So last summer my son got super in to two things: professional wrestling and The Hobbit. We watch wrestling as a family and had been reading him The Hobbit as a bedtime story.
He tells me that for Halloween he wants to be Elrond AND Cody Rhodes. Either those or Thorondor, King of the Eagles. Um. That’s…..a LOT, little dude. I’m not entirely sure where I’m supposed to find a giant fucking eagle costume for a FOUR YEAR OLD, so I tackle the Cody Rhodes outfit while brainstorming an Elrond outfit.
I……I may have gotten slightly carried away with his ring coat. And then proceeded to make leggings and a shirt, too. And now I may need to make myself a ring coat.
Anyway, here is my greatest creation aside from my son, a tiny American Nightmare ring coat:
I still love that, when Cody Rhodes went back to WWE, he kept his "Kingdom" entrance theme.
A song that so blatantly a giant fuck you to WWE/The McMahon Family (especially when you throw in the "wrestling has more than one royal family" line) is now being used by someone that, from what I've seen, is the top male babyface in the company.
Genuinely hilarious shit. That said, I can't imagine Cody coming out to any other theme nowadays. It would feel weird.
It's also one of Downstait's better themes, and it's great for getting the audience involved.
looks like tumblr wasn’t a fan of our previous issue - no likes, no comments or anything. but onwards we go anyway!
- the traitors has swept the uk (we hear it’s super popular in the states as well, and obviously it was a hit in its original country, the netherlands). but what about it strikes a chord with us?
- frozen on the west end will close in september, so we’re glad we caught this (again) earlier this month. there’s lots of familiar stuff to it, but don’t expect it to be a cookie-cutter copy of the films - it’s worth a visit!
- the royal rumble’s dust has now settled (poor cm punk, for so many reasons), and a lot of the commentariat has said the entrance songs don’t pop very well since cfo$ left. there’s still plenty of good stock left though - check out our top 5 modern men’s entrance wrestling songs (and don’t worry, the women and a tag-team specific list will join soon - but also, we acknowledge that the acclaimed snuck in here on the merits of max caster)
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Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times featured my (Chaz Kangas) piece on this weekend's Wrestlemania and I thought I'd also share my full uncut conversation with Cody Rhodes. Cody and I discussed his return to WWE, what John Cena said to him at the top of the ramp on Monday Night Raw, his serendipitous Road to Wrestlemania against Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman, learning acting from Howard Fine and the book of Uta Hagen, his father's legacy and appearance in Minnesota's Mayslasks Bar in the 1974 Verne Gagne film 'The Wrestler,' his entrance music's different versions by Downstait and Snoop Dogg and more!
“My father said, when I was younger; “hard times breed better men.”” #codyrhodes #kingdom #downstait #fitcheck #selfies #adversity https://www.instagram.com/p/CeeFyLVu8gH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Adrenaline, in my soul
Every thought out of control
Do it all to get them off their feet
Crowd is here, about to blow
Waitin' for me to start the show
Out the curtain, lights go up I'm home
(Whoa!)
And my father said, when I was younger
Hard times breed better men (better men!)
You took it all away, I give it all away
Can't take my freedom
Here to change the game, a banner made of pain
I built my kingdom
Now you bow to me
You took my dreams but not my name
You'll follow me until the end
I am my kingdom
Eating hash in Sri Lanka. Sinatra Jack Daniel’s is $4.18 a pour at a fancy bar too. I can’t believe I was nervous about traveling this far from America I’m ready to fucking move here