Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 I haven't kept up with the backstage news too closely of late, were Dusty and Dustin close again in recent years? I remember reading they'd had their differences in the past. Hopefully they made peace. It'll hit Dustin hard regardless of course, but I hope he doesn't go off the rails now. Didn't he have depression and/or addiction problems a few years back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Seeing this had a loud "fuck sake" from me. Â Fuck today. Seriously, just fuck today. Â One of the best ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted June 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 11, 2015 I haven't kept up with the backstage news too closely of late, were Dusty and Dustin close again in recent years? I remember reading they'd had their differences in the past. Hopefully they made peace. It'll hit Dustin hard regardless of course, but I hope he doesn't go off the rails now. Didn't he have depression and/or addiction problems a few years back? Â Yeah, they were super close from 2001 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted June 11, 2015 Awards Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2015 Aw that's terrible news. Hope there's a good tribute show on the network to relive the great stuff. Â Was Ambrose the last ever to feel the Elbow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Shit news. I've always loved Dusty, and his sons are among my favourites too. I had a manly little tear when they all got together to beat The Shield & save their jobs. Â RIP, Big Dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Sad news, loved Dusty's work and I thought his NWO heel turn was one of the most underated turn/angles in what was at the time a watered down NWO angle. Â His promos were fantastic even his sporadic WWE appearances in the last 10 or so years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronSheik Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 One of the great minds of the business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loligan Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 He had a fall Wednesday morning and suffered numerous complications which proved fatal  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronSheik Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 One of my very favourites ever. No-one can talk like Dusty. RIP Star Dust. Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4zLt5YctI Â One of my very favourites ever. No-one can talk like Dusty. RIP Star Dust. Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4zLt5YctI I'd never seen that, that's off the chart psychology man. What a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Dam, just got in from Jurassic World and this is the first thing I see. Â Awful news, really was one of a kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Boycie Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 RIP. A true legend of the business. He will be greatly missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Sad news. He was mostly before my time, and I never really watched much WCW after the fact so never got to see him at his best, but from what I did see he was a fantastic promo. Â I'll always remember that promo he cut a year or two ago, where he shoved his hand in Stephanie's face. Memorable not only because it later came out that the hand gesture was unscripted and Stephanie was furious, but because that very same hand gesture was a massive breathe of fresh air. It felt so natural and organic for him to react like that, which is why it struck such a chord with me; it felt refreshingly real at a time when everyone else mostly acts and talks the same, so obviously reciting a script. Â I wish more promos felt like a real person saying real things, and acting like a real person would. Â But yeah; shit news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Direct Impact Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 RIP Dusty  Sad news. Must say though last time I seen him at Wrestlemania I thought he looked ill. His suit was way to big for him like he'd lost weight rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 I think I saw Dusty in some old NWA on the flair sets and comps before any of his wwf stuff, and didn't appreciate him at first. Â Revisiting them a year or two later I saw them and him very differently. Â He was a one of a kind, a unique entity in wrestling and his work over the years produced many memorable moments, many matches that hold up today and a genuine legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Elliott Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I uploaded Jim Cornette's Fighting Spirit Magazine column on Dusty from June 2013: http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/art/columns/489/rip-dusty-rhodes-19452015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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