AEW's Cody Rhodes has always had a clean-cut look to him, as he's styled himself after the classic wrestlers he grew up watching with his father, Dusty Rhodes. Outside the ring, Cody dresses smartly in a perfect three-piece suit and tie. And while his ring gear may include the occasional ornate jacket, Cody tends to stick with more traditionally designed ring gear.

That's why fans were surprised to see a tattoo of his American Nightmare logo front-and-center on the left side of his neck at AEW Revolution. Cody debuted the ink in his match against MJF, which quickly became the talk of the community. Wrestling fans have been divisive on that tattoo, but it received mostly negative responses on Twitter, as well as a GoFundMe campaign to help with its removal.

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Even Cody's own wife, Brandi Rhodes, has made it known that she's not the world's biggest fan of her husband's neck tattoo. "I'm the one person that doesn't like the neck tattoo, I don't like it. I've said it, there it is. I know a lot of wives like to be really hands-on. My husband makes his own decisions, he's allowed to make his own decisions."

In the wrestling business, tattoos can become a crucial part of a wrestler's image. Cody's kept to a relatively clean look, though he did add one tattoo in recent years. Cody had the word "Dream" tattooed on his chest following the death of his father, Dusty Rhodes. Other than that, Cody's changes to appearances were typically less permanent, be it donning a facemask as Deformed Cody Rhodes or adopting facepaint to wrestle as Stardust. Even when he helped form AEW, Cody again changed his image with bleach blonde hair and a sharp suit and tie.

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While Cody's tattoos may not be warmly received for now, but there have been cases in wrestling history where tattoos have been good. Chris Jericho was known for wrestling without tattoos for years. But to accentuate his shift from pro wrestler to rock star, Jericho slowly became adorned with tattoos. They can also tell a story, such as when Randy Orton's full sleeves of skull tattoos contributed to his transformation from the cocky Legend Killer into The Apex Predator.

Others, like The Rock or CM Punk, have turned iconic tattoo designs into a major, marketable part of their image. However, Cody's tattoo may be drawing more comparisons to Mike Tyson's infamous tribal face tattoo. By the time Tyson got the facial tattoo in 2003, he had already been in the spotlight for nearly two decades as one of the most popular and controversial athletes in the world. His face tattoo was another symbol of his old career and life falling apart, but weirdly helped recreate his public image.

As for Cody himself, he's let it be known that the tattoo isn't random. He took to Instagram to clear the air and let fans know he'd discuss the tattoo in more detail at a later date. "It was very simple," Cody said in the Instagram post, "I wear a lot of brands...I wanted to make sure mine was one of them."

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