Dusty Rhodes Discusses the Goldust Character - Legends of Wrestling - 2008

2008

Dusty Rhodes sits down with Michael P.S. Hayes, Mick Foley, 'Mean' Gene Okerlund, and the great Pat Patterson and discusses his son's Goldust character during a 'Legends of Wrestling' Roundtable. They cover his reaction to his debut, the character's subsequent success, and his long-term impact on the industry. They also play a clip of Goldust's Raw interview with Vince McMahon prior to his match with Razor Ramon at the 1996 Rumble.

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• Goldust
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• Dusty
• Rhodes
• Gene
• Okerlund
• Pat
• Patterson
• Mick
• Foley
• Dustin
• Runnels
• 2008

[butterslacks109]

then he went to tna and got the black reign gimmic

[ShatteredDreamsProd1]

@butterslacks109

He didn't 'get' the Black Reign gimmick. He collaborated with Vince Russo to create the Black Reign character. I liked it, personally. He just wasn't booked very well. Wound up losing far too much, which devalued the character after awhile. A bit like how Goldust is handled today, actually.

[TheLeroyMoon]

Goldust?!!? Never been done before?!!? What about Exotic Adrian Street, Dusty? There's more precedents in wrestling, but Street is the closest in form.

[ShatteredDreamsProd1]

@TheLeroyMoon

None of them were the same combination of elements. Goldust started out as movie-obsessed, but as the character turned more androgynous, he began turning his trademark movie quote promos into veiled innuendo. Every time the audience would start to peg him as 'that gay guy', he'd add a new element to the mix and throw them off-guard, again. None of the previous 'gay' wrestlers had anything going on beyond the mere fact that they were gay.

[SimplyXxXWild]

This is why I never really respected Dusty Rhodes. Because he's lieing out his ass here. Everyone knows he was ashamed of Dustin when he brought out Goldust and didn't talk to him legit for almost 3 years. His opinion may have changed over the years but everyone knows he disowned his own son and to hear him talking it up now kinda makes me sick.

[ShatteredDreamsProd1]

@SimplyXxXWild

I suggest you read Dustin's book.

The rift between Dusty and Dustin happened before Goldust was ever created. It was over personal issues. Particularly the simple fact that Dusty just plain didn't like Terri/Marlena. And that was his wife. So naturally that caused a fair bit of tension.

[domineus]

It's official. Goldust was the Joker. PERIOD. He had you freaked from his rationale, in the ring he was a vicious demon in the ring and he had a hottie (Marlena) as manager. He was the Joker...period

[MrAwake2me]

Dusty Rhodes is such a liar.

[ryanakahuss]

@SimplyXxXWild dont respect dusty? this man has done more for the wrestling business than most anyone, behind the scenes he helped run wcw for a lot of years, its sad that when it came down to it, Turner didnt trust the business anymore in the hands of wrestlers, so he was kind of disrespectfully kicked to the curb, felt bad for the guy.

[ThatBo03]

I still remember watching the Goldust vs. Razor Ramon matches as a kid. Ramon's uneasiness with Goldust definitely showed itself in the ring. I had no idea he actually had an issue with him at the time.

[nextmovebestmove]

@SimplyXxXWild Why would Dusty not talk to his son? As a legend of the business himself, wouldn't he realize the fact that Dustin took a shot with this outrageous gimmick, got it over with some of the biggest heel heat in the business and made it last so long was a testament to true talent?

[joeleffler]

idk why but he used to scare me Goldust did

[ochoastl19]

I think other than Undertaker and Mankind, Goldust is probably the most unique character in wrestling history.