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Virgil Runnels

Virgil Runnels

Actor · Born 1945-10-12 · Austin, Texas, USA

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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 terri…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Raw (1993) — Dusty Rhodes
  2. Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016) — Dusty Rhodes (voice)
  3. WWE NXT (2010)
  4. TNA iMPACT! (2004)
  5. You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020) — Self (archive footage)
  6. WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
  7. WCW Monday Nitro (1995)
  8. American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes (2023) — Self (Archival Footage)
  9. Hulk Hogan: Real American (2026) — Self (archive footage)
  10. WWE WrestleMania VI (1990) — Dusty Rhodes
  11. Nature Boy (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  12. The Rise & Fall of WCW (2009) — Dusty Rhodes
  13. Biography: WWE Legends (2021)
  14. WWE Battleground 2013 (2013) — Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)
  15. ECW Hardcore TV (1993)
  16. Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal (2024) — Self
  17. WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990) — Dusty Rhodes
  18. WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991) — Dusty Rhodes
  19. WCW Thunder (1998) — Dusty Rhodes
  20. WWE Royal Rumble 1990 (1990) — Dusty Rhodes
  21. WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990) — "The Common Man" Dusty Rhodes
  22. WWE Survivor Series 1989 (1989) — Dusty Rhodes
  23. WWE SummerSlam 1989 (1989) — Himself
  24. NWA Starrcade 1985 (1985) — "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
  25. WWE Rivals (2022) — Dusty Rhodes
  26. WWE Survivor Series 2006 (2006) — Dusty Rhodes
  27. ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3 (2015) — Dusty Rhodes
  28. ECW on TNN (1999) — Dusty Rhodes
  29. NWA Starrcade 1987 (1987) — Dusty Rhodes
  30. WWE The Great American Bash 2007 (2007) — Dusty Rhodes
  31. WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (2010) — "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
  32. The Wrestler (1974) — Dusty Rhodes
  33. WWE: The Attitude Era (2012) — Dusty
  34. I Like To Hurt People (1985) — Self
  35. Gold Raiders (1982)
  36. NWA Starrcade 1984 (1984) — Dusty Rhodes
  37. NWA Starrcade 1986 (1986) — Dusty Rhodes
  38. WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006) — Dusty Rhodes
  39. WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness (2016) — Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
  40. WWE Hall of Fame 2007 (2007) — Dusty Rhodes

Directed

  1. NWA Starrcade 1984 (1984) — Director
  2. PWF Homecoming (1989) — Director