Dustin Rhodes
Rhodes in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dustin Patrick Runnels April 11, 1969 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Spouses | Milena Martelloni
(m. 2002; div. 2003)Ta-rel Roche
(m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Dusty Rhodes (father) Sandra Runnels (mother) |
| Relative(s) | Cody Rhodes (half-brother) Brandi Rhodes (sister-in-law) |
| Website | rhodesdream |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Artist formerly known as Goldust Black Reign Dustin Dustin Rhodes Dustin Runnels Dusty Rhodes Jr. Goldust Gold Dustin Se7en The Natural |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
| Billed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Billed from | Austin, Texas Hollywood, California (as Goldust) |
| Trained by | Dusty Rhodes Steve Keirn Harley Race |
| Debut | September 13, 1988 |
Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in which he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes and is a former AEW TNT Champion. He also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where is a member of the Sons of Texas stable. In ROH, Rhodes is a former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions alongside Sons of Texas stablemates Marshall and Ross Von Erich.
He is best known for wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation/WWWF from 1995 to 2019 (on and off), under the ring name Goldust. A second generation wrestler, he is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and the half-brother of Cody Rhodes. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Between WWE, WCW, ROH, and AEW, Runnels has won 26 total championships. In WCW, he was a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, a one-time WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Champion, and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion. In the WWF/WWE, he is a three-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, nine-time WWE Hardcore Champion, one-time World Tag Team Champion, and two-time WWE Tag Team Champion. He won his first AEW championship, the TNT Championship, in July 2025 at All In, after having been one of the first talents since the company's inception in 2019.
Runnels has also appeared in the Sixth most Royal Rumble matches, at 13. Runnels headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE (then WWF) and WCW during the 1990s.