Cody Rhodes Tells Great Vince McMahon Story!

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In a clip from an ITR Live show back in 2016, Kenny McIntosh asked Cody Rhodes for some funny Vince McMahon stories and The American Nightmare had some great ones. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@totttrax]

You guys are going to get Cody cancelled for sterio typing Cubans 🤣🤣

[@drphot6050]

Please add to the title if it is a rewind or flashback clip when posting... Thanks!

[@gw9766]

The man’s a natural storyteller, I could listen to his interviews for hours.

[@andyfiggz7890]

Look who his family is proof sometimes it's in the genes

[@dustomac7149]

Son of a son of a plumber

[@izanagi_999]

Same

[@jerrythomas4457]

Could ya

[@gw9766]

@@jerrythomas4457 well I wouldn’t have said it otherwise

[@sandysarker]

"9 people got fired and we blame Mark Henry for that " his tone is so chilled as if you can always blame anything on the gentleman giant.

[@Shaun_3114]

Poor Mark

[@OmerAsh]

He's so good at storytelling. He makes it so easy for you to imagine what happened.

[@rebal180]

The best part was him subtlety calling Rosa Mendes dumb 🤣

[@jamiewalsh9184]

Id say working for Vince was a dream, nightmare and a trip all at the same time.

[@Hundo_Mo]

When Cody retires from the ring, his Story Telling tours are going to be amazing. He can sing a story like a bard at a tavern.

[@zababooeey]

Cody’s massive change in following is one of the greatest I’ve seen in wrestling history tbh, I’ve never seen somebody go from fucking STARDUST to legitimately the best face in WWE today. And it wasn’t through a massive in your throat push he did it all himself

[@zababooeey]

@@makeitthrough_ honestly I got nothing but respect for the guy

[@mrg1566]

I honestly saw Cody as a world champ back in 08, I KNEW he would be one day, so when he fell down the card and became Stardust’, I was shook. Never thought he would and hearing the reason why he came back is a full circle moment for me man. Hope he actually wins the title ✊🏾

[@barisgumus5910]

@@mrg1566he will

[@scottcoval1189]

Cody smacking his lips is driving me nuts lol

[@andyb9675]

THANK YOU!!!! fuckin hell...

[@kierrenere]

Driving me insane that

[@brocjesch]

I was looking for this comment

[@Taima]

I never understood why people call it "smacking his/your lips" when it's usually just a tongue/roof of the mouth thing. I mean obv you can't just call it "clicking your tongue at the top of your mouth," but surely there's a more accurate thing you can say than something that most people rarely incorporate into the annoying ass sound.

[@colinrezer3730]

i can’t un notice it now thanks a lot

[@samdath3439]

Hope Cody recovers. Quickly from his, pec torn muscle.

[@Tombraithwaite1998]

an injury is never good, but the bright side is his recovery time builds hype for his return and he should be 100% come rumble time, would be a great time to keep his momentum having him pull a return and win it so he's still getting that strong push he got prior to his initial return. he needs that mania win the title and then wwe have another top star in the company for as long as he stays with them after that point. wwe gets alot of flack, but they have built up a few big names since the pandemic era, including bobby, drew, theory & riddle. with the return of Karrion Kross now, if wwe get Cody over, you've got some pretty big built up stars on the main roster that can sort of carry the company and carry the weight across them evenly. Reigns obviously is the biggest name in the company, but now that he's solidified himself as the #1- he doesn't need both those titles any more, his dominance alone I'd his biggest title of them all, and it's time to give the live audience a Change and I think those former mentioned names are the ones to share the 2 main titles around for the next few years

[@MahkyVmedia1]

So Vince's new mustach is just a rib on Cody hahahaha good one Vince

[@TheAKAPriceless]

“We Blame Mark Henry For That” 😭😭😭

[@kyleabraham2655]

Dude just did Rosa Mendes well dirty 😂😂😂

[@richardbremner1284]

I love Cody talking and telling his wrestling story's

[@ellucky7852]

Watching this now it's funny because, 1) we now know he's actually 1/2 Cuban and 2) now Vince has a mustache.

[@Buzzard095]

Vince stole Cody's mustache idea. 😂

[@bombay1551]

“There’s so many Vince Stories” yes I’m sure there are

[@Rocketboy1313]

Vince, we are watching the old stuff for professional development. We watch the new stuff when we aren't at work.

[@DrMurdercock]

Vince is a very much in the now kind of guy. He wants people to be excited about the new shit vs the old. I get it.

[@oscarkoop2548]

That the one thing Vince never understood, we love the old stuff. There is so much to be learned by the old timers

[@andychang2739]

Cody is such an amazing story teller. That second story almooost didn't have a punchline at the end, but he finished it off beautifully.

