Former WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes has commented on his neck tattooa large image of his “American Nightmare” logo, before, but on the media tour ahead of his new movie Street Fighter Rhodes revealed not only the design’s connection to the original game, but also how it hasn’t negatively affected his career. Rhodes Mythical Kitchen’s Last Meals appeared and talked more about the history of tattooing.
He said he got the ink after his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the promotion’s Bullet Club. Rhodes explained that he wanted to escape the faction formation with his weapons.
“I wanted to get away from it, no disrespect, I just wanted my own logo,” he said. “So when doing the American Nightmare logo, it’s a little bit of a derivative of Shadaloo, which is one of the main villains of the Street Fighter cannon and M Bison’s logo… When you look up at the Burlesque Hall, in one of the scenes in the movie, as M Bison welcomes you to his first-time artist in the World Warrior tournament. place”.
Because tattoo debut at AEW Revolution 2020Rhodes went on to do many things both in Hollywood and in the professional wrestling world. He returned to WWE in 2022 and held the Undisputed WWE Championship three times. Those successes are the reason why “American Nightmare” does not sweat its decision too much.
“I will say it’s a shame maybe because of the logo itself, the size of it and the placement of it, but it’s been nothing but a career on an upward trajectory since then,” Rhodes said.
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