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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.
American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, NXT (WWE brand) The Road Warriors, The Disciples of Apocalypse, The Authors of Pain: Paul Jones (Paul Frederick) 1942–2018 1982–1991 Jim Crockett Promotions: Paul Jones' Army: Percival A. Friend (Albion Joseph Friend) 1945 ...
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The following is a list of members of the New World Order (nWo), a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). There were a total of 79 members of the group in its existence. Missing below are the Nasty Boys who were in for one night ...
Kabuki (left) and Dusty Rhodes during a professional wrestling match, c. 1982 Mera adopted the Great Kabuki persona in World Class in 1981. The character was created by Gary Hart , [ 3 ] based on an old gimmick used by Filipino wrestler Rey Urbano, a former partner of Hasegawa's in the U.S. [ 4 ] Kabuki kept his hair in a mop cut which kept his ...
Hoyt Richard Murdoch (August 16, 1946 – June 15, 1996) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck".He was best known for his time in the NWA, World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Once Dusty departed from WCW they reached out to him, and ultimately partnered to launch the new Professional Wrestling Federation in February 1989. [8] Rhodes had larger visions for the fledgling regional territory, which included a name change from FCW to the non-regional PWF.
In March 1985, the Road Warriors began touring Japan, mainly with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) where they made an immediate impact squashing the monster team of Killer Khan and Animal Hamaguchi in under 4 minutes. This and subsequent dominant victories garnered the Road Warriors a lot of Japanese wrestling media headlines and front-page stories.