Dustin Rhodes Tells Funny Goldust Tourette's Story

In this hilarious clip from our live show with Dustin Rhodes, The former Goldust talks about the origins of the Goldust Tourette's gimmick, how he used to do it to entertain the boys on the road and what Vince McMahon did once he found out about it. 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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In this hilarious clip from our live show with Dustin Rhodes, The former Goldust talks about the origins of the Goldust Tourette's gimmick, how he used to do it to entertain the boys on the road and what Vince McMahon did once he found out about it. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@TheGringoStarr]

Yeah. Making fun of disabilities is funny. That's why most of my jokes are about southern Americans and how most of their passion ended when they found out that marrying your sister is illegal. Well, except in Alabama.

[@tonyrandall4364]

Love this show so much. Great stories from the source and so funny. Thank you

[@joeanders5182]

He laughs now about the goldust gimmick but when he jumped to wcw and came out as seven and talked crap about being a silver fester and talked about how he hated the goldust gimmick with a passion and Vince could shove it up his@$$. He was tired of being the joke of the locker room and crowd

[@kevinm.p9989]

Pretty tasteless.......

[@jamescooper3324]

Seven was before tourettes goldust

[@jeffdawson2786]

Tourette’s Goldy was beyond hysterical. Dustin is a legend.

[@SenorGrandePP]

He should’ve been the champ

[@Geojr815]

Glad that character was made when it could be. Definitely wouldn’t fly nowadays

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

@@Geojr815 snowflakes would have a melty

[@jacks1bonnielass]

My Dad and I would be doubled over laughing watching Raw 😂 I started watching wrestling with my Dad when I was just a little thing still in diapers back in 88-89’. I LOVED it so much for so many years, especially the Attitude era. I stopped watching around 2009-2010. Too many of the old wrestlers were gone and too many news faces to keep up with, plus the storylines just weren’t doing it for me 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@TheMartinBishop]

100, bro. He was aMAZing

[@animaloverload7465]

Dustin owned that gimmick like a boss. No one else could've done that role.

[@Tad1945]

He owns anything the WWE throws at him. The man is a Legend 🤘.

[@tonymeyer4786]

I agree

[@jeremywilliams1835]

Maybe Santino if he was earlier. With just the tourettes

[@lukepilsbury2347]

True legend

[@cliffordhorne1]

Just like Dustys and the polka-dots

[@BrooklynBaker03]

The Tourette’s golddust should have lasted longer, his appearance on Howard Stern and all the promos he did were hilarious

[@TheGamingZone-]

fans watching that love the character like me was scared seeing him being electrocuted , it looked too real and yes he was funny in his promos following but it got old fast his fans wanted to see him wrestle and win was met with losses cause of the gimmickly twitch which was starting to turn goldust into a laughing stock

[@huffy6192]

They were gonna turn him on Booker . But, he got released shortly after the gimmick went dry.

[@EM-ny4dx]

Bro, are you telling me Goldust interview on Howard Stern was a gimmick? All that tourette syndrome he did was all a work?.

[@timothygraham4304]

It really shouldn't have.

[@Budicles]

Lol...... Shi shi. Shi. Shiitake.. rofl

[@delawareisastate8992]

One of the best Tourette Goldust promos is when he’s calling Christian a “Huge dick...a dick...a dictator!” I damn near cry every time I see it 😂😂

[@Fireguy65]

“Deep down in the cock….cock…cockles of his heart”

[@CannibalRitual]

Never judge a book by its... c-c-c... c-c-... c-c-c-c-CORNBREAD-dammit-CORNBREAD!

[@marccaselle8108]

When I saw that the first time when it was on originally I laughed very hard and my stomach hurt

[@rustyshakelford1279]

I got a La-AHH AHH+ugh out of that. Brought a UGH UGH smile to my FUCK face.

[@Kingd21625]

I just got done watching the segment 😂😂😂

[@lonewolfrcs1331]

i have tourettes and growing up watching him do this on t.v. really made me laugh and learn it is ok to have tourettes and use it to make people laugh it is not a disability it is trully a hidden super power i even dressed up as golddust for halloween and me actually having tourettes made it even more funnier i had my friends rolling for hours lol

[@bigbfromaz]

YOOOOOO 😂😂😂. The Halloween costume makes me so happy. Way to flip the script.

