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WWE legend Dusty Rhodes dies at 69
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Posted on 06/11/2015 12:01:04 PM PDT by massmike

Wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes died Thursday morning, the WWE confirmed on Twitter. He was 69.

The pro wrestler, whose real name was Virgil Runnels was famously known as "The American Dream." The cause of death is unknown.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: dustyrhodes; nwa; obituary; prowrestling
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To: eastforker

I’m hearing there may be extenuating circumstances, possible kidney failure. Suffered a fall? None of this is confirmed from what I’m reading though.


41 posted on 06/11/2015 2:52:47 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: cork

I’d say Bruno Samartino is probably an example of a wrestler who was in addition, a great athlete, I’m sure that pertains to a number besides there being a number of juicers.

I don’t generally think of Dusty not doing anything in excess except maybe sitting at the dinner table. He did have heft and I’m not saying that in a critical way.

He was always the good guy when I saw him though they do change things up in the sport.


42 posted on 06/11/2015 2:54:54 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

Check this out, Dusty did play some professional baseball, http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/gallery/dustyrhodes.php in the Giants organization but not sure if he made it to the top league.


43 posted on 06/11/2015 2:58:09 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

WRONG, different Dusty Rhodes, sorry everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes_%28outfielder%29


44 posted on 06/11/2015 2:58:56 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: massmike

Ron Wright {Boot} from the 1960’s & 70’s passed away a couple months ago also. He & brother Don were well known in southeastern wrestling.


45 posted on 06/11/2015 3:02:44 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: rikkir
Anybody recognize the curly haired guy behind Dusty in the photo?

That was Magnum TA. I'm not sure, but the third guy to the left .... is that Jerry The King Lawler???

46 posted on 06/11/2015 3:06:01 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: cva66snipe

We had a small drive-in burger joint in the 70’s and had their cardboard posters up all the time.

National Guard Armory if I recall. I didn’t save a darn one of em’. :(


47 posted on 06/11/2015 3:45:43 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: massmike
R.I.P. Dusty.

5.56mm

48 posted on 06/11/2015 3:52:50 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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49 posted on 06/11/2015 4:46:31 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: TexasCajun

Always like Wahoo McDaniels. Remember watching him play pro football in the 60s


50 posted on 06/11/2015 5:24:23 PM PDT by X Fretensis
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To: massmike

I first became aware of Dusty Rhodes in the early 1970s when one of the local stations in Philadelphia began broadcasting “Championship Wrestling From Florida”, with Gordon Solie handling the commentary. Rhodes was a “Heel” back then. He always did a great interview, and always gave the fans their money’s worth. R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes, “The American Dream.”


51 posted on 06/11/2015 5:47:38 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: eyedigress
We had a small drive-in burger joint in the 70’s and had their cardboard posters up all the time. National Guard Armory if I recall. I didn’t save a darn one of em’. :(

Yeah unless it was Knoxville then it was at Chilhowee Park at the Jacobs building. I spent many an evening there in the mid 1970's LOL. True story as far as I know one night a fan took things too serious it seemed and stabbed Whitey Caldwell outside the building. Ron rushed him to the hospital. All of them were great athletes and entertainers. After their match they'd be out of their trunks back in their clothes and shooting the breeze in a corner somewhere. I saw that alot. The real fights were up in the stands LOL.

52 posted on 06/11/2015 5:51:20 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: KeyLargo

I seem to recall there being one “Killer Kowalski” back in Haystacks time.


53 posted on 06/11/2015 6:01:36 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: rikkir

Magnum TA and Jerry Lawler. I remember discovering WWW/NWA, and all that blood late at night. Not to mention all the southern accents. Like a slice of America I didn’t know existed. Quite a difference from WWF’s Yankee WASPY product.


54 posted on 06/11/2015 7:56:55 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: X Fretensis
This thread got me searching old pics of Houston Wrestling.

...there were some crazy characters.

Some tragic & sad like the Von Erich family.


55 posted on 06/12/2015 6:22:20 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

Oh how I remember (dating myself here) the ol Indian dance leading to the head chop. I loved it.


56 posted on 06/12/2015 6:28:30 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777

Jay Strongbow uses that more than Wahoo I think. Strongbow was actually Italian, leading George The Animal Steele to quip that Jay was a member of the A-WOP-aho tribe.


57 posted on 06/12/2015 6:31:47 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: erod

Ric is a Republican. Some friends of mine bought one of his houses off of Monroe Rd.
I used to talk to him some when I tended bar.


58 posted on 06/12/2015 4:04:34 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: stylin19a

He’s still around Charlotte. The accident almost killed him but he gets around ok now. Saw him back in 2006 in a Monster Truck. He brought it to the car dealership I worked at to have work done.


59 posted on 06/12/2015 4:07:25 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: rikkir

Any good stories? Lol


60 posted on 06/12/2015 4:09:45 PM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose! | Let's Go Blackhawks!)
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