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".
147 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 147
Raw
1993
WWE NXT
2010
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
ECW Hardcore TV
1993
Burke's Law
1994
WWE Pay Per View
1985
TNA iMPACT!
2004
WWE Rivals
2022
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
WWE Old School
1973
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975
Clash of the Champions
1988
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981
WCW Monday Nitro
1995
NWA World Championship Wrestling
1985
ECW on TNN
1999
The JBL and Cole Show
2012
WWE Rivalries
2014
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
2016
WCW Thunder
1998
Major League Wrestling: Underground TV
2003
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
2023
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016
WCW Arena Shows
1983
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
2024
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
1988
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
Sting: Into the Light
2015
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989
WWE Battleground 2013
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
1988
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
1991
WCW SuperBrawl 1
1991
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
2020
The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling
1998
NWA Starrcade 1987
1987
Nature Boy
2017
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
WWE: The Attitude Era
2012
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
2008
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
2007
The Wrestler
1974
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
2006
WCW: Ric Flair - 2 Decades of Excellence
1995
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
NWA Starrcade 1986
1986
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988
WCW Greed
2001
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
NWA Starrcade 1984
1984
PWF Homecoming
1989
TNA Lockdown 2005
2005
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
2006
Gold Raiders
1982
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985
NWA Starrcade 1988
1988
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
1988
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990
Life In The Fast Lane
2007
NWA Lords of The Ring
1984
NWA Night of Champions
1984
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
HUSTLE-3
2004
ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
2000
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
2015
TNA Turning Point 2004
2004
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
1989
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
2006
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987
Paradise Park
1992
WCW WrestleWar 1991
1991
Mid-South WrestleFest '85
1985
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980
TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy
2005
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
1988
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
NWA Boogie Jam
1984
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
I Like To Hurt People
1985
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986
WWE Hottest Matches
1990
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
1992
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
2013
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007
TNA Destination X 2005
2005
nWo: The Revolution
2012
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000
2000
NWA Wrestling The Danger Zone
1987
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
2004
NWA Starrcade 1985
1985
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
2000
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2005
Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream
2015
3PW Legends Collide
2003
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978
FIP Return Of The Dream
2003
Fan Favorites
1989
NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show
1982
MLW King of Kings
2002
NEW Renegades Rampage
2004
NWA The Great American Bash 1988: Greensboro
1988