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Virgil Runnels

Virgil Runnels

Birthday: 1945-10-12 | Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, USA

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".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

as    Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)

2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007

as    Dusty Rhodes

2007
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen

as    Dusty Rhodes

2006
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006

as    Dusty Rhodes

2006
2001
WCW Greed

as    Dusty Rhodes

1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994

as    Dusty Rhodes

1992
WCW/New Japan Supershow II

as    Dusty Rhodes

1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991

as    Dusty Rhodes

1988
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

as    Dusty Rhodes

1988
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt

as    Dusty Rhodes

1987
1987
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!

as    Dusty Rhodes

1985
NWA The Great American Bash 1985

as    Dusty Rhodes