Cody Rhodes Tells Funny😆Royal Rumble👑 Story!

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[@FreshTake01]

Cody’s father gave taker his first break 😅

[@wakekeman]

Really? Nice taker returns the favor.

[@Tucker117]

Rly I did not know that.

[@nimitbansal710]

It was Ted Dibiase and not Dusty Rhodes who gave Taker his first break 😅

[@FreshTake01]

@@nimitbansal710 Something called NWA, before WWE

[@austinwilliams7919]

​@@FreshTake01 if you really want to be accurate, it was ACTUALLY Dutch Mantel who gave him his first break, because he discovered him, and Dusty was merely the booker.

[@acidlemon23]

Cody Rhodes is under appreciated as a story teller. I look listen to him tell story’s forever bro😂

[@GatsbyCioffi]

Him and Heyman would be a great 2 man show, haha

[@mattroberts-fogarty8312]

@@GatsbyCioffi this is a great take. If Heyman ever left Roman, Cody would be the perfect heel to work with Heyman.

[@Exoticbuttters]

💯

[@ldabos6442]

@@mattroberts-fogarty8312 Heyman works for people have arent perfect, who have a cog missing in their ‘machine’ like Brock and Roman, cody doesnt need any cogs to be honest, while yes he worked with CM PUNK (which is prob one of the most perfect wrestlers at that time) in 2013, that kinda contradicts all of what i wrote just now, but still thats my idea of how to use Heyman

[@agentjay13]

The son of a son of a plumber.

[@distheotaku3595]

Cody stiffed the hell out of him and Undertaker's response was to bump for him, that's a legend for ya folks lmao

[@KingTruffles]

Actually watched that 08 rumble recently Taker, and Michaels, were selling their asses off for the younger guys like Cody, Punk, Kennedy, etc. Absolute legends

[@mindgames50]

He’s a second generation star. Of course taker is going to bump for him 😂

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

​@mindgames50 after all Dusty was his first opponent

[@MyHallothere]

Taker knew it would build Cody up. Some of the legends learned what not to do from previous guys or in the case of Shawn from how he used to be

[@JoshSchneider727]

and the way taker told it on his podcast is just gold. never mentioned telling cody any of that, just said cody took his shot and it was impressive. absolute legend indeed

[@C4551DY]

Cody sounding like an excited kid telling this story shows how much of a legend undertaker really is

[@unlimitedsneakers7518]

Deserves his own podcast!!!

[@ronanmoon7861]

Now name cause this I agree with🤔

[@Kane19978]

​@@ronanmoon7861nightmare podcast

[@PaoloTheGooner08]

"Stories from the Rhode"

[@mistaMClaugh]

The way he says “he takes a bump!” always gets me the most in this story. In that moment Cody was a little kid watching wrestling on TV again. Just pure excitement

[@kinglegault]

taker is probably hearing this going...wait cody was stiffing me at that moment...had no idea

[@jamalkhan821]

​@Rest in peace bro Yeah i agree, for some reason it just didint feel like a full punch from my point of view. But thats crazy i believed what i wanted 2 believe, they both played me on that i was like thats defo a work 😅

[@MoonyD911]

No one has anything bad to say about the Undertaker. Dude is a living legend.

[@saskeru9346]

Except for Wrestler Court

[@CoffeePaladin]

Agree. Except... the Blue Lives Matter shirt wasn't it lol

[@d2.050]

One of the reasons they called him locker room leader 😊

[@BF1-P]

@@CoffeePaladin what’s wrong? Now It’s a bad thing to support your police?

[@alcostello6114]

@@CoffeePaladin nothing wrong with his blue lives matter shirt. Stupid leftist.

[@ts_of_defunct]

Cody was expecting a receipt xD

[@nathanchristman6660]

Oh yeah taker is notorious for his receipts. Even more than Brock Lesnar.

[@TivaWap1738]

@@nathanchristman6660Ken Kennedy and the chair😭

[@herecomesdatrain]

​@@TivaWap1738don't forget about Shane o Mac at WrestleMania

[@aromega10]

Ooooooo Randyyyyyyyyyyy

[@andrewsmith3257]

Hell yeah

[@jacksoncorvus]

There are two mountains in WWE. One mountain has The Undertaker on top, And he's throwing ropes down so everybody else can climb up. The other mountain has all the other a-listers and main event stars on it, and they're throwing boulders down at the people trying to climb up. I don't know who said that at first but it's a wonderful quote.

