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  • this is an example of how wwe at it's peak was a creative genius by making characters like this..

  • lady gaga ?

  • @StylesMVz lady gaga was 9 years old when this aired. fact.

  • Truly one of the greatest wrestling personas. They took a shot in the dark and, in my opinion, in an attempt to embarrass the Rhodes family even more, the most intriguing of any wrestling persona was born.

    This is the rarest of gimmicks in that Dustin took yet another off beat wrestling gimmick and actually took it seriously. Goldust in these days was not unlike Heath Ledger's Joker.

  • Goldust is just insane when you think thats Dusty Rhodes Jr. It's like he probably had a really badass origins story.

  • Salute.

  • They ruined his storyline, they frickin turned him into a joke.

  • @redskins3656 They turned him back in 2010 & 2012. No stottering anymore and appearances as "Dustin Rhodes" make him a serious competitor again.

  • I remember watching these vignettes and thinking ive never seen anything like this guy. It was so creepy.

  • I see where you are coming form with the Marilyn manson thing strangely enough. A gold marilyn manson? Interesting.

  • @FrozenIce1097 Daniel Bryan doesn't use a gimmick. He got over thanks to his skills and the credibility he built up in the indies. And as for Dolph Ziggler, I think he'd benefit more from studying the late Mr. Perfect.

  • @L1701 Sometimes I think I'm watching Mr. Perfect when I see Dolph wrestle. Dolph still has a long way to go, but his method of selling is almost identical to Curt's.

  • Damn, back when there were real CHARACTERS in wrestling...they're few and far between these days.

  • @Riddlerman09 But that's mostly not WWE's fault. People just don't accept those characters anymore.

  • Am i the only person who sees David Bowie whenever i see goldust?

  • @jakamneziak Well. Everbody else sees Goldust when they see David Bowie^^

  • @jakamneziak Personally, this one anyway, I see Marilyn Manson, but yeah...

  • I always thought Goldust and Rico should have teamed up, for obvious reasons...

  • Loved the mysterious Goldust.

  • I know this is not about cm punk.but I know some idiot didn't jus bash him I doubt you seen a cm punk match or a promo because he's nothing like the miz and cena

  • Goldust is amazing. He always will be. Has Undertaker and Goldust ever fought? That would've been awesome. Two larger than life characters, of course only one took off and is considered legendary by everyone, and the other is forgotten within the fabric of WWE's long, illustrious history.

  • @LordKalbert they feuded throughout the middle of 1996 having 3 matches at the In Your House PPVs. The one that sticks out the most is the casket match at 'IYH 8: Beware of Dog' you should check it out! Definitely two of the best characters to come out of WWF/E

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  • WHO IS JOHN CENA? CM PUNK?? SERIOUSLY WHO THE FUCK IS THE MIZ ??? XD WHAT A BUNCH OF JOKES COMPARED TO GUYS LIKE GOLDUST...ATTITUDE ERA FTW 4EVER AND ALWAYS..BRING BACK THE ATTITUDE ERA AND I'LL WATCH IT AGAIN ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS I KNOW...HAVE NOT WATCHED SINCE 2001 AND DONT EVER PLAN ON WATCHING AGAIN

  • @nWoEIite You are not a real wrestling fan, and never were one to begin with.

  • @ZipZagginGallifrey how so lol ?

  • Goldust>>>anyone currently on the WWE roster..

  • Goldust should of been World Champion by 97 what a waste could of actually seen him have bitter rivalries with Steve Austin and the Undertaker with him in this Attire

    But no they downgraded him to jobbing and by 99 he was back in that shithole WCW

  • i wonder why they had him call out all the wwfs biggest stars in these promos then did next to nothing with him.

  • ive read alot of negative things about this gimmick..personally, i think goldust, along with another criticised gimmick, doink the clown, were strokes of sheer genius!

  • @jfleming23 heel doink that is

  • haha Lady Gaga definitely took Goldust's style .

    I loved this promo! very classic !

  • godust as a heel was SO MUCH BETTER than goldust as a face it's unbelievable. goldust as a heel was so refined, magical and creepy at the same time, the american answer to the great muta. goldust as a face was just plain lewd, stupid and disgusting. Everytime regal cuts a promo about goldust it sounds like he's talking about a bitchy whore, and heeldust was just not that.

  • In my opinion Goldust was too good to just be a wrestling character, and a badly used one at that. He would have made a great batman villian.

  • @metathus: I agree. I've told my friends several times that Goldust looks like a comic book character come to life. DC, with its dark and thought provoking characters, would be perfect for Goldust. Like Joker, Goldust as a villain would have been wonderful. Refined, creepy, yet evil to the core.

  • Lady GaGa before her sex change !

  • So wait, everyone loves Goldust but riot over Orlando Jordan in TNA? Hows this make sense?

