The Nightmare Factory, Cody Rhodes’ training facility in Atlanta, GA, was named recently as one of the first training centers to receive the new WWE ID designation after WWE lau

A future WWE Hall of Famer recently visited the Nightmare Factory, as seen by an image uploaded by Cody Rhodes.

John Cena visited the Nightmare Factory, a wrestling school co-founded by Cody Rhodes, as part of WWE’s ID program aimed at developing talent. This initiative partners with notable schools to identify and train aspiring wrestlers.

John Cena dropped by Cody Rhodes’ Nightmare Factory and snapped a picture with a group of students. Rhodes and QT Marshall manage The Nightmare Factory, which was recently declared a WWE ID school. As we previously reported here on eWn, Cena will be competing at the 2025 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

AEW executive QT Marshall talks about the odd situation of The Nightmare Factory, which he co-owns with Cody Rhodes, being aligned with WWE ID.

Earlier today, John Cena posted a very interesting picture on social media: This appears to be some kind of mashup of Cody Rhodes’ Stardust and American Nightmare personas. Needless to say, wrestling fans began to wonder and speculate about what’s going on here,

Cody Rhodes’ Nightmare Factory recently had a special guest stop by. On social media, the Undisputed WWE Champion shared a photo of John Cena visiting with students at his Nightmare Factory training school.