Virgil Runnels
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".
Known For
135 titles
WWE Battleground 2013
TNA Final Resolution 2005
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE SummerSlam 1989
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
WCW Souled Out 1998
WWE: The Attitude Era
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
NWA Starrcade 1985
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Sting: Into the Light
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
TNA Destination X 2005
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
WCW Greed
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
WCW All Nighter 1995
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