Virgil Runnels

About

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....

Known for

RawSeries • 1993WWE NXTSeries • 2010WWE Friday Night SmackDownSeries • 1999WWF SuperstarsSeries • 1986Mid-South WrestlingSeries • 1981ECW Hardcore TVSeries • 1993WWF Wrestling ChallengeSeries • 1986TNA iMPACT!Series • 2004WWE Saturday Night's Main EventSeries • 1985NWA World Championship WrestlingSeries • 1985WWF All-Star WrestlingSeries • 1975Mid-Atlantic Championship WrestlingSeries • 1981WWE Old SchoolSeries • 1973Clash of the ChampionsSeries • 1988WCW Monday NitroSeries • 1995Burke's LawSeries • 1994Wrestlemania RewindSeries • 2014Biography: WWE LegendsSeries • 2021ECW on TNNSeries • 1999Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed DemonMovie • 2016WWE Royal Rumble 2006Movie • 2006WWE Royal Rumble 2007Movie • 2007The Rise & Fall of WCWMovie • 2009WWE WrestleMania VIMovie • 1990