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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 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
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 ...
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.
On November 23, 1989, Wright made her Pay-Per View debut at Survivor Series as a fan cheering on Dusty Rhodes who was a part of the Dream Team against The Enforcers. Her WWF television debut occurred one week prior, however, during an episode of Prime Time wrestling, where she was also seen as a fan cheering on Dusty Rhodes during his match against Akeem.
Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling was a Southeastern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Marietta, Georgia.It was founded by retired wrestler and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes [1] [2] in 2000 and, during its three years in operation, held events throughout the Southern United States in Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Alabama; [3] it was ...
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 match between Flair and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24 in 2008 was named as the "match of the decade" by popular professional wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated. [ 223 ] Flair would ultimately return to the ring in 2009 and signed to wrestle for TNA the following year, breaking a vow to never again lace up his boots. [ 224 ]