[@TheJoel7]

Mr Kennedy. Was supposed to climb higher than he did

[@basedjiren3889]

Him and Kane were famous for doing that

[@user-jb1mb5xh9t]

​@TheJoel7 I'm glad he didnt; I don't know anything about the guy personally, he might be super amazing, but wrestling wise he just always got lost in the fray. At any point in a royal rumble you can immediately tell where and what taker is doing, Mr Kennedy was always one you had to properly look for

[@nurhafizhabdhamid8753]

the quote was said by MISTERRRRRRRRRR KENNEDYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@justm4x979]

@@nurhafizhabdhamid8753 Kennedyyyyy

[@BBoru-yu2bn]

Dude you could tell Dusty taught his son well... Dude has an intriguing sense of storytelling that I've only seen from older wrestlers. Literally watched the match after what he said and it all seemed very accurate.

[@moraxusplays2032]

I watched the 2008 RR again and while cody was there, this story is what i was thinking 🤣

[@dexterwooten7839]

Taker is just the man.

[@stevenmcdonald3220]

"hE TaKeS a BuMp" he sounds so childish 😂🤣

[@sprocket7626]

I could listen to Cody 24 hours a day, amazing storyteller

[@gurpreetkour8089]

How will u earn then u addicted man

[@tykiajerry]

He knows how to tell a story😂. Everything sounds magical❤✨.

[@laurenw.8178]

“Dropkick me” 😂

[@Wide_leaf_indica710]

Taker is a perfect roll model for other wrestlers to try to be like! In and out the ring.

[@4amcripple]

Yep. Him and Jericho both actually. Jericho has saved tons of wrestlers in the ring from taking deadly bumps.

[@Wide_leaf_indica710]

@@4amcripple don't think I feel the same way about Jericho. The stuff he's doin now is beyond bad and his creative abilities are very terrible. The whole pain maker thing was totally overrated, he looked like a fat clown lady. Taker and Jericho are not in the same league. Ther in the same sport but not league!

[@4amcripple]

@@Wide_leaf_indica710 they do two different styles for sure, but I think you are forgetting some of Takers gimmicks. He was not perfect and has had some really bad stuff.

[@SwankLeSuave_25]

Listening to Cody talk about wrestling is like watching an excited 8 year old talk about anything and I love this.

[@WC_Zone]

It's absolutely crazy how sweet/good/kind hearted Undertaker and Brock Lesnar are in real life

[@mediamanjamessmith251]

This may have (partially) aged a little poorly if Brock stuff is true

[@BizarreWrld]

Can’t wait for his rumble win tomorrow!

[@AB-id5ke]

Aged perfectly!

[@emannuelsepulveda7259]

@@AB-id5kelike fine wine!

[@BullShifter]

I recently rewatched that Rumble. Cody had an awesome showing. That was the same year that Piper and Snuka were surprise entrants. Man, do I miss Roddy.

[@brbdoo]

Mick was also in that one and it's also when Cena came back from injury at 30. Punk broke character because his childhood heroes were in front of him.. It was a pretty sick Rumble.

[@calisthenicsbumble]

You can just tell how giddy, he is like a kid meeting a hero. Lad needs a podcast for his ring stories.

[@ethan-ray]

his excitement in his voice is exactly how i’d sound if i were in his shoes lol. “he takes a bump!!!”

[@xamurai00]

Taker was great and Cody was in good hands . Literally.

[@JPMitreN]

He always tells stories🤣🤣😅

[@hooraayy]

He is such a great story teller

[@hyper550]

Taker was like this dudes got balls I’ll let him have this one

[@kevinsteele8613]

Mark is such a nice guy. The rhode family is legendary

[@angeloalmario]

And that's why we will love and respect the undertaker foreeevveerrr👏👏👏

[@richardelias1860]

Shows how FOR THE BUISNESS taker was/is

[@abm5119]

When you said that that you got taker stiff from behind, I was expecting a receipt. This is pretty wholesome.

