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Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker/writer, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and WWE. Rhodes is considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of professional wrestling. Rhodes was a three-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, and during his time in Jim Crockett Promotions' Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, later known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Television, NWA Tag Team and NWA World 6-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/writer 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".
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1945-10-12
- event Death Date 2015-06-11
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.6
- info Birth Place Austin, Texas, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Virgil Runnels
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3PW Legends Collide
2003-03-29
5.3
I Like To Hurt People
1985-06-01
0
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985-12-29
8
WWE: The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80's
2005-06-14
7
Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream
2015-06-15
0
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990-08-23
0
WWF Hottest Matches
1990-10-25
4
Gold Raiders
1982-01-01
0
NEW Renegades Rampage
2004-10-02
6.6
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990-01-21
7.8
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991-01-19
7.8
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
2023-07-31
7
NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
1984-11-22
0
Biography: Dusty Rhodes
2023-04-09
7.8
The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling
1998-04-26
4
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2005-02-13
0
TNA Lockdown 2005
2005-04-24
0
TNA Destination X 2005
2005-03-13
6
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004-11-07
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990-04-01
7.1
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006-11-26
6.3
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990-08-27
10
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013-06-25
7.2
NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
1985-11-28
0
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985-07-16
0
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986-07-26
8
TNA Turning Point 2004
2004-12-05
0
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005-01-16
7.7
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
1986-11-27
5.2
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
1987-11-26
7
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987-07-31
6.5
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988-01-24
6.5
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
1988-07-10
7
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
1988-12-26
6
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
1991-10-27
0
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
1992-01-04
6.5
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
2006-11-05
6.6
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007-07-22
0
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994-09-18
7.2
WWE Battleground 2013
2013-10-06
0
WCW Greed
2001-03-18
8.2
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990-11-22
7.4
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006-10-17
10
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998-01-24
5
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998-02-22
10
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998-03-15
0
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000
2000-05-14
0
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985-12-25
0
ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
2000-04-16
0
FIP Return Of The Dream
2003-11-29
0
Fan Favorites
1989-08-09
6
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
2006-06-20
0
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014-03-12
8
Biography: Rey Mysterio
2022-08-28
8.3
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010-12-07
9.3
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013-09-10
7.7
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
2020-03-08
10
WCW WrestleWar 1991
1991-02-24
0
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
1991-05-19
0
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007-07-31
7.5
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012-05-22
10
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014-07-15
7.2
Nature Boy
2017-11-07
8
Eric Bischoff: Sports Entertainment's Most Controversial Figure
2016-06-07
9.2
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016-04-26
10
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009-06-09
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990-06-17
7.6
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
2016-07-23
10
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017-09-05
10
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018-05-29
0
Life In The Fast Lane
2007-11-20
0
TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy
2005-10-04
7
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
2006-06-06
10
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009-02-10
10
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009-04-14
10
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
10
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016-05-01
9.2
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
2015-04-28
0
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012-01-03
0
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
2004-03-09
6.3
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
2008-07-08
5.9
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007-04-10
7.1
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009-12-17
7.3
Sting: Into the Light
2015-10-13
9.2
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
2007-03-31
8.5
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986-02-07
10
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987-02-07
0
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
2000-03-12
8.4
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011-11-29
4.2
The Wrestler
1974-04-28
0
HUSTLE-3
2004-05-08
8.3
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011-03-13
0
MLW King of Kings
2002-12-20
6.7
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020-08-21
0
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978-01-25
0
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988-04-23
7
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
1988-06-08
8
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988-03-27
0
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
1988-12-07
7
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
1988-09-07
0
PWF Homecoming
1989-03-11
6.6
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989-08-28
5.9
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
1989-11-12
7.9
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989-11-23
0
NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show
1982-01-01
0
NWA Boogie Jam
1984-03-17
0
MSW WrestleFest
1985-07-28
0
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990-03-25
0
NWA Night of Champions
1984-05-30
0
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980-08-03
10
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986-04-19
0
NWA Lords of The Ring
1984-06-30
0
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986-07-26
0
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986-07-05
0
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003-04-12
0
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987-04-11
0
Paradise Park
1996-01-01
0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994-08-24
7.2
nWo: The Revolution
2012-11-06
0
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995-01-21
8.5
WWE: The Attitude Era
2012-11-20
0
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
2013-04-07
8.9
ECW on TNN
1999-08-27
8.5
WCW Monday Nitro
1995-09-04
7.1
TNA iMPACT!
