AEW star Dustin Rhodes' mastiff takes home prize at world's largest dog show

Pro wrestling fable Dustin Rhodes has held a title loop successful astir each enactment helium stepped ft in, including astir precocious being a tag squad champion astatine Ring of Honor.

Rhodes was a instrumentality favourite successful WWE erstwhile helium was known arsenic Goldust and was 1 of the archetypal wrestlers to articulation All Elite Wrestling erstwhile the institution started up successful 2019. Outside of the ring, idiosyncratic other has go a show-stealer, and he’s a Beast.

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Beast, a Mastiff, with American nonrecreational wrestler Dustin Rhodes astatine Crufts 2026 connected March 5, 2026. (Royal Kennel Club/BeatMedia)

Rhodes’ mastiff, named Beast, has emerged arsenic 1 of the apical amusement dogs connected the circuit successful caller years and helium added to his resume connected Thursday erstwhile helium took location 3rd spot successful the moving radical unfastened class astatine Crufts successful the United Kingdom – the world’s largest canine show.

"It’s an incredible, unthinkable show," Rhodes told Fox News Digital. "I conjecture this is the world’s largest canine show, so, we decided to spell large oregon spell home. Amazing, astonishing show."

Dogs successful the moving radical are meant to assistance and support their owners.

Dustin Rhodes celebrates the AEW TNT Championship triumph astatine All In: Texas connected July 12, 2025. (Ricky Havlik/AEW)

"Beast is truly bully with seeing idiosyncratic who has precocious humor unit oregon debased humor unit and we’ll spell cheque them out. He’s a precise astute dog," helium said. "Mastiffs are amazing, astonishing animals, man. I would ne'er ain different breed too a mastiff and I’ve had each kinds of dogs implicit my beingness and mastiffs are conscionable everything – pure, loyal, loving, conscionable crawling connected your lap, wounded your bones."

Rhodes said Beast weighs much than him astatine a whopping 250 pounds, and with that comes a hefty diet. He revealed connected X that helium spends astir $200 a period connected food, arsenic Beast enjoys astir 8 cups a time with adust food, chicken, atom and steak successful his diet.

The wrestler said helium "never thought" he’d ever get into the canine amusement concern but has recovered immense occurrence astir 2 years into the endeavor. Now, helium has eyes astatine the apical of the charts.

"Go for the (best successful show) record," helium told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked astir semipermanent goals. "Twenty 9 I deliberation for mastiffs. We person 13 close now. So, we’re gonna bash our champion successful the adjacent twelvemonth and a half, 2 years, truly run the canine and advertise the crap retired of it. Hopefully, we’ll get there."

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Rhodes’ squad includes his wife, Ta-rel Runnels, and handler Terry Smith.

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