Dustin Rhodes has wrestled in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and now the 2020s. His loss to Sammy Guevara on Dynamite means the 50-year-old has now wrestled in 5 different decades.
Dustin Rhodes Debuts In 1988
Wrestling as Dustin Rhodes, he made his pro-wrestling debut in 1988 for the Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion. He briefly held the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship after defeating Al Perez for the belt. He’d drop the title the following month, however.
Rhodes would debut in WCW around the same time, wrestling as one-half of the Texas Broncos along with Kendall Windham.
Dustin Rhodes Arrives In WWF in 1990
Rhodes would kick off the 1990s by taking part in an angle with his father in WWF. Dusty Rhodes had been in a rivalry with Ted Dibiase for some time when Rhodes arrived on the scene. Both Dustin and Dusty would leave the promotion in early 1991, however, and return to WCW.
Dustin Rhodes in WCW 1991-1995
In the early 90s, Dustin Rhodes would wrestle as “the Natural” in WCW. He’d even win the promotion’s United States Championship at one point. He would return to WWE in 1995, however, and then began to portray one of the most controversial characters in wrestling history.
Goldust In the Mid to Late 90s
When Dustin Rhodes returned to WWE in the mid-90s, it would not be as the cowboy-boot wearing “the Natural” character he had been portraying. Instead, he became Goldust, the Hollywood-obsessed, androgynous, and eccentric character that many have said was WWF’s first foray into what would become “the Attitude Era.”
By 1999, Dustin would return to WCW, this time when the promotion was being run by Vince Russo, a writer who worked with him on the Goldust character. He was originally supposed to portray a similar albeit darker character named “Seven.” He would quickly drop the gimmick, however.
Return To WWE, Various Exits and More Subsequent Returns
Dustin would sign with WWF and then leave the company 3 different times between 2001 and 2013. After his first run as Goldust with WWE, however, all subsequent runs saw the character treated as more comedic than it had been previously.
In 2019, Goldust left to sign with All Elite Wrestling. On New Year’s day 2020, Dustin lost to Sammy Guevara, marking his first match in his 5th decade in wrestling.
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