>Get given a gimmick designed for absolute humiliation and failure because you're a Rhodes>Manage to get it over to such an extent that you could have a long and successful career with itI wonder if Vince ever got mad at the fact that his burial didn't work
>>20141911His music was dimes
>>20141911I was a mark for him in 2002
>>20141911fucking kino video package they did for him on rawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Eqo6pDjjE
>>20141911Too bad he then did Black Reign.
When all is said and done, everyone will realize that Dustin was the true chosen Rhodes and not Cody.
>>20145718The golden standard
>>20145718He was and still is 10x the wrestler Cody ever was. Dude was also killing it in promos with Austin & Rock, having mainstream TV appearances at the height of wrestling's popularity, and so on. Dustin is /ourguy/ for sure.
>>20145758>Dude was also killing it in promos with Austin & RockMore like with Sable, The Blue Meanie, Val Venis and Brian Pillman.
>>20145770That was the artist formerly known as Goldust, that's different
>>20145783Only with the first one.
>>20141942one of jim johnston's masterpieces for sure
>>20141911Feels like this 'Golddust was humiliation ritual's angle is like Bernstein universe thing at this point. It doesn't match what Dustin says in interviews and way he still wears half-facepaint modeled after the character.
>>20146920It wasn't really, it was a chance for Dustin to step out of his father's shadow and it worked, creating a gimmick that pushed the envelope early on and is remembered fondly to this day.