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title: "Dustin Rhodes AEW Character Change Update"
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author: "Dave Adamson"
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published: "2025-11-04T13:33:40Z"
modified: "2025-11-04T13:41:08Z"
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# Dustin Rhodes AEW Character Change Update

An update has emerged over the possibility of a character change in AEW for the currently injured Dustin Rhodes.

Dustin Rhodes has been out of action since the[end of July](https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/aew-collision-results-july-31-2025), losing the TNT Championship to Kyle Fletcher after a nineteen-day reign.

With his former ROH World Tag Team Champion partner, Sammy Guevara, now having parted ways with Marshall & Ross Von Erich, Rhodes appeared to be contemplating a change of character.

Guevara joined La Faccion Ingobernable at ROH Death Before Dishonor, turning heel in the process, something that Rhodes seemed to be considering in a tweet that [reads](https://x.com/dustinrhodes/status/1985448106654142544):

*“I kind of miss being a heel. Haven’t been in so long.”*

With a fan asking if we could be seeing a ‘Heel Dustin’ when the AEW star returns to the ring, Rhodes would clarify in a reply that stated:

*“I miss it but prb not lol.”*

While he believes a heel run probably won’t happen, Dustin Rhodes did react to[another user’s pitch](https://x.com/dustinrhodes/status/1985457861229707270) for a “pissed off vet” character, noting:

*“I like that.”*

There’s plenty of time for a heel version of Dustin Rhodes in AEW, with the currently sidelined star having revealed he signed a [six-year contract](https://wrestletalk.com/news/aew-star-signed-six-year-contract-extension/)deal recently.

Having signed his first contract as a wrestler and trainer back in August 2019, the new contract will take him to at least 2030.

Along with being a former TNT and ROH World Tag Team Champion, Rhodes has also held the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with Marshall & Ross Von Erich.

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