Nickname(s): Dirty; The American Dream, The Human Tank
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 302 lbs
From: Austin, TX
Birthday: Oct 12
Pro Debut: 1968
Aliases: Dusty Runnels
Feds worked for: TSW,
UWF,
NWA-OK, I
ZW,
NWA, WWWF,
WWF,
WWE,
ECW,
WCW, NWA-TNA,
SCW, Florida, Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling (FL), Hawaii
Finisher: The Bionic Elbow
Signature Moves: Figure-Four Leglock, Elbow Drop, Sleeper Hold
Career Highlights: -FCW Champion
-NWA Bahamas Champion
-NWA Brass Knuckles Champion
-NWA Central States Champion
-NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team Champion (w/
Dick Murdoch)
-NWA Florida Brass Knucks Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Champion (10x)
-NWA Florida TV Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (5x; 1 each w/ Dick Murdoch,
Dick Slater, Blackjack Mulligan, Bobo Brazil &
Andre the Giant)
-NWA Georgia Champion
-NWA (Hawaii) North American Champion
-NWA Heart of America Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Buff Bagwell)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Slater)
-NWA National Champion
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Murdoch)
-NWA (San Francisco) United States Champion
-NWA Southern Champion (7x)
-NWA
Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (2x)
-NWA United States Champion
-NWA United States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/
Bugsy McGraw & Blackjack Mulligan)
-NWA World Champion (3x)
-NWA World 6
Man Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ The Road
Warriors)
-NWA World Television Champion (3x)
-NWA World Tag Team Champion (w/ Manny Fernandez)
-PWF Champion
-TSW Brass Knucks Champion
-TSW North American Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Andre The Giant &
Spoiler # 1)
Affiliates: Dick Murdoch, Andre the Giant, Spoiler # 1, Magnum TA,
Nikita Koloff,
Baby Doll, Dustin Rhodes, Sapphire, nWo, Traci Brooks, Trinity,
Buck Robley
Notable Feuds: The Andersons, Billy Graham, Ivan Koloff, Tully Blanchard,
Ric Flair, Dick Slater,
Bunkhouse Buck, Arn Anderson,
Terry Funk.,
Ted DiBiase, Vince
Russo
Official Website: www.dustyrhodeswrestling.com
Other Facts: -Not to be confused with former baseball players Jack Rhodes or James Rhodes, soccer player Ephraim Rhodes, World War II combat pilot Raleigh Rhodes, cricket player Harold Rhodes, or political author Thomas L. Rhodes, who all used the nickname Dusty.
-Father of pro wrestlers Goldust (AKA Dustin Rhodes) and Cody Rhodes
-Former Father-in-law of pro wrestler Aksana (storyline only)
-Former husband of pro wrestler Donna Lemke
-Former Father-in-law of wrestling valet Terri Runnels
-Brother-in-law of pro wrestlers Jerry Sags and Fred Ottman
-Uncle of pro wrestler Austin Rhodes
-Attended high school with Beverly Williams, mother of Steve Austin
-Began his career in Boston using the name Dusty Runnels after giving up on semi-pro baseball
-Appeared in the movie "The Wrestler" in 1974, playing himself
-Wrestled Terry Funk in the earliest recorded barbed-wire match sometime in the late 1970s.
-Wrestled on NWA's 1st pay-per-view event "
Starrcade '87" on November 26, 1987 and WCW's last pay-per-view event "Greed" on March 18, 2001
-Has worked as booker, producer, or creative team member of wrestling shows for WCW, WWF,
TNA, and WWE
-Was owner and operator of Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling based in Florida
-Was featured in the WWE DVD "The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80's"
-Released his autobiography "Dusty: Reflections of an American Dream" in 2005
-In 2006, WWE released a 3 disc DVD set entitled "The American Dream: The
Dusty Rhodes Story"
-Current commissioner of Florida Championship Wrestling
-Former member of the nWo
-Inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007
-Voted Wrestler of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1977 and 1978
-Voted Most Popular Wrestler by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1978, 1979, and 1987
-Won the Match of Year Award as voted by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1979 (vs.
Harley Race) and 1986 (vs. Ric Flair)
-Won the Feud of the Year Award as voted by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1987 (w/ Nikita Koloff & The Road Warriors vs. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger)
-Ranked # 210 in the 2000 PWI 500
-Ranked # 193 in the 2001 PWI 500
