{"id":27047,"date":"2018-09-28T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=27047"},"modified":"2018-09-28T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T19:41:26","slug":"cody-rhodes-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/09\/28\/cody-rhodes-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Clarifies He CAN Use The Rhodes Name – He Chooses Not To"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Cody Rhodes<\/strong> left the WWE in 2016 to embark on an odyssey throughout the world of pro wrestling outside the WWE Universe, one thing was glaringly apparent in his first few bookings. His iconic last name – one he shares with his father Dusty Rhodes<\/strong> and brother Dustin Rhodes<\/strong> (Goldust) – was nowhere to be seen. Naturally, anti-WWE fans took it as a sign that the WWE had a trademark on the Rhodes last name and was preventing Cody from using the name outside of the WWE. During a Q & A on Twitter last night, Cody clarified that it wasn’t the case at all – the lack of “Rhodes” was entirely his choice.<\/p>\n

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I can use it whenever. I will not be using it any time in the foreseeable future though…whether that\u2019s w\/roh, WWE, njpw, anywhere…<\/p>\n

I prefer just Cody. https:\/\/t.co\/aVIcsENR5I<\/a><\/p>\n

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) September 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n