2004-06-04
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
7.1
ECW Hardcore TV
1993-04-06
0
Major League Wrestling: Underground TV
2003-04-07
0
The JBL and Cole Show
2012-12-07
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
7.9
WCW Thunder
1998-01-08
6.7
Burke's Law
1994-01-07
7
WWE Rivalries
2014-10-28
7.1
TNA iMPACT!
2004-06-04
7.1
TNA iMPACT!
2004-06-04
7.2
Biography: WWE Legends
2021-04-18
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7.2
NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
1984-11-22
7.2
NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
1984-11-22
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
2006-01-29
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007-01-28
7.2
TNA Destination X 2005
2005-03-13
7.2
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013-06-25
7.2
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014-12-17
7.2
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985-07-16
7.2
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986-02-07
7.2
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987-02-07
7.2
NWA Starrcade 1983
1983-11-24
7.2
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980-08-03
7.2
NWA Night of Champions
1984-05-30
7.2
NWA Lords of The Ring
1984-06-30
7.2
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
1988-07-10
7.2
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988-04-23
7.2
PWF Homecoming
1989-03-11
7.2
PWF Homecoming
1989-03-11
7.2
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994-07-17
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
1994-06-23
7.2
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994-08-24
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994-09-18
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1994
1994-12-27
7.2
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
1992-05-17
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
1995-01-25
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XIX
1992-06-22
7.2
NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
1985-11-28
7.2
WCW Uncensored 1995
1995-03-19
7.2
WCW Beach Blast
1992-06-20
7.2
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
1995-06-18
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995-05-21
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
1995-09-17
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995-10-29
7.2
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995-07-16
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995-08-06
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1995
1995-12-27
7.2
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988-03-27
7.2
WCW World War 3 1995
1995-11-26
7.2
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
1988-06-08
7.2
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
1988-09-07
7.2
WCW Great American Bash '92
1992-07-12
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
1991-01-30
7.2
NWA Boogie Jam
1984-03-17
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994-11-16
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
1996-01-23
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl VI
1996-02-11
7.2
WCW Uncensored 1996
1996-03-24
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc '92
1992-10-25
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
1992-11-18
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1992
1992-12-28
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
1991-05-19
7.2
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
1991-06-12
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1996
1996-05-19
7.2
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996-06-16
7.2
NWA Battle of The Belts II
1986-02-14
7.2
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
1996-07-06
7.2
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986-04-19
7.2
WCW Hog Wild 1996
1996-08-10
7.2
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986-07-05
7.2
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986-07-26
7.2
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986-07-26
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
1996-08-15
7.2
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
1986-11-27
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
1996-09-15
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
1991-09-05
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
1996-10-27
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993-01-13
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993-02-21
7.2
WCW World War 3 1996
1996-11-24
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993-05-23
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1996
1996-12-29
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
1997-01-21
7.2
nWo Souled Out 1997
1997-01-25
7.2
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987-04-11
7.2
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
1987-11-26
7.2
WCW Uncensored 1997
1997-03-16
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
1991-11-19
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
1991-10-27
7.2
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
1997-04-06
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997-02-23
7.2
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988-01-24
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
1992-01-21
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1991
1991-12-29
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1997
1997-05-18
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl II
1992-02-29
7.2
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993-08-18
7.2
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993-07-18
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993-06-16
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993-09-19
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993-10-24
7.2
WCW Battle Bowl
1993-11-20
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
1993-11-10
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994-01-27
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993-12-27
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994-02-20
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1994
1994-05-22
7.2
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
1994-04-17
7.2
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
1997-07-13
7.2
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
1997-06-15
7.2
WCW Road Wild 1997
1997-08-09
7.2
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
1997-08-21
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
1997-09-14
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
1997-10-26
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1997
1997-12-28
7.2
WCW World War 3 1997
1997-11-23
7.2
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998-01-24
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998-02-22
7.2
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998-03-15
7.2
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
1998-04-19
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1998
1998-05-17
7.2
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
1998-07-12
7.2
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998-06-14
7.2
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
1998-09-13
7.2
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
1998-10-25
7.2
WCW Starrcade 1998
1998-12-27
7.2
WCW World War 3 1998
1998-11-22
7.2
WCW Road Wild 1998
1998-08-08
7.2
WCW Souled Out 1999
1999-01-17
7.2
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
1999-04-11
7.2
WCW Uncensored 1999
1999-03-14
7.2
WCW SuperBrawl IX
1999-02-21
7.2
WCW Slamboree 1999
1999-05-09
7.2
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999-07-11
7.2
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
1999-06-13
7.2
WCW Road Wild 1999
1999-08-14
7.2
Raw
1993-01-11
7.2
TNA iMPACT!
2004-06-04