[@Taima]

That's fuckin amazing. I try not to feel bad about things like this being made fun of because I know that oftentimes there are many with the condition (such as yourself) or even a good friend of mine who will be the type everyone loves to see because they're like "idc, it's fucking hilarious!" At the same time I'm sure there's no shortage of people with Tourette's who would be on the opposite side of that and be upset because it makes people not recognize the shittiness of the condition or how it's not all just funny expletives and obnoxious shit, but the key I suppose is to recognize when these things happened, who did them, why they did them, and whether there was anything malicious behind. Dustin just wanted to be funny and television back then did nothing to teach people what the condition is really like for most, so what could you expect. /rant(?)

[@Rozy727]

Bro 100% if we were friends i would have dressed up as stardust and joined you 😂

[@mgyver2003]

Doing God's work!😂

[@generalkayoss7347]

Dustin Rhodes could have been a stand up comic in another life!

[@aluminumsalmongames6277]

Now that he is getting up in age, dude looks SO much like his father.

[@MortardInc]

"Funny does draw money." So freaking true

[@robertherter1640]

Dustin Rhodes should be a hall of fame he always made fans laugh

[@ItsAlimonda]

Was completly caught off guard by Goldust seamlessly slipping back into that gimmick 😂

[@zumba.c]

"Pop goes the weasel 'cause the weasel goes pop" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dragonblack90]

I remember he was on Howard stern talking about terri runnels cheating on him and he still was in character doing this lmao

[@aztecwrrior1997]

Terri cheated on Dustin damn thats rough

[@huffy6192]

I remember that. But, it was also said that Dustin's relationship with Dusty, at the time. Caused issues between the two. Going as far as Dustin spreading rumors, and what not.

[@Dragonblack90]

@@huffy6192 I mean whatever he was talking about, the point was he did the interview in character on the Howard stern show..hilarious!!!

[@ThinDiezel]

Grand canyon

[@aaqil_veenendaal]

@@ThinDiezel 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 "GRAND CANYON!!! GRAND CANYON!!!"

[@TheRealBDouble]

The "ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh" gets me every time

[@melomelo3103]

He was on point with Vince's voice lmao 😂😂😂

[@crunchymayo2614]

Came here to say this, definitely nailed it 😂😂

[@trajectoryunown]

It seems to me that if you work for Vince long enough you get the impression. Something like a Christmas bonus on year 5 or something.

[@markcoughlan6863]

@@trajectoryunown I feel like this comment needs much much more appreciation. So this Christmas... just know... when I pretend to wish people Merry Christmas... it's not for them. No no no. It's for you, brother. Just for you.

[@DemonDriver31]

Big show , stone cold goldust jim cornette can nail the vincd voice.

[@Strizz484]

​@@DemonDriver31JR too. Imitates him perfectly in his audiobooks

[@pearljam619]

Every wrestler ever always does a “Vince voice” when quoting Vince! 😜

[@rickylyon3846]

I think it's an unwritten rule in wrestling. If you have to quote Vince McMahon, you have to use the Vince Voice. Same goes for John Laurinaitis, Dusty Rhodes and Michael Hayes.

[@CellGames2006]

Yep, Maven, Jericho, Eric Bischoff just to name a few.

[@joshuamoore4537]

I like that Dustin Rhodes is so committed to staying in character that he even had the Goldust Tourette’s gimmick when he was on Howard Stern. 😆

[@joshvandruff1790]

Fair point on the “it’s not life threatening you can laugh at it.” 😂

[@LittleKing94]

One of my favorite clips was Goldust legit making HHH and Flair laugh their asses off back in '03 with this gimmick. It worked so well, you would've never thought they actually broke character!

[@WeAreAce1112]

Cornbread Dammit! 😂😂 easily my fave moment with goldust that was hilarious

[@highpriest90]

The most underrated wrestler of all time. God i love goldust more than ever! He is the GOAT

[@galactimus1990]

I’ve always thought this. Criminally underrated, he had skills and talent to go far.

