Dustin Rhodes on Cody's Story, Goldust, AEW, Working For Tony Khan & Vince McMahon
Chris Van Vliet
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Dustin Rhodes (@dustinrhodes) is a professional wrestler signed to AEW. He is known for his 35+ year career where he also worked for WWE, WCW and TNA Wrestling. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Philadelphia, PA to talk about his legendary career, his emotional match at Double Or Nothing 2019 against his brother Cody, his father Dusty Rhodes not wanting him to be a wrestler, debuting in WWE as "The Natural", the original pitch from Vince McMahon to become Goldust, his comedic moments with Booker T and R-Truth, why his character Se7en didn't work in WCW, his decision to sign with AEW, why he knew Cody would leave AEW for WWE, calling out The Rock and much more!
00:00 Intro
00:35 Being in the best shape of his career
01:20 Memories of Double or Nothing 2019 vs Cody Rhodes
04:07 Did Dusty Rhodes want him to get into wrestling?
05:27 The beginning of his career in Florida Championship Wrestling
08:22 What was the idea behind his original character?
09:28 Memories of the original pitch for Goldust
12:21 When did he start to feel like Goldust?
14:07 Refining aspects of the Goldust character
15:21 Did he ever feel as god as his father?
16:14 Undertaker saying he should be in the Hall of Fame on Joe Rogan
17:54 What does he mean when he says people ‘can’t work’ today ?
18:54 The current resurgence of wrestling popularity
19:41 Did he ever think that Cody would leave AEW?
20:22 What does Cody have now that he didn’t have before?
21:45 Memories of teaming with Cody Rhodes
22:30 The Rock referencing him in current WWE stories
23:19 How did he begin teaming with Cody Rhodes
24:32 What did he think of the Stardust character?
26:01 Putting out his best effort with the Goldust character
26:56 Memories of teaming with Booker T
28:22 Was there anything he ever didn’t want to do in WWE?
29:46 Dustin Rhodes ‘Se7en’ character in WCW
31:44 Being the original 'American Nightmare'
32:52 Advice from Dusty Rhodes
33:49 Who was behind his Goldust entrance
34:51 Is he happy with his time in AEW?
35:48 When does he wear blue paint as opposed to red paint?
36:24 Does he ever think about having a last match?
36:55 Did he think about leaving when Cody left?
37:53 Tony Khan being a massive wrestling fan
40:35 How did he approach talking to Vince McMahon?
41:16 Transitioning into a comedy character
42:06 Memories of movie reviews with Booker T
43:04 How does he approach his ‘Shattered Dreams’ finishing move
45:32 Vince McMahon yelling at him as a producer
48:43 Wrestling during 5 different decade
49:41 People wanting him to come back for the Cody Rhodes storyline
50:48 Cody Rhodes finishing the story at Wrestlemania 40
51:22 Is Cody Rhodes a Hall of Fame?
52:12 What was his reaction to Cody leaving WWE?
53:00 How has he grown since his wrestling debut?
54:31 Being proud of his sobriety
55:05 3 Things that Dustin Rhodes is grateful for
