Dustin Rhodes SHOOTS On How Vince McMahon Pitched Goldust!

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  • @InsideTheRopes
    @InsideTheRopes  11 місяців тому +246

    Do you think the Goldust character could have gone further and become WWF Champion? Let us know in the comments.

    • @damian_cross
      @damian_cross 11 місяців тому +31

      The Goldust character feels custom made for the IC title. I can't see him being enough of a threatening heel or beloved babyface to be WWF champ.

    • @jameswesten2018
      @jameswesten2018 11 місяців тому +4

      Did golddust win any championships?

    • @BronzeBullBalls
      @BronzeBullBalls 11 місяців тому +12

      @@jameswesten2018 Intercontinental and tag team belts.

    • @brenndoncopeland3213
      @brenndoncopeland3213 11 місяців тому +13

      Dustin was a great talent 👏 b4 Goldust!! He took the character to a whole another level!! HOF#

    • @imreadytoberuledbyap
      @imreadytoberuledbyap 11 місяців тому +7

      Had razor not been weird about androgenous things I think putting the title on golddust and had razor cap the feud by beating him for it

  • @erintheangry
    @erintheangry 11 місяців тому +163

    Goldust... the gimmick you LOVED to HATE back in the the day. He had me eating out of the palm of his hand when I was a kid. Expertly played, Dustin.

    • @Max-zv8hm
      @Max-zv8hm 11 місяців тому +1

      Nah it’s still creepy. Not because it’s a trans person, but because it’s Vince mcmahon’s funhouse mirror image of what he thinks trans people are. That trans and androgynous are the same thing. Can’t you see that? You’re in denial.

    • @bigdonald123
      @bigdonald123 11 місяців тому +6

      I always skipped the channel when he was on

    • @thisdude9363
      @thisdude9363 11 місяців тому +17

      ​@@bigdonald123Afraid you'd catch gay through the screen or something? Lmao c'mon bro

    • @bigdonald123
      @bigdonald123 11 місяців тому +11

      @thisdude9363 nah I'm not weak minded like you that's not the kinds sh*t I'm into I watch what I like 💯

    • @UnkIZMS
      @UnkIZMS 10 місяців тому +13

      ​@@thisdude9363I skipped all his parts to, I'm happy for you that u loved that tingly feel it gave you in your tummy. Others (real men) were repulsed.

  • @stylianosavraamides9286
    @stylianosavraamides9286 11 місяців тому +1375

    For me personally, Goldust was a midcarder character, he was a great Heel and a credible IC champion. He was controversial, Bizarre, unfiltered and adult rated he was made for the WWF/E Attitude Era. He is the 2nd greatest character Vince Mcmahon ever created after the Undertaker. And in my opinion the character Goldust DOES deserve to be in the WWE hall of fame.

    • @PrimePrius
      @PrimePrius 11 місяців тому +42

      If it wasn't for Bookdust, Goldust would have gone down in history as a total failure.

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB 11 місяців тому +34

      ​@@PrimePriusgolddust vs Piper was awesome.
      Ha.

    • @dustinrhodes4793
      @dustinrhodes4793 11 місяців тому +17

      @@bryanmack4054 Goldust winning WWF Gold? Makes sense to me

    • @dustinrhodes4793
      @dustinrhodes4793 11 місяців тому +35

      @@PrimePrius Goldust was a great heel long before that

    • @barryallen871
      @barryallen871 11 місяців тому +23

      Lol, are you forgetting the Vince McMahon character he created? Basically one of the greatest heel characters of all time. Also the undertaker character wouldn't have lasted past the New Gen era without Mark Calloway evolving it.

  • @kc4276
    @kc4276 10 місяців тому +1

    His skits with Booker T are the greatest ever. Completely ‘redeemed’ him.

  • @BiggestBoss88
    @BiggestBoss88 7 місяців тому +1

    I was scared of Gold Dust as a kid. I didn't know what I was looking at

  • @Adri_Unsung
    @Adri_Unsung 9 місяців тому

    Goldust is one of my top 10 favorite wrestlers of all time.

  • @thevillain4385
    @thevillain4385 11 місяців тому +294

    Goldust made it look so easy I would’ve never guessed he was nervous doing his act. That’s how good he is.

  • @ElGranSanto
    @ElGranSanto 11 місяців тому +138

    He was so natural at portraying Goldust, that i thought that was his own gimmick. Im surprised to hear how much coaching he had gotten.

    • @gabehills2489
      @gabehills2489 9 місяців тому +9

      I was surprised he didn't understand he was copying Exotic Adrian Street. Even used his own wife as a valet.

