Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is a professional wrestler from the United States. He is presently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he wrestles as Dustin Rhodes. He is best known for his several WWE tenures as Goldust from 1995 to 2019.

He is a second-generation wrestler, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and Cody Rhodes’ half-brother. He has also appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNAW) (TNA).

Runnels has won a total of 23 championships in the WWF/WWE and WCW. In WCW, he held the titles of United States Heavyweight Champion twice, Six-Man Tag Team Champion once, and World Tag Team Champion twice.

He has three WWF/WWE Intercontinental Championships, nine Hardcore Championships, one World Tag Team Championship, and two WWE Tag Team Championships. Runnels also has the fourth most Royal Rumble appearances, with 13. Throughout the 1990s, Runnels headlined numerous pay-per-view events for the WWF and WCW.

Dustin Rhodes parents: Dusty Rhodes, Sandra Runnels

Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015) was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who most famously worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation, subsequently known as the WWE. Rhodes is regarded as one of the best wrestlers and talkers in professional wrestling history.

Dusty Rhodes was a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion who also won numerous regional titles. He is one of seven men inducted into the Halls of Fame of the WWE, WCW, Pro Wrestling, and Wrestling Observer. Billed as “the son of a plumber”, his character was that of the “ordinary guy”.

Sandra Runnels was Dusty Rhodes’ ex-wife and the mother of Dustin Rhodes, a professional wrestler. She was a private person who married Dusty Rhodes from 1965 to 1975. Sandra Runnels had two children, one of whom became a professional wrestler and the other of whom is now a business tycoon. She was also Cody Rhodes’ and Teil Runnels’ stepmother. Her firstborn child was Dustin Rhodes.

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