  • @bigfloridapimp Cause Goldust can play his role way better and is a way better wrestler ;)

  • @Waluigifan94 Way better wrestler? Naw. Better, but not way better. Better at his role? Youre telling me a legit bi sexual man is not as good playing a flamboyant bi sexual as someone who is not? Doesnt make sense again.

  • @bigfloridapimp Well i think he qas way better ;) Jordan was kinda funny but not so entertaining like Goldust.

  • He sorta looks like Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner.

  • Lady Gaga copied GOLDUST not Madonna!!!!

  • looks like Lady Gaga

  • awesome

  • one of the rules of making an old school promo is not making any sense at all but sound cool saying it

  • Goldust really was quite, Dashing

  • lmao he looks like a leprochaun here, and he has so much makeup on and is so skinny

  • Man why can't anyone cut a promo like this anymore?

  • Goldust Is Indeed A Pure Legend, and I Just Love Him So Much, And I Also Hope That He'll Be In The WWE Hall Of Fame 2012..

  • i thought this was brandon baxter from uswa back in the day

  • i'm surprised they didn't throw Goldust into a feud with Taker right away with this promo.

  • lol I know it was the point but MAN he looked queer as hell in that video. lol

  • this is a creepy ass promo

  • Lady Gaga stole his gimmick....

  • @ShaolinDynasty lol Nicki Minaj stole his wig

  • @ShaolinDynasty lol haha 100 percent

  • Goldust is such a Fag.

  • Fued with Undertaker, this is. Love it! 2 bizzare and creepy talents...

  • @TherealRNO That would actually work. Goldust faced Undertaker back in '96 but at the time Taker was going at it with Mankind who interfered in the match. Goldust and Undertaker didn't really have any real storyline going behind their match other than the fact that Goldust kind of looked after Mankind like a father would a son briefly. Could definitely work out in a WM match. Goldust deserves to be in a big match like that anyways.

  • @Summerslam96: The Brothers of Destruction--Undertaker (Ministry) & Kane (masked), teamming with Goldust (the "homosexual" one, not the comedic farce he's become since being electrocuted by Evolution years back), Mick Foley (any personality, but preferably either Mankind or Cactus Jack), Boogeyman, Papa Shango (Vodoo Witch Doctor), and either Gangrel or Kevin Thorn would be the GREATEST stable of FREAKS ever assembled, IMO.

  • @TherealRNO much better then the oddities

  • lady gagas dad

  • Goldust saved Mid-90's WWF

  • 'you see, gold shits no darkness look at it. gold only shits light!'

    can't beleive this character was introduced as early as 95. i always look at wrestling and dates oddly. like 95, well hogan and his era made their last appearance like 93' and it's shocking to think dustin's character was so close to the cartoon era of wwf.

  • @chshaw87 haha I think it was 'sheds' but 'shits' is fantastic

  • @jnosal LOL!

  • @chshaw87 sheds

  • This promo is other worldly. Have no idea how to explain it, but it feels like one of those documentaries on Syfy or History channel about ghosts and aliens. Goldust is such an amazing character with Dusting Rhodes behind him. Now that Booker T is back I so wish for him and Goldust to do some segments together again.

  • wwf/e stale years 1997-present

    anything before was good

  • @countbloodula Actually, 87-93 Was great, 93-mid 96 sucked (other than HBK and creative gimmick like this), mid 96-2003 were awesome and priceless, and 2003-present day suck ass

  • Dam why Cant Goldust act this bizarre????

  • Why he never won the world title in that company is beyond me.

  • Goldust of the past sure looks cute in that outfit.

  • goldust is dusty rhodes son!:D thats what made e like him on his debut

  • I love the way his breathe fades into the music at the very end! Fucking awesome!

  • goldust was such a deep and outstanding character. such as the Undertaker and Mankind. Too bad they dropped in and made him a comedy guy.

  • Even though Goldust's old promos like these are fucking epic, right now he is better in the ring and in better shape then he's ever been.

  • characters like Goldust and Razor Ramon was what made wrestling so great...

  • All we have is John Cena and his fucking same purple shirt he wears week after week

  • WHY is this guy not allowed to do this now in WWE, over the boring wrestlers headlining now!!!

  • he reminds me of mariyln manson

  • One of the best gimmicks of all times. This is what we need today.. different characters for every wrestler...all the wrestlers in WWE right now are like clones of Randy Orton... arrogant, think he is the best blah blah blah.. in my opinion the wrestlers are acting... too normal. the "realistic" gimmicks of today don't work without the violence of the attitude era. if WWE is PG now why cant they go back to the types of gimmicks from the 80s and early 90s?.