  • @randolphcarter9163
    @randolphcarter9163 8 місяців тому +131

    In the beginning, Goldust's entrances on television would cut to 16x9 letterboxing - like a movie screen, and be shown with a different filter while golden confetti rained down from the ceiling. It was amazing.
    I got to see it once in person. The golden confetti was little circles of thin gold plastic sheeting, about 1 inch in diameter - that was how they fluttered much slower than normal confetti. It was incredible in person and for a long time I had a few of those little gold pieces of gold plastic in the pocket of my winter jacket.

  • @Shakespeare12
    @Shakespeare12 11 місяців тому +725

    He did a phenomenal job. His character will live on forever. The comedy promos with Booker T are still some of my favorite WWF nostalgia

    • @michaelpeters78
      @michaelpeters78 11 місяців тому +10

      TELL ME, YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT. - Booker T
      I think that's when he adopted that phrase.

    • @RUTGERMORTENSEN
      @RUTGERMORTENSEN 11 місяців тому +3

      Obi bookanobi SUKKKAAAAAHHHH

    • @andrejohnsao7899
      @andrejohnsao7899 10 місяців тому +3

      It was so good, they didn't have to wrestle

    • @jamesw2855
      @jamesw2855 9 місяців тому +1

      Also the R truth promo/team ups are comedy gold

    • @squallxvi
      @squallxvi 8 місяців тому +1

      @@andrejohnsao7899 I remember Booker joked about that in an interview. He said it was great because they didn't have to wrestle and still got paid. They just filmed some 30 min - 1 hr worth of promos and they were done for most nights

  • @PaulisVidal
    @PaulisVidal 11 місяців тому +585

    Back then I hated Goldie. I thought it was stupid and disgusting. Now 2023 I see it as amazing, groundbreaking and simply genius. Dustin deserves an Emmy .

    • @RyTrapp0
      @RyTrapp0 11 місяців тому +12

      Yup - can only say 'bravo' after the fact LOL

    • @zackfair6791
      @zackfair6791 11 місяців тому +31

      I feel bad that he was stuck with a gimmick he wasn't comfortable with but i guess that's the business.

    • @TekkLuthor
      @TekkLuthor 11 місяців тому +25

      I used to laugh so hard because of this dude. All these dudes out there going Super Sayan and then you had Golddust

    • @TheSequelWasBetter
      @TheSequelWasBetter 10 місяців тому +7

      @@zackfair6791 I think of it like actors on a TV show being given a character to play that they don't particularly like, but it's their job to say the lines. Or to grope another character, if that's what the script says.

    • @charongold6532
      @charongold6532 10 місяців тому +2

      Hey, hey, hey... back then it was still real to us damnit 😢

  • @davidbrennan5
    @davidbrennan5 11 місяців тому +320

    This is such a tough gimmick to pull off. I can't think of too many people that could make this work and he had massive heat with the fans. He was such a great worker in the ring though. I think Vince gave him and Dusty some of the toughest gimmicks because of things that happened in the territory days but they both doubled down and got over quickly.

    • @bryanmack4054
      @bryanmack4054 11 місяців тому +15

      “The bizarre one “ was quite the appropriate moniker for him. You didn’t know why Goldust was the way he was but you didn’t have to. It was actually more intriguing, not knowing.

    • @davidbrennan5
      @davidbrennan5 11 місяців тому +11

      The shock value was great and the way the character evolved was disturbing and kept people wondering how far it would go. I saw an interview with the Hitman and he recommended new wrestlers in the business watch Dustin because he thought he was such a pro in the ring. Dusty was about as charismatic as anyone can be and I enjoyed his matches a lot also.

    • @IAmKillEveryone
      @IAmKillEveryone 11 місяців тому +6

      Goldust was the last guy I can think of that got real heat even after the curtain being pulled back.

    • @davidbrennan5
      @davidbrennan5 11 місяців тому +4

      @@IAmKillEveryone " it was like they were screaming every profane name that they could possibly call me, and I was like, ‘Holy f*ck’. And I’m looking at Savio in the ring and I’m staying away from the rails because they’re stepping over, and they’re spitting, and they’re cussing. And this is…’95, this is 1995 or 1996"

    • @KyokujiFGC
      @KyokujiFGC 11 місяців тому +9

      I'm still convinced the gimmick was a rib on Dustin, but he made it work.

  • @MerpTime
    @MerpTime 11 місяців тому +226

    I will say this that when Dustin ever officially retires, his Goldust RUN will be his ticket to the WWE Hall of Fame. He made the most of that character, and probably one of the few iconic and memorable characters in a crappy era of WWF wrestling (1995). Dustin is a legend.

