Brandi Rhodes

Summary

Podcast Summary: "What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes" – Episode Featuring Brandi Rhodes

Episode Information

• Title: What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes
• Guest: Brandi Rhodes
• Release Date: May 28, 2025

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1. Welcome and Introduction [00:00 – 01:31]

Cody Rhodes opens the episode aboard his tour bus, affectionately introducing Brandi Rhodes as his guest. He highlights Brandi’s numerous achievements, including being the first African American female announcer full-time for WWE and the first black executive in a North American wrestling company. Cody emphasizes her role as the mother of his child and his favorite person, setting a heartfelt tone for the conversation.

Cody Rhodes [00:35]: "The first woman who was involved in a match at New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom... my Wonder Wall, my muse, my favorite person, and of course, my baby mama."

2. Early Wrestling Memories and Characters [01:24 – 03:23]

The conversation shifts to wrestling history, discussing lesser-remembered characters like Akeem (formerly known as The One Man Gang). Cody recounts a memorable Royal Rumble moment involving Dusty Rhodes and Roddy Piper, highlighting the emotional impact it had on his father.

Cody Rhodes [02:39]: "Roddy Piper just runs across and starts pummeling Dusty and ruins the moment."

3. Personal Anecdotes and Daily Life [03:23 – 07:30]

Brandi shares a humorous exchange about making waffles for their child, Libby, while Cody reflects on their relationship dynamics. They joke about aging together and discuss the quirks of daily life, including dealing with Cody’s dog, Buck.

Brandi Rhodes [05:14]: "I can still drink on an upset stomach... because in this classic era of aging, there are a lot of reasons to need a drink at the end of a day where my stomach hurts."

4. Managing Daily Challenges and Parenting [07:30 – 21:00]

The couple delves into the challenges of parenting, including managing their daughter Libby’s behavior and the impact of Cody’s dog Buck on their daily routine. Brandi expresses her frustrations with Buck’s antics, while Cody humorously defends his dog.

Brandi Rhodes [09:00]: "I nearly tore my ACL instantly because there were eyes looking at me from the backseat... it was a damn deer head in the backseat."

5. Professional Ventures and Personal Projects [21:00 – 35:00]

Brandi discusses her business, Naked Mind Yoga and Pilates, and the efforts involved in organizing family heirlooms. She emphasizes the importance of hiring professionals for tasks she’s not skilled in, contrasting it with Cody’s hands-on approach.

Brandi Rhodes [12:46]: "If you don't know how to organize, hire somebody that does know how. Don't play games with that."

6. Wrestling Experiences and Special Moments [35:00 – 51:20]

Brandi reminisces about significant moments in her wrestling career, including her interactions with WWE Superstars like Stardust. Cody shares his excitement and emotions surrounding WrestleMania 40, detailing the unforgettable moments and audience reactions.

Brandi Rhodes [26:16]: "One of my favorite moments ever was getting to play Jay Lethal's faux Elizabeth classic in a match when he was..."

7. Reflections on Wrestling’s Impact and Personal Growth [51:20 – 66:00]

Both Brandi and Cody reflect on what they miss about pro wrestling, such as the performance aspect and the sense of occasion at events. They discuss the toll of the wrestling lifestyle on personal health and the importance of maintaining personal projects outside the ring.

Brandi Rhodes [51:20]: "I miss the performance element... and I miss being with you. Of course, that's probably the top thing."

8. Closing Remarks and Future Plans [66:00 – End]

In their final segment, Brandi and Cody exchange heartfelt compliments, discussing their mutual support and admiration. They end the episode with light-hearted banter, reinforcing their strong personal and professional bond.

Cody Rhodes [68:10]: "You are winning at this game and I'm lucky to be on the ride. So thank you for joining us. Thank you for actually being a big time Wheatley drinker. I think this is a good way to end an episode with you, to tell you you're my favorite and I love you."

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Cody Rhodes [00:35]: "The first woman who was involved in a match at New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom... my Wonder Wall, my muse, my favorite person, and of course, my baby mama."
• Brandi Rhodes [12:46]: "If you don't know how to organize, hire somebody that does know how. Don't play games with that."
• Brandi Rhodes [51:20]: "I miss the performance element... and I miss being with you. Of course, that's probably the top thing."
• Cody Rhodes [68:10]: "You are winning at this game and I'm lucky to be on the ride. So thank you for joining us. Thank you for actually being a big time Wheatley drinker. I think this is a good way to end an episode with you, to tell you you're my favorite and I love you."

Key Insights and Conclusions

• Deep Personal Connection: The episode underscores the strong personal bond between Cody and Brandi Rhodes, highlighting their mutual support and affection.
• Wrestling Legacy: Brandi’s contributions to WWE and her pioneering roles are celebrated, providing listeners with an intimate look into her professional journey.
• Balancing Personal and Professional Life: Both Brandi and Cody discuss the challenges of balancing their demanding careers in wrestling with their family life, offering relatable insights for listeners.
• Business Ventures Beyond Wrestling: Brandi’s endeavor with Naked Mind Yoga and Pilates showcases her entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to personal growth outside the wrestling arena.
• Nostalgia and Reflection: The discussion includes fond memories of past wrestling events, emphasizing the enduring impact of key moments like WrestleMania 40 on their lives.

This episode provides a rich and engaging dialogue between Cody and Brandi Rhodes, blending personal anecdotes with professional insights, making it a compelling listen for fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Brandi Rhodes]

Foreign.

[Cody Rhodes]

Nightmare, Cody Rhodes. We are on my home away from home. My tour bus. This is what do you want to talk about? Brought to you by our good friends at Wheatley American Vodka. And now, my guest at this time, a very special guest. I should say the most special guest. An incredible amount of accolades I can lay out for you, but I'll start simply by the end. The mother of my child. And I'm gonna not cry. My.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Just making baby mama.

[Cody Rhodes]

My baby mama cry. My baby mama. My favorite person. Which is what I told her because I didn't have the courage to say I love you. So I said, you're my favorite. The first woman who was involved in a match at New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom. The first boy black female to be an announcer full time for wwe. And the first black executive in a North American wrestling company. The owner, proprietor, the best, the queen of naked mind yoga and Pilates. My Wonder Wall, my muse, my favorite person, and of course, my baby mama. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to. What do you want to talk about? Brandi Rhodes.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You forgot one African American Nightmare that.

[Cody Rhodes]

Never once have we talked about it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I just thought.

[Cody Rhodes]

Ladies and gentlemen, the African American Nightmare.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Don't ever say.

[Cody Rhodes]

Sounds so bad.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Don't ever say it again. It was just.

[Cody Rhodes]

That leads me to the first question, which I didn't think would be the first question. Do you know who Hakeem is? Nope. Nope.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Hakeem.

[Cody Rhodes]

Not Hakeem. Not Raheem.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Hakeem lived in my neighborhood when I was growing up.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay. Many years ago, there was a wrestler for wwe, Akim. Akeem also was formerly known as the One Man Gang.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Is he no relation to Olajuwon?

[Cody Rhodes]

None. He was a big old white dude that they would poke fun of African culture at with or I don't even know if that was. If anything, it was meant more to be a direct rib and foil for my dad because my dad was doing that without promoting it. So then they just started promoting it with Akeem. And it's not a memorable or wonderful character in WWE history. However, I'll give you a Royal Rumble story. Oh, Akim was pretty good in the ring. You know, him and Big Boss man, they were a tag team all this. But anyways, this Royal Rumble happens. I think maybe Dusty's only Royal Rumble. And Dusty's in the ring. It's a who's who of who's in the ring at this point. And Akeem the African Dream, his music hits.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He said he was white.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yes, that's.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And his name was Akeem. The African dream.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's the bit, hun.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

Wow. So anyways, what's happening? So this guy, this guy starts coming to the ring and you can see my dad, like, licking his chops. This is what they wanted. This is it. They wanted Dusty and Hakeem. Plus they'd worked together previously, so he thought, this is it. And I believe it's Roddy Piper. As rumbles go, you've got this spot in your mind. You've got this moment that's about to happen. Roddy Piper just runs across and starts pummeling Dusty and ruins the moment. And you can genuinely see disappointment as my dad is selling in the corner that he did not get to have this silly, fun moment with Akeem.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I know what that feels like. I was in a rumble style match, rumble style match before, where time got cut, pieces didn't happen. And then I came to the back.

[Cody Rhodes]

And, oh, I remember exactly what you did. You yelled at everyone. And my friend Nick, as you walked away, looked at me and goes, you think she's mad?

[Brandi Rhodes]

It was the best response.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. Couple F bombs were dropped. Question for you. It is my show, so I gotta ask the question.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

I can't let you take over here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay.

