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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.
The 1988 Championship was held on pay-per-view on January 24, 1988 in Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Coliseum. [ 2 ] Petitions from wrestling fans to bring the event back and rename it as The Dusty Rhodes Memorial Bunkhouse Stampede.
The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title that has existed since the 1930s. [1] Though its exact date of creation isn't known, it is among the oldest championships used in professional wrestling today.
For this match, Dusty Rhodes was in Valiant's corner and tied by a rope to Paul Jones. Valiant defeated Assassin II, who was unmasked and revealed as Hercules Hernandez . Due to the beard cutting attack, he feuded heavily with Paul Jones and his army of wrestlers, from 1984 through to late 1986.
Nickla Ann Roberts-Byrd (born February 13, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll.She is best known for her appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s.
Irving, Texas: Kevin Von Erich (c) wrestled Nord the Barbarian to a double count out in a singles match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship [5] May 9 CWF: First Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show: St. Petersburg, Florida: Dusty Rhodes (c) defeated Ric Flair by disqualification in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship ...
The featured matches on the undercard included Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) versus Matt Hardy for the WWE United States Championship and Randy Orton versus Dusty Rhodes in a Texas Bullrope match. This was Dusty Rhodes' final match. The event had 229,000 buys, up slightly on the 2006 figure of 227,000 buys.
In 1968, he formed a championship winning tag team that would continue throughout the early 1970s with Dusty Rhodes called The Texas Outlaws, and during that time he adopted his Dick Murdoch name. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] One of his moves was the brainbuster , which he was taught by Killer Karl Kox . [ 7 ]