Brandi Alexis Runnels (née Reed; born June 23, 1983), known professionally as Brandi Rhodes, is an American professional wrestler, ring announcer, model, businesswoman, and television personality. Rhodes was the Chief Brand Officer of professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she was also signed as an in-ring performer.
She began her career in WWE, 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 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and World Wonder Ring Stardom. In 2019, she joined the newly created promotion All Elite 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.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Signature moves
- Codebreaker (Double knee facebreaker)
- Cross Rhodes (Rolling cutter)
- Delayed knee strike
- Drop toe-hold
- Final Cut (Spinning headlock elbow drop)
- Lou Thesz press
- Missile dropkick
- Multiple punches with theatrics
- Running back elbow
- Schoolgirl
- Sitout facebuster
- Sling Blade (Spinning sit-out sleeper slam)
- Wrestlers managed
- Nicknames
- "Bionic Beauty"
- "The Dream of Nightmares / The Nightmare of Dreams"
- "The Dream (Night)mare"
- "Mini Moose"
- Entrance themes
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "Kingdom" by Downstait (used while accompanying Cody Rhodes)
- "Goin' In" by Thomas McFarland Feat. Black Montana
- Independent circuit
- "Kingdom" by Downstait (used while accompanying Cody Rhodes)
- "Goin' In" by Thomas McFarland Feat. Black Montana
- All Elite Wrestling
- "Kingdom" by Downstait (used while accompanying Cody Rhodes)
- "Goin' In" by Mikey Rukus
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Championships and accomplishments[]
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #50 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2019