[Cody Rhodes]

What are you drinking?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I've got a classic American mule.

[Cody Rhodes]

American mule. How we like it in America. But you've got a classic American mule.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I got a classic American mule.

[Cody Rhodes]

You know what? I believe you're the first on the show to have the same drink as I do. But truth does count. And he gave us a dog.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, our truth had a mule.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. He brought. He not only had a mule, good for him. He brought two mules. Plushies, which I thought, oh, this would be. After the bit I'm like, this would be kind of fun. We'll give these to Libby's. One of them, though, if you want. Brian, you want to grab that?

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's a dog toy, isn't it?

[Cody Rhodes]

That's exactly what it is.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I know that toy.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. Let me see that thing here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Seen that?

[Cody Rhodes]

Oh, Ron Cena decided to leave me with a gift. Okay. Yep. And that's how you know dog toy. So. Thanks, Ron. And also, like rawhide tail. You think Pharaoh would like it?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, Pharaoh might. He might. He'll like it for a day.

[Cody Rhodes]

He'll eat it and then he'll eat it. That's what huskies do, by the way. Forewarning to husky owners, they don't like toys. If you get a husky, they'll play with that toy hard for a day. And then they'll rip its eyes out.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Pharaoh ripped his own face off of the Pharaoh plush. Him a Pharaoh plush.

[Cody Rhodes]

And which, by the way, if you're looking for a good Pharaoh plush, you can get it on fanatics. So. But yeah, Pharaoh chewed his up. So an American mule there.

[Brandi Rhodes]

American mule.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's your drink, by the way. I know this.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's my drink.

[Cody Rhodes]

I've made it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You know why it's my drink? Because in my process of aging, my stomach hurts a lot. So the ginger beer is comforting. So I can still drink on an upset stomach. Because in this classic era of aging, there are a lot of reasons to need a drink still at the end of a day where my stomach hurts.

[Cody Rhodes]

So that's fair.

[Brandi Rhodes]

This is the way that I can make.

[Cody Rhodes]

It's not news to me. I know you. Yeah?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

What have we. We've been married 1112 years.

[Brandi Rhodes]

11. Why. Why'd you add one?

[Cody Rhodes]

Because I know it's gonna happen.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You know, we gonna get there. What was it that you were saying the other day in the car? You're saying something and then you made it sound like we were breaking up or something. And I was like, are we breaking up?

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, I don't know what I said.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What's happen? Wild. I think Brian was there. Somebody was there.

[Cody Rhodes]

I think you're pretty, pretty. I was like, pretty solid at this point.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Are we done? What's happening?

[Cody Rhodes]

Pretty solid at this point. You mentioned I have to do a.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Lot to kick to get kicked out.

[Cody Rhodes]

I think, yeah, I'd say you'd have to do a lot. I was going to say in terms of aging, which. You're aging at a rate that's unbelievably. You're ahead of everybody in a sense. You're. No, no, you're not aging. You're. You're glowing. You're radiant. Your skin is still perfect. Everything about you look like the day I met you. I think you need to know that that's not going to be the case for me. We're looking at. We're looking at three, maybe seven. Maybe seven. Seven solid years of this. This is it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You say that all the time.

[Cody Rhodes]

Because I'm letting you know.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Trying to.

[Cody Rhodes]

And then when it's over. Big sunburnt shorts, Tommy. Bahamas shirt. Flip flops. Probably my American nightmare, flip flops. Swollen feet. Just a perpetual sunburn, too. Like what you would expect of a Georgia you found out with the White Lotus, what Southern frat boys families look like.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That Vibe.

[Cody Rhodes]

That vibe. But big.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I was gonna ask you, what is Something that I wear that you're just like, God, what is that?

[Cody Rhodes]

You wear it every night.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What is it?

[Cody Rhodes]

It's that nightgown.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What?

[Cody Rhodes]

You wear a nightgown that at one point was silk and probably very nice.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't have a nightgown because.

[Cody Rhodes]

Because there's several different people who are washing clothes in the house. It looks like now you've run through a barbed wire fence with that nightgown.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't have. I have one nightgown, but I don't wear it all the time. No, I usually wear, like, my little sets. The little short.

[Cody Rhodes]

The stuff you match with Libby.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, the matching.

[Cody Rhodes]

We should talk about Libby, by the way.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay, well, now I know you don't like that outfit.

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, it's.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Throw it in the garbage.

[Cody Rhodes]

There's nothing you wear out there that's like, oh, that's. I feel like you're always stunning. The red coat is very similar to Dusty on WCW Saturday Night, which, by the way, this is something for. For fans out there of the pod, if you know of a wwe. I guess my dad used to wear this red leather coat that had, I want to say, faux gator. Maybe it was real gator on the shoulders. This jacket's missing.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

And a lot of his items were missing. He sold a lot of things off. We've talked about that. Pawned a lot of things. But this one, I think someone in the family has. And if you are that person, maybe. Maybe Dustin, if you were that person, I think you need to come clean and we need to find out, because I've been looking for this jacket. Your jacket reminded me of it today.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Thank you.

[Cody Rhodes]

It was a classic look he had.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, can we talk about Buck?

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, let's talk about Buck.

[Brandi Rhodes]

So I don't get in my husband's car a lot because it's not in pristine condition on the inside, for the most part, but.

[Cody Rhodes]

How dare you?

[Brandi Rhodes]

He had parked it. I know, I know. How dare you? You get a nice car and mess it up.

[Cody Rhodes]

It's rough.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He had parked the car directly in my path of exiting the garage, which. What everybody does. Which is wonderful, you know, so nice that people think of me. And I just said, I'm just gonna move it.

[Cody Rhodes]

Move that thing.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Rather than fuss at him. Send a text, you know, get it out of the way. I gotta go. I'm just gonna move it. So I hopped in the car and I nearly tore my ACL instantly, because I hopped right back out because there were eyes looking at me from the backseat and turned Straight. Like it literally, if I turned around, right here, sitting upright, was the head of a deer. So I jumped out the car because I didn't know what was happening. And then I peeked back in and I was like, that's a damn deer head in the backseat. We're not these people. You don't have any yet. We're not these people. So I was just confused. I went in the house and I was like, what is that?

[Cody Rhodes]

So you met Buck. Buck is a deer. As hunters do.

[Brandi Rhodes]

They hunt.

[Cody Rhodes]

I went hunting one time, and it was probably one of the worst moments for my manhood that ever could have existed. In a sense. Not only did I miss a deer that was about 20 yards from me with a scope, I dropped the rifle. And that's terrifying enough. The big secret. And you know this cause you've been at a lot of family dinners. My dad loved to hunt. He didn't love to hunt. He loved to sit out in the woods. That's what he loved to do. He didn't want to be around anybody. He had to figure out what he was going to do next. He had his own deer stand that had a special staircase. There's still a plaque at the bottom of it. It was also right by the highway. So not a spot. A lot of the deers are going to migrate to during deer season. He liked to sit there. That was his spot. But Buck is the long. I have to be careful with how because my sister would has opinions on Buck. Buck is the last deer he got.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, he's in your car right now. I have to about that.

[Cody Rhodes]

We're talking about the jacket. My family's the worst at. Hey, who's got this? Who's got that? The Pinellas county sheriff badge that I wanted. Somebody else has got that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Let me go record and let you know. I organized all the dusty stuff. I hired people to come in. We sorted through everything. Well, okay. I. I organized it.

[Cody Rhodes]

What A new money.

[Brandi Rhodes]

By hiring people.

[Cody Rhodes]

I. Hi. I did it all. I hired a bunch of people.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Let me say something off the cuff that's unrelated to anything. I don't even know where the hell I'm looking. I'm just. Just hitting all the cameras. There we go. Hey, guys. Hi. Service announcement.

[Cody Rhodes]

Psa.

[Brandi Rhodes]

If you don't know how to organize things, don't organize them. Don't say you're going to organize them. Don't organize things. I have had people come into my life and tell me they're going to organize stuff, and I don't know what we're allowed to say on this show, but they just throw shit in the garbage can. Organizing is a skill. It's a trade. It's a professional thing you can do. That's why you can hire people to organize. If you don't know how to organize, hire somebody that does know how. Don't play games with that. I do not know how to organize. So when I took on the task of, hey, I'm going to organize the family heirlooms, all the stuff, I hired a pro, let him show me the ropes. I just keep them nice how they are supposed to be. And I know you've been down there. I know it. I saw you walking down there. I'm about to go look at it.

[Cody Rhodes]

Go ahead.

[Brandi Rhodes]

If anything's messed up, I haven't touched anything.

[Cody Rhodes]

If anything's a matter, it's my stuff. There's an irony in you saying that you organized and knowing that you wake up every day and have woken up every day since I've been.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And don't make the bed.

