Dustin Rhodes recently left Goldust behind when he said goodbye to WWE, and he made the jump to AEW so he could face Cody in a brother vs. brother match at Double or Nothing in Las Vegas.
The match received positive reviews, and during Double or Nothing weekend Dustin spoke with Inside The Ropes at Starrcast and answered some questions about his WWE departure. He noted that he lost his passion because he wasn’t being used, and although the company took good care of him it was time to go do something else.
“Probably for the last four years, a lot of people hate their jobs. And a lot of people love their jobs, and I love pro wrestling. Pro wrestling is my first love. And for the past four years with WWE, it just — I kind of lost my passion because let’s face it, you’re sitting in the back, you’re not doing anything, and it’s just really hard. It’s frustrating when you have so much to give, but time is running out because you’re getting older. It sucks when you’re not being picked, and you’re pitching these ideas to the writers and the creative and to Vince [McMahon] and to whoever else will listen and nothing happens. And it’s, ‘We’ll just put you in a backstage segment, standing in the hall while Goldberg makes his f***ing entrance.’ OK, thanks. I appreciate that, but no thanks. I’d rather be doing something with substance on the show with a storyline. Whether I deserved it or not, I don’t know, but that’s what I wanted. That’s what I desired. That’s where my passion was and I lost it along the way, and I wanted out.”
Dustin Rhodes went on to say that when he pushed for a brother vs. brother match in WWE, he was told it simply wasn’t good enough to be on the big show.
“This [AEW] fell into my lap, AEW, with my brother [Cody Rhodes] because — let me tell you something, man — when you push for something for so hard, for so, so long, and they look you dead in the eye and they tell you, ‘that’s not good enough to be on the big show.’ It f***ing pissed me off. It pissed me off because I knew in my heart of hearts that they were wrong, and I proved that last night [at Double or Nothing] when finally after years and years of wanting it, you get that opportunity, and I found my passion again.”
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