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Post by The Rick Jericho on Oct 10, 2021 10:40:40 GMT -5
He's had more than Marty, so what's your favorite Goldust/Dustin run?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Oct 10, 2021 10:51:25 GMT -5
Had to vote for the Bookdust era.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2021 11:19:07 GMT -5
1995-1999 for me.
There was some stinkers but his original run was amazing and he could've been WWE Champion.
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 10, 2021 11:19:29 GMT -5
2002-2003 for BookDust. I would have said the original 1995-1999 Goldust run, but Dustin's 1997-1999 angles and looks were a mess.    |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Oct 10, 2021 11:31:10 GMT -5
2002-2003 for BookDust. I would have said the original 1995-1999 Goldust run, but Dustin's 1997-1999 angles and looks were a mess. TAFKA Goldust (despite the lame Prince joke) seems like he would have been more relevant in a much later time period. |
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Post by SkullTrauma on Oct 10, 2021 13:09:45 GMT -5
1995-1996.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2021 13:45:45 GMT -5
'91-'95 WCW
One of the top babyfaces in the company without any gimmicks. Had great matches with everyone he wrestled, both singles and tag with Windham. His team with Windham felt like it was just meant to be.
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Post by Instant Classic on Oct 10, 2021 13:49:30 GMT -5
His best run was pre attitude era going in to the attitude era, but my favorite is his 2013 run with Cody.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Oct 10, 2021 15:53:22 GMT -5
'91-'95 WCW One of the top babyfaces in the company without any gimmicks. Had great matches with everyone he wrestled, both singles and tag with Windham. His team with Windham felt like it was just meant to be. His matches with a young Steve Austin were really good, but I will agree that chemistry with Windham was on point. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 10, 2021 18:10:09 GMT -5
I never saw him pre Dust.
I know people love the match with Cody in AEW, but my favourite angle involving either of them to this day is the one of them against The Shield when the latter were foot soldiers for the Authority. That angle was over like rover with me.
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Post by fw91 on Oct 10, 2021 19:43:02 GMT -5
Bookdust. He never seemed more over.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Oct 11, 2021 4:01:44 GMT -5
2002-2003 for BookDust. I would have said the original 1995-1999 Goldust run, but Dustin's 1997-1999 angles and looks were a mess. The interview segment where Dustin broke up with Terri after she had spent a month with Brian Pillman was some of the best acting I remember seeing in wrestling and super uncomfortable to watch I also enjoyed the tandem of Goldust with Luna Vachon and that initial promo where she came back. All that said I went with the original Gold Dust run |
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Oct 11, 2021 13:49:46 GMT -5
1995-1999 for me. There was some stinkers but his original run was amazing and he could've been WWE Champion. Such a great, unique character when he was introduced, and they really embellished that into '97 and '98. Definitely could have been Champion, and really should have had at least a small run with it. |
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Oct 11, 2021 15:24:19 GMT -5
1995-1999 was where he came into his own and showed that wasn't just "Dusty's kid", so I'm gonna go with that.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Oct 11, 2021 20:29:30 GMT -5
1995-99 by a mile. Especially the first few years of it.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 11, 2021 20:57:29 GMT -5
I'd say Goldust was the best period character wise, early WCW was when he was at his physical peak, and AEW has been his peak level as an in-ring worker.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Oct 12, 2021 5:28:12 GMT -5
I've only seen his career from '97 onward, with the rest being footage through VHS tapes, DVD matches, and the Network. So with that said, the initial run was flawed but really showed his abilities as a character. He took the gay panic stuff and RAN WITH IT, using homophobia for some truly unique heat at a much different time in society. Plus, he worked with a lot of tremendous talent early on, like Razor, Bret, Owen, Triple H, Shawn, Taker, etc. There's a lot of good stuff there. The slimmer return in 2008 through his WWECW run the following year was good, and then his work teaming with Cody (which is especially highlighted with the Battleground tag match against The Shield featuring Dusty Rhodes) was like the icing on the cake. I feel like they absolutely wasted him after that with R-Truth and then that singles push that got postponed a bunch and dropped. I don't watch AEW every week, but I always enjoy seeing him featured over there at his age whenever I do tune in. It's just good to see him; he's one of my original 'guys' from back in the day that I loved to watch.
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Post by ronnie2hotty on Oct 12, 2021 9:40:23 GMT -5
I had to vote for "The Natural" era Dustin. His work was improving so much during this time, he was a future main-eventer in WCW had Hogan not come in and cut the legs out from under most of the home-grown talent they had.
A close runner up goes to the Cody/Dustin era WWE. They were such a great team together. For a short time, they really brought the luke-warm tag division up to a new level. Their matches with The Shield are really underrated.
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Post by auph10imitated on Oct 12, 2021 12:12:24 GMT -5
The original Goldust heel run was fantastic, I dont think anyone at the time would have seen him as WWF Champion, but in hindsight it would have been quite fantastic. I did like him and Marlena as babyfaces in 1997 also, and even though TAFKAG was messy, him and Luna made the part great, and it was really edgy for the time, it just got bad in early 1999 before he left when he was with Blue Meanie and in aimless angles.
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