[Cody Rhodes]

And don't make the bed.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's just not for me.

[Cody Rhodes]

Let me trade a PSA for a psa. If you. If you want to start the day right and you want to start the day with an accomplishment, a sense of accomplishment, knowing that that goal is done and you can move to the next goal. Make your bed. Make your bed. I make.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Or you can just get started, hit the. Hit the floor. Feet hit the floor and start moving. You sit around, piddling around, making a bed. What could you have done in that period of time? I got a child dressed. I got dogs outside. I got breakfast happening. I got phone conversations.

[Cody Rhodes]

Shamed me this morning over breakfast, by the way.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, y. Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

Told me to make a waffle for Libby.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Make a waffle every morning. She don't want just a waffle on a blank plate. A black plate at that. Just a waffle. Sit in the middle of a black plate, look like doom. The kid walked up and she was like. I said, you didn't.

[Cody Rhodes]

She did say, that's us. Yeah, yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

No syrup. Fruit garnish. You know, she likes a little whipped cream. I put sprinkles sometimes, like. Yeah, you missed.

[Cody Rhodes]

I did. That was kind of a recurring thing in our marriage where I will admit to a thing I did not do. Correct. And then you will not ever admit to a thing that you had.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Like, what's something I done wrong lately?

[Cody Rhodes]

Oh, man. I don't feel you've done anything wrong lately. Have you done. Have you done something?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, I'm Sure. I've just.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay, I got. I got. I got you one. Cheers. Cheers to this.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay.

[Cody Rhodes]

This is a thing that you've done wrong lately. You can put them together since you're kind of afraid that fragile over there.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm kind of afraid of something falling out.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, we're not on this show. You know what I'm saying? You know?

[Brandi Rhodes]

All right, what'd I do? What'd I do?

[Cody Rhodes]

You are really big. So this is something that the.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm really big.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, this is something the wrestling audience does not know about me, and this will be the first time they hear it. I do not believe in the words. I do not believe in the phrase, you're welcome. I don't like it. If you do something, you just do it. You don't do it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And then someone says to you, thank you, and you just look at them.

[Cody Rhodes]

And go, do you know what I say? I don't go like that. I say, thank you.

[Brandi Rhodes]

No, that's what you do.

[Cody Rhodes]

You go, no, I say, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I don't believe in the words, you're welcome because I don't believe you do something for the pat on the back, for the gratitude.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. We have this all the time discussion a lot about a lot of things.

[Cody Rhodes]

So I don't believe in the phrase, if you say thank you to me, I'll say thank you. Anyways, Brandi has now got a list of people that she's been hitting up on the sly. And I know this because they've been texting me on the sideline.

[Brandi Rhodes]

No, no, no, no.

[Cody Rhodes]

She's been hitting up.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Not real.

[Cody Rhodes]

Basically telling them to thank me for their WrestleMania experience because I rolled out the red carpet, people got a box, catered it, did a big dinner, all this. And she's. She's. That's something that I think, Brandy, you're just gonna have to live with the fact that we do nice things for the simple reason that we do nice things. If I do something nice, I don't need to. I don't need to be thanked for it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

So here's where, you know, I met this head on. I said to him. I brought it up, and now he's airing my dirty laundry here. But I said, you know, something that I need to work on, because everything's. You know, your upbringing, how you're raised, all the things, and then you come together with a bunch of other people. They're all raised different. You bump heads on things. That's what happens with humans. All day long. I have A problem with doing things that are nice and then not feeling appreciated about them.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, that's a problem.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's not all the time. It's like once. It's maybe like when we get to the 10th one, that's when like something goes off in my brain and I'm like feeling used.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Feeling a little used. Feeling a little abused. So I told you I would like to find a healthy way to move out of this feeling that I have. You know what I mean? And then you decided to come on this show and just say that it's a personal flaw of mine. So thanks.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't know if it's a personal flaw. Here, hit me back, hit me, hit.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Me back and I'll tell you what your flaw is. I'll tell you what it is right now.

[Cody Rhodes]

I'm right on.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm so happy, man. When you have a little human and they start to just do everything that you do that you like, that you do. Oh, it's beautiful. Okay. I have known this man for 12 years now.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's right.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, starting 12 years ago, he stomps around the house like a freaking T. Rex. It's a T. Rex though. It's like doom, doom. Things are shaking this glass.

[Cody Rhodes]

Let him know you're coming, baby.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Walking through the house like that all day every day.

[Cody Rhodes]

Let him know.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And I have big dog in the house. Like I said, you're going to problem or something with the way that you're doing this. You're going to have problems like I don't know what, what the long term, you know, wear and tear is from.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, it's a hard, it's hardwood floor.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. Nanny one time, this older lady and she was just like, he was walking around one day and she said, I ain't never heard nobody walking like that before.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's a good run.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And I said, yeah, that's crazy, right? Like it's been going on forever. Finally Libby has noticed it and she hates it. So she's, we'll be in her room and we just hear him boom, boom, boom. And she's like stomping again. And then he comes in the room, she goes, why are you stomping again? You gotta stop stomping just for your own help.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't like the way you've delivered your point. But if Libby says it, then I'll fix it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, she's been saying it for about a week now.

[Cody Rhodes]

I know, I know, but Libby is, I, I'm working for Libby. So if Libby don't like It.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He's stomping, man. She picked that up on her own. I never said anything to her about it because my hope was that she didn't hear it, because he stomps around while she's asleep, and I'm afraid he's gonna wake her up. And then another thing that you did.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay, one was good.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's the opening the door. Okay. If you close the door, this drives me crazy. And this is where I turn into Baby Billy on Righteous Gemstones, where he has a problem with the nanny. I haven't watched the whole season, so I don't know how aligned I am with baby Billy in the nanny situation, but I get mad about stuff with nannies a lot. And we had a nanny that couldn't get the baby when she was a baby, when she was an infant, couldn't get her to go to sleep. So she'd be in the room and she'd be shushing, Shh, shh, shh. And, you know, all the things. And everybody's quiet as a mouse, you know? Then she finally put the baby down, and then she'd come out the room, boom. Slammed the door. And then she'd be like. She was British, so she'd be like, I don't know why I can't get the baby to sleep. And I'd be like, because you're slamming the door. If I. If I'm sleeping, you slam the door. I'mma wake up, too. Come on, woman. Just close. Just turn the knob slowly. Close the door. The four times the other night that you went in that room, because I was feeling under the weather, so appreciate you.

[Cody Rhodes]

There you go. Just so you know, but there's four.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Times when they call me in the.

[Cody Rhodes]

Room, they call me in the pinch.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Slammed the door every time he left. And then she woke up again. I'm like, so stop slamming the door.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't know if you want to liken yourself to the Righteous Gemstones Baby Billy character in his just with the.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Nanny situation, even that there was a perfect one. I saw the episode the other night where he said, where's the nanny? And his wife said, oh, she's changing. And he said, changing? We're not paying her to do fashion shows. I feel like sometimes I can't find our nanny. And I'm like, where is she? And then she comes up and, you know, she got a whole, like, get up on, like, she's going to Coachella. And I'm like, what are you doing? Who's this outfit for?

[Cody Rhodes]

You ever been to Coachella?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm not looking for you know what I'm saying?

[Cody Rhodes]

You been to Coachella?

[Brandi Rhodes]

No. I see a lot of things on Instagram.

[Cody Rhodes]

We don't go anywhere like that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm in my 40s. I just live on Instagram now. On the Grammy Instagram, you know, what's.

[Cody Rhodes]

Something you see on there that I saw? The Met Gala stuff.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Nope. I'm not even there.

[Cody Rhodes]

You're not interested in that? Too old Sabrina Carpenter was kind of dressed up like me.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Saying Sabrina Carpenter a lot. Is that like your girl right now?

[Cody Rhodes]

No, she was dressed in that burgundy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I think Sabrina Carpenter a lot.

[Cody Rhodes]

I think Sabrina Carpenter is a very talented artist. We'd love to have her on the pod. Love to have her on the pod.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Let me be here when Sabrina's on the pod.

[Cody Rhodes]

Why would you be? Well, you're already shaming probably a nice young lady now's not gonna come on and enjoy this. Great.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm not. But, you know, marrying Sabrina park or see age.

[Cody Rhodes]

Also, if she ends up playing. If she ends up playing Rapunzel, you wouldn't be first in line.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You were the one. That's where I started saying, wait a minute, what's going on here?

[Cody Rhodes]

I'm trying to get a role as Pascal.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He's trying to get her to be Rapunzel in the live action. Rapunzel.

