Birthday
1945-10-12Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USABiography
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as the WWE. Rhodes is considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of professional wrestling. Rhodes was a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and during his time in Jim Crockett Promotions, later known as WCW, he was a NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Television, NWA Tag Team and NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He also won many regional championships, and is one of seven men inducted into each of the WWE, WCW, Professional Wrestling, and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Halls of Fame. His sons, Dustin and Cody, both pursued careers in professional wrestling, performing for WWE and AEW. Following his retirement from wrestling, he made occasional on-air appearances on WWE television and pay-per-views and worked as a backstage booker and producer in WWE's NXT developmental territory. Billed as "the son of a plumber", Rhodes did not have a typical wrestler's physique; his character was that of the "common man", known for the personality exhibited in his interviews. WWE chairman Vince McMahon remarked that no wrestler "personified the essence of charisma quite like Dusty Rhodes".Free Trial Channels
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WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016
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as Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
2016WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013
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2013Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
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2011Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
2008
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as Dusty Rhodes
2008The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
2006
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as Dusty Rhodes
2006NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987
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as Dusty Rhodes
1987NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986
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1986
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