Virgil Runnels
Acting
Born 1945-10-12
Died 2015-06-11
Austin, Texas, USA
236 credits
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame 1
WWE Hall of Fame 1
Awards
Won 1 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Award
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame 1 won
- — Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Won
WWE Hall of Fame 1 won
- — WWE Hall of Fame Won
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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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Filmography
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Acting
43 credits
Raw
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF All-Star Wrestling
Mid-South Wrestling
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
NWA World Championship Wrestling
Burke's Law
Clash of the Champions
WWE Old School
WWE Rivals
TNA iMPACT!
Wrestlemania Rewind
ECW on TNN
WCW Monday Nitro
WWE Hall of Fame
WWE Rivalries
The JBL and Cole Show
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
WCW Thunder
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
WCW Arena Shows
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE Hottest Matches
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
TNA Final Resolution 2005
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Nature Boy
WWE Battleground 2013
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WCW SuperBrawl 1
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Writing
19 credits
Raw
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Clash of the Champions
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
WCW SuperBrawl VII
WCW Starrcade 1998
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
WCW SuperBrawl II
WCW WrestleWar 1992
WCW Starrcade 1991
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
WCW BattleBowl
WCW World War 3 1995
WCW All Nighter 1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
WCW SuperBrawl 1
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Other credits
4 credits
Producing
2 credits
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