Cody Rhodes talks nakedness in wrestling.
The American Nightmare has been on a media tour promoting his WrestleMania 41 Night 1 match against Randy Orton recently. His most recent stop was Your Mom's House podcast, where he discussed things such as Pat McAfee's involvement in his Mania story, incidents of fans attacking wrestlers, and more.
During the talk, the WWE Champion was asked if wrestling talents also see each other naked a lot in the locker room like football. Cody Rhodes first mentioned that he doesn't spend a lot of time in the locker room anymore because he's got a bus. He doubted, however, if the current generation is as prone to being naked, recalling some wild stories about his father, Dusty Rhodes:
I don't know if the modern locker room is as naked as the old locker room. So my dad, there's all these stories about [him] because he was also the creative director, the booker of the show. So you'd come to him and ask 'What's the finish? What are we doing?' He's famous for always being in his cowboy boots and naked....while telling them like, 'oh, you'll be over on Stinger,' whatever it may be.
A Disarming Tactic: Cody Rhodes
Though Cody Rhodes later speculated that nakedness was a tactic to disarm the other person and get them to listen to you:
Everyone has a story that they were, I think, a far more naked bunch. But what I'm thinking, I don't know if comedy is the same, but wrestlers are always working. There's always a bit of wrestling going on. I think that nakedness, believe it or not, was a disarming tactic. A way of 'I'm so confident' it does something. I don't know. But I don't think...because he wasn't like that around the house.
Cody Rhodes also recently revealed the real reason behind Shockmaster's debut fail. You can check out his comments here.
