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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.
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 ...
He was best known for his time in the NWA, World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Murdoch started his wrestling career in 1965, and three years later, he began teaming with longtime partner Dusty Rhodes as the Texas Outlaws.
According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population. [1]
2.9 World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment ... New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1989–1991, 1995–1996) ... Dusty Rhodes and Sgt. Slaughter versus the ...
All Japan Pro Wrestling held a ten-bell salute for The Dynamite Kid in 2018. On June 21, 2020, World Wonder Ring Stardom held a ten-bell salute for Hana Kimura at Stardom is Again, the first event for the promotion since the COVID-19 pandemic related shut down of the wrestling industry in Japan and Kamura's suicide death on May 23, 2020.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. French wrestler and actor (1946–1993) For the film, see André the Giant (film). André the Giant André in 1989 Birth name André René Roussimoff Born (1946-05-19) 19 May 1946 Coulommiers, France Died 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (aged 46) Paris, France Children 1 Professional ...
(VARIETY) — WWE star Dusty Rhodes, also known as "The American Dream," died on Thursday. He was 69. WWE confirmed the news in a statement: ""WWE is deeply saddened that Virgil Runnels, aka "The ...