Virgil Runnels

Known for ActingBorn 1945-10-12Died 2015-06-11Austin, Texas, USA

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".Read more

Movies & web series

Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man

WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

ROH: Ring of Hardcore

Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

WCW Spring Stampede 1999

WCW Bash at the Beach 1999

WCW Souled Out 1998

WCW Uncensored 1998

WCW Spring Stampede 1998

WCW Halloween Havoc 1998

nWo Souled Out 1997

WCW Halloween Havoc 1997

WCW Slamboree 1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

WCW Beach Blast 1993

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

WWE Hall of Fame 2007

WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection

WCW Greed

WCW Fall Brawl 1998

WCW Starrcade 1998

WCW Spring Stampede 1997

WCW Bash at The Beach 1997

WCW The Great American Bash 1997

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII

WCW Fall Brawl 1996

WCW Halloween Havoc 1996

WCW Starrcade 1995

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

WCW Starrcade 1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXI

ECW on TNN

WCW SuperBrawl VII

WWE: The Attitude Era

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

WCW Bash at the Beach 1998

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time