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Virgil Runnels

1945-10-12

The 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".

Virgil Runnels in

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Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

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WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story

6 average rating
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Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time

8.4 average rating
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette

6.8 average rating
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The True Story of WrestleMania

8.3 average rating
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American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes

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The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story

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Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream

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Biography: Rey Mysterio

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Nature Boy

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The Rise & Fall of WCW

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The Wrestler

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nWo: The Revolution

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A Future WWE: The FCW Story

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I Like To Hurt People

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Sting: Into the Light

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Biography: Dusty Rhodes

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Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen

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TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy

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Gold Raiders

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