RIP wrestling star Dusty Rhodes

[Bufkin]

moronic photo removed
WWE is deeply saddened that Virgil Runnels, aka “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes — WWE Hall of Famer, three-time NWA Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history — passed away today at the age of 69.

Photos: Dusty's career-defining moments

Runnels became a hero to fans around the world thanks to his work ethic, his impassioned interviews and his indomitable spirit. Moreover, Runnels was a dedicated father to WWE Superstars Goldust (Dustin Runnels) and Stardust (Cody Runnels), a caring husband and a creative visionary who helped shape the landscape of WWE long after his in-ring career had ended.

WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Runnels’ family, friends and colleagues.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Q :D

[TLO]

RIP :(

[WhawhaWhat]

Amazing picture.... of Harley Race.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Seriously though what an impact this guy made to have 3 people post it in the same minute that it was released. RIP to one of the GOAT's.

[KCUnited]

:(

[ptlyon]

Seriously though what an impact this guy made to have 3 people post it in the same minute that it was released. RIP to one of the GOAT's.

Slow news day

[Deberg_1990]

Best "Forehead" in the business
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[alpha_omega]

RIP...great memories watching TBS as a kid.

Oh, and Bufkin...you sir are doing a disservice to the deceased...could you change the picture in the OP please?

[OmahaChief]

RIP Stardust Dusty Rhodes. Always loved watching him as a kid.

[loochy]

Best "Forehead" in the business
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Lol no kidding - look at the scars on that MFer. Dude did some MAJOR blading.

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[DaNewGuy]

RIP American Dream, loved his commentary for WCW back in the day, "Dat Ric Flair he"s a snake in da grasssssss"

[Bufkin]

Bob Dole removed my photo of Dusty Rhodes and replaced it with "moronic photo".

I guess we all can't be wrestling fans.
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[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole removed my photo of Dusty Rhodes and replaced it with "moronic photo".

I guess we all can't be wrestling fans.
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That was not Dusty Rhodes

[Bufkin]

That was not Dusty Rhodes
Somebody just PM'ed me and told me that it was Harley Race. I was unaware. You could have nicely told me instead of editing it the way you did. You don't always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine.

[KC native]

Somebody just PM'ed me and told me that it was Harley Race. I was unaware. You could have nicely told me instead of editing it the way you did. You don't always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine.

LMAO

old FOURchan tricks are old.

[loochy]

Somebody just PM'ed me and told me that it was Harley Race. I was unaware. You could have nicely told me instead of editing it the way you did. You don't always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine.

dude, it was obviously not rhodes

[KC native]

dude, it was obviously not rhodes

He knows. He does this all the time.

He likes using old FOURchan.org/b tricks.

[Bufkin]

dude, it was obviously not rhodes
Somebody linked to the story of his death on Facebook from a wrestling blog, but the picture that showed up on the hot link was from a blog post about Harley Race's wrestling school that was written right before the Dusty Rhodes story. Admittedly, I didn't watch wrestling in the 60's, so I just assumed it was him. I only know Dusty Rhodes because of Goldust.

[WhawhaWhat]

Somebody linked to the story of his death on Facebook from a wrestling blog, but the picture that showed up on the hot link was from a blog post about Harley Race's wrestling school that was written right before the Dusty Rhodes story. Admittedly, I didn't watch wrestling in the 60's, so I just assumed it was him. I only know Dusty Rhodes because of Goldust.

Sounds like some hard times.

[MMXcalibur]

Man, Christopher Lee played a lot of roles.

[Bufkin]

Sounds like some hard times.
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The last thing I want to do when 70 year old obese wrestlers pass away is accidentally post the wrong picture of them. I've already made contact with my Bishop for an afternoon confession.

[KC native]

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The last thing I want to do when 70 year old obese wrestlers pass away is accidentally post the wrong picture of them. I've already made contact with my Bishop for an afternoon confession.

old pepe is old.

[Bufkin]

old pepe is old.
As somebody who is allegedly in-tune with the social standards of the internet, how could you say such a ridiculous thing? Pepe the Frog will never be "old".

[KC native]

As somebody who is allegedly in-tune with the social standards of the internet, how could you say such a ridiculous thing? Pepe the Frog will never be "old".

You should have posted a rare pepe. They're much more valuable.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Christopher Lee and Dutthhty Rhothes?

[Bob Dole]

Somebody just PM'ed me and told me that it was Harley Race. I was unaware. You could have nicely told me instead of editing it the way you did. You don't always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine.

Or maybe you could work at not being a dipshit.

Better?

[scho63]

He was in his prime when I was a kid watching wrestling with all the best stars back in the day; Bruno Sammartino, Chief Jay Strongbow and Bill Whitewolf; Jimmy Snuka, Bob Backland, Haystacks Calhoun, Ivan Putski, The Iron Shiek, Ivan Koloff, Andre the Giant, Superstar Billy Graham, Stan the Man Stasiak with his heart punch-one of my favorites, George the Animal Steele, Gorilla Monsoon, Captain Lou Albano and Classy Freddie Blassie, plus many more!