    • @chriskanuga9460
      @chriskanuga9460 11 місяців тому +11

      I really wished they inducted him last year, since the theme was “Hollywood” it just made sense but yeah he definitely is a hall of famer

    • @DLTyrus
      @DLTyrus 11 місяців тому +5

      I'm sat here tryna work out why you capitalised the word RUN 😂

    • @MAtRiXAgEnTFoXMuLDeR
      @MAtRiXAgEnTFoXMuLDeR 11 місяців тому +4

      1995 was a great time in WWF wrestling. If you were an early 80s baby that is...

    • @caper087
      @caper087 10 місяців тому +6

      A crappy era? That was the best era 96 to 2006

    • @MAtRiXAgEnTFoXMuLDeR
      @MAtRiXAgEnTFoXMuLDeR 10 місяців тому +1

      @@caper087 He literally said 95 which wasn't a great year...

  • @jaw-knee-5
    @jaw-knee-5 11 місяців тому +50

    I got a lot of crap as a kid for being such a Goldust fan. But it was just so bizarre and edgy that it was fun. Here was a character who didn't give a damn what he did. Now that's punk rock...

  • @childofreason6691
    @childofreason6691 11 місяців тому +111

    One of the best wrestling characters of all-time. That feud with Razor Ramon was gold.

  • @HiramTuaPR
    @HiramTuaPR 11 місяців тому +81

    It's very good to know that it was Savio's idea.
    Savio has a great business mind. He helped countless wrestlers over the years. An unsung heroe.

    • @House_of_Data
      @House_of_Data 8 місяців тому +2

      Over here at Puerto Rico, he created IWA which was super hot from 1999 - 2004
      My friend says it was even better than WWE, I dont know cause my dumass stopped watching wrestling in 98😂😅

  • @TheJDough1
    @TheJDough1 11 місяців тому +68

    It only worked because of the time and place the world was in.
    Also, because his wife, Terry, was UNBELIEVABLE!

    • @randallflagg6271
      @randallflagg6271 11 місяців тому

      Terri had a fantastic rack 😂

    • @Erebus008
      @Erebus008 5 місяців тому +5

      Well obviously, the time and place are big factors concerning everything.

  • @darryldonnelly5363
    @darryldonnelly5363 11 місяців тому +41

    Goldust and Booker T to this day is still one of my favourite tag teams

  • @billybatts8283
    @billybatts8283 7 місяців тому +18

    Goldust was a character way ahead of his time yet could only really exist in the attitude era. Probably a lot of us watchibg then as kids/young men never fully understood him at the time, but for me he is a hall of famer.

  • @MilMaska
    @MilMaska 11 місяців тому +80

    "Dustin wanted to get breast implants and we had to talk him out of it" - Jim Cornette

    • @frostedbutts4340
      @frostedbutts4340 11 місяців тому +34

      Lucky it wasn't 2023, someone probably would get a sex change to get over lmao

    • @iliketocomment8144
      @iliketocomment8144 11 місяців тому +8

      WHAT?

    • @imustgoshopping6189
      @imustgoshopping6189 11 місяців тому +28

      @@frostedbutts4340Jim Cornette would be cancelled in 2023 for talking him out of it

    • @barryallen871
      @barryallen871 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@frostedbutts4340lol, what an illogical statement made by someone trapped in a bubble...

    • @feature.of.jarjar24
      @feature.of.jarjar24 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@frostedbutts4340 It's been 0 days since someone last made an irrelevant social commentary on CuRrEnT yEaR

  • @placeholdermcgavinport5343
    @placeholdermcgavinport5343 11 місяців тому +25

    Its really interesting how he was uncomfortable with it, didnt' get it at first, but still said he's gonna give this a try. Also not for nothing, the Golddust music might be the best WWF music of all time haha

    • @TrueNomadSkies
      @TrueNomadSkies 11 місяців тому

      I still listen to those songs (especially the one on wwe anthology) pretty regularly. There's a level in Skylanders Racing (or Superchargers Racing, maybe both) that's this golden pyramid Indiana Jones type thing and the song always makes me think of Goldust too.

    • @daviddepoe7942
      @daviddepoe7942 11 місяців тому +4

      You have to keep in mind that Dustin was raised to do whatever you had to do to take care of your family and pay the bills.

  • @paulgonzalez2823
    @paulgonzalez2823 11 місяців тому +25

    Dustin did one hell of a job as golddust . He was brilliant. Just like his dad made those poka dots cool he did the same with golddust.

