One of the worst attempts at breaking Kayfabe…eeeever.
I met Dustin about 2 years ago–at the last local show I was involved with…and he showed up as “The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust” to wrestle Ray Lloyd (Glacier)…
…and well, it was pretty awesome. I’ve always loved the Goldust character and Dustin didn’t break Kayfabe the entire match…and afterwards as he left the building and threw a beer can at the ref who counted fast–and as he turned and burned his tires in the parking lot of the civic center…
It’s a shame this particular angle never took in WCW–but I think their product was so far gone that it really didn’t matter…floating Uncle Festerdust or not.
Dustin Rhodes has always lived in his father’s shadow as a character–Goldust was fucking amazing.
It’s funny… that Nitro at Conseco was famous for a bunch of monumental stupid moments: Chavo Guerrero got the Amway gimmick, Kevin Nash dressed as the Grand Wizard, Nitro Girl in-fighting between lesbo Spice and AC Jazz, the debut of Booker T’s giantess Midnight… I always thought Sid’s “half the brain that you do” comment was that night too, but the records say it was the following week. Two years later, that was the building where Sid broke his leg and it flopped around like an empty tube sock. We were all distracted by Road Warrior Animal, so I missed that one live… good thing, or I probably would have puked.
Check out the recap from the mother of all recappers:
Goldust was a heat MAGNET in the good ol’ days… one of those situations where the gimmick was played up the right way and people actually PAID MONEY to see him get beat up by all the guys he sexually harrassed in his feuds. It’s the heels that draw all the money, by the way…
Hey Russ, if you recall, that was ALSO the night of the Nitro Girl search where all the contestants were there. I pointed one in particular out to Russ and said, “I hope they hire her”.
Mmm, Stacy Keibler. If only she’d do Playboy–world peace might be achieved.
I’m praying she comes to her senses.
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April 20th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Russ and I were at that show, Corey. What a crazy night. We took a couple of classic signs:
“I invaded Chyna.”
“Let Bob Mould play!” (he was writing for them at the time)
and
“I taped Ally McBeal for this?!”
April 21st, 2008 at 3:45 am
That first one is disgusting. The last one rules.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:14 am
One of the worst attempts at breaking Kayfabe…eeeever.
I met Dustin about 2 years ago–at the last local show I was involved with…and he showed up as “The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust” to wrestle Ray Lloyd (Glacier)…
…and well, it was pretty awesome. I’ve always loved the Goldust character and Dustin didn’t break Kayfabe the entire match…and afterwards as he left the building and threw a beer can at the ref who counted fast–and as he turned and burned his tires in the parking lot of the civic center…
It’s a shame this particular angle never took in WCW–but I think their product was so far gone that it really didn’t matter…floating Uncle Festerdust or not.
Dustin Rhodes has always lived in his father’s shadow as a character–Goldust was fucking amazing.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
It’s funny… that Nitro at Conseco was famous for a bunch of monumental stupid moments: Chavo Guerrero got the Amway gimmick, Kevin Nash dressed as the Grand Wizard, Nitro Girl in-fighting between lesbo Spice and AC Jazz, the debut of Booker T’s giantess Midnight… I always thought Sid’s “half the brain that you do” comment was that night too, but the records say it was the following week. Two years later, that was the building where Sid broke his leg and it flopped around like an empty tube sock. We were all distracted by Road Warrior Animal, so I missed that one live… good thing, or I probably would have puked.
Check out the recap from the mother of all recappers:
http://slashwrestling.com/nitro/991108.html
BTW–notice that Raw’s ratings now are where Nitro’s ratings used to be.
Hey, and speaking of PPVs, I think we get SummerSlam this year: time to get the band back together.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:48 am
Goldust was a heat MAGNET in the good ol’ days… one of those situations where the gimmick was played up the right way and people actually PAID MONEY to see him get beat up by all the guys he sexually harrassed in his feuds. It’s the heels that draw all the money, by the way…
April 21st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Hey Russ, if you recall, that was ALSO the night of the Nitro Girl search where all the contestants were there. I pointed one in particular out to Russ and said, “I hope they hire her”.
Turned out to be Stacy Keibler.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:35 am
Mmm, Stacy Keibler. If only she’d do Playboy–world peace might be achieved.
I’m praying she comes to her senses.