WWE star Cody Rhodes will face Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship at WrestleMania 39 on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Rhodes hails from professional wrestling royalty. His father, Dusty Rhodes, is a professional wrestling legend known as «The American Dream.» His uncles Fred Ottman and Jerry Sags worked in professional wrestling at various times, and his godfather is Magnum TA, who made waves in the National Wrestling Alliance.
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January 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX – Cody Rhodes speaks during a press conference after the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)
Cody Rhodes returned to WWE in 2022, but was sidelined for nearly a year with a torn pectoral. He returned to the Royal Rumble in January to win the match and get a title shot at Reigns.
He appeared on «The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz» on Wednesday and was asked what he gained from his father on the do’s and don’ts of the professional wrestling industry. He said he had learned to really push himself to have an impact in the community and not just make it «performative» like others in the industry might do. He then told a story about growing up in Georgia with his father.
Dusty Rhodes attends the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation’s 12th Annual Celebrity Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on November 13, 2014 in New York City. (Dave Kotinski/Getty Images)
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«The number one thing I shouldn’t do… He slapped a guy in Waffle House in front of me one time for calling wrestling fake,» Rhodes said. «So that hasn’t happened.
«He has a lot of… Back in the day, in the house I grew up in, there’s a bunch of framed newspaper articles about different cities that he was arrested in. Wrestlers, they liked that. It used to be a notch in your belt – ‘I hit this guy in this bar, and they sued me, look, here’s the paper.’ We don’t do that. I don’t do that. I think that’s what I’ve learned not to do.»
WrestleMania 39 is a two-night event beginning Saturday at 8 pm ET and 5 pm PT.
WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes attends the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Philips Arena on April 3, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Moses Robinson/Getty Images)
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Rhodes’ match against Reigns will headline the final night on Sunday.