The championship was held up two weeks later. Their first encounter resulted in a controversial double pin, with Rude initially being awarded the title. Rude returned that April and quickly challenged Rhodes. ![]() He successfully defended the title the following month at SuperBrawl III against Maxx Payne. Rhodes faced his old partner Ricky Steamboat to win his first United States Heavyweight title. The champion Rick Rude was stripped of his title that same month, meaning the tournament final would be for the title. In January 1993, Rhodes reached the final of a tournament to decide the number one contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Windham turned on Rhodes after the match when Rhodes refused to pin Steamboat after an accidental low blow. They held the belts for about two months before losing them to Steamboat and Shane Douglas in a memorable match on the November 18 edition of Clash of the Champions XXI. On a taped edition of WCW Saturday Night on September 2, 1992, Rhodes teamed with Windham to defeat Steve Williams and Terry Gordy for the WCW World Tag Team Championship the match would air on October 3. They lost the belts on January 16, 1992, to Arn Anderson and fellow Dangerous Alliance member Bobby Eaton. A returning Ricky Steamboat was chosen to partner Rhodes, and the makeshift duo won the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The pair received a title shot at Clash of the Champions XVII, but Windham was injured prior to the event. In late 1991, Rhodes formed a tag-team with Barry Windham and began pursuing WCW Tag Team Champions The Enforcers ( Arn Anderson and Zbyszko). He feuded with Larry Zbyszko until April 1991, when he refused to join Alexandra York's York Foundation, thus beginning a feud with Foundation member Terrence Taylor. In February 1991, Rhodes returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling as "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes. On January 19, 1991, at the Royal Rumble, Rhodes and his father Dusty lost to Ted DiBiase and Virgil in a tag team bout, and both left immediately after. In December 1990, Rhodes defeated Ted DiBiase in a televised ten-minute challenge match. ![]() ![]() His first match in the WWF was against Paul Diamond on September 21, 1990. Rhodes debuted as a fan favorite in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1990. After suffering a loss to Butch Reed during a dark match for a Main Event taping on February 12, 1989, Rhodes closed out his initial WCW run with a win over Trent Knight in Walterboro, South Carolina on February 24. Rhodes' initial WCW run lasted only a few months, as he exited the company two months after his father, Dusty Rhodes. Their first defeat came against The Original Midnight Express at a house show on Decemin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dustin's first singles match came two days later at a television taping in Atlanta, Georgia when he defeated Trent Knight. Rhodes teamed with Kendall Windham in an undercard tag team called The Texas Broncos that saw success. In December 1988, Goldust debuted in World Championship Wrestling as Dustin Rhodes.
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