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: Acting

Born: Austin, Texas, USA, 1945-10-12

Died: 2015-06-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Wrestler	Dusty Rhodes	42
2	1978	The Super Bowl of Wrestling	Dusty Rhodes	0
3	1980	NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa	Dusty Rhodes	0
4	1982	Gold Raiders		40
5	1982	NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show	Dusty Rhodes	0
6	1984	NWA Boogie Jam	Dusty Rhodes	0
7	1984	NWA Night of Champions	Dusty Rhodes	0
8	1984	NWA Lords of The Ring	Dusty Rhodes	0
9	1984	NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge	Dusty Rhodes	70
10	1985	I Like To Hurt People	Self	53
11	1985	NWA The Great American Bash 1985	Dusty Rhodes	0
12	1985	MSW WrestleFest	Dusty Rhodes	0
13	1985	NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	72
14	1985	Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984	Dusty Rhodes	0
15	1985	AWA/NWA Night of Champions II	Dusty Rhodes	0
16	1986	NWA Superstars on The SuperStation	Dusty Rhodes	85
17	1986	The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament	Dusty Rhodes	100
18	1986	NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte	Dusty Rhodes	0
19	1986	NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land	Dusty Rhodes	0
20	1986	NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	0
21	1986	NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers	Dusty Rhodes	77
22	1987	NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation	Dusty Rhodes	100
23	1987	The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	0
24	1987	NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games	Dusty Rhodes	70
25	1987	NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!	Dusty Rhodes	52
26	1988	NWA Bunkhouse Stampede	Dusty Rhodes	65
27	1988	NWA Clash of the Champions	Dusty Rhodes	80
28	1988	The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament	The Midnight Rider	0
29	1988	NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem	Dusty Rhodes	70
30	1988	NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom	Dusty Rhodes	65
31	1988	NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88	Dusty Rhodes	70
32	1988	NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings	Dusty Rhodes	0
33	1988	NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt	Dusty Rhodes	70
34	1989	PWF Homecoming	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	0
35	1989	Fan Favorites		0
36	1989	WWE SummerSlam 1989	Himself	66
37	1989	WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89	Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)	59
38	1989	WWE Survivor Series 1989	Dusty Rhodes	77
39	1990	WWE Royal Rumble 1990	Dusty Rhodes	60
40	1990	WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI	"The Common Man" Dusty Rhodes	0
41	1990	WWE WrestleMania VI	Dusty Rhodes	84
42	1990	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90	Dusty Rhodes	0
43	1990	Battle of the WWE Superstars	Dusty Rhodes	0
44	1990	WWE SummerSlam 1990	"The Common Man" Dusty Rhodes	64
45	1990	WWF Hottest Matches	Dusty Rhodes	0
46	1990	WWE Survivor Series 1990	Dusty Rhodes	80
47	1991	WWE Royal Rumble 1991	Dusty Rhodes	70
48	1991	WCW WrestleWar 1991	Dusty Rhodes (Commentator)	100
49	1991	WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun	Dusty Rhodes (Commentator)	0
50	1991	WCW Halloween Havoc '91	Dusty Rhodes (Cornerman)	60
51	1992	WCW/New Japan Supershow II	Dusty Rhodes	0
52	1993	WCW Clash of the Champions XXV	Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)	0
53	1994	WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII	Dusty Rhodes	0
54	1994	WCW Fall Brawl 1994	Dusty Rhodes	0
55	1995	WCW All Nighter 1995		0
56	1996	Paradise Park	Deputy Johnny Morton	0
57	1998	WCW Souled Out 1998	Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)	100
58	1998	WCW SuperBrawl VIII	Dusty Rhodes	50
59	1998	WCW Uncensored 1998	Dusty Rhodes	100
60	1998	The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling	Dusty Rhodes	78
61	2000	ECW Living Dangerously 2000	Dusty Rhodes	0
62	2000	ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000	Dusty Rhodes (Appearance)	0
63	2000	ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000	Dusty Rhodes (Appearance)	0
64	2001	WCW Greed	Dusty Rhodes	0
65	2002	MLW King of Kings	Dusty Rhodes	0
66	2003	3PW Legends Collide		0
67	2003	ROH: The Epic Encounter	Dusty Rhodes	0
68	2003	FIP Return Of The Dream	Dusty Rhodes	0
69	2004	WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection	Dusty Rhodes	0
70	2004	HUSTLE-3	Dusty Rhodes	0
