Dustin Rhodes

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The Resurgence of Dustin Rhodes

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"It was hard to get out. It’s like if anybody has seen the movie Papillon. [WWE] ’s like a prison, it really is. It’s one of the prisons they take good care of you in, but I needed to go and do something else, man, because I had been there for so long."

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Cody and Dustin Rhodes have talked publicly for years about wanting to have that brother versus brother match on the big stage at WrestleMania. Though a match between the pair took place at WWE’s 2015 Fastlane pay-per-view, they both weren’t happy with it and felt the storyline deserved so much more.

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"That match was terrible. You want WrestleMania. That is the big show. You want to be on that stage in front of God and the world. Fastlane, the first year the pay-per-view was announced. Come on, man. It wasn’t a good match. Cody hated it. I hated it. It wasn’t what we wanted."

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“The other half is this new Dustin. That’s kind of the meaning of the half paint. I just wanted to modernize the Dustin Rhodes look. Instead of cowboy jeans and boots, you know, kind of take a little bit of some of the old Goldust suits but take the sleeves off so I can show my skinny little arms and my tattoos."

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After four decades in the business, with a broken-down body and fifty years of toll, Dustin Rhodes pulled off something even he thought impossible — the greatest match of his career.

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Along the way, he rediscovered his love of pro wrestling and etched one of the most significant moments in the history of this sport.

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Dustin Rhodes

Proving to the World (and Himself) That He’s Still Got It