“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes will forever be remembered as the working man’s champion. A three-time World Heavyweight Champion, he has had numerous legendary confrontations with sports-entertainment’s top stars, including Ric Flair, Harley Race and “Superstar” Billy Graham. Decades later, his contributions to sports-entertainment are still being felt. This 3-Disc DVD set will present his life’s story, as well as his most memorable matches and interviews from Florida Championship Wrestling, NWA, WCW and WWE.

Matches

* AWA, 3/9/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher

* AWA, 3/24/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher

* AWA, 10/6/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco

* Championship Wrestling from Florida, 5/1974 - Dusty Rhodes & Pak Song vs. Mike & Eddie Graham

* Championship Wrestling from Florida, Dusty Rhodes vs. Terry Funk

* Championship Wrestling from Florida, Lumberjack Match, Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

* Madison Square Garden, 9/26/77 - WWWF Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Superstar Billy Graham

* Madison Square Garden, 12/19/77 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Stan “The Man” Stasiak

* Madison Square Garden 12/20/77 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Johnny Rodz

* Madison Square Garden, 8/28/78 - Texas Bullrope Match Dusty Rhodes vs. Superstar Billy Graham, Alternate Commentary by: Steve Romero/Dusty Rhodes/Mike Graham

* Madison Square Garden, 12/17/79 - NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship, Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

* Atlanta, GA, 6/21/81 - NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

* Great American Bash, Charlotte, NC, 7/6/85 - World Television Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard

* Great American Bash, Greensboro, NC, 7/26/86 - NWA World Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair, Commentary by: Steve Romero/Dusty Rhodes/Mike Graham

* Starrcade, Chicago, IL, 11/26/87 - NWA United States Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Lex Luger

* Clash of the Champions, Greensboro, NC, 3/27/88 - Dusty Rhodes & Road Warriors vs. Ivan Koloff & Powers of Pain

* NWA Main Event, 4/3/88 - NWA United States Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Ivan Koloff

* Clash of the Champions II, Miami, FL, 6/8/88 - NWA Tag Team Championship Dusty Rhodes & Sting vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

* Starrcade, Norfolk, VA 12/26/88 - NWA World Tag Team Championship Dusty Rhodes & Sting vs. Road Warrior

* SummerSlam, E. Rutherford, NJ, 8/28/89 - Dusty Rhodes vs. The Honky Tonk Man

* Survivor Series, Rosemont, IL, 11/23/89 - The Dream Team vs. The Enforcers

* WrestleMania VI, Toronto, Canada, 4/1/90 - Mixed Tag Team match
Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire vs. The Macho King Randy Savage & Queen Sherri

* Madison Square Garden, 11/24/90 - Dusty Rhodes & Dustin vs. Ted DiBiase & Virgil

* Living Dangerously, Danbury, CT, 3/12/00 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Steve Corino

* Greed, Jacksonville, FL, 3/18/01 - Kiss My Ass match Dusty Rhodes & Dustin vs. Ric Flair & Jeff Jarrett

Promos & Vignettes from the following shows

* CWF – Dusty in dressing room

* CWF – Gordon Solie interviews Dusty Rhodes

* Madison Square Garden, 10/24/77 – Vince McMahon interviews Dusty Rhodes

* Madison Square Garden, 11/8/77 – Vince McMahon interviews Dusty Rhodes

* Championship Wrestling 4/25/78

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 1/26/83

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 1/25/84

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/25/84

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/6/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/20/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/4/85

* World Wide Wrestling 5/7/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/25/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 7/13/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 7/20/85

* World Wide Wrestling 7/23/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 8/17/85

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 9/10/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 9/28/85

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 10/29/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 11/16/85

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/3/85

* Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/15/85

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/4/86

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/4/86

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 6/21/86

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 8/16/86

* World Wide Wrestling 2/17/87

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 3/19/88

* NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/21/88

* Superstars 6/3/89

* Superstars 6/10/89

* Superstars 6/17/89

* Superstars 6/24/89

* Superstars 7/1/89

* Superstars 7/8/89

* Superstars 7/15/89

* Superstars 7/22/89

* Superstars 10/7/89

* Superstars 10/7/89

* Saturday Night’s Main Event 1/27/90

* Superstars 5/12/90

* Wrestling Challenge 6/2/90

* Wrestling Challenge 9/15/90

* Superstars 12/22/90

* Wrestling Challenge 12/29/90

* RAW 5/5/97

Ahem... HOLY FUCK DO I WANT THIS!!!