71	2004	NEW Renegades Rampage	Dusty Rhodes	0
72	2004	TNA Victory Road 2004	Dusty Rhodes (Appearance)	60
73	2004	TNA Turning Point 2004	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	80
74	2005	TNA Final Resolution 2005	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	0
75	2005	TNA Against All Odds 2005	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	40
76	2005	TNA Destination X 2005	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	0
77	2005	TNA Lockdown 2005	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	0
78	2005	WWE: The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80's	Dusty Rhodes	80
79	2005	TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy	Dusty Rhodes	0
80	2006	The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story	Dusty Rhodes	70
81	2006	WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story	Dusty Rhodes	80
82	2006	WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology	Dusty Rhodes	79
83	2006	WWE Cyber Sunday 2006	Dusty Rhodes	65
84	2006	WWE Survivor Series 2006	Dusty Rhodes	71
85	2007	WWE Hall of Fame 2007	Dusty Rhodes	92
86	2007	Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen	Dusty Rhodes	59
87	2007	WWE The Great American Bash 2007	Dusty Rhodes	66
88	2007	Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1	Dusty Rhodes	0
89	2007	Life In The Fast Lane		0
90	2008	Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection	Dusty Rhodes	63
91	2009	WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event	Dusty Rhodes	100
92	2009	Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain	Dusty Rhodes	100
93	2009	Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection		100
94	2009	The Rise & Fall of WCW	Dusty Rhodes	72
95	2010	WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	83
96	2011	The True Story of WrestleMania	Self (archive footage)	83
97	2011	Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time	Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)	84
98	2012	WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection	Dusty Rhodes	0
99	2012	The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions	Dusty Rhodes	75
100	2012	nWo: The Revolution		72
101	2012	WWE: The Attitude Era	Dusty	85
102	2013	WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	0
103	2013	WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches	Dusty Rhodes	100
104	2013	Legends of Mid-South Wrestling	Dusty Rhodes	93
105	2013	WWE Battleground 2013	Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)	72
106	2014	WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1	Dusty Rhodes	0
107	2014	WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash	Dusty Rhodes	100
108	2015	ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3	Dusty Rhodes	92
109	2015	Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream		70
110	2015	Sting: Into the Light	Dusty Rhodes	73
111	2016	WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness	Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)	92
112	2016	TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2	Dusty Rhodes	100
113	2016	Eric Bischoff: Sports Entertainment's Most Controversial Figure	Self (archive footage)	80
114	2016	Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon	Dusty Rhodes (voice)	76
115	2017	WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995		100
116	2017	Nature Boy	Himself (archive footage)	72
117	2018	Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man		100
118	2020	A Future WWE: The FCW Story	Himself	77
119		ROH: Ring of Hardcore	Dusty Rhodes	100
120	2020	You Cannot Kill David Arquette	Self (archive footage)	68
121	2022	Biography: Rey Mysterio	Self (archive footage) - Dusty Rhodes	80
122	2023	Biography: Dusty Rhodes	Self	0
123	2023	American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes	Self (Archival Footage)	78

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Saturday Night's Main Event		82
2	1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Dusty Rhodes	68
3	1993	Raw	Dusty Rhodes	68
4	1993	ECW Hardcore TV		71
5	1994	Burke's Law	Archie 'Mad Dog' McCray	67
6	1995	WCW Monday Nitro		84
7	1998	WCW Thunder	Dusty Rhodes	79
8	1999	ECW on TNN	Dusty Rhodes	89
9	2003	Major League Wrestling: Underground TV		0
10	2004	TNA iMPACT!		72
11	2004	TNA iMPACT!	Dusty Rhodes.	72
12	2004	TNA iMPACT!	Dusty Rhodes	72
13	2012	The JBL and Cole Show	Dusty Rhodes	0
14	2014	WWE Rivalries	Self	70
15	2021	Biography: WWE Legends		72

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