Dusty Rhodes basically rests up from his busy off-season schedule of charity wrestling events. His not insubstantial body takes quite a beating and it's been quite a bone of contention with team management. So Dusty takes it easy and starts spending more time in the local establishments to get the fans hyped up for the current season. That involves buying slot of rounds of drinks and of course imbibing said drinks as well. So he will typically show up to camp out off shape and in serious need of conditioning. Fortunately his metabolism rights itself quite quickly and big Dusty is able to get in game shape quite quickly. So management kind of lets Dusty be Dusty and doesn't really give him a whole lot of grief since he always answers the call when the puck is dropped on another season. It is also why the fans love him so much, he's just a common man doing exactly what they all do.