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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 Nat…
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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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2024
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
Movie Self
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2023
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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2022
WWE Rivals
TV show Dusty Rhodes
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2021
Biography: WWE Legends
TV show
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2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
Movie Himself
- 2018
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2017
Nature Boy
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2017
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2016
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
Movie Dusty Rhodes (voice)
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2016
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Movie Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
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2015
Sting: Into the Light
Movie Dusty Rhodes
- 2015
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2015
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2014
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Movie Executive Producer
More credits
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2014
WWE Rivalries
TV show Self
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2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2014
Wrestlemania Rewind
TV show Dusty Rhodes
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2013
WWE Battleground 2013
Movie Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)
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2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2013
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2013
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
Movie "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
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2012
The JBL and Cole Show
TV show Dusty Rhodes
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2012
WWE: The Attitude Era
Movie Dusty
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2012
nWo: The Revolution
Movie
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2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2012
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2010
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Movie "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
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2010
WWE NXT
TV show
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2009
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Movie Dusty Rhodes
- 2009
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2009
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2009
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2008
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2007
Life In The Fast Lane
Movie
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2007
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Movie Dusty Rhodes
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2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Movie Dusty Rhodes
