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Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler.

He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes.

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 (CWF) promotion.

In December 1988, Runnels debuted in World Championship Wrestling.

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

Their first defeat came against The Original Midnight Express at a house show on December 10, 1988, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rhodes's first singles match came two days later at a television taping in Atlanta, Georgia when he defeated Trent Knight.

Rhodes' initial WCW run lasted only a few months, as he exited the company two months after his father.

The promotion was renamed the Professional Wrestling Federation in February 1989 after Runnels' father, Dusty Rhodes, began wrestling there.

Runnels captured the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship from Al Perez on May 23, 1989, holding it for a month.

After suffering a loss to Butch Reed during a dark match for an NWA Main Event taping in The Omni on February 12, 1989, Rhodes closed out his initial WCW run with a win over Trent Knight in Walterboro, South Carolina on February 24.

In March 1989, Runnels toured Japan for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in its annual Champion Carnival, under the name Dusty Rhodes Jr. He returned to AJPW for a ten and a twenty-day tour in the spring and summer of 1990.

Runnels began wrestling in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) in July 1989.

There he feuded mainly with Tony Anthony for Anthony's CWA Heavyweight Championship but never won the belt.

Runnels headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF and WCW during the 1990s.

He left the USWA in the spring of 1990.

Runnels debuted as a fan favorite in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1990, wrestling as Dustin Rhodes.

His first match in the WWF (now WWE) was against Paul Diamond on WWF on MSG Network on September 21, 1990.

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

On January 19, 1991, at the Royal Rumble, Rhodes and his father Dusty lost to Ted DiBiase and Virgil in a tag team bout, and both left immediately after.

In February 1991, Runnels joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling as "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes.

He 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, Rhodes formed a tag-team with Barry Windham and began pursuing WCW Tag Team champions The Enforcers (Arn Anderson and Zbyszko).

The pair received a title shot at Clash of the Champions XVII, but Windham was injured prior to the event.

A returning Ricky Steamboat was chosen to partner Rhodes, and the makeshift duo won the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

They lost the belts on January 16, 1992, to Arn Anderson and fellow Dangerous Alliance member Bobby Eaton.

On a taped edition of WCW Saturday Night on September 2, 1992, Rhodes teamed with Windham to defeat Steve Williams and Terry Gordy for the unified WCW World Tag Team Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship (their NWA title reign is not recognized by NWA); the match would air on October 3.

They held the belts for about two months before losing them to Steamboat and Shane Douglas in a memorable match on the November 18 edition of Clash of the Champions XXI.

Windham turned on Rhodes after the match when Rhodes refused to pin Steamboat after an accidental low blow.

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

The champion Rick Rude was stripped of his title that same month, meaning the tournament final would be for the title.

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

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

He is best known for his multiple tenures with WWE from 1995 to 2018 under 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 WWF/WWE and WCW, Runnels has won 23 total championships.

In WCW, he was a two-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a one-time Six-Man Tag Team Champion, and a two-time World Tag Team Champion.

In WWF/WWE, he is a three-time Intercontinental Champion, nine-time Hardcore Champion, one-time World Tag Team Champion, and two-time WWE Tag Team Champion.

Runnels has also appeared in the fourth most Royal Rumble matches, at 13.