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I am not the real Dusty Rhodes. This is just a fansite for him. Feel free to comment and friend request.Dusty Rhodes is a semi retired professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dusty Rhodes Jr, Kevin Rhodes, Mandy Rhodes, and Cody Rhodes. Rhodes started his career as a rule-breaking heel, tagging with fellow Texan Dick Murdoch to form the tag team The Texas Outlaws in the American Wrestling Association. In 1974, Rhodes turned face after turning on tag team partner Pak Song and manager Gary Hart during a match in Florida against Eddie and Mike Graham, leading him to break out as a solo babyface superstar, primarily in Florida, referring to himself as the American Dream, a working class hero. Rhodes ascended to the top of several National Wrestling Alliance promotions, and eventually with Jim Crockett Promotions in the Mid-Atlantic. Rhodes had legendary feuds with stars such as Abdullah the Butcher, Pak Song, Terry Funk, Kevin Sullivan, Blackjack Mulligan, Nikita Koloff, Harley Race, "Superstar" Billy Graham, Ray Stevens and most notably, The Four Horsemen (especially Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard). Rhodes, Flair, and Race each fought each other many times over the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Rhodes won the NWA World Title three times; twice by defeating Race (in 1979 and 1981) and once by defeating Flair (1986).Rhodes came to the WWF as the yellow polka-dotted "Common Man" Dusty Rhodes, a gimmick some felt was intended to humiliate him, although it would later come out in the words of Dusty himself that the gimmick and outfit were his own ideas. He was managed by Sapphire. During his time in the WWF, Rhodes was embroiled in a heated feud with Randy Savage and his manager/partner Sensational Sherri Martel. Rhodes returned to WCW shortly afterwards as a member of WCW's booking committee and later joined the broadcast team, usually working with Tony Schiavone on WCW Saturday Night. He would be paired with Schiavone and Bobby Heenan on pay-per-views.He eventually left WCW and went to ECW where he feuded with Steve Corino. Rhodes returned once more to WCW, re-igniting his feud with Ric Flair. In 2004, Rhodes served as general manager for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling for a short time. For several years, Rhodes operated Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, a small Georgia-based promotion, featuring wrestlers trained by himself alongside veterans such as Steve Corino. Dusty Rhodes was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2007.