[Cody Rhodes]

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[Brandi Rhodes]

Early stage was my brother was very, very into wwe.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, it was his fate.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We got it. I think I want to say either Macho man or Ultimate Royer.

[Cody Rhodes]

Royer, Roryer.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I tried to slide through that. It didn't work.

[Cody Rhodes]

All right, so Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man. Great picks.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And something happened. There was some pay per view that we watched and then my brother got mad and started crying and throwing stuff. And then it got banned. Yeah, got banned. So then we didn't get back into wrestling again until I got into wrestling. And then my dad became a super fan and now my dad is a little bit of a situation.

[Cody Rhodes]

So you know how hard it is to do heat in 2025 considering your brother got probably very upset at the ending of a pay per view, got beat up by a big old bad guy, big heel, whatever it was. And today it's even harder. So you saw Jason's pain shout out to Jason for his hero.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, he was pretty upset about it. And then my family's like, that's it.

[Cody Rhodes]

I got a good Macho man story. That's not actually about Macho Man. It's more about a low point in my life where I. Well, not too low. Rhodes Scholars, period. I don't even know when it is. Don't worry about that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Briefcase in.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't want to connect anyone to this.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Where'd you guys throw the briefcase in? The.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's different. Anyway, there was a wrestler who was doing a macho man impersonation, which every wrestler ever. That's really important that we don't name names here. And I'm thinking every human being ever who's ever turned a television on knows that it's ooh, yeah and not oh, yeah, oh, yeah is the Kool Aid. If the Kool Aid man comes flying through this door right here and makes Kyle make him an American mule, he's gonna say, oh, yeah, Kyle. He's not gonna go, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Macho. Anyways, so dude grabs me and the people are into this bit. They're into this act and looks at one side of the crowd and says, oh, yeah. That's weird. Then he turns the other side and he does it all four sides. So the wrestling historian in me is crushed that a people are responding to this. They like this. And that's not. He said, oh, yeah. The only person who might have said oh, yeah ever is Elizabeth when she accepts the proposal. Yeah, that's maybe. Come on, guys.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Are we allowed to talk about wrestling?

[Cody Rhodes]

We're allowed to talk about anything here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

One of my favorite moments ever was getting to play Jay Lethal's faux Elizabeth classic in a match when he was. What is he called?

[Cody Rhodes]

You're at the original all in, of course. Yeah. And Jay Lethal does one of the greater macho man impersonations of all time. And Rick Foyer, you know who else.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Was at the original all in?

[Cody Rhodes]

Who?

[Brandi Rhodes]

John Mayer, who's in the front row.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay. And I almost caused that not to be the case.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. Because we didn't believe that it was actually John Mayer until, like, I was like, walking around the front and then.

[Cody Rhodes]

I was like, well, first off, John Mayer, that we're talking about how I'm gonna age this awful look. I'm gonna have. That guy is going. He's going your direction. He is.

[Brandi Rhodes]

How's he doing? He's there.

[Cody Rhodes]

He's a good looking guy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You know who. Okay. You know who for a while was on that aging just beautifully. And I haven't seen them in a really long time.

[Cody Rhodes]

Roman. No.

[Brandi Rhodes]

How old is he? I don't know how old he is. I'm not saying the room in the room.

[Cody Rhodes]

Boy look good. Boy look good. Where I was going, maybe not.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Where I was going was. Well, let's say this, Roman's Vanity Fair spread. Very tasteful. I enjoyed that side of Roman.

[Cody Rhodes]

Good. What were you saying next, though?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Uncle Jesse. What's his name?

[Cody Rhodes]

John Stamos. John Stamos, America's uncle.

[Brandi Rhodes]

How's he doing? Cause he was looking real nice.

[Cody Rhodes]

Why are you asking me? Hey, you, pop culture.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't be paying attention to nothing until it hits.

[Cody Rhodes]

I think John Stamos is probably looking pretty great these days.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I heard Ricky Martin is looking really nice.

[Cody Rhodes]

Long story short, the original, original all in show. Before an alternative.

[Brandi Rhodes]

John Mayer was looking nice.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yes, before an alternative promotion for any of this. Let me just.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He liked Chelsea.

[Cody Rhodes]

He did. He did like. Yes, he did like Chelsea Green.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Chelsea Green. He was looking at her.

[Cody Rhodes]

Anyways, I got an email.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Her husband, like, hey, boy, you might.

[Cody Rhodes]

Want to get here. Yeah, if John Mayer wants it, you know. Oh, my God. I almost started saying, your body is a wonderland. Okay. Anyways, why didn't you. Heartbreak War president. I mean, these are the hits. We're not doing the B sides with John. Anyways, I get an email.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Play the hit.

[Cody Rhodes]

Play the hits. I get an email at 3am from John Mayer's manager. There's a bachelor party they want to attend. All in the original all in, which has been very, very sold out. Like, fire code sold out. And at that point, I just thought it was a rib. A good wrestling ribbon. And then at 9am When I left the hotel room, I was greeted by someone right at the door saying to me, hey, did you deny John Mayer tickets? And I did not. Is John Mayer really coming? And apparently there was a bachelor party or. Yeah, it was a bachelor party, and we set him in the middle of the aisle. So as I am wrestling Smackdown general manager Nick Aldis, I looked into the aisle where you can clearly see where people walk. Walk. Wait. Then there's just John Mayer, who's sitting right in the middle. So no one could walk by him. If there was a fire, it would have been a bad situation. But he. That was a. That was a really fun, Fun. Get it. Took some photos afterwards.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Can I say that Nick Aldis hit me with the cleanest elbow in history.

[Cody Rhodes]

Nick Aldis is really good, huh?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Very concerned about it. And it was probably so when we. The nicest thing that's ever happened.

[Cody Rhodes]

Pro's pro. And we're not gonna get too far into it. But when we, you know, left the alternative promotion, we were also slightly rewritten how our. How we portrayed. Very Dark Knight esque.

[Brandi Rhodes]

No, Believe it all for me. Let the darkness in.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay, so yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Enhances my beauty. I like the wicked stuff.

[Cody Rhodes]

But I thought Nick was such a fun experience because all in. That was the loudest the arena got that night. And I don't think we were the match that was meant to get them that lo. I remember having a sense of just competitive pride, not ego, not mad at anybody, that we were the ones who got to steal the show on a show we weren't supposed to steal.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Another fun fact about that show hit me with. Stephen Amell's wife ordered a replica from Sandra of my outfit from that night. For what? I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

[Cody Rhodes]

They got two beautiful kids, you know what I'm saying?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Because it was a very serious, scantily clad. But I remember Steven trying to buy that, for which I said, steven, I'm black, Cass is white.

[Cody Rhodes]

I didn't notice.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What. What's she gonna do with that black skin tone outfit?

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And he was like, I don't know. So I was like, let's just hook you up with Sandra. You get your own maid.

[Cody Rhodes]

I like to say that Wheatley and I, we make the American Dream Team. So now the time has come for me to ask you who makes up your American Dream Team?

[Brandi Rhodes]

How many spots are on?

[Cody Rhodes]

We have had a. We've had animals. We've had a SOCCE team. We really have. You can.

[Brandi Rhodes]

So this is. Is this like my team that I'm taking with me? Zombie Apocalypse.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, I think Zombie Apocalypse is a great, great way to look at it. I look at it as a War games team, but I like Zombie Apocalypse.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, War Games. Okay, that's a little easier.

[Cody Rhodes]

So who's. Who's on your team?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, Libby's always on my team because she gonna beat up anybody that says anything about me or even looks at.

[Cody Rhodes]

Me funny, including myself.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Baby Billy. Baby Billy's on my team. He's got an angle for everything.

[Cody Rhodes]

He'll start the fictional character from the TV series.

[Brandi Rhodes]

The righteous gemstones that will survive no matter.

[Cody Rhodes]

Baby Billy. Liberty Iris. Baby Billy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Iris. Baby Billy. Michelle Kwan. Oh, Michelle Kwan.

[Cody Rhodes]

Figure skating royalty.

[Brandi Rhodes]

She is now. What is she? She's a political figure in Belize now. So from figure skating royalty to Belize royalty now.

[Cody Rhodes]

Belize royalty. Yep.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Who else would be on my. I don't know if this is going.

[Cody Rhodes]

To work, if it's another ip.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's not an ip.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay.

[Brandi Rhodes]

But it's a controversial character.

[Cody Rhodes]

Oh, we like controversy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

My manager is who I would take.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's not that controversial, actually.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That boy gets everything done. Hey, I need a helicopter to take me to a rainforest. Drop me in the center. I need a photo shoot there with, like, this photographer and this, you know, makeup artist and that. And then I need that same helicopter to pick me up. I need a ladder to drop down for me to come back up. That helicopter needs to take me to space next.

