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".
122 movies · 24 shows
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
2024·7.2
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
2023·7.8
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020·6.7
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
2020·7.7
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018·10.0
Nature Boy
2017·7.2
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017·10.0
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
2016·7.6
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016·10.0
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016·9.2
Sting: Into the Light
2015·7.3
Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream
2015·7.0
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
2015·9.2
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014·10.0
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014·0.0
WWE Battleground 2013
2013·7.1
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013·9.3
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013·10.0
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
2013·0.0
WWE: The Attitude Era
2012·8.5
nWo: The Revolution
2012·7.2
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012·7.5
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012·0.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012·10.0
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010·8.3
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009·7.2
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009·10.0
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009·10.0
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009·7.5
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
2008·6.3
Life In The Fast Lane
2007·0.0
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007·0.0
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007·6.3
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007·5.9
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
2007·8.6
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006·7.1
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
2006·6.5
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006·7.9
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
2006·8.0
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
2006·4.0
TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy
2005·0.0
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005·7.8
TNA Lockdown 2005
2005·8.0
TNA Destination X 2005
2005·8.0
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2005·6.5
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005·8.5
TNA Turning Point 2004
2004·7.5
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004·7.0
NEW Renegades Rampage
2004·0.0
HUSTLE-3
2004·0.0
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
2004·9.0
FIP Return Of The Dream
2003·0.0
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003·0.0
3PW Legends Collide
2003·0.0
MLW King of Kings
2002·0.0
WCW Greed
2001·9.0
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000
2000·0.0
ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
2000·0.0
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
2000·0.0
The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling
1998·8.4
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998·10.0
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998·7.0
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998·10.0
WCW: Ric Flair - 2 Decades of Excellence
1995·0.0
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995·0.0
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994·0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994·0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993·0.0
Paradise Park
1992·0.0
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
1992·0.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
1991·7.0
WCW SuperBrawl 1
1991·6.0
WCW WrestleWar 1991
1991·8.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991·7.1
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990·7.7
WWE Hottest Matches
1990·0.0
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990·6.9
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990·0.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990·0.0
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990·8.4
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990·0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990·6.1
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989·7.8
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
1989·5.9
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989·6.7
Fan Favorites
1989·0.0
PWF Homecoming
1989·0.0
NWA Starrcade 1988
1988·7.0
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
1988·0.0
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
1988·7.0
NWA The Great American Bash 1988: Greensboro
1988·0.0
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
1988·6.0
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
1988·8.5
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988·7.0
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988·8.8
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988·6.0
NWA Starrcade 1987
1987·5.9
NWA Wrestling The Danger Zone
1987·0.0
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987·7.0
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987·0.0
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987·10.0
NWA Starrcade 1986
1986·7.8
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986·0.0
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986·0.0
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986·0.0
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986·10.0
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986·8.5
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985·0.0
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985·0.0
NWA Starrcade 1985
1985·7.7
Mid-South WrestleFest '85
1985·0.0
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985·0.0
I Like To Hurt People
1985·6.4
NWA Starrcade 1984
1984·5.6
NWA Lords of The Ring
1984·0.0
NWA Night of Champions
1984·0.0
NWA Boogie Jam
1984·0.0
Gold Raiders
1982·4.4
NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show
1982·0.0
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980·0.0
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978·0.0
The Wrestler
1974·5.0