“I’m at the end of my career” – Goldust

Goldust has been in the wrestling business for 30 years, spending the majority of his career wrestling for major organisations such as WCW, TNA , and of course, WWE.

However, as he approaches 50, the former Intercontinental champion’s in-ring career may be coming to an end. The decorated star had this to say on the Sports Guys Talking radio show:

“I’ve wrestled just about everybody there is to wrestle, done just about every character reincarnation that I can come up with. What’s next? I’m at the end of my career here and about to be 50 in April. What else is there to do? I don’t know.

My body’s getting older, they’re getting younger and faster. It takes a toll on an old man’s body like myself or [Kane] or Mark Henry or ‘Taker. You gotta do it a little bit less. You can’t go balls to the wall like we used to.”

Telling stories

Goldust also detailed his recent double knee surgery, noting that his body doesn’t recover like it used to.

With the newer crop of wrestlers being faster and more innovative, Goldust freely admits to not being able to keep up with the younger talent. He also noted that he believes the the younger wrestlers need to master the art of storytelling to truly stand out:

“I can still hang for a little bit with these kids, but I’ve gotta give them credit as they’re going out there for 30 minutes hard and fast and they can still tell stories. That’s big for me, it’s telling stories for people.

Tell a story. You don’t have to do a thousand things in two minutes when you can do one just as good and still tell that story with your face, or how you land, or your reaction. That’s a lost art.

Storytelling is a big part of our industry and if given time you can do it properly. If you’re Roman Reigns, if you’re Braun Strowman, you’re getting a weekly deal to tell that story and then it starts to work and you start feeling it.”

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