[Cody Rhodes]

Nice.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He gonna figure it out.

[Cody Rhodes]

Like Katy Perry. She went to space.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I heard about it. I don't know what's going on with all that.

[Cody Rhodes]

It's dope. Katy Perry's great. And people who are shaming it are weird. Let her go, space.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't. I don't. Yeah. I don't get into.

[Cody Rhodes]

Why are we.

[Brandi Rhodes]

The weirdness.

[Cody Rhodes]

I'm gonna be straight. Why are people mad at Katy Perry anyway? She's awesome. What has Katy Perry done that's like. Ah, We're. We're.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Apparently. She went to space.

[Cody Rhodes]

She went to space, y' all. We're trying to get to space. The planet's falling apart. Let these people get to space. So you've got Liberty, Baby Billy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Baby Billy.

[Cody Rhodes]

Your manager.

[Brandi Rhodes]

My manager? Yeah. Wait, I feel like I got one more, Michelle.

[Cody Rhodes]

And then round it out, get us one more.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Give me Morgan Freeman. He's just my favorite actor. He'll just. He's got a great voice.

[Cody Rhodes]

I was sitting right here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I didn't think I could take you. You said you're with Wheatley. To be fair, that's your dream team. To be fair, I wasn't in the Wheatley Dream team. Why has everything gotta be about you?

[Cody Rhodes]

I've never done my dream team.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You know what you should do? Let's see your dream team.

[Cody Rhodes]

You wanna see my dream team?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I wanna be in it. I'm not asking for a position.

[Cody Rhodes]

My Wheatley American Vodka Dream Team is obviously.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Don't say that. Old dog.

[Cody Rhodes]

First and foremost, my old dog, Pharaoh. Oh, he's in there. So I'm gonna go. Then there's me. So there's. We're gonna get five out of this. There's two.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You're gonna take yourself.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's my. It's my team. I'm trying to make a team of five. Since everyone makes this game so ridiculous, I'm gonna make a team of five. Me, Pharaoh, my father, my brother, who I love and do not dote on enough. But that's my brother. I need one more.

[Brandi Rhodes]

If it's all men and it's all family men, you might as well take Kellen.

[Cody Rhodes]

Then I'd skip Kevin.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's okay. Kevin understands. He gets skipped on all the Film stuff. Everything we've ever filmed. Poor Kevin. Nicest guy ever.

[Cody Rhodes]

Pharaoh. He gets Dusty, Dustin, Cody, Randy Orton. And I think when Kellen's of age, Kellen could.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Can I do this again? But with wrestlers that I would actually.

[Cody Rhodes]

No. Yours was a great answer. And the clock, the time is money.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay. I would take myself. This is for me to do as little work as possible. So me. Becky Lynch.

[Cody Rhodes]

Solid.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Sensational. Sheri, she's just crazy.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, the best.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Rhea Ripley.

[Cody Rhodes]

Again, Solid.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Crazy. Piper Niven. Because if you ever take a Vader bomb from that girl, you're not getting up.

[Cody Rhodes]

I took one.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yep. You barely got up.

[Cody Rhodes]

I did. That was an independent show. We do like her, though. That's a great team.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's my team.

[Cody Rhodes]

What a great team. Taking them, I'll use. Mr. Heyman always starts things that he knows could be tricky. He starts things with this idea or this question, has permission to suck. And then he'll present something that doesn't suck at all.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He said at the hall of Fame two years ago. Amazing.

[Cody Rhodes]

Kept us all. Gave us all life. What do you think about the Cody Raheem Rhodes things that you might see online or every now and then in the crowd?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't think anything about him. I see it all the time and just. It's whatever. Like some people think it's funny. That's fine. It ain't hurting nobody.

[Cody Rhodes]

Does it offend? Does it offend you?

[Brandi Rhodes]

No, it's just silly. Like people just being silly.

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, let's. Let me. If I was to ask the same question. Your parents, my in laws. The incredible Otis. Incredible. Beloved by everyone who meets him. He's. You can't miss him because he's shady. Can't miss him because he's wearing an American Nightmare hat.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Super shady.

[Cody Rhodes]

He is fanatics number one behind my.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Back to our manager to get whatever he wants.

[Cody Rhodes]

And he does because he's parents.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I know this about you, dad.

[Cody Rhodes]

Dogs get whatever they want. That's how it's supposed to be. But Jill, your wonderful mother, who we.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Love, we're not even gonna get.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, but what do you think they think about stuff?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't think they know about it, to be honest.

[Cody Rhodes]

I think your dad knows about everything. He knows we're filming this right now. Probably read it on the old.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Probably down the street, the old dirt sheets, you know. I don't think they think anything of it. I don't think they care. It's like you choose what you have time to care about. That's not on my List.

[Cody Rhodes]

Do you know who made a really good tag team? This is not to switch to a somber tone, but your dad and my dad at the wedding was.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, I thought you were going for real tag team.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, they could have been a real tag team, though. But your dad, I always found that I loved here. I come from show business. I come from Carney. I come from pro wrestling. And then I meet your dad, who's a military man who's worked for Ford consistently for years.

[Brandi Rhodes]

If you inserted him in pro wrestling, he'd succeed like nobody's business. Yeah, Shady. Just. Why are you behind you.

[Cody Rhodes]

Why are you going so hard at.

[Brandi Rhodes]

The term that we use is Carney. Yeah, my dad. But he's good at it. He's good at it.

[Cody Rhodes]

Don't you think at a certain point, though, parents get what they want. They raised you. It's their turn.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kinda.

[Cody Rhodes]

Kinda.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. Like, we don't do the Mimi, like, candy stuff. That's not okay. Okay. So Mimi her what she wants to get. And this Mimi is as Mama Rhodes.

[Cody Rhodes]

Mama Rhodes.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That. I am not Mama Rhodes. By the way, friends, Mama Rhodes is Mimi. I'm Brandi Rhodes. I'm still able to be that. Please don't make me Mama Rhodes. Okay. Because when she said something in the media the other day, like a while ago before WrestleMania.

[Cody Rhodes]

Oh, when my mom was unauthorized.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. Not knowing what she was.

[Cody Rhodes]

And put out a note. John Cena was an.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

Don't interview old.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I didn't say that.

[Cody Rhodes]

If you're a journalist. If you're a journalist, you don't interview old people. That's not fair to them.

[Brandi Rhodes]

She didn't even know she was. Yeah, it was a whole thing. She cried about it, actually. So that's why you shouldn't do that.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay.

[Cody Rhodes]

Anyway, Bill's a hundred years old, too.

[Brandi Rhodes]

But Mimi shout out to Bill, Mama Rhodes. Mimi. She thinks she can skate on the rules of our parenting strategies.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. Every.

[Brandi Rhodes]

If you do that, the rule is the kid can't get sick. At Libby's birthday, her and the aunts and everybody gave her so much cotton candy, she ended up puking that night. So there's a reason that I don't want candy thrown in my child's mouth the moment you walk in. But Mimi still, to this day, I mean, it's been, what, kids? Almost four. It's been four years of me fighting Mimi. We got into the box at WrestleMania immediately. Mimi grabbed Libby by the hand, took her down to the front of the box. I see her getting Something out of her pocket. M and Ms. Instantly I was like, hey, hey, hey. No, no, come back. No MM's. You gotta. We gotta eat food.

[Cody Rhodes]

Libby's smart.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Actual food.

[Cody Rhodes]

I always tell people, I'm like, Libby's, you know, smart like her mama, beautiful like her papa. Oh, you know, always, always, always, always tell people that. All right, how do you think, who do you think Libby takes that for the most? You or me?

[Brandi Rhodes]

When it comes to, when it comes to qualities like telling fibs.

[Cody Rhodes]

A Libby lie.

[Brandi Rhodes]

A Libby lie. Yeah, there are the Libby lies. But you can get to the read of a Libby lie really quick. I just tell her something that I learned from one of my Instagram parenting people. I can't think of anybody's name right now. It like, must be.

[Cody Rhodes]

It's quite all right. Usually when you say someone's name, we have to double check it, source it and then.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Do you know these people?

[Cody Rhodes]

No, no, you don't need the name. Don't do the old. You're doing the old, old people story thing. So I had a dog, I think it was in 1990, 94, 90, 91, 96. Anyways, we were in Flor. Just tell me the story.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, that's what happens.

[Cody Rhodes]

Tell me the story.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It starts happening 40, boom.

[Cody Rhodes]

Weird things happening. You're looking good for 40.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I got to look good cuz I'm in my mind what's going to happen.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't think you really had one in terms of like you were already kind of. I think Libby has my sensitivity. Oh, and I think Libby has your child.

