WWE suddenly drops a huge injured AEW star reference

A top AEW star has been out of action due to an injury. Amid his injury hiatus, WWE has dropped a massive reference to him.

Before Dustin Rhodes arrived in AEW, he was part of the WWE roster for several years under the ring name Goldust. Despite portraying a bizarre character onscreen, Goldust was able to get over with the fans. However, he was never more than a mid-card performer for the Stamford-based promotion. After leaving the sports entertainment juggernaut, Goldust arrived in All Elite Wrestling and rebranded himself as Dustin Rhodes. Since then, he has done well for himself and even recently captured the TNT Championship.

Currently, Dustin Rhodes is out of action due to an injury. Amid his absence, WWE posted a video on its website. The clip featured the top 25 taunts and emotes performed over the years. The former Goldust made the list at number 21 for his taunt during his infamous bout against Roddy Piper in their Hollywood Backlot Brawl match at WrestleMania XII.

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AEW star Dustin Rhodes provided a health update recently

Dustin Rhodes was just starting to hit the peak of his AEW run when he won the TNT Championship. However, days after winning the title, he ended up losing it to Kyle Fletcher. Following this, it was revealed that The Natural would be out for some time since he requires double knee replacement surgery.

The former WWE star recently took to social media to provide an update on his injury.

"Healing nicely. Baby steps but I am #BabySteppin ; Trust the process. AINT NOBODY GONNA STOP ME WHEN I GET BACK............IM THE LAST OF MY KIND," Dustin wrote.

Check out his tweet here.

It will be interesting to see when Dustin Rhodes will be able to return to the ring again.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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