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 cons ... idered 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".
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
as Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987
as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
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WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Dusty Rhodes
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Sep 07, 1986
TNA iMPACT!
as Dusty Rhodes
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jun 04, 2004
Raw
as Dusty Rhodes
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
WCW Thunder
as Dusty Rhodes
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 08, 1998
The JBL and Cole Show
as Dusty Rhodes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 07, 2012
Burke's Law
as Archie 'Mad Dog' McCray
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1994
TNA iMPACT!
as Dusty Rhodes.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 04, 2004
ECW Hardcore TV
Episodes: 363
First Aired: Apr 06, 1993
WCW Monday Nitro
Episodes: 262
First Aired: Sep 04, 1995
TNA iMPACT!
Episodes: 210
First Aired: Jun 04, 2004
ECW on TNN
Episodes: 59
First Aired: Aug 27, 1999
Major League Wrestling: Underground TV
Episodes: 35
First Aired: Apr 07, 2003
WWE Rivalries
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 28, 2014
Biography: WWE Legends
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 18, 2021
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