20 Facts About Dustin Rhodes

Dustin Rhodes Patrick Runnels was born on April 11,1969 and is an American professional wrestler.

Dustin Rhodes headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF and WCW during the 1990s.

Runnels made his professional wrestling debut on September 13,1988, as "Dustin Rhodes", defeating Bob Cook in a match for the Tampa-based Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion.

Dustin Rhodes teamed with Kendall Windham in an undercard tag team called The Texas Broncos that saw success against The Cruel Connection and The Commandos.

In December 1990, Dustin Rhodes defeated Ted DiBiase in a televised ten-minute challenge match.

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In late 1991, Dustin Rhodes formed a tag-team with Barry Windham and began pursuing WCW Tag Team champions The Enforcers .

In January 1993, Dustin Rhodes reached the final of a tournament to decide the number one contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

Dustin Rhodes faced his old partner Ricky Steamboat to win his first United States Heavyweight title.

At Fall Brawl, Dustin Rhodes teamed with Sting, Davey Boy Smith and The Shockmaster to defeat Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious and Harlem Heat in a WarGames match.

Dustin Rhodes lost the title to Steve Austin in a Two out of three falls match at Starrcade, after losing both falls.

At the Uncensored pay-per-view on March 19,1995, Dustin Rhodes lost to The Blacktop Bully in the only King of the Road match in the company's history.

Dustin Rhodes'sgimmick consisted of sitting at ringside in a director's chair during Goldust's matches, advising him while smoking large brown cigars.

Dustin Rhodes feuded with Jeff Jarrett before feuding with Terry Funk.

On February 4,2004, he debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Lone Star" Dustin Rhodes, unsuccessfully challenging Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

On January 28,2007, it was announced that Dustin Rhodes would appear at the February 17,2007, All Japan Pro Wrestling show in the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

On July 15,2007, Dustin Rhodes returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at Victory Road and aligned himself with Christian Cage by helping him defeat "Wildcat" Chris Harris.

Later the same night, he appeared for an interview, as Dustin Rhodes, without his Black Reign make-up and stated that his "alter ego" has been scaring him since when he was a little kid.

Dustin Rhodes made an appearance on the April 9,2012 edition of Raw where he, along with numerous other WWE officials and superstars, were attempting to break up a brawl between Brock Lesnar and John Cena.

At TLC: Tables Ladders and Chairs, the Dustin Rhodes Brothers retained the title in a fatal-4-way elimination match against Curtis Axel and Ryback, The Real Americans and Big Show and Rey Mysterio, but they lost the title to New Age Outlaws at the Royal Rumble.

At AEW Battle of the Belts on January 8,2022 Dustin Rhodes lost to Sammy Guevara in an Interim AEW TNT Championship title match.