[@cklambo]

Vince: What u watchin? Adam Cole: AEW

[@JeremiahEcks777]

Cole is an HHH guy. I think first chance he gets, he'll be WWE bound. Which is fine by me. I think Cole and Britt aren't as great as they think they are.

[@Marc_Araujo]

I mean yeah, the old stuff is 1000x better than the current stuff. I would've been caught watching old WCW Saturday Night and Worldwide shows along with the whole run of WWF Shotgun Saturday Night. P.S. SummerSlam '92 is one of the all-time PPV greats.

[@antoniotellez8943]

Vince is hilarious

[@1whu965]

I tell it's you under there 🤣

[@jeffhicks3184]

Love Cody

[@bigstan5705]

Didn’t picture Cody as a Stout man

[@truediva18]

The tongue smacking(or sucking his teeth, I can't tell) drove me nuts at the beginning. Was it like that during the whole interview?

[@JoseGonzalez-il8zh]

It's annoying but not on purpose.

[@nicobean5064]

I really hate that shit

[@piglatin9]

Cody just confirmed Mark Henry gor 9 people fired for watching WCW product on their own network lol... Cody has some of the best stories

[@McGomezAddams]

"TELL THAT WWE DIVA TO PHUCK ON ME!" -VKM

[@ChayseJordan]

What the hell did Mark Henry ever do to you Cody 😂😂

[@TheHannibalTV]

The old stuff is better great stories

[@shellywarren3198]

I love Cody❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@youarekiddingme1346]

That's funny as fuck about the network hahahaha

[@shamelessplug06]

So, Vince really loves moustaches eh?

[@bradw317]

Vince kind of sounds like everyone's dad when they buy something like a television or stereo brand spanking new sits back and admires it only to turn around to see his family using the old stuff, he didn't go back to fire 9 people because Mark Henry said he was watching old WCW, oh no Vince went back to watch the new stuff so he can get his money's worth and then fired those 9 people because he thought new stuff sucked too, lol.

[@nickyblackburn7091]

He's right though I only watch the old stuff

[@oscarmorales3243]

Cody Rhodes should be a wrestling comedian lol

[@harrisons256]

Suprised he didn’t make Cody sign an nda for this story

[@carloscjr23]

Come on now... It's not like he was fu*king him!

[@bol3iz]

lol

[@shootwrasslin69]

This is ironic now isn't it lol

[@totttrax]

You guys are going to get Cody cancelled for sterio typing Cubans 🤣🤣

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

He is part Cuban

[@joeywilczak1468]

This kinda funny with what vince is sporting now

[@shootboxpodcast]

Tut tut tut

[@themarkedwards.]

😂😂😂

[@Rick-si1re]

Vince Mcmahon put his foot in his mouth with that one because I've said it and I'm the only person I've heard say it, there is only one place you can go for GOOD "Pro wrestling" and that's the past!

[@drehgonden1103]

Lol we blame Mark Henry for that

[@SergenGerman]

20 seconds intro... Man i need longer intros...

[@joenobody5631]

Enough with the tongue clicking, Cody. Yeesh.

[@misterf7299]

Yeah, he must have had something going on, I’ve never heard that from him before or since.

[@rockkzillatv444]

4:16 why Mark tho 🤔 he the vet

[@phychmasher]

I hope that a condition of his hiring was that he gets to keep his name.

[@nathanielperry8449]

Did Vince think a quarter-million dollars was a lot for new content? Even back then Netflix probably spent north of a billion on original content alone. (They spend way more now) And of course the boys are gonna be watching the old shit. They ARE the new shit. Why would they watch themselves?

[@Taima]

I was thinking he meant quarter of a billion since that sounds more like a big time Vince investment

[@xXgoldfistXx]

why dont yall just post the whole interview like wtf ill pay for them just make it a full thing dammit

[@TheUrban1]

I agree with this comment….well expect for the paying part

[@robertcornelius3514]

Not one drop of blood from Dusty.

[@seed8325]

its really hard to sit and listen to him when he tuts after every other word >

[@JarodShapiro]

Same Vince story he tells every time

[@redtowlie9]

He never told those stories so what are you going on about?

[@TheMikey2207]

It’s the same story just the video has been re-uploaded.

[@JeremiahEcks777]

What other type of drug dealer is there aside from a human drug dealer? 🤭

[@konlee4456]

I hope H pushes Cody the way it was going...

