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Professional wrestling legend Dustin Rhodes has held a championship belt in almost every organization he has set foot in, most recently being a tag team champion in Ring of Honor.
Rhodes was a WWE fan favorite when he was known as Goldust and was one of the first wrestlers to join All Elite Wrestling when the company started in 2019. Outside of the ring, someone else has become a show-stealer, and he’s a beast.
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Beast, a Mastiff, with American professional wrestler Dustin Rhodes at Crufts 2026 on March 5, 2026. (Royal Kennel Club/BeatMedia)
The Rhodes mastiff, named Beast, has become one of the top show dogs on the circuit in recent years and he added to his resume on Thursday by winning third place in the Working Group open category at Crufts in the United Kingdom – the world’s largest dog show.
“It’s an incredible, incredible show,” Rhodes told PK Press Club Digital. “I guess it’s the biggest dog show in the world, so we decided go big or go home. Amazing, amazing show.”
Working group dogs are intended to assist and protect their owners.
Dustin Rhodes celebrates winning the AEW TNT Championship at All In: Texas on July 12, 2025. (Ricky Havlik/AEW)
“Beast is really good at seeing someone who has high or low blood pressure and we’ll look at them. He’s a very intelligent dog,” he said. “Mastiffs are amazing, amazing animals, man. I would never own any breed other than a Mastiff and I’ve had all kinds of dogs throughout my life and Mastiffs are just everything – pure, loyal, loving, just crawling on your lap, hurting your bones.”
Rhodes said Beast weighs more than him, at 250 pounds, and that comes with a heavy diet. He revealed on
The wrestler said he “never thought” he would one day get into the dog show business, but found immense success about two years into it. Now he has his eyes on the top of the rankings.
“Go for the (best in show) record,” he told PK Press Club Digital when asked about his long-term goals. “Twenty-nine, I think, for the mastiffs. We have 13 at the moment. So we’re going to do our best over the next two and a half years, really campaign against the dog and publicize it. I hope we get there.”
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Rhodes’ team includes his wife, Ta-rel Runnels, and his manager Terry Smith.
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