[Brandi Rhodes]

She. Yeah, well, it's a little bit of a lot, but she is very sensitive like you. She fake cries. Like if she doesn't want to fake cry.

[Cody Rhodes]

I'm not fake crying.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, I don't know if you fake cry. I think you real cry. But like her emotions, they swim right on the surface and they just fester and you know, peak very quickly. And I don't understand that stuff because it's just not the way that I am. It's like we've hit a level 10 hurricane for tears to start dropping over here. So like for them it's like you know, two, they're well enough. And I'm like, oh shoot, man, I.

[Cody Rhodes]

Gotta, you know, we should insert right here. Libby on apple picking day. She's shot by a fly on her face as she's screaming at us.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh man, we're in like north Georgia and like a varnish farmish area. And she was just kind of reaching her peak. Let him see it pretty great.

[Cody Rhodes]

You're doing what I'm doing.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I was trying to get a picture with her. So we're standing next to, like, some, you know, like, picture of a pig or whatever. And, you know, I'm trying to get her excited about the picture. I'm like, what are we gonna do? We gonna do a peace sign? We've put our hands on her hip, and I'm like, really trying here to mom. This fly hits her right in the face, which I didn't see that, but the footage reveals that later. She gets hit by the face of the fly, and she goes. And then I go, like, let's do this. And then she goes, we're gonna do what I'm doing. And then I look at the camera like an idiot. And then it stops. But I was like, jesus, kid, relax.

[Cody Rhodes]

I got a good wrestling story about Libert Runnels. You know where I'm going with. And the world. World will appreciate it. It's perfect for. What do you want to talk about again? These drinks brought to you by Wheatley American Vodka.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What do you want to talk about?

[Cody Rhodes]

What do you want to talk about? So the final boss, the Rock, tells us, hey, I want you guys to come to the Moana 2 Premiere.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, gosh. And there's a second story.

[Cody Rhodes]

I. I jumped to the Y. Oh, do you have to be at Smackdown Salt Lake? Yep, I do. But let's find a way to make it work. Put us on a golf stream. Really? Really. Kind of put his wang on the table. Let us know. Let us. Let us know. Let us know that he is.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm the final boss.

[Cody Rhodes]

He is the final boss. Put us on an amazing Gulf Stream, fully catered with Moana themed desserts.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We know everything about that. This is what we say, though, like, right. Sorry to interrupt. The moment that I saw him, the first word out of my mouth was, thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

[Cody Rhodes]

Did he say. I mean, it's right there.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You're welcome.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. Anyway, so he brings us out to Hawaii for the premiere, and the premiere is done. It is the best premiere I've ever been to in terms of. It wasn't the traditional here's the carpet press element, then you move on.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's wonderful.

[Cody Rhodes]

Maybe you go watch movie, maybe not. This was for families. So many sponsored things. Craft. Mickey and Minnie are there.

[Brandi Rhodes]

The tattoos.

[Cody Rhodes]

The red carpet is not even really a red carpet. We were one of three people who walked it, which Libby said right away, no photos. So, okay, we did it. But Rock goes On stage to present the movie.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, she was starting to act a little fussy yesterday.

[Cody Rhodes]

She was.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It had been long, and she didn't know what was happening.

[Cody Rhodes]

And, you know, never sat through a full movie.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. So she started fussing a little bit, and people were trying to say hi to her.

[Cody Rhodes]

She's also the only child there who did not wear the Moana outfit. She decided to go in full elsa.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yes. Yeah.

[Cody Rhodes]

So full Elsa for the burning Hot Moana 2 outdoor premiere. And she's sitting there, and I said, hey, do you want to say hi to Maui? You want to talk to Maui? I know Maui. This is a pretty big get. He also is sitting right behind me, which guaranteed that I couldn't leave early if I didn't like the movie. So he's sitting, which I wasn't planning on it. It's a great movie, but it's a great movie anyway. So she says, no, I don't want to talk to anyone. Anyone. She's not really paying attention to what's going on stage. And then she realizes that's a big deal. Look at all these people. Oh, they're wanting to shake his hand. They're wanting to take pictures with him. And he slinks in his seat, all 800 pounds jacked up, gets in his seat behind us. And as he does it, my daughter, who is only not even four yet, turns around and waves.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And she welcomed him in for a hug. Full smile. It was like.

[Cody Rhodes]

It was jarring.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, it was.

[Cody Rhodes]

To see.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It was like that.

[Cody Rhodes]

She has the corny bone.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It was like, what it took me from, like, 18 to 25 to garner. She has it all.

[Cody Rhodes]

She had it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

She gets it.

[Cody Rhodes]

So she did it at Wrestlemania. She don't want to. It's allowed, kids. It's allowed. There's stuff blowing up. When I walked out there, she looked at me as if I was the greatest thing ever. That is not how Libby looks at me on a daily basis. I'm the guy stomping, I made the waffle wrong. Whatever. But, yeah, that was a. That was a really. A real big moment with the final boss. I noticed as we were talking here, you're checking your cleavage out there. You're really concerned about this dress.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Dude, I've never worn it before.

[Cody Rhodes]

Can I ask you a question? Long. A question that I should probably. Should ask you a long time ago.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What's up?

[Cody Rhodes]

What's the point of having the. The big old. The Tig olds if you're not putting them out there, right?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, you know, I'll tell you what.

[Cody Rhodes]

The point of it is. Tell me the point. I want to know.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't have a story here. All right? This is all these weird things happen in my life. I love doing stuff like this because this is the only time people get to hear all this bullshit that happens. So we go to Disney every 12 seconds. Like, if you're on social media and people are like, do you live there? Pretty much. I'm there all the time. Like, give me, Give me two free days for any reason, and I'm there. I love it. I'm a Disney adult. It's not a kid thing for me. I was that way before she was even born. She just got lucky, y' all. Like, that's just me, but solid. We are at Disney. We're at.

[Cody Rhodes]

Just so you know, I asked you a question about your birthday. Yes.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We're now shifting 40. It takes me a minute to get around.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Okay. So we're having dinner with Chelsea Green.

[Cody Rhodes]

And my good friend Neil Patrick Harris.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Cardona. Yes. But then we see Neil Patrick Harris walk by with his husband. They're like, oh, my gosh. NPH. NPH. At first, of course, because, you know, I'm 40. I'm like, who's NPH?

[Cody Rhodes]

I do need to tell you, I, I, we're not good friends. I, I say that because the photo looks like we're really cool.

[Brandi Rhodes]

But here's the thing.

[Cody Rhodes]

I hope one day, maybe that's the real deal.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We have a situation where, you know, we have the guy who at the time was managing California Grill. He's cool with us. He's cool with them. He makes the intro.

[Cody Rhodes]

This is still about your boobs.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's still about boobs. Okay, 100. They come over, and we're chatting. We're having a good time. We're drinking, we're taking pictures. We're having a great time. I'm having a whole conversation with Neil and his husband. We're just going on and on. I discover I grew up in the same neighborhood as his husband.

[Cody Rhodes]

Like, injured spirits, right?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Wonderful time. They exit. We're like, I think that went well. Chelsea Green is like, man, they were just talking to you, Brandi. You know, you guys were having this, like, I couldn't even, like, get in there. And, you know, you guys are just having this great conversation. I said, do you want to know why? And I looked at her chest with both of my eyes, and I said, that is why too much was going on. It's a lot, man. It's a lot. Like, I Am afraid to look at your chest right now.

[Cody Rhodes]

I got it. That's why you're not. You're not going to do that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Chelsea likes to walk on the wild side. She's young, you know, she's not a mom yet.

[Cody Rhodes]

Chelsea's what we call a ceiling looker.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yes.

[Cody Rhodes]

So when I walk, by the way.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I do that to her. And I'm a woman.

[Cody Rhodes]

If you're dressed in, you know, scantily clad or just not a lot of clothing, which often wrestlers are not. If I feel the most negative, do a lot of, like, hello, and I'll look at the ceiling like a half of.

[Brandi Rhodes]

She's the. Who's more naked than Chelsea ever.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't know why you're shaming hard here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Shaming hard. She's beautiful and comfortable.

[Cody Rhodes]

More naked than Chelsea.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Always be your naked self.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, no, no, no, no, no. The men are far. The men. That little. That little. The boy, Angelo Garza. He got trunks tighter than mine in 2008. He running. He's more naked than.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm saying. She. Well, we were at NXT one time, and we were watching.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, don't bring show.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We were watching a man.

[Cody Rhodes]

I could see his whole penis.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's what she said. Loud. Loud as hell.

[Cody Rhodes]

I can see his whole penis.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I mean, I had to be like, hey, wait, come on. Now.

[Cody Rhodes]

This segment is brought to you by Fanatics. What is your Mount Rushmore of sports jerseys, including WWE gear that means the most to you?