  • @seploud Well, that was a time when people thought the gimmick was reality. It would be a lot harder to have outlandish (awesome) characters such as Ultimate Warrior, Doink the Clown, Razor Ramon, etc. etc. It would be awesome to see these gimmicks again, but I don't think we will ever see times like this again. I, personally, can't stand the fact that Cena & Orton were shoved down the fans' throats and bore the hell out of me. If they're the best WWE can offer, then there's no hope.

  • @maravich12 Well, if we know is scripted I don't know why they can't do these gimmicks like a character in a movie... in a movie we know that's an actor but we watch it anyway. I think now that everybody knows the fact, the WWE can do any thing as long it looks cool.

  • @seploud I totally agree with you.

  • @seploud Well said.

  • 6 years before the United States changed forever

  • 6 years before the United States changed forever

  • i knew it was Dustin Rhodes the minute he took out his wig to wrestle and noticed the blond hair

  • Was he targeting Taker for a feud at this point?

  • Believe it or not, when Goldust was initially cutting these promos I actually tought he was none other than regular WCW jobber Mark Starr, it wasn't until he won the IC title from Razor at the Rumble and lost some of his face paint when I just went: OMIGOSH! that's The Natural Dustin Rhodes actually coming out of the closet!!! the Blacktop Bully must have hit him so hard in the head :p

  • he looked so plain then lol

  • The great thing about these vignettes is how the Goldust theme slowly begins to take shape with each one...

  • whats with all the gold

  • Goldust was too good of a character for wrestling. He would make an awesome batman villian.

  • once again, he's ssssssssssssss.....Gol..dust.

  • The promo's the stars could do back then, Mankind and Goldust were unbelievablewhe n it came to promo's.. They really pulled you into the characters

  • He should be in movies or doing shakespear just listen to himm speak. what a story teller.

  • Goldust needs a push. Dustin Runnels is a fucking amazing worker, super charismatic and can work a mic too. He's the total package. Only thing he lacks is a roided-up physique. But that shouldn't matter.

  • @AxelAction he did in his prime remember dustins 40 years plus

  • this is really creepy! i wish wwe had proper characters like this now. instead it's just a bunch of identical guys in shorts ;/

  • @misterlaufeyson That's exactly what I have been thinking for years now. This video comes from a time when each character had a storyline. Every character mattered and their storylines showed it. We'll never see wrestlers like Goldust ever again.

  • nobody makes promos like this guy!!! i can't wait for a WWE GOLDUST greatest hits dvd!!!

  • Wow, WWE really, really dropped the ball with Goldust. Dustin could have been a huge star. The guy just oozes charisma. Goldust has more charisma than 80 percent of today's roster (who are incredibly boring/bland).

    Being original in the WWE today is akin to being a pedophile.

  • @Treasurefan02 :

    80%? I'd honestly say he had more charisma than +90% of the current roster.

  • @Treasurefan02 So true my man, so true. He could be sitting on top of the Smackdown roster right now, if they had him go back into the Bizarre One gimmick (1995-1999). Easily.

  • @Treasurefan02 Goldust gave a great promo. He really knew how to hype a match. I thought him quoting movies and Ben Hur was really cool.

    Great character, now all they have is a wigger named john cena.

  • Heel Goldust is the best!

  • I kind of miss McMahon calling matches. OH my goodness to wong foo! Great reference at the time.

  • kill the brain and you kill he ghoul LOLOLOLOL too good

  • genius what a great character completely original

  • Goldust here was a good Gimmick....now HE'S MADE A FOOL OF

  • Man, I miss old vignettes like these! Goldust, Mankind, & Razor Ramon had the best pre-debut vignettes EVER imo! I think the most recent vignette WWE put out was for Kizarny (the carnival dude who spoke weird language) but that gimmick didn't last long, haha!

  • @wyldchyld76 We've had a few guys with vignettes recently. Carlito comes to mind. And that new guy on Smackdown.

  • Brilliant! How I miss those days

    WWE Creative should have a look at these old tapes and learn from it

    Dustin Runnels is the man. They should be doing this with the Goldust character even now

  • @HaRdCoReLeGeNd316 So true now he's just a cartoon character they tollay fucked his gimmick up. he's nothing but a jobber now i also liked his blck reign gimmick.

  • @HaRdCoReLeGeNd316 you are so right and i hope the wwe heard you as wrestling's become so boring.never so boring as now but hark goldust has returned.

  • @HaRdCoReLeGeNd316 I wish I could agree with you but with Micheal Cole blabbin the term "Faggot" on Twitter,the return of a homoerotic/homosexual character portrayed in a negative light could NOT be done today with GLAADS involvement in WWE.

  • @HaRdCoReLeGeNd316 oh man! if they look at the tapes from then, they'd be copying themselves...look at how mark henry interfered big show's cage match a couple months ago...rippin the door off, same thing he did to batista...except he put batista out for 8 months

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