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Jun 17, 2015 · Tributes to the late Dusty Rhodes have flooded social media following the news of the WWE Hall of Famer’s passing at age 69 last week. That remembrance and celebration of “The American Dream” continued Wednesday at a memorial service in Tampa, Fla. My eulogy from today's service for "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes 1945-2015 pic.twitter ...
Jun 11, 2015 · Pro wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes passed away on Thursday, WWE announced via its website. Rhodes was 69 years old. A cause of death was not immediately available. Known worldwide as "The American ...
Jun 12, 2015 · WWE says Virgil Runnels, a former professional wrestler known by his fans as Dusty Rhodes, has died. He was 69. The company said Runnels died Thursday, but a spokesman declined to say where or how, saying the family had not authorized the release of that information. Runnels, who also went by the nickname “The American Dream,” was a member ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Rhodes’ first NWA World title reign was a true heartbreaker. After three years of wrestling Harley Race all across the country and losing each time due to count-outs, disqualifications, and “cheating” by the rugged titleholder, on August 21, 1979, in Tampa, Florida, Dusty Rhodes finally became NWA World champion.
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), was an American professional wrestler and booker who most recently worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) behind the scenes as a Creative director and trainer for NXT. Billed as "the son of a plumber", Rhodes' character was that of the working man. Rhodes is a three-time ...
Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. was born in Austin, Texas on October 12, 1945. He died on June 11, 2015 at the age of 69. Dusty Rhodes was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 as an individual, in the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995, in the NJPW Hall of Fame in 1990 as part of the NJPW Greatest 18 Club wing, in the NWA Hall of Fame in 2011 and in the ...
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 .
