49 Facts About Dustin Rhodes

Dustin Rhodes is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes, with a nickname of "The Natural" and is a member of The Sons of Texas.

Dustin Rhodes appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor where he is a double champion: he is currently one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions alongside Sammy Guevara, and one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions alongside Marshall and Ross Von Erich in their first reign both as a team and individually.

Dustin Rhodes is known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Runnels made his professional wrestling debut on September 13,1988, as "Dustin Rhodes", defeating Bob Cook in a match for the Tampa-based Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion.

Dustin Rhodes teamed with Kendall Windham in an undercard tag team called The Texas Broncos that saw success against The Cruel Connection and The Commandos.

Dustin Rhodes returned to AJPW for a ten and a twenty-day tour in the spring and summer of 1990.

In November 1990, Dustin Rhodes defeated Ted DiBiase in a televised ten-minute challenge match.

Dustin Rhodes feuded with Larry Zbyszko until April 1991, when he refused to join Alexandra York's York Foundation, thus beginning a feud with Foundation member Terrence Taylor.

In late 1991, Dustin Rhodes formed a tag-team with Barry Windham and began pursuing WCW Tag Team champions The Enforcers.

In January 1993, Dustin Rhodes reached the final of a tournament to decide the number one contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

Dustin Rhodes faced his old partner Ricky Steamboat to win his first United States Heavyweight title.

Dustin Rhodes successfully defended the title the following month at SuperBrawl III against Maxx Payne.

At Fall Brawl, Dustin Rhodes teamed with Sting, Davey Boy Smith and The Shockmaster to defeat Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious and Harlem Heat in a WarGames match.

Dustin Rhodes lost the title to Steve Austin in a Two out of three falls match at Starrcade, after losing both falls.

In March 1994, Dustin Rhodes started feuding with Bunkhouse Buck and Col.

At the Uncensored pay-per-view on March 19,1995, Dustin Rhodes lost to The Blacktop Bully in the only King of the Road match in the company's history.

Dustin Rhodes engaged in such tactics as groping and excessive physical affection towards his opponent in the midst of delivering his onslaught.

Dustin Rhodes defeated the departing Bam Bam Bigelow in Bigelow's last WWF match at the Survivor Series.

Dustin Rhodes then feuded with Razor Ramon, whom he stalked and sent messages to throughout late 1995.

Dustin Rhodes's gimmick consisted of sitting at ringside in a director's chair during Goldust's matches, advising him while smoking large brown cigars.

Dustin Rhodes had a ladder match with Shawn Michaels at internet pay-per-view Xperience for the WWF Championship but lost the match.

Dustin Rhodes feuded with Jeff Jarrett before feuding with Terry Funk.

Dustin Rhodes was fired by Vince Russo at Spring Stampede in April 2000 for failing to prevent Terry Funk from winning the vacant Hardcore Championship, against Norman Smiley.

Dustin Rhodes wrestled on the final WCW pay-per-view, Greed on March 18,2001.

Dustin Rhodes eventually revealed the person he was talking about was Rob Van Dam by attacking him on Raw, turning heel in the process.

Dustin Rhodes appeared sporadically thereafter, forming a tag team with Lance Storm in August 2003.

On February 4,2004, he debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Lone Star" Dustin Rhodes, unsuccessfully challenging Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Dustin Rhodes then entered a feud with Bobby Roode and at Lockdown, Rhodes defeated Roode in a 2 out of 3 falls Prince of Darkness cage match.

On January 28,2007, it was announced that Dustin Rhodes would appear at the February 17,2007, All Japan Pro Wrestling show in the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

On July 15,2007, Dustin Rhodes returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at Victory Road and aligned himself with Christian Cage by helping him defeat "Wildcat" Chris Harris.

The next week, the gimmick was explored even further, saying that Dustin Rhodes constantly switched between Dustin Rhodes and Black Reign.

Dustin Rhodes was featured at Bound for Glory in a Monster's Ball match against Rhino, Abyss, and Raven, which he lost.

Later the same night, he appeared for an interview, as Dustin Rhodes, without his Black Reign make-up and stated that his "alter ego" has been scaring him since when he was a little kid.

Goldust participated in the 2009 Royal Rumble match and stared down his real-life half-brother, Cody Dustin Rhodes, but was eliminated by him later.

Dustin Rhodes appeared in a dark 26-man battle royal match at WrestleMania XXVI, but failed to win, although his past ally Yoshi Tatsu won.

Dustin Rhodes made an appearance on the April 9,2012, edition of Raw where he, along with numerous other WWE officials and superstars, were attempting to break up a brawl between Brock Lesnar and John Cena.

Dustin Rhodes then wrestled on July 14,2012, in Hollywood, Florida, for the NWA Ring Warriors promotion as Goldust, losing to Vordell Walker via disqualification when "Iceman" Buck Q interfered in the match.

Dustin Rhodes was eliminated by his half-brother, Cody Rhodes, teasing a possible feud.

In return, the Dustin Rhodes brothers gatecrashed Raw by attacking the Shield.

At TLC: Tables Ladders and Chairs, the Dustin Rhodes Brothers retained the title in a fatal-4-way elimination match against Curtis Axel and Ryback, The Real Americans and Big Show and Rey Mysterio, but they lost the title to New Age Outlaws at the Royal Rumble.

The next week on Raw, under his real name and without his signature facepaint, Dustin Rhodes faced Wyatt in a losing effort.

Dustin Rhodes had a match against Balor later that night, but was defeated.

At Starrcade, he competed as "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, defeating Dash Wilder with the bulldog.

The second round saw him facing "The Murderhawk" Lance Archer, with Dustin Rhodes losing the match.

At AEW Battle of the Belts on January 8,2022, Dustin Rhodes lost to Sammy Guevara in an Interim AEW TNT Championship title match.

At AEW Worlds End in December 2023, Dustin Rhodes lost to Swerve Strickland, substituting for the injured Keith Lee.

In July 2024, Dustin Rhodes debuted in AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor at its Death Before Dishonor, teaming with Marshall and Ross Von Erich to defeat The Dark Order to earn a shot at the vacant ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.

Dustin Rhodes appears in Black Moth Super Rainbow's video for "Hairspray Heart", from their album Cobra Juicy.

Dustin Rhodes has two sisters, Kristin Runnels Ditto, who is a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, and Teil Gergel.