Brandi Rhodes Training For In-Ring Return

The former Eden Stiles has plans to return to the ring.

by Andrew Pollard
Brandi Rhodes
AEW

Having last competed in the squared circle this past January, Brandi Rhodes has now made it clear that she fully intends to wrestle again.

Speaking during an interview with Muscle & Fitness (via WrestlingHeadlines), the former Eden Stiles confirmed that she's training at the Nightmare Factory "all of the time" ahead of returning to the ring at some point in the future.

"I'm still training all of the time. People can connect the dots and make of that what they will. I will tell you, I wouldn't be training and getting beat up just for the hell of it, so obviously I do plan to continue my in-ring career. When and where? That is yet to be seen, but I hope when it does happen, everybody is happy and proud."

As of this writing, Rhodes' most recent match came on the 26 January episode of AEW Dark: Elevation, where she picked up the win over KiLynn King. Brandi and her husband Cody would depart All Elite Wrestling the following month, with the pair's contracts having expired towards the end of 2021.

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While the American Nightmare returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 - picking up a win over Seth Rollins - Brandi Rhodes has yet to pen a deal with Vince McMahon's sports entertainment juggernaut or any other promotion at this time.

Prior to competing for AEW, Brandi had wrestled in the likes of Ring of Honor and IMPACT Wrestling, and her in-ring debut technically came back in 2011 on an FCW show. It would be a further five years until Rhodes' next match, though, with her then teaming with Cody to pick up a win over Mike Bennett and Maria in IMPACT Wrestling in October 2016.

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