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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.
Runnels made his professional wrestling debut on September 13, 1988, as "Dustin Rhodes", defeating Bob Cook in a match for the Tampa-based Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) promotion. The promotion was renamed the Professional Wrestling Federation in February 1989 after Runnels' father, Dusty Rhodes, began wrestling there.
The term "real" was meant to emphasize that it was professional and it was wrestling, but that it was not professional wrestling in the traditional sense; modern professional wrestling features predetermined outcomes and operates under a very different set of rules from amateur wrestling. Real Pro Wrestling, Inc was founded in 2002 by former ...
Juanita Wright (October 24, 1934 – September 11, 1996) was an American professional wrestling valet and wrestler best known as "Sweet" Sapphire in the World Wrestling Federation where she managed Dusty Rhodes in 1989 and 1990. She also wrestled on the independent circuit as Princess Dark Cloud.
National Wrestling Federation. NWF World Tag Team Championship – with Dusty Rhodes [64] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2013 [8] [65] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1974) [66] PWI ranked him #96 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [67] St. Louis Wrestling Club
The term "sports entertainment" was coined by World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) chairman Vince McMahon during the 1980s as a marketing term to describe the professional wrestling industry, primarily to potential advertisers; [66] however, precursors date back to at least February 1935, when Toronto Star sports editor Lou Marsh described ...
Cody and Dustin are real life half-brothers and were once managed by their father, wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes. They were a sub-group of The Elite . The tag team was formed when Cody was fired [ A ] from the WWE after losing to Randy Orton in a match prompted by Cody's questioning of the company's chief operating officer Triple H 's authority.
American Wrestling Federation, Mid-South Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation: Sgt. Slaughter, Col. Mustafa, Jerry Blackwell, Ken Patera The Rat Pack Al Costello (Giacomo Costa) 1919-2000 1993-1994 independent circuit, Border City Wrestling, Windy City Pro Wrestling Al Snow, Denny Kass, Mickey Doyle Angelo Mosca