    • @xancypillosi9497
      @xancypillosi9497 7 місяців тому +1

      Vince made fools out dudes is what I see it as

  • @ohmaigod2
    @ohmaigod2 11 місяців тому +21

    I dont think he'd ever admit to it but i think Vince stopped caring about his creation as a fan would when the PG era started and just started running it like a business.

    • @michaelpeters78
      @michaelpeters78 11 місяців тому +4

      I think you are right. I can't blame him. pretty much went from being the owner of the popular bar in town, to a popular daycare center

    • @andrewft31
      @andrewft31 11 місяців тому +2

      The WWE was PG for the majority of its existence it was only TV-14 for maybe 6 years at most, that is a small amount of time when you are talking about a 50 year old company. Vince’s father believed that pro wrestling was family entertainment, everyone can enjoy it so had he been alive he would have been not very happy with what his son was doing. It is why Sammartino cut ties with them until he was inducted, he didn’t want to be associated with it. Had the nWo not happened it would have stayed PG.

    • @michaelpeters78
      @michaelpeters78 11 місяців тому

      @@andrewft31 Vince loves every horrible raunchy thing that era ever did. he was extremely proud of it and wouldn't have done it any other way. I just watched a clip of Golddust explaining that Vince came up with his gimmick and when Golddust ran his hands up and down another dudes crotch for the first time, Vince was absolutely ecstatic about it. this was well before NWO. Vince also clearly had no problem inserting himself in many such segments such as him trying to get multiple people to kiss his bare ass on tv, publicly cheating on his wife and making out with Dawn Marie on tv, trying to kiss trish stratus's bare ass on tv. if he was ashamed of it, he wouldn't have personally inserted himself into the show. he loved every second.

    • @masteraurelio
      @masteraurelio 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@andrewft31 it wasn't pg, they went pg after they left Thursday night Smack down on UPN44 cable twelve. The moment it went to cable it all went to the drain.

  • @drillosophy1012
    @drillosophy1012 11 місяців тому +17

    Dustin knocked Goldust out of the park. I hate that they killed his push. If that character debuted today, it would’ve went straight to the moon.

    • @JungleCatRico
      @JungleCatRico 11 місяців тому +4

      To be fair if it was done today the writing would be worse off for it and it would be very pandering. The character wouldn't last. It worked because of the time.

    • @QAmodb
      @QAmodb 5 місяців тому

      ​@@JungleCatRico I agree, his character was ahead of its time. It definitely would have felt like it was pandering to the LGBTQ+ community if done today. But since it was around a time when LGBT wasn't as acceptable it worked.

  • @NekoHibaCosplay
    @NekoHibaCosplay 11 місяців тому +76

    I give credit to Dustin for being able to survive being hit with omophobic slurs night after night literally for YEARS just for doing his job
    This speaks volume about how professional he was.

    • @IAmNeomic
      @IAmNeomic 11 місяців тому +25

      Probably made it easier that he got to go back to his hotel with his wife Terri every night. A very easy snap back to reality.

    • @Ori0n1975
      @Ori0n1975 11 місяців тому +7

      What did he care? He wasn’t gay.

    • @NekoHibaCosplay
      @NekoHibaCosplay 11 місяців тому +10

      @@Ori0n1975 Mohammed Hassan did care a lot being called a terrorist and he wasn't a terrorist either

    • @JG-lo1vb
      @JG-lo1vb 11 місяців тому +10

      ​@@NekoHibaCosplayWell being called a terrorist is probably worse than being called gay lol

    • @gamerpoets
      @gamerpoets 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@JG-lo1vb in a time when people like Mathew Shepard, were being tortured and left to die by his own countrymen for being gay in the wrong town....it's not.

  • @COYBIG1967
    @COYBIG1967 11 місяців тому +34

    Wether you like the gold dust persona or not no one can deny that Dustins character work was probably some of the best there’s been , if you think about his upbringing and how different it is from the act then that makes it even more special to be honest

  • @COYBIG1967
    @COYBIG1967 11 місяців тому +32

    I love how many characters that really made it were started by a phone call from Vince and them just saying yes even tho they didn’t have a clue what it would be 🤣
    Im so glad that Dustin and Cody are friends now and that Dustin made peace with his dad , thank god.

    • @Max-zv8hm
      @Max-zv8hm 11 місяців тому +1

      Just say you like gayass gold dust. LOL

  • @conradoramos9105
    @conradoramos9105 11 місяців тому +23

    As a kid watching, i knew the character was "weird" but it made me a fan. His take as a heel and badass theme song sold me, and i remember getting a Goldust figure for Christmas, one of the best toys i ever gotten lol. I hope Dustin gets induced to the hall of fame cause no one could've pulled off that character, cause it was way ahead of its time!!!

