Brandi Rhodes
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Who is Brandi Rhodes and what are her accomplishments?
Hello, I'm the American 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 mother of my child. And I'm going to not cry. My... Just make it baby mama.
What is the story behind the name 'African-American Nightmare'?
My baby mama.
Then you're not going to 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 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 You Want to Talk About, Brandi Rhodes.
You forgot one. African-American nightmare.
That's the word. Ever once have we talked about it. I just thought- Ladies and gentlemen, the African-American nightmare.
Sounds so bad. Don't ever say it again.
It was just... That leads me to the first question, which I didn't think would be the first question. Do you know who Akeem is? Nope.
Hakeem?
Not Hakeem. Not Raheem.
Hakeem lived in my neighborhood when I was growing up.
Okay, many years ago, there was a wrestler for WWE.
Akeem.
What funny moments happened during Cody's Royal Rumble experience?
Akeem, also was formerly known as the One Man Gang.
Is he no relation to Olajuwon?
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. Akeem 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.
You said he was white?
Yes.
And his name was Akeem, the African Dream.
That's the bit, hun.
Yeah, wow.
So anyways. What's happening? So 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 Akeem. 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.
I know what that feels like. I was in a Rumble style match before where time got cut pieces, didn't happen, and then I came to the back 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?
How do Cody and Brandi manage family life with a child?
That was the best response.
Yeah, a couple F-bombs were dropped. Question for you. It is my show, so I got to ask the question.
Yeah.
I can't let you take over here.
Okay.
What are you drinking?
I've got a classic American mule.
American mule. How we like it in America. But you've got a classic American mule.
I got a classic American mule.
What challenges do they face in their marriage?
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 that donkey.
Oh, R-Truth had a mule?
Yeah, he brought, he not only had a mule. Good for him. He brought two mules. uh, 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. Uh, one of them though, if you want, Brian, you want to grab that?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Brandi Rhodes and what are her accomplishments?
0:04–0:35
2
What is the story behind the name 'African-American Nightmare'?
0:35–1:48
3
What funny moments happened during Cody's Royal Rumble experience?
1:48–3:41
4
How do Cody and Brandi manage family life with a child?
3:41–4:03
5
What challenges do they face in their marriage?
4:03–6:04
6
What are the details about Fanatics Fest and its events?
6:04–7:32
7
How does Brandi feel about Cody's wrestling career?
7:32–9:25
8
What is their take on pop culture and celebrities?
9:25–1:09:27