[Brandi Rhodes]

All right, I'm gonna go very Detroit on this from the Red Wings Steve Iserman jersey.

[Cody Rhodes]

Don't love. There's a guy you've never talked to me about there.

[Brandi Rhodes]

All right, not probably a high on a lot of people's list, but I'm gonna say Detroit Tigers jersey, Randall Simon.

[Cody Rhodes]

Okay. Another one.

[Brandi Rhodes]

We'll go with a wrestling one. Yeah, I'm definitely gonna do. Let's go. Let's get Dusty's red jacket. Let's just get Dusty's red jacket. Being held wherever that's being held at. And then the fourth one. Not a jersey, but I would take professional figure skater Rudy Galindo's white outfit that I. I don't know what year Olympic Games he wore it in. Rudy G. Rudy G. That's it for.

[Cody Rhodes]

Our viewers and listeners, whoever is on your Mount Rushmore. You can get all your favorite jerseys and fan clothing from fanatics. Go to fanatics.com or download the app today. I. Obviously, we're going all over the map here. Anyways, let me. Let me ask you Something. Cause I don't want to take up too much of your time. I know you're busy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm busy.

[Cody Rhodes]

What? Because you're not around the wrestling space anymore. And of course, you joined us at WrestleMania 40 in my favorite entrance I've ever been part of that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Won the best entrance, didn't it?

[Cody Rhodes]

Here's to the slammies.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Cheers.

[Cody Rhodes]

Thank you for that.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'll show some more cleavage for it. We'll see if it can get.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, I get. No, I get the MPH story works. I understand. What do you. Having been away from the business a bit and then coming back in here and there, what do you miss about pro wrestling? What do you miss?

[Brandi Rhodes]

I miss the performance element. I like, you know, there's always, like, a sense of occasion to every show. Yeah, I miss having a sense of occasion regularly like that.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Which is probably why we try to do a lot of, like, events and stuff at the studio to create, you know, sense of occasion something right now.

[Cody Rhodes]

Perfect time to plug your studio.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Naked mind Yoga and Pilates here in Roswell, Georgia. You gotta bring your ass. We don't do the. We don't bring that ass. We don't do the virtual thing. Not right now. Maybe we'll try in the future.

[Cody Rhodes]

So you miss the sense of occasion? You miss that?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yes. And then I miss the travel. Not the grind of the travel, but getting to go to, like, Europe and spend all that time over there and see the sights that you would never see in the cities and the countries, countrysides that you would never see. I miss being with you. Of course, that's probably the top thing, because we had some awesome times on the road. What I don't miss is feeling like I'd been hit by a truck most weeks.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

And I didn't even do that much, like. But the stuff that I did do, I felt it. I still feel it to this day.

[Cody Rhodes]

So I was very. There's. There's perceptions and there's reputations and there's legend, there's ego. There's often. The truth is not the thing that you. When you describe a person who's in wrestling, that could be someone you love, someone you absolutely detest, whatever it may be. But I feel it's always interesting when I think about you in pro wrestling and what you did, particularly when we were away from here. And I would get more frustrated at your lack of credit than my own lack of credit. I get how we write the story now. I understand. But I always thought there's so many people who are beloved they're on that column. And you were the one who spoke up for them. You were the one who drove them and, you know, got in the ambulance with them. Just really, it's funny to me, that's why I loved WrestleMania 40 so much, because. And again, that's an emotional thing for me. I have tried very hard not to get teary on this one, but I was so happy that you got to connect with the audience again, because in this X and Instagram and in the hardcore fans and opinions and all that, often it gets lost how they really feel. And I thought, I bet you she gets a bigger reaction than me coming up in this giant thunder helm, which, by the way, wasn't supposed to look so big, but the feathers didn't fit. So it looks like it ended up being great. It was so big. And then here you come and place loses their mind. And I thought, ah, that's a respect thing. It's not just a pop. It's a respect thing. And then again, all these people that you helped, infrastructure, that you put in place, that still exist, those are contributions that I. Very curious how time will see them all again. Yeah, go, go.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, that's the thing, though. So you have to know that if you're going to be. And you do know, your. Your side of it is a little bit different. Your journey is different than my life.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, people love me.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, yeah, they do. But, like, you have to know when you step into certain roles and you really don't know until you're in it. And then, you know, there's just. There's always somebody that you have to look to and say, well, what did they ever do? Or, you know, when something makes you upset, you know, what did that person ever do? And what does that person standing there looking like an idiot for? You know, you're never going to get deep down into what they actually did. You're only going to see, like, maybe the surface, the very surface of what they did. And, you know, I contributed in ways that I felt were the right ways for me to contribute, and then in the ways that I did not feel were right for me to contribute. I just didn't. I'm not saying that it's wrong or right the ways that people choose to, but like, some people choose to get in with people. They choose to get in with people because they want that person's voice going forward or they hope they have that person's voice going forward. I didn't want that. I wanted to do what I wanted. What I knew was right. And if you weren't a right person, I didn't want anything to do with you. So, yeah, I did not have those voices behind me moving forward. But I don't want them. I don't need them. I don't want them. I don't need those people, and we don't need to get anywhere near it, you know, But I don't need approval from somebody. I don't approve of myself ever. And so if the Internet will ever think, you know, well, maybe this, maybe that, that's fine. I don't know you. I can't take it personally, but I do know those people personally and I don't need their accolades.

[Cody Rhodes]

That might be top three of the best quotes we've had. We've had some killer quotes.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Did Ronnie get one?

[Cody Rhodes]

No, Ronnie did not. R Truth was a terrible guest. I did it as a favor for no. R Truth was great. We love R Truth. Ron Cena. I don't know, you know, I often. I am very affectionate as you are not. And you. I'm very affectionate. I'm very. Sometimes I'm very doting. One of the things. I don't know if I've ever verbalized it, but why I can. You said earlier, are we going to make it? You know, here we are 11 years in. Why I am not concerned in that regards and why everything is yours. The bus is yours. Clothes I'm wearing are yours. The truck. You don't like Buck, all of it, it's all yours. And if you chose to leave, it's all yours. The reason that is is because you stayed with me and you cared for me when you were announcing superstars as big as the Undertaker and John Cena and you had to look in the ring and see Stardust and say, that's my husband.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That's. I thought Stardust was one of the best wrestlers. Renee Paquette and I stand on that mountain. That Stardust was great. And I never, never once had any shame in Stardust. You bit into that sucker and you just kept sinking in and kept sinking in.

[Cody Rhodes]

Honey, I almost went bold out of stress.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, here's the thing. The only thing that bothered me about Stardust is that it bothered you.

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, I just told you it was all yours, so way too much leverage.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, I would never have done that.

[Cody Rhodes]

I know.

[Brandi Rhodes]

You just wait if, you know, all of a sudden, you know, that truck just blows up going down the street.

[Cody Rhodes]

Why would you murder me that way?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, I'm not going to because that Buck is in the bus. Go ahead, and blow me up that thing again.

[Cody Rhodes]

God bless you.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Get rid of him.

[Cody Rhodes]

We got to bring them. Who drives this wonderful bus and takes care of him?

[Brandi Rhodes]

Matt is a sommelier.

[Cody Rhodes]

Matt, at the dinner party that was. That was wild down there. Looked like he owned the casino.

[Brandi Rhodes]

He was so dapper and charming. I was like, real quick, okay, I'll put Matt over.

[Cody Rhodes]

And then we need to play a game. Matt's the best driver in the fleet that WWE has. Charlie won the award for best drivers. WWE drivers. And I think it was a scam.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I didn't get to vote. If we're speaking about voting, this is going to be too late by the time this happens. But Naked Mind Jurgen Pilates is up for. Up for a number of awards right now. I put stuff on Instagram all the time. I know that if it's not related to wrestling, sometimes you guys just kind of scroll by. Gimme a second. Just give me that vote. We won everything last year.

[Cody Rhodes]

Wonderful.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I'm trying to keep winning it because somehow that's helpful.

[Cody Rhodes]

It's a wonderful space you created. What I love about it, and I'm very proud of it, is you took something you succeeded at and with where we were. You set that infrastructure in place. You left. You created a whole new experience for people, a culture I know nothing about. The yoga culture, the Pilates culture, and. And you got multiple people who have hit 100 classes. 200.

[Brandi Rhodes]

200. We got 400 for one person coming up this week. 400 classes. But let me just tell y' all, it's a gray hair a day.

[Cody Rhodes]

I'mma stop you before you go on.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Rant about it. Love it. It's beautiful the things that we're doing. But holy heck, just the amount of messages I've gotten about today about things that haven't gone right.

