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Wrestler Best Love Rating :
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Best Love Wrestler Real Name :
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.
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Best Love Wrestler Ring Name(s) :
Dusty Rhodes
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Debuted :
1968
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Born :
October 12, 1945
Austin, Texas
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Finishing and signature moves :
Bionic elbow
American Elbow (Elbow drop with theatrics)
Bulldog
Elbow drop
Sleeper hold
Figure four leg lock
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Titles Held :
National Wrestling Alliance
World
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dick Slater (1) and Manny Fernandez (1)
National
NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) (1 time)
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time)
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Fransisco version) (1 time)
Regional
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dick Murdoch
NWA Florida Bahamian Championship (1 time)
NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Allen
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times)
NWA Florida PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Dick Murdoch (1), Dick Slater (1), Bobo Brazil (1), and André the Giant (1)
NWA Florida Television Championship (2 times)
NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) with –with Bugsy McGraw (1) and Blackjack Mulligan (1)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Buff Bagwell
NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with The Road Warriors
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit Version) (1 time) – with Dick Murdoch
NWA World Television Championship (3 times)
World Championship Wrestling
1995 inductee to the WCW Hall of Fame
World Class Championship Wrestling
WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)
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