{"id":1986934,"date":"2025-08-29T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1986934"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:15:21","slug":"cody-and-brandi-rhodes-surprise-fans-with-baby-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cody-and-brandi-rhodes-surprise-fans-with-baby-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody and Brandi Rhodes Surprise Fans With Baby Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WWE star Cody Rhodes<\/strong><\/a> and his wife, Brandi Rhodes<\/strong>, are now the proud parents of two.<\/p>\n

Brandi, 42, announced the arrival of their baby daughter, Leilani, on Friday, August 29, via social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to the world Leilani Ella Runnels. We are in love,\u201d she wrote via Instagram<\/a> alongside a photo of the newborn clutching her mom\u2019s hand. \u201cThank you God for answered prayers. Cody + Brandi + Libby + Lani = \u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n

Cody, 40, and Brandi met in 2011 and married in 2013<\/a>. They also share 4-year-old daughter Liberty.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tCody Rhodes and his wife, Brandi Rhodes, became wrestling royalty after tying the knot in 2013. The duo met back in 2011 while working at WWE, but it wasn\u2019t until a spooky date night that Brandi knew the six-time tag team championship winner was The One. \u201cCody and I had a connection pretty quickly. We [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Unlike her last pregnancy, which Brandi announced six months before Liberty was born, fans had no idea that she was expecting another baby. Naturally, the replies were filled with congratulations from fans and wrestlers alike.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOmg congratulations guys!!!\u201d All Elite Wrestling\u2019s Madison Rayne<\/strong> wrote via Instagram. \u201cWelcome to the world, Leilani! \ud83e\ude77\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations \ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf88\ud83c\udf7e wow kept a little secret! \ud83d\ude03,\u201d retired WWE wrestler Gail Kim-Irvine<\/strong> added.<\/p>\n

The big news comes the same week that Cody was spotted in Australia, where he is filming his upcoming Street Fighter<\/em> movie. It\u2019s unclear if he made it back in time for Leilani\u2019s arrival, but he celebrated the news by sharing Brandi\u2019s post to his Instagram story and adding a shot of Liberty wearing a pink hat that reads \u201cBig Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRonda Rousey has given birth to her second child with husband Travis Browne. The professional wrestler, 37, announced the arrival of their daughter via an Instagram post shared on Thursday, January 9. \u201cOur little girl came into this world during a windstorm into a city on fire, so grateful she made it safe and sound,\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In a 2021 interview with Us Weekly<\/em>, Cody said he would be there for Brandi<\/a> every step of the way as she navigated motherhood. She experienced postpartum depression after welcoming Liberty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to know what she\u2019s going through. I want to be there for it,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018Cause I don\u2019t want to look back at this \u2026 and see that she did it all herself. \u2026 No matter how busy I get, I want to be there for all those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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