Virgil Runnels
Age: N/A | From: Austin, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: The American Dream , The Midnight Rider , Virgil Runnels , The American Dream 'Dusty Rhodes' , Dusty Rhodes
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 228
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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".
Most Famous Work
WWE Raw
(1993) Writer
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
(1996) Writer
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
(1995) Writer
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
(1997) Writer
WCW Slamboree 1998
(1998) Writer
WCW Uncensored 1999
(1999) Writer
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
(1996) Writer
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
(1996) WriterActing
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| 2023 | Self (Archival Footage) | |
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| 2022 | Self (archive footage) - Dusty Rhodes | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dusty Rhodes | ||
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2017 | N/A | |
| 2016 | Dusty Rhodes (voice) | |
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| 2015 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2014 | Self | |
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| 2013 | Dusty Rhodes (Ringside) | |
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| 2012 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2011 | Dusty Rhodes (archive footage) | |
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| 2010 | "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes | |
| 2009 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2008 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2006 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2005 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2004 | Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.) | |
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| 2003 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 2002 | Dusty Rhodes | |
| 2001 | Dusty Rhodes | |
| 2000 | Dusty Rhodes (Appearance) | |
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| 1999 | N/A | |
| 1998 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1996 | Deputy Johnny Morton | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
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| 1994 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1992 | Dusty Rhodes | |
| 1991 | Dusty Rhodes (Cornerman) | |
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| 1990 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| "The Common Man" Dusty Rhodes | ||
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| 1989 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1988 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1987 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1986 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1985 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1984 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1982 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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| 1980 | Dusty Rhodes | |
| 1978 | Dusty Rhodes | |
| 1974 | Dusty Rhodes | |
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Production
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| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| 2013 | Executive Consultant | |
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Writing
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| 2007 | Writer | |
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| 1999 | Writer | |
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| 1985 | Writer | |
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| 1983 | Writer | |
| 1980 | Writer | |
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Directing
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| 1989 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
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