[@cameroncook4724]

Ok, im gonna ask a quesiton and i dont need people to go for the neck when i ask it. Im a wrestling fan, been once since i was a kid but somethings been on my mind for a while since Cody left AEW. How do you cheer a man who built a company to compete against WWE, fail on being a top talent like he wanted too after all the stuff hes done. Have a falling out with the bucks and you leave the company you built to go back to the one you talked so much shit about? idk how to take any of that and still follow him. Cody is a great wrestler and i have his American Nightmare shirt from when they did All In but this is confusing me and idk what to say about it. Anyone wants to add there comments please do i would like to hear what you guys think.

[@jamesrickman6497]

I fail to identify with just one company and prefer to just see what people can do with their business acumen in order to make it. Let's be real, wrestling is almost as political as politics. Kane successfully became a mayor after leaving. On the other end of the stick, the man managed to build a company and still find his way to the top of the competition. He knew when he grew stale and importantly, was handed an underdog story. He was talented enough to have better gimmicks that stardust, and technically he never would've helped create AEW if he didn't get fucked with by WWE in the first place. So, he used shitty circumstances in WWE to go make AEW, became important enough that WWE were willing to push him to the moon if he jumped ship, so when things went bad, he did. Now he's at the top in WWE. He clearly chases money so I can see why people don't like it that much, but his ability to push himself into a good spot is incredible

[@drehgonden1103]

Okay so one at the end of the day it’s a business right? No worker is obligated to stay in one company especially if u feel like you can do more. Ppl love to say oh he was always a midcarder not true at all. When he started he was a midcarder after the legacy group he was a upper midcarder everyone assumed he would have been a world champion, for fuck sake jack swagger was around the time. So anyways his dad died. Wanted to stop the gimmick they gave him, he tried his best to come to an agreement , they said no so he left then they granted him his release. He leaves now he’s outside of the machine he’s been in for the majority of his career. He didn’t come from the indies , he didn’t phone it in, he took bookings everywhere he got downstait to make him his theme he got a logo he built his presentation slowly taking everything he’s learned along the way. Decideds he’s gonna make ROH his company becomes a top guy there and gives them there most successful financial years to date. Then he sees something in the air this hunger for something new. Dave meltzer the tweet that no one outside of wwe could fill an arena of 10,000 seats . Not only does he do that along with the bucks but it ended up being 11,000 AEW is formed ppl love to say he was a failure in AEW that he didn’t get over. That’s a lie Cody got hella over in AEW if u recalled in the early stages of AEW he was over like god and funny enough ppl called it the Codyverse bc he wasn’t doing stuff with the elite and ig the hardcore marks didn’t like that bc I remembered being in the crowd it was a small but vocal part of the fanbase that hated Cody but funny enough after the TV was off they would buy his merch . In other words they were doing it to get themselves over bc it was trendy. He was a lot of the times the needle mover in AEW and WWE was watching that. The last rampage main event that drew any real numbers was cody as the mainevent . Vince saw money in merch and the presentation of Cody. And the WWE fans love him bc he doesn’t sound scripted he’s just talking to them , it makes him sound and feel different. For the WWE fans who don’t know him or his story he just looks like a star so they gravitate towards him.

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

the people getting fired immediately after funny . "Our own guys would rather watch 25 year old tapes than the horse shit you put together"

[@technox8166]

Didn’t understand the Rosa Mendes reference. I have heard it from him on a couple of interviews. BTW, the mustache was absolutely ridiculous on him. Miss him when he was “dashing.” Not this American Nightmare BS.

[@96mrjones]

She isn't very bright

[@dylancampbell52203]

So the impact test is a test used to determine if you have a concussion because you take a baseline test and then compare it. The test is all about recognizing patterns and testing your memory. It’s insanely hard, as Cody said, on the most clear headed day. It will give you a headache even if you’re feeling 110% fine when you take it. So “failing” it is actually pretty common, even though you aren’t necessarily trying to get a high score, you’re just setting a baseline of your cognitive ability. And the joke is that Rosa Mendes isn’t very bright so she failed it three times, which is funny because to the average person they think it’s just like a graded test at school. It was a solid joke.

[@technox8166]

@@dylancampbell52203 Appreciate the explanation. 👍

[@ryoofwildfire7535]

We get it Cody but Vince he needs to go to jail ok he escaped the law for to long

[@daltonjones2389]

You escaped grammar class.

[@jasondouglas152]

Marks , Marks and more Marks in that crowd. Stop laughing at stuff that isn't funny you Marks!

[@misterf7299]

What’s a mark? I laughed to be polite during an amusing story.

[@misterf7299]

…also, I’m not very good at calculating funny. I think I’m going to just stop laughing at everything, just in case it actually isn’t funny. I don’t people to think I’m Mark.

[@djs10261026]

Cody lip smacking makes this unwatchable

[@mcpan90]

He's so phony.