We’re seeing the final matches of a professional wrestling legend in All Elite Wrestling. Since 2019, Dustin Rhodes has been one of the key veterans on the AEW roster – coming in for a big match with brother Cody Rhodes, and sticking around for one last run. That run is now coming to an end. Rhodes has already revealed that 2023 will be the end of his time in the ring.
Dustin Rhodes Wants To Go Out Before He Embarasses Himself
While speaking on The Wrestling Perspective podcast, Dustin Rhodes would speak up the upcoming end of his in-ring career.
“I have literally wrestled everybody. I’ve done so many great things. The one person I wish I could have worked with and did not get a chance was Randy Savage. When you are 35 years in the business and you’re working pretty steadily on television for so long, your body takes a toll. I’ve had a lot of surgeries. My knees are getting bad. It may be me saying, ‘Hey man, maybe enough’s enough’, but to answer you, honestly, I don’t know. Could I sign another contract at the end of this term here with Tony and go on and maybe have less matches, you know, a few and far between, some special things that come along down the pike?
Yes. Could I do it 365 days anymore? No, I couldn’t, but we don’t do that anymore. It’s changed dramatically over the years. It’s not like the old days in WWF when we’re on the road 60 days in a row and then you come home for three and you’re back at for 30. It was a crazy time schedule back then. It’s a lot more time home now. I still love the business, so it hasn’t left me yet, so I can’t really say, ‘Hey man, this might be it.’ I have been thinking about it, but I want to see what the next step is and we’re just not there yet. I’m still having fun. Every match that I have now that Tony puts me in, I’m like, man, my knees are hurting right now. Here’s the one thing that I don’t want to happen. The older I get, being 53, if I go out there and stumble and they see it, then they’re going to call for my retirement and I don’t want to embarrass myself.”
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