[@nicholasdunlap2275]

Same. Always thought he deserved WWE Heavyweight gold.

[@briansetpente1019]

Definitely should be in the WWE hall of Fame 👍

[@DaNIGHTz]

The golddust, booker and the rock promo was 1 of my top 10 segments to re-watch every few years. When i need a good laugh and chuckle at life. That puts me in the right frame of mind to handle my day and get my mind right and lightens my mood.

[@DaileyShorts]

Link that shit n be a hero!

[@DaNIGHTz]

@@DaileyShorts kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6u1oHSYm7hnZ7M

[@RealOrigenDue]

Dustin can literally do anything in the ring, he’s a treasure! 🙏❤️😋

[@13lakeSullivan]

Best example of "Funny is money" in wrestling in my opinion. I love every incarnation of Goldust. Even The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust. But this was and will always be one of my favorite memories as a Goldust and wrestling fan. Thanks for helping me develop my sense of humor Dustin. Comedy and wrestling have always been my outlet and safe haven.

[@The_Dailey_Gamer]

“If you can make it through it” 😆😆

[@trcsonic]

Goldust is the Frieza of the wrestling.

[@heathazezero3967]

Only without the racism and saiyan genocide 😂😂😂

[@filegumbo2130]

My dad compares wrestling to like a soap opera, instead of settling things with feelings, they settle things by beating each other

[@S_047]

Stream I just watched we came to tht conclusion as well

[@tonyroach9415]

Thats been said for years bro fr.

[@sappyfoot]

my friend was in the audience for this. he said he farted several times but another guy got blamed for it

[@Drock7749]

Dustin seems like a great guy to meet and talk with, definitely in my top 5 on that list.

[@mikehunt8247]

When I saw goldust get electrocuted live I freaked out. I always loved him as a kid. And then he came back with the tourettes gimmick and I loved it. He nailed that Character no one else could have done it

[@jeffdawson2786]

Such a great wrestler and one of the funniest periods in the career of Goldust.

[@wstine79]

"Wrestle MAY HEY HEY NIA!"

[@motivation_entertainment-value]

“Yeh”

[@MilMaska]

"I wrote. If anybody can get anything out of this guy. Its Dustin" - Jim Cornette

[@jasonholtby8944]

Lol

[@longjohn526]

I loved that gimmick, it always made me laugh out loud .... He was on Howard Stern around that time and he never broke character which impressed the hell out of Howard

[@MTSpade]

the hhh/flair segment is still fuckin gold, I watch it all the time, man if theres one guy I'd love to hang out with and learn from its dustin, even tho wwe didnt think of him as a legend, he fuckin is man, the women of aew are in good hands to be trained by him

[@JakeEvTube]

Cody is a great worker, and he’s great at wrestling promos. But Dustin is on a whole other level with his story telling. He has so much believability and passion in his story telling, he could tell me that by buying an ice cream sandwich from his ice cream truck my life would be forever altered for the better, and I’d believe him wholeheartedly

[@MichaeldeFilippi]

Goldust is much better than Cody.

[@LexiSantos]

The best actor WWE has ever had. This dude deserved awards for his performance

[@xCallMeBamx]

I remember when vicki guerrero had to do some kind of pig pen match, and afterwards goldust came up to her and was like "you smell like shit shit shit-take mushrooms" i fucking died laughing it was great

[@macktrainor5223]

I need to see this

[@xCallMeBamx]

@Rene Gonzalez kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJXVhId3bq56aJo

[@xCallMeBamx]

@@macktrainor5223 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJXVhId3bq56aJo

[@xCallMeBamx]

@Rene Gonzalez actually thats the wrong link. Ive been looking and havent found it yet but look up Vicki Guerrero Hog Pen match vs Santina Marella it happened during that period id guess around 2007-2008

[@xCallMeBamx]

@@macktrainor5223 ^^^^^^

[@jaredjds2011]

0:38 lmfao he did it!

[@jtotheroc]

Tourettes golddust was the best version of golddust.

