{"id":51823,"date":"2026-05-12T20:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51823"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:03:39","slug":"even-wwes-biggest-star-wasnt-safe-from-nintendos-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51823","title":{"rendered":"Even WWE&#039;s Biggest Star Wasn&#039;t Safe From Nintendo&#039;s Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1601\/16018044\/4693000-cody-triforce.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Video games and pro wrestling have long had a symbiotic relationship, with many performers incorporating elements from their favorite games into their personas, movesets, and ring gear. For a brief time, current WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes displayed the iconic Triforce symbol from The Legend of Zelda on his boots, but according to the American Nightmare, a cease and desist letter from Nintendo saw him retire that symbol from his costume.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought the principles of the Triforce&#8211;which are power, courage, and wisdom. I thought it was just applicable,&#8221; Rhodes said to fellow superstar Kit Wilson in an episode of WWE&#8217;s What Do You Wanna Talk About podcast. &#8220;I also got a cease and desist from Nintendo. It was very kind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes also bears a Triforce tattoo on his finger, but Nintendo likely won&#8217;t be requesting him to remove some of his flesh as it&#8217;s too small to see on TV. Like many other wrestlers, Rhodes is a noted gamer, and he&#8217;ll be appearing in the live-action Street Fighter movie later this year as William F. Guile, goofy haircut and all.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/even-wwe-biggest-star-wasnt-safe-from-nintendo-lawyers\/1100-6539879\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video games and pro wrestling have long had a symbiotic relationship, with many performers incorporating elements from their favorite games into their personas, movesets, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[978,750,21033,1086,297,21820,22525],"class_list":["post-51823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-biggest","tag-lawyers","tag-nintendo039s","tag-safe","tag-star","tag-wasn039t","tag-wwe039s","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}