‘He Told Me That Someone Stabbed Him’ – WWE’s Cody Rhodes Reveals What His Father Dusty Rhodes Used To Tell Him About His ‘Splotch’ Birthmark

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Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes has revealed the story his father Dusty Rhodes used to tell him about his famous “splotch” birthmark on his torso.

As well as his iconic lisp, natural charisma and innate babyface charm, Dusty Rhodes birthmark – which fans have dubbed the “splotch” – is remembered as a defining feature of “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes.

During the latest episode of What Do You Wanna Talk About? With Cody Rhodes, Jimmy Hart discussed his time working as a heel, and an incident where he was shot in the butt with a blow dart by a fan attending an event in Louisville, Kentucky, which led Rhodes to bring up his own story of perceived violence towards his father Dusty Rhodes.

Hart first recalled:

“It was a great time. It was like a badge of acceptance, I loved it. When we had beer thrown over us, I didn’t complain or get mad. I loved that. I got shot one time in Louisville, everyone has, in the rump with a dart gun, a guy made a homemade dart gun.

“He got a cheap little straw from Wendys or McDonalds or whatever. Took a little needle, like a threading needle, put a little thing on it and (blew). They had me draped over Handsome Jimmy’s (Valiant) shoulder, it was a six-man tag, it was Jerry Lawler, Jerry Jarrett and Dylan D against me, The Dream Machine (Troy Graham) and Handsome Jimmy Valiant…

“They were carrying me out, of course I got beat right, I was leaning over the back and all of sudden I go, ‘Oh’. I thought, ‘I hope nobody burnt my tights,’ because we were making a lot of money back then. I got back, I went, ‘Oh, I hope my tights aren’t burnt.’

“They go like, ‘No, look.’ And I went, ‘What is it?’ They go, ‘No look it’s a dart.’ And I went, ‘Oh my God.’ Miss Jarrett goes, You’ve got to go get a tetanus shot.’ I went, ‘Oh my God, it’s gonna take my whole payoff to go get a tetanus shot.’ But I went, got a tetanus shot. I didn’t have anything, thank goodness. But that’s what happened.”

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Rhodes then remembered how Dusty told him that his famous birthmark was in fact a stab wound, from a time when Dusty was working alongside Dick Murdoch as heel duo the Texas Outlaws.

Cody said:

“I don’t know if you remember but my dad had that ‘splotch’ is what it’s often called. He had that mark, I’ve just heard fans call it ‘the splotch.’

“I asked what it was, it’s a mark on his stomach and he told me that someone stabbed him. It’s a birthmark.

“I remember thinking, dang, it was when him and Dick Murdoch were together, ‘There was that much heat?’

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For the first time since his win over Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42, Cody Rhodes will defend his Undisputed WWE Championship against GUNTHER at Clash in Italy on Sunday, May 31.

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