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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Dustin Rhodes on Cody's Story, Goldust, AEW, Working For Tony Khan & Vince McMahon

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dustin Rhodes (@dustinrhodes) is a professional wrestler signed to AEW. He is known for his 35+ year career where he also worked for WWE, WCW and TNA Wrestling. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Philadelphia, PA to talk about his legendary career, his emotional match at Double Or Nothing 2019 against his brother Cody, his father Dusty Rhodes not wanting him to be a wrestler, debuting in WWE as "The Natural", the original pitch from Vince McMahon to become Goldust, his comedic moments with Booker T and R-Truth, why his character Se7en didn't work in WCW, his decision to sign with AEW, why he knew Cody would leave AEW for WWE, calling out The Rock and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: "If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of." – Bruce Lee Sponsors: PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BABBEL: Learn a new language and get 50% off your lifetime Babbel subscription at http://babbel.com/cvv RHONE: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight MUDWTR: Get 15% off with the code CVV15 at http://mudwtr.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com BONCHARGE: Go to http://boncharge.com/CVV and use coupon code CVV to save 15% on your BONCHARGE Infrared Sauna Blanket! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests.  Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Chris Van Bleas!

0:04.0

Yeah!

0:06.0

Oh my goodness. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. Oh my goodness.

0:21.6

Welcome back to another one here on Insight.

0:24.4

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:26.5

Thank you for being here with us.

0:28.1

And thank you for making Insight one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet.

0:34.5

What a weekend.

0:35.8

I just got back home from being in Philly since last Wednesday for

0:39.4

WrestleMania 40. That was a heck of a show. There were great matches on both nights, but I think

0:45.2

we can agree that night two just as a whole was better than night one, especially with that

0:50.1

end game style main event with The Rock and John Sina and The Undertaker, all making appearances.

0:58.0

We're going to dive into the nitty gritty of WrestleMania and the raw after

1:02.3

WrestleMania on this Friday's Ask CVV episode. So if you have a specific question about that,

1:07.6

send it in on social media using that hashtag Ask CVV. The biggest news, of course,

1:12.9

is that Cody finished the story. And that brings us to today's episode. I caught up with Dustin

1:20.3

Rhodes on Friday before WrestleMania. And I know there were a lot of rumors about him coming out

1:25.4

to help Cody on night two. Obviously, that didn't happen

1:28.7

because he's under contract with AEW. But here's the thing about Dustin Rhodes. There is

1:34.3

so much to talk about with him in his 35 plus year career. An hour long episode, I mean,

1:43.0

it's a great conversation, but it really only scratches the

1:45.4

surface of what he's done and what he continues to do. And he's been doing some of the best work

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