Brandi Alexis Runnels, known professionally as Brandi Rhodes, is an American professional wrestler, ring announcer, model, businesswoman and television personality.
26 Facts About Brandi Rhodes
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Brandi Rhodes is known for her time as the former Chief Brand Officer of wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling, where she performed as a wrestler.
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Brandi Rhodes began her career in WWE, where she was assigned to the farm territory Florida Championship Wrestling.
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Brandi Rhodes worked as a ring announcer under the name of Eden Stiles.
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Brandi Rhodes was a competitive figure skater for 17 years, beginning at the age of four.
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Brandi Rhodes worked as a local news reporter for two years before relocating to Miami, Florida, to pursue a career in modeling and acting.
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Brandi Rhodes signed a developmental contract with WWE in March 2011 and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling.
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In November 2013, Brandi Rhodes announced on Twitter that she would be returning to WWE.
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On May 24,2016, Brandi Rhodes was granted her release from WWE, just days after her husband Cody Brandi Rhodes requested his release.
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On June 3,2016, it was announced that Brandi Rhodes would be in Cody Brandi Rhodes' corner in his match against Mike Bennett at "Wrestling Under the Stars" on August 26 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Brandi Rhodes made a surprise appearance alongside Britt Baker and Nyla Rose at Rise Wrestling in 2019, coming to the aid of Kylie Rae, and setting up a match between the three at Double or Nothing.
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On September 16,2016, it was reported by TMZ that Brandi Rhodes had signed with TNA.
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Reportedly the promotion wanted a percentage from a non-wrestling related television appearance Brandi Rhodes had made, which led to her requesting her release.
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Brandi Rhodes made her Ring of Honor in-ring debut at its July 29,2017, television tapings at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina.
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Brandi Rhodes teamed with Sumie Sakai to battle Jenny Rose and Mandy Leon.
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Brandi Rhodes had previously briefly appeared in ROH to introduce Cody for his match against Jay Lethal at the Final Battle PPV on December 2,2016.
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Brandi Rhodes wrestled in three tag team matches alongside Oedo Tai stablemates, winning all three.
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In 2019, Brandi Rhodes became Chief Brand Officer of All Elite Wrestling, a new wrestling promotion co-founded by her husband.
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At Double or Nothing, AEW's first pay-per-view, on May 25,2019, Brandi Rhodes appeared during the women's triple threat match between Britt Baker, Nyla Rose, and Kylie Rae and announced that she was adding Awesome Kong to the match, which Baker won, establishing Brandi Rhodes as a heel.
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At Bash at the Beach, Mel and Kong were scheduled to face Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida, however Kong was not medically cleared and Brandi Rhodes would replace her in a losing effort.
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Brandi Rhodes formed a tag team called The Nightmare Sisters with Allie.
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Brandi Rhodes made sporadic appearances on AEW after the birth of her daughter, most recently as a tweener while verbal sparring with Dan Lambert, and getting into a physical altercation with Paige VanZant; however, before the storyline could be continued, she and Cody left AEW on February 15,2022.
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Brandi Rhodes has appeared in national advertisements for Budweiser and KFC, as well as Maxim.
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Brandi Rhodes has launched her own line of swimwear called "Confection Swimwear".
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In 2015 at WrestleMania, Brandi Rhodes became the first African-American woman to be a ring announcer for a major American wrestling promotion.
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Brandi Rhodes then became the first woman of color to appear in a match at Wrestle Kingdom in 2018.