10 WWE Superstars Who Have Been Released The Most

So frequent were Dustin Rhodes' dismissals and departures from WWE throughout his lengthy career that he could just have easily borne the sobriquet Goldenhandshakedust.

The young Rhodes began perfecting his trademark early, let go by WWE alongside his father following a brief run together in 1991. When Rhodes returned four years later, he was bedecked in a ludicrous gold bodysuit, and handed an ambiguously androgynous character that in the backwardsthink of the mid-'90s was deemed a tacit humiliation. For a while, Rhodes made a virtue of the aureate ensemble, establishing himself as one of the Attitude Era's most layered and intriguing acts. The Midas touch had faded by 1999 however, and he was let go.

WWE's buyout of TimeWarner's WCW contracts brought Rhodes back for a third stint, though despite a surprisingly successful odd couple tandem with Booker T, it was again short lived. A mysterious set of vignettes were suddenly abandoned in late 2003, as Rhodes was once more released.

Against all odds, Rhodes' final WWE run was his finest - even though he'd effectively retired a year before it began. Through some miracle - or possibly DDP Yoga - Goldust didn't so much roll back the clock as buy an entirely new watch, putting in performances better than ever tagging with brother Cody. It was the strength of that fraternal bond that led Rhodes to his sixth - and surely final - WWE release last April, as he petitioned the company let him go so he could join his brother in AEW. Oddly, they accepted.