicate with his brother , Cody ; through his new entity . Stardust would respond to this by walking out on Goldust before their match had concluded on the February 5 episode of SmackDown . On the February 16th edition of Raw - for the first time since their debut , Dusty Rhodes returned to speak to his sons as a way to commiserate and smooth out the problems they were having . Though at first Cody seemed to be in agreement with his family , after Goldust took the loss for his team against The New Day , Stardust hit his old finisher Cross - Rhodes thus dissolving their partnership entirely . After , when Dusty approached Stardust backstage , Stardust claimed that it was he and his brother that were responsible for the pressure Cody was subjected to from a young age . He then stated that Cody , and now his own family , were dead to him . A match between the two was set for WWE Fastlane with Goldust promising to vanquish Stardust once and for all and to reclaim his brother and rekindle their partnership and brotherhood . Due to their father asking Goldust not to cause any real harm to Cody , Goldust won their first encounter via roll - up . Backstage , Stardust viciously assaulted Goldust and again proclaimed it was his family ' s fault for his mental decline .