Cody Rhodes Recalls Vince McMahon's Reaction To His Neck Tattoo
Vince McMahon noticed the tattoo when he and Cody Rhodes were discussing a new logo
Cody Rhodes' neck tattoo has turned heads since he had the Nightmare Family logo inked on his body forever back in early 2020 but Vince McMahon was unfazed by Cody's tattoo during their meeting before Rhodes re-signed with WWE.
The former Intercontinental Champion detailed his meeting with McMahon in 2022 on HOT 97 and Rhodes revealed that McMahon simply laughed when they discussed a possible new logo for Cody.
"There's a fun moment (from the conversation I had with Vince McMahon before my return to WWE). I had such a great conversation with him. If I had not decided to come back, I still walked out of that meeting with him feeling really good. I brought him the old WWWF Title to show him because I have it. Dan Lambert gave it to me for free, shockingly but, he just made a comment, he goes, you know, 'We have the best artists and Creative Services Department in the world. We can come up with some new logos for you' and I remember I just leaned in and kind of went like that and showed him (pulled his collar down so McMahon could see the neck tattoo) and he just kind of did one of those classic laughs like, 'Ha! Never mind. That's it, that's it.' So he knew we really can't change it at this point," Rhodes said.
"This is what it is and he said something really great to me that day. I stood my ground. I said, 'I don't wanna change a thing about myself including my song. I wanna have my elevator, I want all this' and he said something, he goes, 'Well that's what we're buying. It's not broke' and I thought, that feels good, because I hadn't figured it out when I was here the first time. Everything was broke and that was a nice feeling."
Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38, defeating Seth Rollins. He is set to main event WrestleMania 39 when he challenges either Roman Reigns or Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
Cody also revealed that Kofi Kingston talked him out of getting a Legacy tattoo. Find out more here.
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