[@razorback9926]

He isn’t the “former” Goldust, he’s Goldust 4 Life!

[@chrisxavier3147]

Easily one of my favourite angles/gimmicks

[@UvidCo]

Legend. He needs to be inducted into the Hall of Fame once he retires.

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

It's funny that some Goldust noises ended up being added to a sound board on the Howard Stern show.

[@evanabbott2737]

“Ooh! Aaah!”🤣

[@XThirdEyeX]

There can never be too much genuine laughter. Never be another Goldust.

[@xMaGuSx888]

5:08 He turned into Recoome there 🤣

[@blaketindle4703]

“WrestleMA-A-ANIA!!!” 💀🤣

[@phreakout93]

His vince impression is impeccable

[@calebbeasley77]

This guy deserves a spot. Hate him or love him, no other wrestling persona comes close to matching certain aspects of showmanship and line teetering that he did.

[@TheRealBDouble]

That "ooh-ooh oooh" always cracks me up

[@AWAREDIAGRAM680]

The way he just goes back into it. 😂😂

[@3n1gm901]

Dustin rhodes is definitely a natural in the ring and outside of it. Whatever the gimmick I'd always watch and then him being able to wrestle as great as he does is the big kicker for me

[@albertross2456]

The dude now looks like he is doing his best inring work ever. Ita s amazing

[@realslimboy93]

Dustin did a great job with the segments 😂😂

[@jmd76family]

He looks so much like Dusty. Both are absolute legends!

[@chr1998is]

Dustin’s one of those dudes I would love to have a few beers with just to get some of those stories.

[@knightshousegames]

Given that he's a recovering alcoholic, maybe just a chat would suffice

[@chr1998is]

@@knightshousegames Doesn’t have to be an alcoholic beer 😉

[@jtotheroc]

That was Dustin's greatest suggestion ever. If he did it in this day, with all the overly sensitive people and Twitter, guarantee you, someone without tourettes would get offended and Dustin would be cancelled from AEW.

[@anthonydeadman]

I mean people have already been trying to cancel him after that Plane Ride From Hell episode of DSoTR so like, he's already halfway there to making the Twitter beast roar even louder.

[@thatstonedvillain]

I have a tick in my face and voice and he remember seeing this for the first time and making me feel so much better about it

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

i nearly wet my pants years ago when golddust was doing this

[@3.2Carrera]

This man is just a wonderful entertainer and one hell of a worker. What a career.

[@chaomac]

My friend was coming home from Disney and had a massive Stitch teddy and the airhosts thought she was “special” so now for the next 8 hours she had to play “special” 😂

[@jeffreyross71]

It wasnt tourettes. It was an affliction. He said so on howard stern. Lmao

[@michaelmcdonald4639]

The only gimmick he hated was a character called Seven and looking like Uncle Fester from The Addams family.

[@mayson6035]

Nobody: Dustin: Have you heard of Jerry Springer ?

[@fenrisunchained1926]

Wrestlers are the most wonderful performer's ever. The business is how the world work's. They never broke kayfabe the redefined it.

[@The2KXperience]

What I love so much about Dustin, and what I think he learned so well from Dusty, is that pro wrestlers are both athletes and artists. It's a double helix, intertwined and unbreakable, the DNA of pro wrestling. The ability to tell a story with your body, and to make people believe it. I know Dustin may be approaching the end of his career but I really think he's got a long and really amazing future ahead of him as a trainer/mentor if that's the role he chooses in retirement. Great story and Dustin is a great person.

[@citizensane4387]

Stone Cold once said if you ain’t in the business to be the champ then why are you in the business. I would argue if you’re entertaining, then you get to be on tv more. If you’re on tv more, you get to get over with the crowd more and get longevity. If you get longevity, then you sell more merch. If you doing all that, then you’re making more money. Dustin owned the Golddust character and made money:-)

[@atomzero1]

Dustin would make such a good Joker.

[@thepalatrpro]

Loved when he did the Tourette’s angle!

[@Jebaskin1]

I have tourettes and I approve this message.

