Push for Goldust?
 

It appears Goldust may be in line for a renewed push on SmackDown after a stellar outing with Chris Jericho on a recent episode of WWE Superstars as he defeated Money in the Bank participant Dolph Ziggler at last night's SmackDown live event in Stockton, California. He also gained a victory over Mike Knox on last week's episode of WWE Superstars.

The WWE World Heavyweight Champion praised his match with Goldust on his Twitter account, writing, "I really dug the match with Goldust. He's in the best shape of his life and is as good as anybody in the WWE. Very underrated.."

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This doesn't upset me at all. I have always enjoyed Goldust in the ring. Except in TNA.

I would not mind this at all. I would like to see him in some matches with Drew MacIntyre for the Int. strap

Wow, haven't seen Goldust in ages. He does look like he's in pretty good shape.

They could actually build that up too since Goldust in the past had great matches with Austin, Kane and Mankind. It might help get Drew over.

Good, I hope so. He's cool.

Hes gonna get a push right back to TNA

What was so good about that match?

Jericho is right. Goldust is great in the ring and he hasn't looked this good since he debuted.

you guys are dumb

Was a very decent match for Superstars, but alot of it had to do with Jericho. Goldust is looking in phenomenal shape though.

No mistaking that these couple of months have been the best for Goldust's in ring work (the curtain call he pulled on Mike Knox on Superstars was pretty impressive). But I don't see him attaining a status higher then IC Champion. I actually wouldn't mind seeing him team back up with Yoshi and going from there, but I think there on different shows now.

Aren't you the one only watching for the exciting, fast-paced action of Bret vs Vince?

Goldust is the man, he deserves a good run, a good long run.

I could really go for a good Goldust promo.

To be fair, Goldust wasn't in TNA, Dustin Runnels was in TNA with a piece of shit gimmick.

Truth.

It was decently paced and made Goldust look credible. Not to mention, his work over the past few months on ECW was very solid.

I don't think anyone here is claiming he's fantastic, but he seems to be in great health and is having a second wind of sorts. I wouldn't mind a Goldust/McIntyre fued, and you would think a fued with Cody would be immenent.

Great, now I'm imagining a Goldust Vs. Cody w/ Dusty as special guest referee... Actually, that's not a bad idea

It's almost logical. Cody's going to have to branch out as a single wrestler eventually, and a move ot SmackDown would make more than enough sense. The fued is just waiting to happen.

Hopefully they do push him and we will never forget the name of..... GOLDUST

classy

Damn, I can't recall the last time, if ever, Goldust was ever in that good a shape.

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Goldust is one of the best characters in the history of pro-wrestling. I've been a fan for as long as I can remember. His ring work since some of his returns has been, well, pretty shitty. Goldust looked like he just didn't give a shit. ECW was sort of a comeback for "The Gilded Stranger" as he looked so motivated in the ring there. It's just recently that he's gone back to the robes, which were an essentially part of Goldust's character to me.

While I thought Goldust's time had come and passed, if they work some golden magic with "The Lone Star," I can't see any reason why he cannot do some great things. If Cody Rhodes moves to SmackDown!, a feud between the two would be so, so interesting.

And for the record, Goldust's finishing move these days is "The Final Cut." It's his suplex lift into a swinging neckbreaker. Almost like a one-man Au Revoir from the La Resistance days. The Curtain Call remains the classic. For a while, Goldust used a Neckbreaker they called the Curtain Call, but it got renamed to "The Director's Cut." It's easy to understand how Goldust's finishers are sometimes met with confusion.

So while I would be more than happy with a Goldust push, I would just like to point out that beating Mike Knox doesn't really mean anything. Nor does winning on house shows. Let's just see what happens after WrestleMania with The Golden Child.

Oh no, it is all well and good to be happy to see Goldust get the clean win. I just don't think that Goldust going over Mike Knox is evidence of a push. Knox puts over Slam Master J when he wrestles him.

Hell give him the IC Title again. I've always liked Goldust. Bring back the Curtain Call.

Do they let him use Shattered Dreams anymore?

They teased the Shattered Dreams on William Regal at least once during his ECW run, if I recall. He didn't connect, but Goldust was going for it but I think he got his eyes raked. Regal was taking the movie, I think.

Always loved the Goldust character. He plays it so perfectly too. I wouldnt mind seeing an IC Title run or a Big Bossman vs Big Show type main event run for him. (minus any coffins of course)

I don't think he was in this great of shape when he debuted in 1996....

I wouldn't mind a push for Goldy, but I'd hope they drop the speech impediment angle that they're running with him. Keep him comedy based in his promos, but I feel like that whole gimmick doesn't necessarily make for a whole lot of credibility.

I'm happy for Goldust.

I wish they would give him a real push, drop the goldust gimmick, adopt the name Dustin Rhodes and have him team up with Cody as "The American Dream Team", with Dustin the leader and take cody under his wing, have them fued with the Hart Dynasty. Let's face it, Ted Dibiase will be in singles soon enough and I don't think Cody can last on his own. Also, It would help support the tag team division for sure.

I've always been a fan of Goldust, but It's time for something new. I'm sure he's tired of that gimmick anyways.