Cody and Brandi Rhodes are one of professional wrestling’s top power couples, having been together since 2011 before marrying in 2013. Every great love story has a beginning, and Cody Rhodes has now revealed how he and Brandi first started dating.
While speaking Stephanie’s Places on ESPN, Cody Rhodes revealed how his relationship with Brandi Rhodes began, saying Brandi made the first move by blowing in his ear backstage at a show.
Cody Rhodes recalled telling her that her hairstyle was too big for TV, thinking he was just giving advice as a peer, but Brandi saw it as flirting. When he gave her a casual hug, she supposedly blew in his ear, which he said made him feel like “Dashing Cody Rhodes” was real.
“She was in the hall, and they’d given her real Texas big hair. I was telling her, as her peer, you can’t go out there like that, and to her it was this entry-level flirtation. I thought she was beautiful, the most amazing eyes I’ve ever seen in my life, locked in, but at that moment I was legit telling her. Once she assumed that I had flirted with her, and I went to give the half-hug, which is an appropriate hug for peers, and she blew in my ear. And, at that point, I thought Dashing Cody Rhodes is a real thing.”
Stephanie McMahon then decided to ask Brandi Rhodes the same question in order to know what Brandi Rhodes had to say. Brandi laughed it off, saying Cody Rhodes exaggerated the moment.
According to her, she simply gave him a hug like everyone else and was just breathing, not intentionally blowing in his ear. Regardless, that moment helped build trust between them, and they soon started spending more time together.
“This is probably what he told you that was wrong. I gave him a hug, just like everybody else was getting a hug, and he says I blew in his ear. That is not true! I was just breathing [laughs]. I was just breathing. I did not blow in his ear. It’s crazy. I was just like, ‘Okay,’ we’ll let him think I blew in his ear. But then from that point there was trust, so we started hanging out. Just breathing, guys.”
Cody and Brandi Rhodes met during their early years in WWE. At the time, Rhodes was an upcoming talent, while Brandi worked as a ring announcer under the name ‘Eden Stiles.’ Last year, they celebrated their 11-year wedding anniversary, making it clear they are still going strong and fans wouldn’t have it any other way.
Do you believe Cody’s version of the story, or do you think Brandi was really “just breathing”? Have you ever had a funny misunderstanding that turned into something meaningful? Sound off in the comments section below.