Ditto like a motherfucker

That sounds pretty good. I don't care what any un-informed idiot says.

You mean pretty much everyone at Gstorm? Please don't repeat that to anyone. :D

Yeah, pretty much everyone over there who has never seen Dusty in his prime, which includes me, but I don't feel the need to blindly bash him with insults like "SONUVAPLUMMA!!".

I think it's pretty likely that I've never seen Dusty wrestle in his prime....as all I remember of him is the fatness. I'll have to have Plague rent this so we can give it a look :D .

People still rent WWE videos? I thought those days ended with Coliseum Videos being yanked off of shelves for no reason since 1999.

Well, probably not video tapes, but they have WWE stuff to rent at Blockbuster or through NetFlix.

I like how they threw on some of the forgotten stuff...like the Corino match adn the 2001 WCW tag match. Plus three Texas Outlaws matches!

If I get this, I'll lock it in the same room with the Flair DVD and let em' fight it out.

He be clubberin', Tony!

Wow, I am in no way interested in this.

Its kind of like advanced reading or some shit in high school. This is like super advanced wrestling dorkdom.

I just couldn't take that much of the Fat Man.

And DK - what the fuck is up with the Green Lantern Fan Shoot tape? Should I know who that guy is?

If you watched ROH, you'd know who he is. Plus incase you didn't know, it's not a real shoot. I literally hate the guy and I got a good laugh out of it.

That Green Lantern dvd cover is from the new feature at Wrestlecrap.com.


And that Dusty dvd sure does look tempting.

From what I gather, the GLF is possibly the most annoying fan in the history of wrestling.

The Dusty DVD is a must buy. Those of you who didn't see much of him will be shocked at how entertaining he was. He was always fat though.

I don't care if Dusty has always been fat or not, he's always been able to keep up in the ring. I'm sure beneath all that flab was a six pack.

Everyone loves Flair, and honestly, was he ever in good shape? Much like Dusty, both haven't been much on the outside, but could go the distance every night and make the crowd go happy the entire time.

I'd say, yes, Flair was in good shape.

Those saggy man-boobs he's had since 1981 are my defense that he wasn't in good physical condition (as in, you know, MUSCULAR). If he ever had muscle anywhere, it was covered up well. Nowhere near as much as Dusty, but he wasn't what I would consider a muscular looking person.

You asked if he was in shape, not if he was muscular. Flair was in tremendous shape for a long long time. Just cause he wasn't ripped like Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, doesn't mean he wasn't in shape. It means he wasn't ripped.

Dusty can even be "in shape". Its all about being able to go in the ring. Remember Billy Gunn? Cut like a motherfucker. 8 pack, huge biceps, the whole nine yards. And blown up 3 minutes into every singles match he's ever been in, because he wasn't in shape. He was muscular.

... I guess everyone missed the point. I WAS BEING NICE ABOUT DUSTY AND FLAIR DESPITE HAVING NO MUSCULAR PHYSIQUES(sp?).

Jesus, I'm nice about Flair, and I still get shit.


I guess I'll rephrase my compliment. For guys who looked to be out of shape, both could go better than anyone. HAPPY?!!?

Yes. That makes more sense. You really didn't say that at all before.

But yeah, we're cool now.

Good...

Back on topic, this DVD set looks awesome just for all of the promos alone. If there's one thing you can say nice about Dusty, is he could talk and talk and talk and not suck. Usually.

I don't know much Dusty, other than his short WWF stint, and the things I've seen courtesy of WCW and the Flair DVD.

But I didn't like his promos from the Flair DVD very much. I just never got this character they were goin for, the common man thing. I don't know. Never a big fan, but I was shockingly impressed by how good he looked in his match v Flair on the set.

He talked a common man's game. He was the son of a plumber, or so he said. He didn't talk about riding in stretch limos or wearing thousands of dollars in gold $900 suits. He was just your regular joe with a regular (portly) look.

So all he is was the anti-Flair?

Haven't a million dudes been that guy?

Yeah, but not a million guys could talk like Dusty could.

Just like the flabby back that Flair has had since he started.

It's good to see the DVD focuses a lot on the art of cutting a promo. I know the matches are going to be good either way, but I hope some of the matches don't feel repitive seeing a few of them are with the same people.

Blockbuster, actually.

Brilliant! I think I'll put my DVDs in a cage, and let them at it.