Alright, let me walk you through something that crossed my mind the other day. It’s funny how these small questions pop up, right? I was just scrolling through some stuff, watching some wrestling highlights – you know how it goes, down the rabbit hole.
Anyway, I saw Cody Rhodes. Good wrestler, got that whole ‘American Nightmare’ thing going on. But looking at him, maybe it was the lighting, or just a particular picture, I suddenly thought, ‘Hold on, is Cody Rhodes Black?’ It just jumped into my head. I mean, sometimes ethnicity isn’t super obvious just by looking, you know?
My Process to Find Out
So, this question started buzzing around in my brain. Couldn’t shake it. I figured, okay, let’s sort this out. I grabbed my phone – didn’t even get up, just did it right there from the couch.
First thing I did was just type the question straight up into the search bar: ‘is cody rhodes black’. Pretty direct. Hit search.
Instantly got a bunch of results back. Lots of wrestling forums, some biography sites, the usual stuff. I clicked on a couple of the more reliable-looking ones, not the fan theory pages, but the ones that usually just state facts.
What I found pretty quickly was information about his parents. His dad, obviously, was the legendary Dusty Rhodes, ‘The American Dream’. Definitely a white guy. Then I looked up his mom, Michelle Rubio. Okay, found out she has Cuban ancestry.
Putting it Together
So, putting those pieces together cleared it up right away. Dusty Rhodes, white. Michelle Rubio, Cuban heritage. That mix explains his look, which I guess is what made me wonder in the first place. Sometimes people with Hispanic backgrounds can have a wide range of skin tones.
But based on everything I saw, the answer was clear: No, Cody Rhodes is not Black. He’s white, with Cuban heritage from his mother’s side.
Took maybe five minutes tops. Just a quick search, check a couple of sources, boom, answered. It wasn’t some big mystery, but it was one of those little things my brain latched onto. Glad I checked, now I know.