[@biggiefitz6275]

Dustin is criminally underrated. Goldust made more of us laugh than everyone else combined. lol Truly a legend!!!

[@jefftrotter8152]

If never gets old to hears Vince McMahon impressions they always sound just like him😂😂

[@russells.3864]

Maybe a little insensitive, but still very humorous. The best was goldust, and Booker T. Thanks for sharing, and God bless you!

[@EstebanBrenesV]

Well when you have actual people that have tourettes telling how they saw goldust as a character that help them overcome and laugh at it instead of feeling bad, I would argue that is not, I guess it depends on your outlook of life

[@codybrooks8333]

Dustin is an absolute legend. Goldust is a legendary character. No question he is HOF worthy

[@critcalcriticism]

Ever since I first saw gold dust all them years ago I've always laughed at the weird and whack stuff Dustin is in my eyes a legend

[@gqn2]

Dustin Rhodes look so much better today.

[@gavinlamp5426]

I love how everyone has their own Vince McMahon impersonation

[@zlinedavid]

Everyone in the business has to do one of the following impressions: Vince, Jerry Jarrett, Savage, Cornette or Dusty.

[@talldarkrandom3170]

Modern society will make you feel that taking the piss out of someone's disability is really bad, but it's the very basics of what comedy is. Comedy needs to be taken as just that it's not serious it's not aimed at individuals directly it's making light of someone's problem that will make them feel more included.

[@GanjaGlutton7923]

Dustin Rhodes impressions are on point he emulated Vince Mcmahon's voice and even his own father's voice quite accurately.

[@riotMikeV1]

It started in DC! I was there!

[@Lostmymind1]

DC was also the first city to BOO John Cena.

[@210SAi]

I was there too!

[@someguy1907]

Dustin has been in WWE just as long as undertaker he deserves HOF

[@crazyralph6386]

I nearly peed myself when he did the Tourette’s on HHH and Flair. 😂

[@Garf_malarf]

My dad (huge wrestling fan) got electrocuted in a work accident and had some twitches for about half a year so we would call him Goldie and he would always crack up laughing.

[@seansinclair257]

I can't stop watching his old videos.

[@charliefoxtrot6396]

Legendary wrestler, legendary storyteller 👌💪👍💯

[@Cerrabuz]

I remember being at that Raw back in January 2003 in DC. That was the night Evolution formed. And seeing him get electrocuted was insane.

[@rodan5052]

“GRAND CANYON GRAND CAANYON!!!!” Pissed myself the first time hearing him on Stern live driving to work that morning 😂🤣😂🤣

[@CeemPlay]

What a career

[@MoonshineDrone]

His Vince impression was awesome!

[@YogiWonKenobi78]

One of the funniest things I'd ever witnessed..Seeing him live in Indianapolis doing that gimmick 2 feet away from me...😁💯

[@grahammcrobert7141]

hey @insidetheropes this is the best how Dustin takes tourette's to the next level

[@angelotero7729]

Dustin is a Legend and master of his craft

[@roosta_03]

All about entertainment and a laugh. I enjoyed this part to his character. The teaming with Booker made it extra funny....

[@weshuff8436]

That was the cherry on top of Goldust it flowed really good with the dirty jokes of Goldust I laughed my balls off the first time he did it I really thought he was legit screwed up from getting electricuted

[@saltygh0st124]

This angle has a spot on the Mount Rushmore of funniest in wrestling history. Makes me laugh everytime. 😅

[@MaddMountains]

"And at WRESTLE...MA-A-A-ANIA...OOH OOH OOH, You're gonna find out that cannot judge a book by its...c-c-c-c-c-cornbread dammit, cornbread!"

[@nathandeaton364]

He sounded just like Vince

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

Tourette’s was incredible

[@JacksonOwex]

Dustin is fucking great!!! 1 minute in and I already can't breathe from laughing so much!

[@exilehunter907music]

This was awesome, I watched this back 3 times in a row and loved and laughed so much and idk how many times I rewinded it back. It was just hilarious and you really tell Dustin loved this so much.

[@Therealtjriddell_PMP]

Long story short… it’s a hilarious troll 😂😂😂