Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 12, 1945
Died
Jun 11, 2015
Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USA
Credits
237 titles
Virgil Runnels
Biography
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
Filmography
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
Self
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
Self (Archival Footage)
WWE Rivals
Dusty Rhodes
Biography: WWE Legends
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage)
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
Himself
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
Nature Boy
Self (archive footage)
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
Dusty Rhodes (voice)
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
Sting: Into the Light
Dusty Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Executive Producer
WWE Rivalries
Self
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Dusty Rhodes
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Dusty Rhodes
Wrestlemania Rewind
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Battleground 2013
Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Dusty Rhodes
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Dusty Rhodes
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
The JBL and Cole Show
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: The Attitude Era
Dusty
nWo: The Revolution
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Dusty Rhodes
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
WWE NXT
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Dusty Rhodes
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Dusty Rhodes
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Dusty Rhodes
Life In The Fast Lane
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Dusty Rhodes
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Dusty Rhodes
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Writer
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Dusty Rhodes
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
Dusty Rhodes
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
Dusty Rhodes
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Writer
TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy
Dusty Rhodes