[@mroneill1000]

This gives me BANG!!!! "Huh? You say something?" Vibes.

[@ronanmoon7861]

Drop kick me💀😂

[@1153mf]

Damn man, I’m not even a wrestling fan but hearing these behind the scenes stories make it worth it. That makes Mark just that much more of a bad ass!

[@haynesdevon0]

Undertaker really was one of the best workers in the biz.

[@lazypaladin]

This is why Undertaker is the GOAT; Decades of being WWE's Jason, Wrestlemania Streak in full swing, multi-time World Champion. Some new kid pops over and hits him! _Arite, Kid. Lemme do ya a solid._ *_The Best! Won't Argue it!_*

[@ECHOKINGXD]

I want this man to tell me stories

[@JoshSchneider727]

the giddiness in his voice when saying "he takes a bump" just makes me love him so much more lol

[@calistyleavl]

Undertaker is a true legend

[@anomalyempire]

That’s what makes undertaker the man, the myth, the legend

[@Crazy99923]

Taker is respected by everyone

[@dandieabbott5409]

Taker was all about giving back to the Younger Generations. He done the same thing for Randy Orton when Randy first joined Smackdown. Randy said it in the Broken Skull session interview. Randy said when when got back to the Gorilla position Vince went off on Taker for it but Then Taker said to Vince. Isn’t this what we do we give back to help the younger generation. Taker wasn’t like other wrestlers back then no one else would really do that for them.

[@michaeld1889]

His passion for wrestling is so contagious

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Cody is a fairly big dude by normal people standards, but I don't think there is a lot that he can do to hurt a monster like Taker

[@ArchknightAlpha]

NEED to hear Taker's side of this and what was going through his mind.

[@richardtheactor]

Cody should have had a match with Taker at some point at Mania, we all missed out man. That program would have sold

[@Coiletron]

Hell yeah. He had the perfect moment too after that hit and gave Taker a reason to stop and turn around in a "u fucked up moment", but decided to make it better

[@1skSlade]

Only a Rhodes could have pulled that off.

[@snarkyguy2657]

Literally. Anyone else would have gotten "Maven-ed".

[@jediknight1294]

​@@snarkyguy2657mark fucking LIVES AND BREATHES the business, he will do ANYTHING to give someone who works hard and is passionate about the industry to the same level he is. He has taken bumps and put SO MANY people over he's like the exact opposite of hogan in every way. If Mark sees passion and drive and a love for the thing he'd do ANYTHING he could for you to get your place and earn a shot at the big time. And having the stones to go for a shot like that against one of the gods of the franchise is going to get attention from him.

[@baffourappiah3853]

Hearing a Rumble story with CM Punk and Cody this close to Royal rumble is quiet special.

[@kamelpinel3836]

Give him the belt already 👏👏👏👏

[@hawkeeye_4439]

Well he helped him win the belt ,go's saved him 😄

[@awesometv4506]

This is beautiful

[@MrTwags05]

"He guzzles me around the neck and I'm thinking 'Oh well I'm going up.'"

[@TheLanceUppercut]

All the wrestling greats seem to have one thing in common: complete and total respect for The Undertaker. That tells you a lot right there.

[@FatedStar61]

I’ve seen this video with this story and it lines up so perfect

[@jasonedwards7425]

I've honestly never heard anyone in the wrestling world say anything but good things about Undertaker!

[@creeper2479]

Cody’s great and the undertakers the man for that

[@vishavjeetsingh732]

Man ...I'm thinking this Cody could be the best to break takers streak ....

[@RZO-MAX]

Probably

[@gordonpainter8237]

Does Cody have a podcast? Cause he should.

[@navtektv]

So considering this Royal Rumble might be the most shoot match ever. I would assume people know who enters, who the final four are and which rivalries need to play out throughout the match and who wins. Other than that just brawl and wait for your elimination. It makes sense because it would be hard to plan each and every move in that scramble, though I wouldn't put it past Vince to try.

[@petef9042]

The old short aisle at msg was great for royal rumble matches. The ring fills up faster, and it's cool to see the entrance on the hard camera.

[@GHMYahooka]

it blows my mind how they can hear each other over everything going on around them.

