10 Secret WWE Pasts Of AEW Wrestlers
3. Dustin Rhodes
With his Goldust persona, Dustin Rhodes carved out an iconic WWE career against the odds - including ones he stacked against himself during some battles against personal demons.
The gimmick was famously pitched to him in 1995 as "androgynous" in the days long before he could pull out his phone and check what the word actually meant, but it was at least a lifeline following 'The Natural's controversial WCW firing shortly before 'The Bizarre One's debut. He was anything but his Atlanta moniker during his original dalliance with Vince McMahon five years earlier.
Dragged along for the very end of Dad Dusty's run with the company, Rhodes was young inexperienced son of the 'Son Of A Plumber' getting decked by Ted Dibiase for the build-up to a Royal Rumble 1991 tag team match that sent the Texans packing but facilitated a Virgil babyface turn.
Forgotten in the haze of the angle were the first words of the prodigal son. Instructed to do his best Dusty Rhodes impression, his entire promo sounds like the sort of thing he'd do today to gently rib the late legend on a podcast. It was so f*cking odd (and, retrospectively, hilarious) then immediately binned before the match itself.