#34
Dusty Rhodes
33 points
Highest ranking 8
6'2" - 302 lbs.
Trained by Joe Blanchard
Debut: 1968
Signature move: Figure-4 Leglock, Bionic elbow
Titles (Another LOAD
)
NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team titles w/Dick Murdoch defeating Terry & Tommy Martin (November 7, 1968);
NWA Central States Heavyweight title defeating Tommy Martin (December 13, 1968);
NWA (Texas) American Tag Team titles w/Baron Von Raschke defeating Thunderbolt Patterson & Wahoo McDanial (
?, 1969);
NWA (Texas) American Tag Team titles w/Dick Murdoch defeating
? (
?, 1970);
NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/Dick Murdoch defeating The Stomper & Ben Justice (March 21, 1970);
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Dick Murdoch defeating Argentina Apollo & Jose Lothario (September 17, 1970);
NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating Jose Lothario (December 1, 1970);
IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Dick Murdoch defeating Mario Milano & Mark Lewin (January 21, 1971);
NWA (Tri State) North American Heavyweight title defeating Bill Watts (May 21, 1971);
NWA (Hawaii) North American Heavyweight title defeating Sam Steamboat (November 25, 1972);
NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating
?? (December ??, 1972);
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Dick Slater defeating Kevin Sullivan & Mike Graham (
?, 1973);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Bill Dromo (September 5, 1973);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jos LeDuc (March ??, 1974);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Bill Watts (November 28, 1974);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Killer Karl Krupp (
?, 1975);
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Blackjack Mulligan defeating
?? (
?, 1975);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Bob Roop (October 6, 1975);
NWA Georgia Heavyweight title defeating The Spoiler (January 30, 1976);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Bob Orton Jr. (July 27, 1976);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Billy Graham (Febuary 15, 1977);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Wolfe (June ??, 1977);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Ernie Ladd (August ??, 1977);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/Dick Slater defeating Ole & Gene Anderson (September 23, 1977);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Lars Anderson (November 26, 1977);
NWA Florida Television title defeating Bobby Duncum Sr. (
?, 1978);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Dick Slater (June 18, 1978);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating The Spoiler (June 19, 1978);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Bob Roop [Tournament] (November 25, 1978);
NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Titles w/Andre the Giant defeating Stan Hansen & Ernie Ladd [Tournament] (December 25, 1978);
NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title defeating
?? (January ??, 1979);
NWA Florida Television title defeating Bugsy McGraw (January ??, 1979);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (July 4, 1979);
NWA World Heavyweight title defeating Harley Race (August 21, 1979);
NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title defeating Mark Lewin (December 21, 1979);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Leroy Brown (Febuary 16, 1980);
NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Bugsy McGraw defeating Terry & Dory Funk Jr. [Tournament] (July 4, 1980);
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Bobo Brazil defeating Nikolai Volkoff & Ivan Koloff (August ??, 1980);
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Jaggers (October 26, 1980);
NWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Dick Slater for vacant title (November 8, 1980);
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Andre the Giant defeating R.T Tyler & Bobby Jaggers (Febuary 15, 1981);
NWA World Heavyweight title defeating Harley Race (June 21, 1981);
NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Garvin (October 31, 1982);
NWA (Florida) Global Tag Team titles w/Terry Allen defeating Johnny Heffernan & Don Kent (Febuary 15, 1983);
NWA (Florida) Bahamas Heavyweight title defeating Angelo Mosca (July ??, 1983);
NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Blackjack Mulligan defeating Zambouie Express (November 5, 1983);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/Manny Fernandez defeating Don Kernodle & Ivan Koloff (October 20, 1984);
NWA World Television title defeating Tully Blanchard (March 16, 1985);
NWA World Television title defeating Tully Blanchard (July 6, 1985);
NWA (Georgia) National Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Landell (December 19, 1985);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Six Man Tag Team titles w/Road Warriors defeating Baron Von Raschke & The Koloffs (May 17, 1986);
NWA World Heavyweight title defeating Ric Flair (July 26, 1986);
NWA World Television title defeating Arn Anderson (September 9, 1986);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) United States Heavyweight title defeating Lex Luger (November 26, 1987);
NWA World Six Man Tag Team titles w/Road Warriors defeating Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson & Ric Flair (July 9, 1988);
PWF (Florida) Heavyweight title defeating Big Man Steele [Tournament] (March 11, 1989);
NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/Buff Bagwell defeating Terry Taylor & Rikki Nelson for vacant titles (January 22, 2005);
OnlineWorldofWrestling.com Hall of Fame Inductee (2006);
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Hall of Fame Inductee (2007);