{"id":136657,"date":"2025-06-16T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=136657"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:52:50","slug":"first-look-of-cody-rhodes-in-the-naked-gun-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/16\/first-look-of-cody-rhodes-in-the-naked-gun-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look At Cody Rhodes In The Naked Gun Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Rhodes has solidified his place as the face of WWE by leaving to film a Hollywood movie. Like Hulk Hogan, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/29\/the-smashing-machine-first-look-at-the-rocks-gritty-ufc-biopic\/\" target=\"_self\">The Rock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/07\/09\/cena-vs-the-rock-vs-batista-is-it-too-much-to-ask\/\" target=\"_self\">John Cena<\/a> and (ahem) The Miz before him, Rhodes will hit the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes will appear in The Naked Gun reboot set for release on August 1, 2025. This means Rhodes&#8217;s movie debut will happen on the eve of WWE SummerSlam &#8211; a show many expect him to headline.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes is the favorite to win the King of the Ring tournament which continues tonight on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/16\/preview-wwe-raw-6-16-25-former-world-champ-added-to-king-of-the-ring\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Raw.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136658\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Neeson Stars Along with Cody Rhodes in The Naked Gun\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Cody Rhodes In The Naked Gun Trailer<\/h3>\n<p>In the trailer for The Naked Gun, Rhodes has his face comically disfigured when it is slammed against a bar by Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the original Naked Gun movies will recognise that Neeson&#8217;s character is the son of Leslie Nielsen&#8217;s former lead character. Neeson delivers many comical one liners in the trailer. He is also seen being handed a coffee through his car window whilst driving.<\/p>\n<p>This reflects the movie will stick to the absurdist humour of the original Naked Gun flicks.<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Anderson stars alongside Neeson as Beth. It is Anderson&#8217;s first role since she impressed alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/24\/wrestlecinema-new-wrestling-movies-round-up-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">Dave Bautista in The Last Showgirl.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Naked Gun | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uLguU7WLreA?start=149&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>PROGRESS Wrestling Champion Also In The Naked Gun<\/h3>\n<p>The wrestling links to the movie don&#8217;t stop there. Current PROGRESS Wrestling Proteus Champion Paul Walter Hauser plays Ed Hocken Jr. Hauser is an established actor with roles in Cruella, BlacKkKlansman and I,Tonya.<\/p>\n<p>But he has also appeared for both the WWE and AEW. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/14\/mlw-names-actor-paul-walter-hauser-as-new-executive-producer\/\" target=\"_self\">Hauser is also Executive Producer of MLW<\/a>. During WrestleMania Vegas weekend, he shockingly won the PROGRESS Proteus Championship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why \u201cBlackbird\u201d Star Paul Walter Hauser Chose Pro Wrestling As A Side Hustle\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zc5exmYLvHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE\/ <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/202213156@N02\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diego Serrano<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Stay tuned to the <\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on WWE and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Rhodes has solidified his place as the face of WWE by leaving to film a Hollywood movie. Like Hulk Hogan, The Rock, John Cena and (ahem) The Miz before him, Rhodes will hit the big screen. Rhodes will appear in The Naked Gun reboot set for release on August 1, 2025. This means Rhodes&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":136659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3],"tags":[98,9251],"class_list":["post-136657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raw","category-wwe-universe","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-paul-walter-hauser"],"modified_by":"Laurence Gibbons","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136695,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136657\/revisions\/136695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}