Cody Rhodes Recalls Vince McMahon’s Reaction To His Neck Tattoo

Cody Rhodes was revealed as Seth "Freakin" Rollins' surprise opponent on the first night of WrestleMania 38. This marked his return to WWE after six years and defeated Rollins.

Rhodes got his neck tattooed during his AEW run. The tattoo features a large design of a phoenix with its wings spread, along with other elements like flames and stars.



In an interview, Rhodes explained that the tattoo was inspired by his love for the phoenix as a symbol of rebirth and rising from the ashes. He also stated that the tattoo covers up a previous tattoo of a dreamcatcher that he had on his neck.

Following his return to WWE in 2022, Vince McMahon gave a reaction to his neck tattoo and Rhodes has recalled it. Speaking with Peter Rosenberg of HOT 97, Rhodes recalled his conversation with Vince McMahon ahead of his return to WWE TV in April.

“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’.

“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.

“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.”

Transcription via POST Wrestling

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