  • @stream_gene
    @stream_gene 11 місяців тому +8

    He went from "what the fuck does androgynous mean?" to "Vince, I want to get breast implants"! Lol

  • @diallo1347
    @diallo1347 11 місяців тому +30

    I remember the first time I saw Goldust in action. He was so different from ever heel I'd ever seen and instantly stood out. He was ahead of his time. Also, those Goldist Booker promos were legendary.

  • @onlymc4727
    @onlymc4727 11 місяців тому +26

    This guy definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame… how many guys would go to that level of commitment and entitlement… especially back then when maybe wasn’t accepted as much you know

    • @kpz1234
      @kpz1234 8 місяців тому

      Well... commitment? How about the Boogeyman, the guy's eaten millions of worms for his gimmick.

  • @InsideTheRopes
    @InsideTheRopes  11 місяців тому +17

    Could the Goldust character have gone further and become WWF Champion? Let us know in the comments below!

    • @hockeyguy2005
      @hockeyguy2005 11 місяців тому +5

      The Miz was a transitional wwe champion... if they found a way to make the miz champion then yes goldust could of been not just a transitional champ but a legitimate champion for a decent run.

    • @ziggypop79
      @ziggypop79 11 місяців тому

      Razor should have been

    • @fm32047
      @fm32047 11 місяців тому

      as a heel absolutely. Goldust, holding the gold would have been great

    • @williamlane1607
      @williamlane1607 11 місяців тому

      No

    • @ABD-pc3jf
      @ABD-pc3jf 11 місяців тому

      I dont see why not.

  • @Izzymeyokee1
    @Izzymeyokee1 10 місяців тому +14

    His character was HILARIOUS 😂. When he was being the Roc. During a promo video. Made me a fan

  • @dynamicvoltage9765
    @dynamicvoltage9765 9 місяців тому +15

    A lot of wrestlers could learn from Dustin. A true professional. He knows it's a work. He knows he's playing a character.

  • @sentinal1417
    @sentinal1417 11 місяців тому +11

    why does Dustin have such a good impression of vince😂

  • @mfburns7909
    @mfburns7909 11 місяців тому +2

    I stopped watching wrestling partly because of Goldust

  • @Itznkb
    @Itznkb 7 місяців тому +4

    I never hated Goldust like everyone else, but he always confused the shit out of me as a kid 🤣 Now that I’m grown, I understand the genius behind the character. Bro was completely unpredictable

  • @essj3334
    @essj3334 11 місяців тому +79

    The Goldust character was unique and ahead of it's time. Dustin deserves credit for doing it well, no one else on roster during the the 90s could have performed it other than Dustin. No doubt he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

    • @darryldonnelly5363
      @darryldonnelly5363 11 місяців тому +5

      Similar with Undertaker if another wrestler had that character it wouldn't of worked and definitely wouldn't of lasted

    • @mattheweagle223
      @mattheweagle223 8 місяців тому

      Who woulda guessed you'd see a Goldie every time you go to Walmart in 2024

    • @lovelyhurlin6494
      @lovelyhurlin6494 8 місяців тому

      It was based on Exotic Adrian Street gimmick from back in the 70's.

  • @joebosley5917
    @joebosley5917 11 місяців тому +5

    The thing that I remember most was Goldust and Rowdy Roddy Piper in the backlot brawl, WrestleMania 12 I think

  • @Williamwatson-y8f
    @Williamwatson-y8f 6 місяців тому +5

    His Vince McMahon impersonation was Top Tier 😂

  • @scottdavis9135
    @scottdavis9135 11 місяців тому +8

    Goldust would have made a great European champion

  • @MyEnemy
    @MyEnemy 11 місяців тому +13

    Goldust is a legendary character. Had it been portrayed by a wrestler without Dustin's pedigree it would've failed miserably. It was a fantastic gimmick at the perfect time.

    • @gabehills2489
      @gabehills2489 9 місяців тому

      It was a copy of Exotic Adrian Street.

    • @maskcollector6949
      @maskcollector6949 9 місяців тому

      In a way yes they did similar things. The world has evolved a lot in the past 30 years lol. What was a heel before might be a face these days.

    • @gabehills2489
      @gabehills2489 9 місяців тому

      @@maskcollector6949 Similar is an understatement.

  • @Kritacul
    @Kritacul 11 місяців тому +5

    Dustin honestly made a character that was a jobber and kept gold around his waist for years. Never stayed at the top, but was always close.