[@Peter-zg3em]

"kobe passed me the ball" energy. if you know you know. undertaker is one of the all time greats.

[@VegazParrelli1981]

Wwe need more Cody stories

[@YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger]

Taker is the ultimate professional put so many wrestlers over through the years by losing to them

[@lifeofbrandon_]

Sometimes ppl don’t understand who they are and what they mean to people. Taker knew how much that would mean to him not just his character

[@crowdmagical0274]

Cody lucky Taker didn't give him a receipt lol

[@seanbrevoort9203]

The way he says 'He takes a bumps

[@iLLWiLLx21]

Crazy to think the whole reason Dibiase brought Undertaker to the WWE was to take out Cody’s father at the Survivor Series

[@ludvigborga3676]

He takes a bump!!

[@RUFFIXx]

😂😂😂

[@furukawastudios]

It's like that moment in Top Gun where Maverick sees Viper enter the scene and says to Goose: "Goose, Hollywood's fine ...I WANT Viper!" 😅

[@YogsenForfoth]

That’s Taker’s WCCW pedigree coming into play. 😂

[@teyvang3953]

Yo, Cody is a talented wrestler... I hope his fame gets bigger to where he starts doing movies.

[@biggestwwefan88]

No, leave him as he is, dont ruin him by giving him movie fame, he is famous as he is, he is a for NWA Champion, and he deserves many WWE Championships, he is a talented and gifted wrestler he doesnt need movies as well.

[@RZO-MAX]

@@biggestwwefan88i wanna see cody in Hollywood when he retires

[@thieve4782]

Taker respected him for making the first move. He payed him back with a bump to make Cody look good. It’s why taker has so much respect in the business.

[@Danielson1818]

Everything about the story is true, except he really didn't hit Undertaker that hard. It was from behind, but not really stiff.

[@IISuzakuII]

Taker would have been insulted if you hit him light

[@roachasaurus2020]

Taker wasn't going to mess with Dusty's boy

[@AneesSarwar34]

We’ll taker is old enough to be his father lol, but man what a wholesome story.

[@anooshafaheem2030]

Cody was a kid again when he said," he took a bump"

[@LIBREPUB]

Cody is so cool

[@mikeh9923]

Dusty did the same thing for taker on his debut & dusty in 1991 definitely didn't need to do that

[@tylerrynes211]

Can't wait for the Royal Rumble

[@maxdecphoenix]

"I feel someone hit me from behind, I thought they'd let one of the Divas in the ring, so i turn around. Wouldn't you know it, it was Cody Rhodes." - the UNDERTAKER, probably

[@Cryptic0013]

Taker: "So, I felt a breeze on the back of my head and I turn around. Cody Rhodes is there. And I'm thinking, uh oh, he must have whiffed that one, I better help him get some heat back..."

[@joeyhirtle8660]

Undertaker: Dropkick me Cody:😃😃😃

[@Lenoh]

"He goozles me..." I'm just thinking Cody's about to know what brand the mat is because it's about to be slap-tattooed onto his back by Taker's chokeslam.

[@DarkAgeNetwork]

Perks of being Dusty’s kid, I’d love to see Titus O’Neil have tried to pull that move 😳

[@canadian__ninja]

Taker was probably just impressed this kid, obviously the kid comes from pedigree so that probably played a part, but that this kid had the balls to rush the Undertaker

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

When Cornette dies Cody is going to be the successor of legit wrestling podcasts

[@MarvinT0606]

SO THIS EXPLAINS WHY TAKER SHOWED UP AT WM40

[@Zinou_Rabha]

The Undertaker is the most unselfish person in the WWE history

[@karimsmith937]

That was some dusty's kid shit right there 😂

[@novalina6097]

The first well out in they in..

[@titansrule72]

Taker didn't forget what dusty did for him.

[@ritterporter4089]

It's the 2008 Royal Rumble he's talking about.

[@esyacutez5431]

The Undertaker is the best man ever..that why BSk have Friendship over 35 years

[@TheJim42069]

Only because of the Rhoades legacy 💯

[@Ricki_47]

It's royal rumble 2008 if anyone curious

[@danielburger1775]

And, years later, Taker changed the finish of WM39..

[@RZO-MAX]

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