Cody Rhodes’ Mother Didn’t Approve Of His Career Choice

Although Cody Rhodes is arguably WWE’s top babyface, and he’s raking in tons of cash with his work, his mother may have had a different idea for his life.

Cody Rhodes had a very impressive record as a high school amateur wrestler, with a record of 101-2, and he was only pinned four times. That being said, options were on the table for him to carry on with that career path, but he didn’t do it.

While speaking on the Pat McAfee show, Cody Rhodes said that his father, Dusty Rhodes, was looked at like “Gomez Adams,” and he was always looked at as lesser, and “not a real athlete,” because he was a pro wrestler. Rhodes said he saw how people looked at his father at his meets, and this drove him to take it seriously.

“Everything [Dusty] did, he was a great athlete, but when it came to me, I wanted people to know the wrestling was as real as it gets, it was this weird psychology as a youngster, but it drove me.”

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Cody Rhodes then corrected a story that he committed to Penn State to wrestle there. He was going to Howard Fine acting studio, but “my mom wanted that commitment. My mom, to this day, thinks I made the wrong career choices. I love her for that, but I think Mama Rhodes wanted a Runnels in Penn State for sports.”

The American Nightmare also explained how Georgia wasn’t the best state for amateur wrestling. He remembers going to nationwide wrestling camps over the summer and getting “dogwalked.” He kept the Vision Quest going, and even though he still “feels bad” for going another direction, it’s hard to argue that things turned out bad for him.