10 Best Goldust Matches Ever

Goldust returned to WWE for the fifth time in 2013 when he made a surprise appearance in that years Royal Rumble match. Despite some teasing of a brother versus brother showdown further down the line, it was initially reported that Goldust’s appearance was a one shot deal.

Over the next few months, his brother Cody entered into a feud with The Authority and was unceremoniously fired for speaking out against Triple H. With an engrossing storyline fuelling them, The Rhodes family name was relevant again and became a focal point of WWE programming.

Goldust was brought back and put into a match against WWE Champion Randy Orton with the stipulation that Cody would be rehired if Goldust managed to cause an upset. With high stakes and an uncertainty bolstering the narrative, Goldust and Orton had one of the best matches of the year augmented by a psychology and emotion that proved that, despite being in his forties, Goldust still had the ability to hang with the biggest stars in the company.

With agonizing near falls and a crowd responsive to every beat in the story, the match was a simple yet effective example of two veterans holding the audience in the palm of their hands.