  • @DJRossNoir
    @DJRossNoir 7 місяців тому +2

    Suddenly, Vince's involvement in making Goldust makes a lot of sense.

  • @MadnessMethodical
    @MadnessMethodical 9 місяців тому +10

    The thing that Dustin showed above all is just pure commitment to a character and getting it right. And it was a one in a million chance to work. It also put something on the screen that needed less stigma and I think he was the man to do it. Dustin to me is one of the all-time greats for his characters as well as the longevity of his wrestling career.

    • @xancypillosi9497
      @xancypillosi9497 7 місяців тому

      Yea. Wonder what he was getting paid lol

  • @lookitskazzy
    @lookitskazzy 11 місяців тому +2

    Savio knew New York homophobia would get nuclear heat and he was right 😅

  • @lukahmad5683
    @lukahmad5683 11 місяців тому +6

    Goldust is so unique, his comedy segment is the most hilarious, funniest segment ever. My favourite is when he's with Booker T lol

  • @XRift5983x
    @XRift5983x 8 місяців тому +2

    On Vince now, he is sitting in his office and taking shits on women’s heads. lol, this all makes sense from what Dustin is saying.

  • @Luxuryyacht92
    @Luxuryyacht92 11 місяців тому +11

    His work on the mic during "Good Friends, Better Enemies" is incredible. Made that match bearable.

    • @BootleggedAtTheGathering
      @BootleggedAtTheGathering 11 місяців тому +1

      I was there. It was pretty bad

    • @Luxuryyacht92
      @Luxuryyacht92 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@BootleggedAtTheGatheringDustin threatening to kiss every single person in the audience, hilarious.

  • @LilBlAcK76
    @LilBlAcK76 7 місяців тому +2

    knowing what i know now....I would never want vince standing over me lol

  • @pathologicaldoubt
    @pathologicaldoubt 11 місяців тому +17

    I always loved the comedic element to gold dust. His butt bump move, his Irish whip, fall on the ground and face slap move, his taunt, it was so much fun

  • @olimercer835
    @olimercer835 7 місяців тому +2

    3:45 this next 40 seconds... sounds a little different now...

  • @bigtommy9715
    @bigtommy9715 9 місяців тому +3

    Goldust during the electrocution era was hilarious
    Great on the mic
    Early on I didn’t love his character but once the bizarre went in a more psychotic direction I loved it. Wish people took him more seriously as a performer his gimmick is one of the few odd ones to survive the attitude era

  • @ggates5371
    @ggates5371 11 місяців тому +5

    His wrestling heel was one of the few that could be genuinely disturbing. He did an amazing job.

  • @Supre3m3Kai
    @Supre3m3Kai 7 місяців тому +3

    "The crowd exploded on me!" Pause lol

  • @KingBongHogger
    @KingBongHogger 8 місяців тому +2

    I never really got to watch his matches as a kid because my dad always made us change the channel any time he was on the screen and gave us this long speech about how it was a sin and all that bs. It was the first thing I can remember that brought my dad's beliefs into question for me. Goldust helped make me a free-thinker just by existing.

    • @Eagles883
      @Eagles883 5 місяців тому

      Your father was a sensible man for that. You are a disgrace to him

  • @maipful
    @maipful 9 місяців тому +5

    He is a true professional in the wrestling business. I hope he gets into the Hall of Fame.

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 11 місяців тому +1

    Goldust was - like many others, washed over by the PG Era. Kane got watered down. Goldie got with Booker & found new life for awhile, but over time even Goldie lost that "edge." Imagine if he had turned heel again & stayed there & went darker for the 2nd half of his career. So much could have been explored. Harvey Weinstein & how Goldust had to deal with Hollywood trash. A feud with Cena, The Rock, & eventually him calling out shady practices & getting a World Title run. Even if it catered to a woke crowd it could have worked.

  • @darnelldarden9429
    @darnelldarden9429 11 місяців тому +4

    I watched Dustin Rhodes in WCW as a kid when he was “The Natural”. When I found out he was Goldust I couldn’t believe it

  • @thomasmurphy4438
    @thomasmurphy4438 11 місяців тому +4

    When I first started watching wrestling. Goldust was one of the very first characters I hated. Dustin did a great job being a heal. Great to see him many years later giving interviews like this.

  • @LinusKnight
    @LinusKnight 11 місяців тому +20

    we def need more interview story - clips like this more often haha

  • @chadbretao508
    @chadbretao508 11 місяців тому +5

    His match with roddy piper was his best match for me had everything

    • @ennbee2051
      @ennbee2051 11 місяців тому

      Wrong. His greatest match was with Marty Janetty, because it was his debut.

