Rhodes first appears when the leaders of the WSC and WSF challenge Kinnikuman for his championship belt. Later on, he is the first to be attacked by the mysterious 'Chanelman' (Actually Kinnikuman in disguise). Later, when the WSF decide to go along with Kinnikuman's masquerade, he attacks Sheik Seijin, only to have his face ripped off by Skull Bozu. After the WSF try to steal the belt by getting Kinnikuman and Robin Mask killed in their rematch over the Grand Canyon, he, now with a metal plate where he face was ripped off, and the rest of the WSC appear and try to take the belt in a riot. When God Von Erich appeared and declared a tag tournament to decide the leadership of the American Chojin world, Jean Steamboard from France was selected to be his partner, forming the Emperors.