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Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as WWE.
Dusty Rhodes: November 26, 1987: Starrcade: Chicago, IL: 1 141: 140 This was a steel cage match. [25] [26] — Vacated: April 9, 1988 — — — — — Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title and suspended for 120 days for attacking NWA President Jim Crockett. [4] 37 Barry Windham: May 13, 1988: House show: Houston, TX: 1 283: 282 Defeated ...
On February 9, 1982 in Miami, The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes under a mask due to being under suspension in Florida) defeated Ric Flair for the title, but he returned it when then-NWA President Bob Geigel asked Rider to unmask or return the championship belt as NWA rules at the time forbade masked wrestlers from holding it. [12] † Ric Flair
Sometime after Sting's arrival to the NWA in July 1987, Dusty Rhodes used the opening bout of Crockett's first foray into pay-per-view, Starrcade '87, to showcase the young superstar. Sting partnered with Michael P.S. Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in a six-man tag team match against Gilbert, Steiner, and Larry Zbyszko [ 29 ] that ended in a 15-minute ...
Cody Rhodes won the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship from Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. He explains what his father, Dusty Rhodes, would have thought of ...
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes (May 13, 1927 – June 17, 2009) [1] was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder and pinch hitter whose otherwise unremarkable seven-year Major League Baseball career was dramatically highlighted by his starring role for the champion New York Giants during the 1954 season and that year's World Series.
Race battles longtime rival Dusty Rhodes. Race, after many victories over Dusty Rhodes and other great wrestlers, lost the title to Rhodes in 1981. Rhodes lost the title to up-and-coming star Ric Flair, though Race was able to defeat Flair in St. Louis in 1983 for his seventh reign as champion, which the NWA recognised as breaking the record ...
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the American promotion WWE, and is featured on its NXT brand, having first been established in 2015. In subsequent years, wrestlers from the NXT UK and 205 Live brands—both of which were subsidiary/sister brands under the NXT banner—have also ...