In November , Goldust split with Marlena and refused to cooperate with his Survivor Series teammates, which once again turned him into a heel. He began mimicking celebrities and fellow wrestlers with characters such as " Chynadust ", " Dust Lovedust ", " Dustydust ", " Hunterdust ", " Flashdust ", "Marilyn Mansondust", " Sabledust ", and " Vaderdust ".
In May , Rhodes declared the end of Goldust and burned his jumpsuit on television, thereby splitting with Luna and eventually getting involved with Terri Runnels once again. He feuded with Val Venis , who had been involved with Terri during their separation.
Rhodes then declared himself a born again Christian, alluding to "his" return, and walking through the crowd with signs reading "he's coming back! In early , Goldust feuded with Al Snow , upon stealing Head, Snow's mascot, and The Blue Meanie , who had recently renamed himself "Bluedust" and adopted many of Goldust's mannerisms.
After Goldust defeated Meanie at St. Valentine's Day Massacre , Meanie became Goldust's apprentice. In the same time period, Goldust won the Intercontinental Championship again from Road Dogg and then lost it to The Godfather two weeks later. Throughout , vignettes featuring hidden-camera footage of wrestlers began airing on television. The vignettes were originally referred to as GDTV Goldust Television , with the intention of eventually revealing Goldust as the person behind them, but were renamed GTV after Rhodes requested and was granted a release from his contract.
Rhodes returned to World Championship Wrestling in , filming several vignettes for a fantastical, face-painted character named Seven. These vignettes contained ominous footage of Rhodes in full makeup standing outside of a child's bedroom window. The character was dropped after Turner Standards and Practices expressed concern that this gimmick could be misinterpreted as a child abductor.
Upon returning to WCW television, Rhodes removed his costume and delivered a worked shoot in which he mocked unrealistic gimmicks as well as his time as Goldust in the WWF. After turning heel upon his return, Rhodes began wrestling as "The American Nightmare" Dustin Rhodes, with his nickname a reference to his father's nickname, "The American Dream".
Rhodes feuded with Jeff Jarrett before turning heel and feuding with Terry Funk. Internet radio program in which he criticized WCW head writer Vince Russo , calling him a "sawed-off midget" and an "asshole". Promos immediately began airing on WWF television advertising the return of Goldust.
On January 20, , Rhodes officially returned by taking part in the Royal Rumble , reprising his Goldust character. Shortly after returning, promos began airing for a few weeks of Goldust saying that there was a certain wrestler whose "star was shining brighter" than he'd like. He eventually revealed the person he was talking about was Rob Van Dam by attacking him on Raw. Van Dam defeated him in a singles match at No Way Out After the loss, he moved on to the hardcore division, where he won the WWE Hardcore Championship on seven occasions.
The duo engaged in numerous comedic vignettes, on one occasion hosting a segment titled Booker T and Goldust at the Movies and delivering reviews of The Scorpion King , a film starring The Rock. In May , Booker joined the nWo , with Goldust's request to join the faction rejected. Following the dissolution of the tag team, Rhodes developed a gimmick whereupon he contracted a stutter, as well as Tourette's-like symptoms which continue to this day , upon receiving a shock from a Round Tube during an attack at the hands of Batista and Randy Orton.
Rhodes appeared sporadically thereafter, forming a tag team with Lance Storm in August In fall , Booker T. The messages only said "I remember". It was rumored that the messages would be from Goldust, which would have began a feud between the two.
Suddenly, the angle was never mentioned again on television and the company announced on their web site that they would not be renewing Rhodes' contract. WWE allowed his contract to expire in December Rhodes returned to World Wrestling Entertainment on October 31 , repackaged as a heel and back under the Goldust attire, as Jonathan Coachman enlisted him and Vader to attack Batista.
Following the event, Goldust once again disappeared from television. In January , Goldust took part in the Royal Rumble match and was assigned once again to the Raw brand until he was released from his WWE contract on June 14, for no-showing an appearance.
In an interview on TNA Impact! TNA presented the interview as being an emotional breakdown on the part of Rhodes. The next week, the gimmick was explored even further, saying that Rhodes constantly switches between Rhodes and Reign. Reign challenged Abyss to a "Shop of Horrors" match at Genesis and lost. At Genesis, Reign's new partner, Rellik which is "Killer" spelled backwards , made his debut after attacking Abyss.
Originally, this match was signed to be Abyss and Rhino versus Rellik and Black Reign but, due to an injury, Rhino was replaced by Raven for this match. On Impact! 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.
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