"The hot creative ideas were slowing for the Goldust character, and we had all been brainstorming for new ideas. Dustin comes into the small room at MSG, takes a seat, and proceeds to tell me that he has
the idea that will put him back on the map.
"With a film crew present, he wants to go under the knife and have a breast implant procedure, essentially making him the first she-male character in sports entertainment history! His vision was that it would be so weird and bizarre that our fans and new fans, for that matter, would pay good money to watch him wrestle.
"He suggested that he would be huge on the talk show circuit, and people all over the world would be clamoring to see the "Bizarre One" in person (especially in prison and perhaps Amsterdam)!
How Goldust (Dustin Rhodes), a 260-pound Texas redneck, pitched the idea of getting breast enhancement surgery to Vince McMahon and Jim Ross!
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If they didn't respect him, it's probably because he clearly didn't respect himself.