Ann Arbor, Michigan[6] Atlanta, Georgia[7] Canton, Michigan Detroit, Michigan[8] Los Angeles, California[9] Marietta, Georgia[10]
Trained by
Norman Smiley Sara Del Rey[11]
Debut
April 2011
Retired
February 2022
Brandi Alexis Runnels[12] (née Reed; born June 23, 1983), known professionally as Brandi Rhodes, is an American ring announcer and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE and as the former chief brand officer and executive vice president (EVP) of wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she also performed as a wrestler.
She began her career in WWE in 2011, where she was assigned to the farm territory Florida Championship Wrestling. She worked as a ring announcer under the name of Eden Stiles. During that time, she married Cody Rhodes. After her husband left WWE in 2016, she left a few days later. During the following years, she worked as a wrestler in several promotions, most notably Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and World Wonder Ring Stardom. In 2019, she joined the newly created promotion All Elite Wrestling. She left AEW in February 2022, and later retired from professional wrestling.
She was also a cast member on the E! reality television series WAGS Atlanta. Prior to her wrestling career, she was a figure skater and a television news anchor.
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Brandi Alexis Runnels (née Reed; born June 23, 1983), known professionally as BrandiRhodes, is an American ring announcer and retired professional wrestler...
wife BrandiRhodes on the reality show Rhodes to the Top. After an amateur wrestling career that earned him two Georgia state championships, Rhodes joined...
American chemist Brandi Glanville (born 1972), American model and television personality Brandi Shearer (born 1980), Amiter BrandiRhodes (born 1983), American...
All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes, The Natural. He is best known for his multiple tenures in WWE from 1995...
(October 12, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for...
episode of Dynamite, where she was defeated due to interferences by BrandiRhodes, Awesome Kong, Mel, and the debuting Luther. She received another opportunity...
vice president), the Rhodes brothers continued to stay associated and expanded their group to include Cody's real life wife Brandi, WWE Hall of Famers...
the ROH WOH division as she took on BrandiRhodes in a one-on-one match but was also not successful as BrandiRhodes pinned her after her finisher. Exo...
on the November 3 episode of Dark, teaming with Leyla Hirsch against BrandiRhodes and Red Velvet in a losing effort. On January 20, 2021, it was announced...
Cody and BrandiRhodes joined All Elite Wrestling, a new professional wrestling promotion founded by Shahid Khan and Tony Khan. Cody and Brandi signed contracts...
at the Impact Wrestling tapings in March 2017. She wrestled against BrandiRhodes on March 2 in a match that ended in a no contest. On the March 4 episode...
Retrieved July 12, 2023. Meltzer, Dave (February 15, 2022). "Cody & BrandiRhodes leave AEW". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original...
AEW. She began feuding with Rhodes and his wife Brandi, leading to a tag team match pitting her and O'Neal against Rhodes and Red Velvet on the March...
AEW Dark TV Report: Natural Nightmares (Q. T. Marshall & Dustin Rhodes w/BrandiRhodes) vs. Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon, Santana & Ortiz vs. Big Game...
group of WAGs. WAGS Atlanta premiered on January 3, 2018. BrandiRhodes, wife of Cody Rhodes Hope Wiseman Kaylin Jurrjens, wife of Jair Jurrjens Kesha...
AEW DARK TV REPORT: Natural Nightmares (Q. T. Marshall & Dustin Rhodes w/BrandiRhodes) vs. Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon, Santana & Ortiz vs. Big Game...
2023 December 1, 2023 BrandiRhodes December 10, 2016 October 12, 2018 Bone Soldier September 25, 2016 January 5, 2017 Cody Rhodes December 10, 2016 October...
VanZant to BrandiRhodes, with VanZant later attacking Rhodes at his behest. The angle between VanZant and Rhodes was dropped after Brandi and her husband...
live review of Diamante and Ivelisse vs. Tay Conti and Anna Jay, and BrandiRhodes and Allie vs. Big Swole and Lil' Swole in semifinal tournament matches"...
Young Bucks vs. Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Alan "Five" Angels, BrandiRhodes and Allie vs. Ivelisse and Diamante in the Deadly Draw tournament finals"...
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