  • @dustinbaxter4521
    @dustinbaxter4521 11 місяців тому +6

    One of the greats 💯💯💯

  • @Veli_Da_Don
    @Veli_Da_Don 10 місяців тому +2

    Goldust theme music 🔥

  • @tatvela6915
    @tatvela6915 11 місяців тому +5

    Dustin did amazingly with Goldust. Back then it was real to me as well, and for that to work on children with the entire presentation, you know they struck gold

  • @Rizzlyricist
    @Rizzlyricist 10 місяців тому +1

    "Rub up my chest, and down my legs, and rub on my...." PAUSE

  • @chico1neep
    @chico1neep 11 місяців тому +3

    Gold dust could've been a good WWE champion he was a good intercontinental champion the fans would've loved him as WWE champion they could've done a lot more n better with him

  • @andregordon2599
    @andregordon2599 7 місяців тому +2

    If I remember, Cody had said whilst Dusty and Dustin were in a bad spot when Goldust debuted, Cody remembers when the family was watching when the first promo for Goldust was cut, when he would look at his dad, Dusty was secretly smiling when watching it on TV. Dusty loved his kids, even when he was mad at em

  • @stephendeboer1999
    @stephendeboer1999 11 місяців тому +3

    He was Right!...before my time that I understood wrestling, I loved his theme song and the gold dust falling when I was a kid 🤪🤠 hahah

  • @jasonwebster4969
    @jasonwebster4969 5 місяців тому +1

    When I was just a kid and Gold Dust was came out, it sort of confused me and I rationalized by thinking “it’s all a big joke”. My dad affirmed this assured me it was just to psyche out his opponents making them uncomfortable. So when he started showing up with a bombshell like Runnels this only confirmed what I thought. I never once thought he was gay.

  • @chadcovey1626
    @chadcovey1626 11 місяців тому +3

    This guy has got to have some damn good stories... Give him the floor and let him speak

  • @jamesdarwinsmithii7039
    @jamesdarwinsmithii7039 7 місяців тому +1

    Vince Russo had the idea, But the marks don't want to hear that. Taker really disappoints me. And if the marks knew Russo came up with it like he did. They would hate the gimmick. Definitely something Vince McMahon would have never came up with.

  • @eddherring4972
    @eddherring4972 11 місяців тому +4

    Sign of a great deal of faith, booking someone with a tough job and not only getting it over but also making it last, two examples Kane as the Undertaker’s brother and Goldust as the bizarre one. Goldust had some epic non wrestling and wrestling moments and pairing with Booker T was perfect. He also does a solid Spinneroonie.

  • @bunbee2023
    @bunbee2023 11 місяців тому +1

    Goldust and Adorable Adrian were 2 of the best f*****s in WWF history! 🏳️‍🌈🤣

  • @aboucard93
    @aboucard93 7 місяців тому +2

    Gold dust scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. I loved it. One of the most iconic characters.

  • @rel8edgamerz445
    @rel8edgamerz445 11 місяців тому +4

    I remember when I seen him when I was child looking like what’s going on with this guy but as I grew older and understood the wrestling business I grew a deep appreciation for his character for Dustin to pull that off during that time is nothing but remarkable the Gold Dust character is literally why he became a wrestling legend besides being Dusty Son

  • @jd131m
    @jd131m 6 місяців тому +1

    The gimmick for Goldust should have been awful. It was absurd and nonsensical and erotic and just very uncomfortable especially for the time and it would have been a complete flop if it was anyone but Dustin playing the character. His portrayal and dedication to the character over the years completely made it. Dude needs to be in the HoF.

  • @rhadamesperez1437
    @rhadamesperez1437 11 місяців тому +3

    I saw Goldust wrestle in 2012 in a basement in NY in front of 50 ppl when he was trying to get back into the swing of things. Nicest guy. Friggin tall. He said he was trying to get back in

  • @miguelrico4995
    @miguelrico4995 11 місяців тому +11

    Guaranteed a future Hall of Famer.

  • @OldSchoolDudeGaming
    @OldSchoolDudeGaming 7 місяців тому +1

    Talk about making lemonade fork lemons. This is what most wrestlers fail to realize. Sell yourself on any character you’re given. The undertaker and mankind characters should’ve never worked. But they did and only because they guys who had them, believed in their character. If you can’t give all of yourself to your character, just call it quits. You won’t make it.

  • @jaysondoak6184
    @jaysondoak6184 11 місяців тому +3

    It was the perfect midcard character and Dustin was amazing. I LOVED the period where he would use movie quotes in his promos.

