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WWE Rumors: Curtain Call Coming for Goldust?

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By @nickmarsico

Goldust - WWE Universe Facebook

Goldust – WWE Universe Facebook

A rumor has recently been sparked stating that Goldust’s career is soon going to come to an end. It was noted that his tag team with his brother would simply fade out and Stardust would continue on as a singles wrestler. That would leave Goldust to quietly retire and transition to a backstage role as an agent and/or producer, much like Dean Malenko, Arn Anderson, Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury of J&J Security, and many more former wrestlers.

The star took to Twitter to publicly denounce the rumor, laughing at the idea and saying that he would retire when he’s dead.

Wrestlers have a history of Tweeting to deny rumors, with Chris Jericho doing so on a litany of occasions regarding his returns. Paul Heyman sent out Tweets saying that he wasn’t coming back only to do the opposite as well, and WWE’s pre-show correspondent Jason Alberts, aka Tensai aka Lord Tensai aka Giant Bernard aka A-Train aka Albert aka Hip Hop Hippo aka Prince Albert…

Sorry, had to take a breath.

That guy did it too; in fact, he did it over and over again to the point that it became obvious that he was leaving Japan to come back to the United States to wrestle for WWE. Then all of a sudden, here he is, a big American guy with Hakushi tattoos having a horrifically failed run, not even getting the chance to have his big program in which he would be systematically destroyed by John Cena on PPV.

Case in point, I believe that Goldust is likely set to retire in the near future, and 2015 could indeed be his final year. He’s had an up-and-down career including a dismal run in TNA as Black Reign, the identity-challenged fat lady with a pet rat. When he made his return to WWE and teamed with his brother Cody Rhodes during the spectacular storyline that also included the McMahon Family, Dusty Rhodes and The Shield, most people expected him to be around for a few months, maybe have a feud with his brother to put him over and then move on and off to greener pastures. He has instead stuck around, wrestling the best matches of his life and possibly in the best shape of his entire career.

Goldust will be turning 46 in April and while that is certainly not a stop sign for pro wrestlers, the writing certainly could be on the wall. He had a heck of a run, especially in his most recent return, but is beating up his body as a barely promoted undercard act really worth it?

Nicholas A. Marsico is a pro wrestling writer for Rant Sports. Follow him on Twitter!

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