Cody Rhodes
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Flagrant · Cody Rhodes on Street Fighter BTS Stories, Crazy 50 Cent Gift, &…
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Why Did Cody Rhodes Refuse 50 Cent's Watch?
After 50 Cent spilled a drink on Andrew Schulz, he told Cody Rhodes to take the diamond-encrusted presidential watch on his wrist. Cody Rhodes said he was not going to take the watch. The watch was iced out and described as upwards of 750,000 dollars, probably over a million.
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Why Does Wrestling Ride the Algorithm Before the Algorithm Existed?
Wrestling embraces whatever energy the audience brings instead of forcing things the audience objects to. The audience gets to decide if somebody is a heel or an anti-hero. Wrestling rides the algorithm before the algorithm existed because the algorithm prioritizes people that garner the most attention whether negative or positive. The algorithm is the people cheering or booing and functions as a real time algorithm.
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How Does Cody Rhodes Balance Egos With Collaboration in Wrestling?
Professionals balance egos with collaboration in wrestling by earning it from each other. Undertaker will resist having his leg pulled to force a genuine struggle until punched in the forehead. Proper ego if one stands 6'7 means making an opponent earn it. One can work with anybody if both understand business.
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How Does Cody Rhodes Define a Proper Heel in Wrestling?
Proper heels do not get the due they deserve in modern wrestling. Fans decide what is a heel or baby face so absolutes cause trouble. A proper heel is not someone fans like from new music or a new look. JBL is a great example of a heel.
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Why Does Wrestling Fame Make Social Media Ten Times Worse?
Reaching the desired spot in wrestling makes the pressure 10 times worse because everything done or said becomes news. Wrestling fans on X can be very negative and very mean. The moment one sells for wrestling fans on X, the fans have control. Making jokes on a podcast leads to whole threads. The pressure is really scary and only gets worse.
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Why Do Veteran Wrestlers Help Younger Wrestlers Advance in Wrestling?
Veteran wrestlers help younger wrestlers advance because locker rooms have always shared notes on matches, dark matches, and personal appearances even when wrestlers do not run the company or serve as shareholders. Wrestling seems more like sports when a veteran quarterback guides a draft pick without ego. One learns late in wrestling how fair the business is since working hardest leads to the main event spot.
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Why Does Cody Rhodes Have a Neck Tattoo?
Creating an independent brand led to a neck tattoo instead of wearing anyone else's brand. Ambition in certain circles is heavily encouraged and then in other places in wrestling they do not want you to. The choice was to go big and shoot for the moon. Rock is famous for the Brahma Bull on his arm and Conor McGregor had the big lion on his chest so the neck was chosen over the spine to compete in box office.
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Why Did American Nightmare's Logo Become a Wolf Skull?
The American Nightmare logo changes to a wolf skull turned with the wings out to the side as a side profile husky wolf dire wolf type looking thing because a husky pharaoh was lost after almost 16 years.
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What Does a Ribera Jacket Mean for a Wrestler?
Ribera is a steakhouse in Japan with two locations that has built the steakhouse around wrestling. Pictures of wrestlers cover every surface of the building. A wrestler gets a jacket and takes a picture in front of the Ribera logo. The jackets date back to the 80s. If a wrestler had a Ribera jacket on, the wrestler was somebody. The Ribera jacket was like a letterman's jacket.
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Why Does a Star's Extra Work Set the Standard?
When the number one does extra work like jumping and falling on a mat when the camera is not on, everybody else starts to follow the standard. Kobe showing up at 5:30 means everybody got to be there at 5:30. The standard is not really said but everybody kind of understood.
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Why Does Haku Have a Reputation as the Toughest Wrestler of All Time?
Haku is notoriously the toughest wrestler of all time. Haku gouged a cop's eye out. In Macon, Georgia, Dusty slammed a wood chair over Haku's head, but Haku just stared there and looked at him before putting Dusty in some sort of nerve hold while Dusty bled.