His real name is Virgil Runnels Jr. The American Dream, "The Bull of the woods", The Bionic elbow, 285 pounds of sweet, sweet soul! Gettin Funky!!! I remember all his battles with Dory Funk, Jr.. Dory would send out the Mongolian Stomper to soften Dusty up. Him and Dirty Dick Slater made a legendary tag team champions. Not to mention his wars with Cowby Bill Watts and the Assassins! Dusty was probably the most loved wrestler in the sport from the 1970's throughout the 1980's, consistently drawing exceptionally large crowds wherever he wrestled, be it the NWA(and later, WCW), the WWF, the A.W.A, Japan, or anywhere else the nomadic grappler roamed during his 20+ year career. Dusty Rhodes was "The American Dream", the regular guy who made it big.

Really big. He first gained notoriety in the sport as part of the legendary rulebreaking team The Texas Outlaws with his longtime friend/enemy/friend "Dirty" Dick Murdoch during the mid/late 1960's and held the tag championship belts. The flamboyant "American Dream" engaged in long, bitter, and bloody feuds (all of which invariably drew record attendance) with some of the biggest names ever. Harley Race, Superstar Billy Graham, The Funks, Dick The Bruiser and The Crusher, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Nick Bockwinkle, Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody, Ric Flair and (numerous incarnations of) The Four Horsemen, Dick Slater, Kevin Sullivan, Bill Watts, Ted Dibiase, Randy Savage, and many, many more!

NWA North American (Hawaii) title, NWA North American (Mid South) title, NWA Mid South U.S. Tag Team title (w/Andre), 10 Florida Heavyweight championships, 2 Florida TV titles, 4 Florida Tag Team titles, 1 Georgia Heavyweight title, 7 Southern Heavyweight titles, 1 Mid Atlantic TV title, 1 NWA National Heavyweight title, 2 NWA/WCW World 6-Man Tag Team titles, 1 NWA/WCW U.S. Heavyweight title, and 3 NWA/WCW World TV titles were among the dozens of championships he won throughout his career. He was 3 time NWA Heavyweight Champion and is a member of the WWF Wrestling Hall of Fame.