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Virgil Runnels

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1945-10-12

Day of Death

2015-06-11

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Virgil Runnels

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".

Filmography (121)

⭐ 7.8 Role: Self (Archival Footage)

American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes

2023
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

2020
⭐ 7.7 Role: Himself

A Future WWE: The FCW Story

2020
⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man

2018
⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Nature Boy

2017
⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

2017
⭐ 7.6 Role: Dusty Rhodes (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

2016
⭐ 10.0 Role: Dusty Rhodes

TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2

2016
⭐ 9.2 Role: Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)

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

2016
⭐ 7.2 Role: Dusty Rhodes

Sting: Into the Light

2015
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream

2015
⭐ 9.2 Role: Dusty Rhodes

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

2015
⭐ 10.0 Role: Dusty Rhodes

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

2014
⭐ 0 Role: Dusty Rhodes

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

2014
⭐ 7.2 Role: Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)

WWE Battleground 2013

2013