[Bufkin]

Or maybe you could work at not being a dipshit.

Better?
So I guess yes, you do always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine. My apologies Sheriff Dole. You have yourself a goodun', ya hear?

[eDave]

So I guess yes, you do always have to play the jerk off role in the good mod/bad mod routine. My apologies Sheriff Dole. You have yourself a goodun', ya hear?

Bob Dole seems like a guy you shouldn't **** with.

[cosmo20002]

Somebody linked to the story of his death on Facebook from a wrestling blog, but the picture that showed up on the hot link was from a blog post about Harley Race's wrestling school that was written right before the Dusty Rhodes story. Admittedly, I didn't watch wrestling in the 60's, so I just assumed it was him. I only know Dusty Rhodes because of Goldust.

LMAO
Of all the times this has been done, THIS ONE--Dusty Rhodes--is the one that really made people mad :cuss:

[Rasputin]

If John Goodman were alive he could play a movie role of Dusty Rhodes

R.I.P. John Goodman & The American Dream Dusty Rhodes

[BigRock]

Off to the big pay windah in the sky.

[Reaper16]

The Midnight Rider will never die.

[Mr. Laz]

wow


RIP

[Gadzooks]

He was in his prime when I was a kid watching wrestling with all the best stars back in the day; Bruno Sammartino, Chief Jay Strongbow and Bill Whitewolf; Jimmy Snuka, Bob Backland, Haystacks Calhoun, Ivan Putski, The Iron Shiek, Ivan Koloff, Andre the Giant, Superstar Billy Graham, Stan the Man Stasiak with his heart punch-one of my favorites, George the Animal Steele, Gorilla Monsoon, Captain Lou Albano and Classy Freddie Blassie, plus many more!

You sound like this clip (NSFW):
Starts at 0.45.
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[Gadzooks]

R.I.P. to Dusty BTW.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Thanks, Obama.

RIP.

[Easy 6]

Wow, 69 is pretty young in this day and age... yet fairly long lived for a wrestler.

I remember Dusty from the old KPLR tv in St. Louis, along with guys like Bulldog Bob Brown, Kerry Von Erich, King Kong Brody, Wahoo McDaniel, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and all the rest.

Now THAT was some wrasslin, long before the big money came along, those guys truly earned every dollar they made... RIP American Dream.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Wow, 69 is pretty young in this day and age... yet fairly long lived for a wrestler.

I remember Dusty from the old KPLR tv in St. Louis, along with guys like Bulldog Bob Brown, Kerry Von Erich, King Kong Brody, Wahoo McDaniel, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and all the rest.

Now THAT was some wrasslin, long before the big money came along, those guys truly earned every dollar they made... RIP American Dream.

Damn straight.

If you don't know who the Freebirds and Von Eric's are, you don't know fuck about wrasslin'.

[Easy 6]

Damn straight.

If you don't know who the Freebirds and Von Eric's are, you don't know **** about wrasslin'.

Oh man, when Von Erich busts out "the claw"... hide the women and children, cause that shit would kill people.

[cosmo20002]

Oh man, when Von Erich busts out "the claw"... hide the women and children, cause that shit would kill people.

The Claw = Baron von Raschke :harumph:

[stonedstooge]

RIP Dirty Dusty. Loved watching you back in the good old days

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Oh man, when Von Erich busts out "the claw"... hide the women and children, cause that shit would kill people.

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[Easy 6]

The Claw = Baron von Raschke :harumph:

Von Raschke? that guys a *ag!

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Wow, 69 is pretty young in this day and age... yet fairly long lived for a wrestler.

I remember Dusty from the old KPLR tv in St. Louis, along with guys like Bulldog Bob Brown, Kerry Von Erich, King Kong Brody, Wahoo McDaniel, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and all the rest.

Now THAT was some wrasslin, long before the big money came along, those guys truly earned every dollar they made... RIP American Dream.

Shit, in wrestling years he was 307.

[Rain Man]

I vaguely remember him from my brief fanship of wrestling at about the age of 7. My favorite wrestlers around that time were Rene Goulet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Goulet (very acrobatic), Ivan Putski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Putski (biggest muscles I'd ever seen at that point), and Haystacks Calhoun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_Calhoun (the largest human I'd ever seen at that point).

Later I discovered Andre the Giant, and how could you not like Andre the Giant?

[srvy]

Wow, 69 is pretty young in this day and age... yet fairly long lived for a wrestler.

I remember Dusty from the old KPLR tv in St. Louis, along with guys like Bulldog Bob Brown, Kerry Von Erich, King Kong Brody, Wahoo McDaniel, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and all the rest.

Now THAT was some wrasslin, long before the big money came along, those guys truly earned every dollar they made... RIP American Dream.

Damn straight my brother and I would watch All Star Wrestling from Memorial Hall in KCK and Municipal in KC Mo. we would point the rabbit ears north and pick up St. Joe we could barely see it through the snowy picture. One of the greats RIP.

[Gadzooks]

Von Raschke? that guys a *ag!

