 At Bragging Rights, Rhodes and McIntyre lost the championship to The Nexus (John Cena and David Otunga).On the October 29 "SmackDown", after losing a tag team match, Rhodes and McIntyre dissolved their partnership.On January 21, 2011, Rhodes faced Rey Mysterio in a match, during which Mysterio hit Rhodes in the face with his exposed knee brace and legitimately broke Rhodes' nose, which led to Rhodes declaring he was no longer dashing and had required facial reconstructive surgery.