Dustin Rhodes On Being Fired From WCW, Discusses WCW Sale & More

During a London ITR show, Dustin Rhodes talked to us about the match that led to him getting fired from WCW in 1995 and the details before discussing what he thinks would've happened if Eric Bischoff had been able to successfully purchase WCW in 2001. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
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During a London ITR show, Dustin Rhodes talked to us about the match that led to him getting fired from WCW in 1995 and the details before discussing what he thinks would've happened if Eric Bischoff had been able to successfully purchase WCW in 2001. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@MilMaska]

"Oh my new name is Seven by the way. They dressed me up like Uncle Fester. To play trick n treat all year long" - Dustin Rhoads

[@brandonsmith94194]

That was funny as hell when I saw that

[@williammunny1844]

Lol, I’m not saying you’re one of them; but for the last 20 some years, the IWC actually think Seven was supposed to get this big long push, and Dustin went into business for himself and as a shoot, buried the gimmick on live TV. Really it was a just a one-off thing to elevate Dustin Rhodes the wrestler (no gimmicks attached), and set him up as an anti-authority character.

[@pgraybengal]

I was laughing my ass off at that Uncle Fester line. Lol

[@andrewkrueger304]

@@pgraybengalsame 😂

[@shaolinwisdom]

Seven was a gimmick created by Dustin, but he said that the network didn't like because in the vignettes they filmed a kids eyes turned black and they thought it was satanic. So he had to bury the character on TV to end it.

[@lgbfjb1183]

I’ll give him credit, goldust should have failed hard, it was a cartoon era gimmick "like the undertaker abet not as monumental" and he got it over pretty well, and ultimately was able to even win intercontinental championships and brought back and reprise the role for long after it should and could have been buried, but he did it! Mad respects for making the most of what he was given!

[@shaolinwisdom]

Well also AOL/Time-Warner/Turner had Vince McMahon sign as part of the contract that he couldn't run WCW as a company anywhere else. Which is why we never saw WCW as a brand extension like we did with ECW.

[@DannNotDaniel]

Hogan came in at summer 94 ,

[@andrewhunt1328]

Dusty got screwed by wcw

[@PettyFan42]

Where is the entire interview??

[@kingkosher6231]

The match was pre-taped which means it could very well have been right before Hogan showed up in WCW. I wish marks would shut up and listen for once lol.

[@randallcunningham743]

Can anyone tell me where I can find the shirt Dustin is wearing in the interview? I've looked around and can't find anything about it.

[@genxtasy9914]

Hogan was already in WCW for almost a year. Dustin debut in September I think

[@dibber43]

"GOLDUST"🏆👍

[@justinturley7071]

It was actually the backers that Eric Bischoff needed to buy wcw backed out (no pun intended) from helping Bischoff buying wcw, because Turner didn’t want wcw. So, Vince McMahon was the only person who wanted to buy wcw as nobody else wanted it.

[@longballplease]

Hulk Hogan was in WCW in 1994, Nasty Boys were in WCW 1993, so the story doesn't make sense

[@jonrichardson7848]

I believe the shift thing cause Hoagon was at 350000 at wwe and turner offered him 1.5 million to come to wcw im glad Dustin is where he's at in aew he got his just do

[@hanndonfield91]

Hogan earned wayyyyyyyyy more than 350000 in the wwf, 350000 was normally a ppv payoff for one night

[@saadbaig3060]

king kong bundy vs james elsworth impact championship

[@jasoncorr4619]

A dead person versus a nonce

[@gazof-the-north1980]

Hogan and Flair were "made guys". Different set of rules for them

[@saadbaig3060]

okay

[@saadbaig3060]

hi

[@DjCp3o420]

Dustin!