Goldust

Goldust has a daughter named Dakota Avery, from his first marriage, with Terri Boatright. Terri and Goldust divorced on October 18, 1999, after six years of marriage. He then married an unknown woman. It was soon rumored that the woman in question was Milena Martelloni, whom he married on December 18, 2002. Milena and Goldust divorced in 2003.

Goldust is married to Ta-rel Marie Roche, his third wife, since June 22, 2012.

Dustin Patrick Runnels was born on April 11, 1969, in Austin, Texas. His father was Virgil Runnels, famously known as “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes in ‘WWE.’

His father died in 2015, a few years after being inducted into the ‘WWE Hall of Fame.’ His half-brother, Cody Rhodes, is also a ‘WWE’ wrestler and is now known as “The American Nightmare” in the ‘Ring of Honor.’

He has a sister named Kristin Runnels Ditto who is a former ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.’

Goldust made his wrestling debut on September 13, 1988, in a match for the ‘Championship Wrestling from Florida’ (CWF), based in Tampa. He defeated Bob Cook in his debut match and won the ‘Florida Heavyweight Championship’ on May 23, 1989.

In December 1988, he started wrestling as “Dustin Rhodes” for ‘WCW.’ He defeated Trent Knight in his first single match before he moved on to ‘All Japan Pro Wrestling’ (AJPW).

He appeared in ‘AJPW’ as ‘Dusty Rhodes Jr.’ in March 1989 before moving on to the ‘United States Wrestling Association’ (USWA) in mid-1989.

In late 1990, he made his ‘WWF’ debut as “Dustin Rhodes” and teamed up with his father at the 1991 ‘Royal Rumble.’ They lost to Ted DiBiase and Virgil in the match.

He joined ‘WCW’ in February 1991 as “The Natural Dusty Rhodes” and competed with Larry Zbyzsko and Terrence Taylor. He also won the ‘WCW World Tag Team Championship’ with his tag-team partner Barry Windham on ‘WCW Saturday Night’ after defeating Steve Williams and Terry Gordy.

They lost the championship to Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas at the 18th ‘Clash of Champions.’ In January 1993, Goldust became the number one contender for the ‘WCW Heavyweight Championship’ and defeated his old partner Steamboat to win the ‘United States Heavyweight Championship.’

After successfully defending his title multiple times, he lost it to former champion Rick Rude. However, he won the title again on August 28, 1993, after defeating Rude.

He finally lost the title to Steve Austin at ‘Starrcade.’ He was fired from ‘WCW’ for going against their corporate policy in the 1995 pay-per-view event ‘Uncensored.’

He returned in 1999 as “Seven,” a character that was featured by ‘WCW’ as a face-painted person standing outside a child’s bedroom. The gimmick was soon canceled since “Seven” seemed like a child abductor. Following this, he began competing as “The American Nightmare” Dustin Rhodes.