🎬Virgil Runnels

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker/writer, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and WWE. Rhodes is considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of professional wrestling. Rhodes was a three-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, and during his time in Jim Crockett Promotions' Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, later known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Television, NWA Tag Team and NWA World 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He also won many regional championships, and is one of seven men inducted into each of the WWE, WCW, Professional Wrestling, and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Halls of Fame. His sons, Dustin and Cody, both pursued careers in professional wrestling, performing for WWE and AEW. Following his retirement from wrestling, he made occasional on-air appearances on WWE television and pay-per-views and worked as a backstage booker/writer and producer in WWE's NXT developmental territory. Billed as "the son of a plumber", Rhodes did not have a typical wrestler's physique; his character was that of the "common man", known for the personality exhibited in his interviews. WWE chairman Vince McMahon remarked that no wrestler "personified the essence of charisma quite like Dusty Rhodes".

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal (2024)	Self		7
2	A Future WWE: The FCW Story (2020)	Himself		7
3	You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)	Self (archive footage)		7
4	Nature Boy (2017)	Self (archive footage)		7
5	Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016)	Dusty Rhodes (voice)		7
6	Sting: Into the Light (2015)	Dusty Rhodes		8
7	WWE Battleground 2013 (2013)	Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)		8
8	nWo: The Revolution (2012)	-	-	-
9	The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions (2012)	Dusty Rhodes	-	-
10	WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (2010)	"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes	-	-
11	The Rise & Fall of WCW (2009)	Dusty Rhodes	-	-
12	Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection (2008)	Dusty Rhodes	-	-
13	Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen (2007)	Dusty Rhodes	-	-
14	The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (2006)	Dusty Rhodes	-	-
15	TNA Final Resolution 2005 (2005)	Dusty Rhodes (TNA D.O.A.)	-	-
16	WCW SuperBrawl IX (1999)	Director / Writer		7
17	WCW Spring Stampede 1999 (1999)	Director / Writer		7
18	WCW Bash at the Beach 1999 (1999)	Director / Writer	-	-
19	WCW Souled Out 1998 (1998)	Director / Writer	-	-
20	WCW SuperBrawl VIII (1998)	Director / Writer		8
21	WCW World War 3 1998 (1998)	Director / Writer		7
22	WCW Uncensored 1998 (1998)	Director / Writer		8
23	WCW Fall Brawl 1998 (1998)	Director / Writer		6
24	WCW World War 3 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		7
25	WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		7.5
26	WCW Bash at the Beach 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		8
27	WCW Starrcade 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		7
28	nWo Souled Out 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		3
29	WCW Uncensored 1997 (1997)	Director / Writer		8
30	WCW SuperBrawl VI (1996)	Director / Writer		7
31	WCW World War 3 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		7
32	WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
33	WCW Starrcade 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
34	WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
35	WCW Hog Wild 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
36	WCW Uncensored 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
37	WCW The Great American Bash 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
38	WCW Slamboree 1996 (1996)	Director / Writer		8
39	WCW World War 3 1995 (1995)	Director / Writer		8
40	WCW Uncensored 1995 (1995)	Director / Writer		8
41	WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 (1995)	Director / Writer		8
42	WCW Starrcade 1995 (1995)	Director / Writer		9
43	WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 (1995)	Director / Writer		8
44	WCW SuperBrawl IV (1994)	Director / Writer		7
45	WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 (1994)	Director / Writer		9
46	WCW Starrcade 1994 (1994)	Director / Writer	-	-
47	WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 (1993)	Director / Writer		8
48	WCW SuperBrawl III (1993)	Director / Writer		8
49	WCW Beach Blast 1993 (1993)	Director / Writer		8
50	WCW BattleBowl (1993)	Director / Writer		7
51	WCW Starrcade 1993 (1993)	Director / Writer		8
52	WCW Halloween Havoc 1992 (1992)	Director / Writer		8
53	WCW Starrcade 1992 (1992)	Director / Writer		8
54	WCW SuperBrawl II (1992)	Director / Writer		7
55	WCW WrestleWar 1992 (1992)	Director / Writer		8
56	WCW WrestleWar 1991 (1991)	Dusty Rhodes (Commentator)		8
57	WCW Halloween Havoc 1991 (1991)	Director / Writer		7
58	WCW SuperBrawl 1 (1991)	Director / Writer		8
59	WCW Starrcade 1991 (1991)	Director / Writer		7
60	WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)	Dusty Rhodes		8
61	WWE SummerSlam 1989 (1989)	Himself		8
62	WWE Survivor Series 1989 (1989)	Dusty Rhodes		8