[Cody Rhodes]

I'm gonna let you get to the messages.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It's a mountain.

[Cody Rhodes]

Funny. You're sitting there on the bus. It was not unlike how WrestleMania 38, getting on the bus, secretly arriving. My return.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Eight month old.

[Cody Rhodes]

Eight month old in your lap. My return to WWE. I've told people till I was blue in the face how I felt it was going to go, how I thought people would react to me, what was going through my mind and the emotions that I had. How were you feeling about WrestleMania 38 and what did you think was going to happen when I shot up there on the stage?

[Brandi Rhodes]

So I was super excited about it all. I know we had gone through crazy turmoil to get like. I mean, I feel like it was like weeks Leading up to it that we were like, is this gonna happen even? Cause technical things were happening. But, you know. And you know this. I kind of always have, weirdly, because there's so many things about the business that I'm not fully understanding it. In ring mainly. Like, a lot of times, stuff just doesn't make sense to me, but I'm just not natural in that part. But I'm very natural at looking at things from a fan perspective. And this was probably one of three things that has happened that I was just confident, like, when it happened. And I knew that there were nerves and there was anxiety, and we were having these conversations of, what if, what if, what if? And I just remember you saying to me, what if they boo? And I just said, they're not. It's WrestleMania. They're not. Like, they're just not booed me this year. Yeah, but they were booing him too. Like, it's just WrestleMania, you know, it's just this moment for people. And so I knew that that wasn't gonna happen. And I remember I was sitting in Gorilla. This is my first time in Guerrilla. I had a hoodie. The first person that I saw walking up to Gorilla was Naomi, and she was like, oh, my God, you're here. You guys are here. You know, And I was like, shh. Yeah. And then we get in there, and then it gets quiet, and I'm so focused in. I'm sitting right next to. I'm in the middle of the Undertaker and Stephanie McMahon. And I have no idea. Good folks, because I'm just so honed in. And I didn't realize it until Stephanie grabbed my hand, and I was like, like, how are you? I'm so, like, focused, you know? And then, like, everything goes dark. And then I just knew. I knew that the moment you said wrestling, they're losing their. You know, and it was just like, wrestling has. And it was just like the.

[Cody Rhodes]

The.

[Brandi Rhodes]

The beginning of it, because some people know that and some people don't. So it was like, wait a minute. The ones that knew it were like, oh, hell, yeah. And then, like, it took that second for, like, boom. American Nightmare hits the screen. Just. Everybody just lost their complete minds. And I was just like, this is just the best thing ever. And then my second favorite part was soon thereafter, they pan the camera to Seth, and. And he's, you know, going, ha, ha, ha ha, ha, ha, ha. And then he goes. And, like, I was just like, oh, my God. That is. This is the most perfect, like, facial everything. It just all culminates in that one moment. So I knew. I knew it was gonna. I knew it was gonna be great.

[Cody Rhodes]

It had to be a rare moment where it had to be.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, well, when it has to be.

[Cody Rhodes]

Otherwise wouldn't be sitting here.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Well, we talked about this the other day. I was the one that said with that little carny production all in, when everybody was saying the original all in was not carny.

[Cody Rhodes]

It was well organized.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah, but I mean, but we were these. Just shout out to them, tiny people putting it together. And the first thing I said when everybody said how the ticket situation was gonna happen, you were the one who said it. I said, the site's gonna crash. And everybody looked at me like I was stupid, But I said, no, if there's no, like, tiered way to do this, the site's gonna crash. And it crashed within seconds, you know, and then it was sold out within, what, 50 seconds.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's why you're not affectionate and not doting, because you're confident.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I think because I just have a sense about some things.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, I feel like about me, I've always been like, I could tell you something dumb. I think one night I told you I want to be the President of the United States. And instead of you being like, you're an idiot, you just went, because it could happen.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It really could happen.

[Cody Rhodes]

And you said it in a way that I was like, there's one question I want to ask you, because I think it's a good story, and she's wonderful, and I'd like to have her on the podcast, but Eos guy. Eos Guy. You actually wrestle Iyo Skye, Talking about her this morning, and this is before you broke your collarbone. So you got a clean match. And just tell me how that went about and what Iyo said to you. Tell me how that went.

[Brandi Rhodes]

So at the time, Iyo did not speak a lot of English. This is my first time over to Japan by myself. So they put me with her for this match, and we're putting this match together. It's a whole new world for me because I can't really communicate that well with her. There's no translator, and so we're just communicating by, like, motions, you know, like, dun, dun, dun.

[Cody Rhodes]

How me and Pentagon talk. Yeah, yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yep.

[Cody Rhodes]

My brother cut her.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yeah. Cross our road.

[Cody Rhodes]

Cross our road. Cross our roads.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Yep. So we put this whole match together, and then the one thing that she said to me, that was a full sentence, kid, you not was. As we're walking away from putting this together, she goes, don't don't up. And I said, okay, I got it. So we have our match. And in the match, I'm feeling great, and we're in heat. And at one point, she grabs my foot and she kicks me in, like, the meatiest part of my hamstring that anyone's ever kicked me in. Hard, harder than anybody's ever kicked me. I literally, like, yelp like a dog. And then she does it again, and then she does it again and again, and I just get angry. And I start to think I'm going to kill her. I'm absolutely going to kill her. Like, done done enough. And so come back comes. I ain't never chopped anybody as hard as I hit her in my life. Like, so hard. It was hurting my hand. Like, you would have to tell Gunther to hold my beer. Like, it was hard and she was, like, ripped up here. And then we get to the back, and then I said, hey, you know, thank you, thank you. Everything okay? She said, oh, good, good, good. You okay? I said, yeah, good, good. She said, good match. And then we walked away. And then now when I see her, she's always, you know, like, so I'd.

[Cody Rhodes]

Rather wrestle Gunther than Iyo.

[Brandi Rhodes]

It was the kicks, everything else, nothing. But I think she did that on purpose. I think she did it to fire me up so that I laid it in and it worked. Like, I was angry. I was telling this to old school women that I meet with on Wednesdays because they were asking me about, like, does rice, like, hurt? And I was like, child, let me tell you.

[Cody Rhodes]

What do you think?

[Brandi Rhodes]

EO sky drinks just, like, straight whiskey.

[Cody Rhodes]

Like, she gets them from. From the parent company then.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't know.

[Cody Rhodes]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I don't know. She's. She's tough.

[Cody Rhodes]

We got games to play. All right, so doing here, I'm gonna play this for you. This is the jingle for our good friends at Wheelie American Vodka, who have provided all of this for us today. Thank you so much. This is the jingle right here. I want you to watch it. And then at the end, I'm gonna ask you questions about the. I'm ask you to replace. To replace the phrasing, but let's watch it first. Vodka soda with Wheatley. Wheatley so good I drink it. This song right here is for the red, white and blue. You got good taste and you drink like it, too. Wheatley so good I drink, get neatly. Wheatley American vodka. All right, so Wheatley so good. I drink it neatly, replace neatly. Wheatley so good I drink it.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Wheatley so good I drink it butt naked on a water ski.

[Cody Rhodes]

That's a solid answer. It didn't rhyme. It didn't need to. You didn't good.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Drinking butt naked on a water ski.

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, do you know how to water.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Ski like baby Billy?

[Cody Rhodes]

Man, you are into this show. You're into the show. All right. Butt naked on a water ski. So Wheatley is so good I drink it butt naked on a water ski. On a water ski.

[Brandi Rhodes]

What's Other people said cheers to that.

[Cody Rhodes]

Most people completely, frequently.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Oh, they tried with Nutella.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah, that was big.

[Brandi Rhodes]

That was Ronnie.

[Cody Rhodes]

No, that was big. Randy.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Randy.

[Cody Rhodes]

Big old Randy dog. Like his dog.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Drinking it with Nutella.

[Cody Rhodes]

I would say my favorite guest, and I would mean my favorite guest. A lot of times I have been educated on this show. A lot of times I've been enlightened, inspired, all these things. It is rare that I get to sit down with you like we used.

[Brandi Rhodes]

To and be enchanted.

[Cody Rhodes]

Well, yeah.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I am enchante.

[Cody Rhodes]

Yeah. I will never. There will never be a time where I'm not enchanted by you. I think you are fine as it gets. You are a Detroit 11, and you're probably even a Miami 11.

[Brandi Rhodes]

Thanks, hon.

[Cody Rhodes]

You are winning at this game and I'm lucky to be on the ride. So thank you for joining us. Thank you for actually being a big time Wheatley drinker. I think this is a good way to end an episode with. With you, to tell you you're my favorite and I love you.

[Brandi Rhodes]

I love you too, babe. Thanks for having me.

[Cody Rhodes]

It was a contractual thing.