Dustin Rhodes isn’t leaving AEW any time soon.
Now it’s not shocking that Dustin signed a new deal with the promotion as it was confirmed by the man himself that he’ll remain in AEW for the foreseeable future.
However, Dustin has revealed the length of his current AEW contract and it appears that he’ll be around for six more years.
“If he can make it to the end of the six-year deal he signed with AEW over the winter, in which he consults, coaches, occasionally wrestles and acts as an ambassador for the promotion, he’ll have six decades in the business.” Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News wrote. “He’s endured 14 surgeries, still needs both knees replaced and his shoulders are a wreck. Still he shows up to run the school and his satellite wrestling operation, still paints his face, a tradition that started when Vince McMahon handed him a bizarre androgynous character named Goldust that was doomed to go nowhere. Dustin, with wrestling chops and comedic instincts, saw it as a way out from the shadow of his dad’s persona and made it work.”
The AEW star is coming off of a high over the weekend as Dustin won his first singles title within the promotion at All In. The 56-year-old currently holds three belts: TNT, ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles, and ROH World Tag Team titles (with Sammy Guevara). Plus, the second generation star has plenty of duties behind the scenes.
Dustin is a valuable commodity to AEW, so it’s not a surprise that Tony Khan has him locked in for a good period of time.
Reportedly, Dustin’s contract was set to expire sometime in the fall 2024. There was some hope that he would reunite with his brother Cody in WWE, but for the most part, there was never much speculation on the 55-year-old going back to his former employer. Dustin has spoken in the past about his terrible experience towards the end of his last run with WWE, though that was during a time when Vince McMahon was still in charge.
The TNT Champion is a certified Hall of Famer, but it’s unlikely that he’ll go in as long as he’s under contact with AEW. It’s doubtful that Dustin cares as he’s currently on one of the best runs of his illustrious career.