George "the Animal" Steele stole his whole act with the exception of the "claw".
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[Rain Man]

This is kind of interesting.

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[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Sweet lord almighty.

[Easy 6]

Shit, in wrestling years he was 307.

No roids, just normal hard living... that's probably the difference.

Damn straight my brother and I would watch All Star Wrestling from Memorial Hall in KCK and Municipal in KC Mo. we would point the rabbit ears north and pick up St. Joe we could barely see it through the snowy picture. One of the greats RIP.

Lawd don't it make me feel ooold to well remember rabbit ears and fuzzy tv signals... maybe add a few twists of aluminum foil to the ears if they weren't performing to expectation.

Gawd I'm approaching 50... and. it. sucks.

[otherstar]

Damn straight my brother and I would watch All Star Wrestling from Memorial Hall in KCK and Municipal in KC Mo. we would point the rabbit ears north and pick up St. Joe we could barely see it through the snowy picture. One of the greats RIP.

You brought back memories of my brother and I watching that on Sunday morning on channel 41!

Dusty, Harley Race (who is 72, BTW), Ric Flair, Bulldog Bob Brown, Bruiser Brody, Rufus R. Jones, and more. Lots of local greats back then, and all the national greats passed through Kansas City back then!

[Deberg_1990]

Used to love watching 'All Star Wrestling' on Sunday mornings.

I remember My friends and I used to argue about whether or not wrestling was "real" or not? LOL

But back in those days, it was played totally straight and real.
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[Mr. Flopnuts]

No roids, just normal hard living... that's probably the difference.



Lawd don't it make me feel ooold to well remember rabbit ears and fuzzy tv signals... maybe add a few twists of aluminum foil to the ears if they weren't performing to expectation.

Gawd I'm approaching 50... and. it. sucks.

His morbid obesity had more to do with his death than his profession, which in this isolated incident is fairly significant.

[MotherfuckerJones]

Shit, in wrestling years he was 307.

Yup. I'm shocked when I see a wrestler make it to 60. Seems like they all pass in their 40s.

[stonedstooge]

Damn straight my brother and I would watch All Star Wrestling from Memorial Hall in KCK and Municipal in KC Mo. we would point the rabbit ears north and pick up St. Joe we could barely see it through the snowy picture. One of the greats RIP.

Remember Gus Karras and the twin old ladies that were at ringside every week? Also remember "The Wrestling Polka" song they played as an intro. Wish I could go back to those days for a spell

[BigRock]

Since nobody posted it yet.

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[srvy]

Remember Gus Karras and the twin old ladies that were at ringside every week? Also remember "The Wrestling Polka" song they played as an intro. Wish I could go back to those days for a spell

Yesssssssssss those 2 old ladies were hilarious. Gus Karras was a name I have been trying to remember I thought it was gone from my memory thanks.

[srvy]

Remember Gus Karras and the twin old ladies that were at ringside every week? Also remember "The Wrestling Polka" song they played as an intro. Wish I could go back to those days for a spell

Helloooooo Wrestling fans are you ready-Bill Kersten KC announcer can still hear him today.

Lot of people never knew he was the Mayor of Liberty Mo. and Clay county commissioner.

[srvy]

http://missouriwrestlingrevival.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/kersten13.jpg?w=318&h=400
Bill Kersten

[srvy]

Percival A. Friend, Black Angus interviewed by Bill Kersten
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[srvy]

The Great Togo, Percival (AKA Percival A. Friend and Tokyo Joe
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[Gadzooks]

I went out on a 24 hour 80's wrestling binge on youtube after reading this thread.

[srvy]

Gus Karras and the Mongolian Stomper St. Joe Mo.
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[otherstar]

His morbid obesity had more to do with his death than his profession, which in this isolated incident is fairly significant.

Actually, that's not true at all. Dusty died because of numerous injuries sustained from a fall (http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0611/596179/details-on-dusty-rhodes-death/).

BTW, there are several "old-time" wrestlers who are very much alive and older than Dusty was:


Nick Bockwinkel is 80
Mr. Fuji is 80
Bruno Sammartino is 79
George "The Animal" Steele is 78
Harley Race is 72

Not older than Dusty was, but a contemporary: Rick Flair is 66. For reference, Hulk Hogan is 61.

There are more, but those are names I think most of us would recognize. What is the one thing these guys have in common is that all of them wrestled in the area where you didn't have the best body in the world (pre-steroids), you just had to be somewhat athletic and big. I also think that the older style of wrestling (where you seldom saw moves off the top rope) was safer.

[loochy]

Actually, that's not true at all. Dusty died because of numerous injuries sustained from a fall (http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0611/596179/details-on-dusty-rhodes-death/).


I'm sure the obesity and mountains of cocaine didn't really help matters.

[Deberg_1990]

What is the one thing these guys have in common is that all of them wrestled in the area where you didn't have the best body in the world (pre-steroids), you just had to be somewhat athletic and big.

That's interesting. IMO, Rhodes would not be a star today because of his physique.
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