@jess_coreThe consultation on a black cowboy hat for Cody Rhodes after WWE WrestleMania 41 had a pretty clear split. When he brought the idea up to Simone Johnson on What Do You Want To Talk About?, he laid out the whole plan: coming back to jump Logan Paul and John Cena in the ring while dressed entirely in black. His reasoning was deeply personal, citing his father's quarter-horse background and their Austin roots, plus reading a horse book as a kid despite being from Georgia. He felt he had some ownership of that imagery. Three out of four people he asked gave the concept a thumbs-up, but the final call came down to Bruce Prichard. That one advisor was the sole voice against it, arguing the look would be distracting. As Prichard put it, "I don't think that's going to work. I think that's going to be distracting." He ended up making the decision to reject the black cowboy hat idea entirely. The whole thing started with Cody asking, "How would you feel about my character with a cowboy hat?" It is a confirmed story about a professional wrestling decision where the family connection and the potential distraction clashed.

@jess_coreThe consultation on a black cowboy hat for Cody Rhodes after WWE WrestleMania 41 had a pretty clear split. When he brought the idea up to Simone Johnson on What Do You Want To Talk About?, he laid out the whole plan: coming back to jump Logan Paul and John Cena in the ring while dressed entirely in black. His reasoning was deeply personal, citing his father's quarter-horse background and their Austin roots, plus reading a horse book as a kid despite being from Georgia. He felt he had some ownership of that imagery. Three out of four people he asked gave the concept a thumbs-up, but the final call came down to Bruce Prichard. That one advisor was the sole voice against it, arguing the look would be distracting. As Prichard put it, "I don't think that's going to work. I think that's going to be distracting." He ended up making the decision to reject the black cowboy hat idea entirely. The whole thing started with Cody asking, "How would you feel about my character with a cowboy hat?" It is a confirmed story about a professional wrestling decision where the family connection and the potential distraction clashed.