Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 9, 2012 at 10:15 am
As noted before, Goldust was recently released by WWE after working as a producer for the SmackDown brand. Word came out that an undisclosed incident at the April 24th SmackDown tapings in Grand Rapids, Michigan led to his contract being terminated.
F4Wonline.com now reports that the belief is that Goldust was responsible for coming up with the spot on SmackDown where Yoshi Tatsu took a double-team powerbomb finisher from Darren Young and Titus O’Neil. Tatsu landed bad and the bump was said to look even worse live than it did on TV.
Young and O’Neil were not in action on the May 4th SmackDown but did work this week’s tapings, using a different finishing move.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 6, 2012 at 6:13 pm
According to PWinsider it seems as though Dustin “Goldust” Runnels has been released by the WWE. This may very well be true seeing as on Friday, the profile of Goldust was removed from the RAW Superstars section, to the Alumni section. An undisclosed event took place on the April 24th episode of SmackDown taping in Grand Rapids, MI that may have been the cause of his release.
Goldust made his debut with WWE in 1995 and was one of the more flamboyant characters of the Attitude Era. After a brief stay in WCW, he returned in 2002. He wrestled on and off until 2010, when a shoulder injury forced him to continue his work behind the scenes.
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