  • @CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd
    @CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd 7 місяців тому +1

    Dustin is so embarrassed from playing Goldust lmao bro u scared Me more then undertaker 😂 crazy as gold dust was he was a part of my childhood 😂 weather it was good or not
    Edit- and compared to the wwe today…we need a gold dust (minus the h0m0sèxual stuff)

  • @jedioutlaw
    @jedioutlaw 11 місяців тому +3

    He did what he had to do and nailed it!!!!!!!

  • @dylanstack8710
    @dylanstack8710 7 місяців тому +1

    There was something really unnerving about GoldDust as a kid. Not understanding it made it so much more bizarre. I’m gonna get destroyed for saying this but Dustin says he realized he couldn’t fill his Dads shoes and had to make his own shoes but I think he did that. To me I was much more away of who GoldDust was than Dusty Rhodes.

  • @ImGodTheMaryBanger
    @ImGodTheMaryBanger 11 місяців тому +4

    Dustin does a pretty good Vince McMahon voice

  • @30olddawgs
    @30olddawgs 11 місяців тому +1

    Playing video game WarZone. We’d always warn each other Golddust just entered the ring. Cuz he was going to do something gay to you!

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop 11 місяців тому +3

    i stopped watching wrestling in about the mid 80s just because i was starting high school and i was out doing things and i was playing guitar and trying to be in bands and stuff, but just every now and then in the 90s i would catch an episode when my roommates would be watching. so i saw Goldust every now and then and mostly was just curious and confused about what the hell he was supposed to be? he looked like he was supposed to be an alien or something, but based on like one of those weird 70s glam rock era sci fi films. and he would come to the ring with like a sexy girl companion but then he would do flirty sexual stuff towards his opponents so i was like is he supposed to be gay or bi or is he just supposed to be mentally messing with their heterosexuality to throw them off their game? so i was just utterly confused what exactly the gimmick was. now to hear this, he was supposed to be a movie star! how the hell is your gimmick that you are a movie star if you dont actually have any movies?

  • @jiffah
    @jiffah 7 місяців тому +1

    Goldust perhaps wasn't a top tier character, but Dustin was a great wrestler and he pulled off this stupid gimmick with some solid wrestling. Very few wrestlers would have done what he did. A true Pro.

  • @donkashaveli
    @donkashaveli 11 місяців тому +3

    He’s definitely one of foundering Fathers of the attitude era

  • @XTR02
    @XTR02 6 місяців тому +1

    Don’t forget, Dustin was so devoted to the Goldust character that Dustin (not influenced by anyone) pitched the idea that he should get breast implants. You read it right. Dustin is trying to make it seem that the Goldust idea is a deviant idea that was presented to him. However, Dustin volunteered to get breast implants for the character but nobody else wanted it to happen. So yeah, Dustin was getting weird with the character.

  • @marveen6372
    @marveen6372 11 місяців тому +4

    Vince created a universe

  • @jack_slater_x8708
    @jack_slater_x8708 10 місяців тому +1

    unpopular opinion but i think the " artist formerly known as ....... " version of goldust was the best one especially with luna by side instead of terri !

  • @quantumrobingaming6667
    @quantumrobingaming6667 11 місяців тому +3

    Dustin is a very underrated wrestler in his own right. Even in AEW as an "old hat" he's adding new moves to his repertoire, doing great work. Would have liked to see his natural self as an alter ego to Golddust.

  • @ballbagchris6920
    @ballbagchris6920 9 місяців тому +1

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Goldust was really Vince’s alter ego he didn’t want anyone to know about. I could see somebody walking in on him dressing up like that lol

  • @frayhua9716
    @frayhua9716 11 місяців тому +1

    This the reason why that Vince McMahon do not like The Rhodes Family he make Dusty to wrestle with pooka-dots as for his sons he turned into jobbers as gimmick characters not only that he wants to tarnish Dusty's legacy too.

  • @Randysavage77
    @Randysavage77 11 місяців тому +1

    I hated golddust why did Vince do that to him? I think it says alot about vince's fucked up mental state. Dustin should have refused to play that character and got another job in a different profession if need be instead of humiliating himself and his father's legacy

  • @YoutubeKingForever
    @YoutubeKingForever 11 місяців тому +1

    vince mcmahon probobly got the adrogynous idea from shawn michaels

  • @prisonmike3856
    @prisonmike3856 11 місяців тому +2

    Vince is definitely gay

  • @archangel_gold2451
    @archangel_gold2451 6 місяців тому +2

    He was so entertaining in the ring!

  • @carlossosa1359
    @carlossosa1359 11 місяців тому +2

    As a man say no