Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. Runnels is best known for performing as Goldust in WWE and is also known for performing in various companies such as World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Dustin Rhodes. Among the other names Runnels has performed under are Black Reign and Seven.
Runnels is the son of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and the half brother of Cody Rhodes.
Between WWF/E and WCW, Rhodes won 17 total championships. In World Championship Wrestling, he was a two-time United States Champion, a one-time Six-Man Tag Team Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion, and a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion. In World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment, he is a three-time Intercontinental Champion, a seven-time Hardcore Champion, and a one-time World Tag Team Champion.
Rhodes debuted as a fan favorite in the World Wrestling Federation in late 1990, wrestling as Dustin Rhodes. In December 1990, Rhodes defeated Ted DiBiase in a televised ten-minute challenge match. On January 19, 1991 at the Royal Rumble, Rhodes and his father Dusty lost to Ted DiBiase and Virgil in a tag team bout, and left immediately after.
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer, actor and former occasional professional wrestler. McMahon is the Chairman, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of professional wrestling promotion WWE. Upon acquiring World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), McMahon's WWE became the sole remaining major American professional wrestling promotion (until the national expansion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor).
As an on-camera character, he can appear on all WWE brands (though the majority of the time, he appears on Raw). McMahon plays a character known by the ring name Mr. McMahon, based on his real life persona. In the world of WWE, he is a two-time world champion, having won the WWF Championship and ECW World Championship. He was also the winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble.
Vince is the husband of Linda McMahon, with whom he ran WWE from its establishment in 1980 until she resigned as the CEO in September 2009.
Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
In NWA/WCW, he was a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a one-time Television Champion, a one-time Western States Heritage Champion, a four-time NWA (Mid Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time NWA United States Tag Team Champion with Ron Garvin. In WWF, he was a two-time World Tag Team Champion with his brother-in-law, Mike Rotunda. On March 31, 2012, Windham was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen.
Windham was trained by his father Blackjack Mulligan and popular world champion Harley Race. He debuted on November 27, 1979 against J.J. Dillion in Odessa, Texas when he was 19 years old. Much of his early career was in the NWA's Championship Wrestling from Florida territory where Gordon Solie was the head announcer. He was a fan favorite for most of the early and middle periods of his career, having great success in singles and tag action. Windham had notable feuds with Kevin Sullivan and his army. With his brother-in-law Mike Rotunda, Windham formed a tag team in 1984. The duo captured the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship three times between March and May 1984.
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WCW Title (Cage/Retirement Match, special Referee Mr. T): Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair, WCW United States Title: Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin, WCW Tag Team Titles: Pretty Wonderful vs. Marcus Bagwell & The Patriot, WCW Television Title: Johnny B. Badd vs. The Honky Tonk Man, The Nasty Boys vs. Terry Funk & Bunkhouse Buck, Vader vs. The Guardian Angel, Dave Sullivan vs. Kevin Sullivan
Keywords: actor, african-american, betrayal, bodyguard, boxer, bra, brother-brother-relationship, cage, champion, check
Vader: [while passing Muhammad Ali, who is sitting in the crowd, on his way to the ring] You're the man!
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Sting battles "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff in a Russian Chain Match, struggles to overcome injury as he defends the WCW United States Heavyweight Title against "Ravishing" Rick Rude, challenges former friend "The Total Package" Lex Luger for the WCW World Heavyweight Title, leads his Squadron into War Games against the Dangerous Alliance, tackles Cactus Jack in a falls-count-anywhere, defends the WCW World Heavyweight Title against Big Van Vader, vanquishes Jake "The Snake" Roberts in a Coal Miner's Glove match, and faces Vader two more times, including the "White Castle of Fear" leather strap match.
Keywords: 1990s, blood, cage, cell-phone, chain, champion, communist, face-paint, glove, hero
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World Heavyweight Champion Ron Simmons vs Cactus Jack; World Television Champion Steve Austin vs Ricky Steamboat (No Disqualification); Sting, Nikita Koloff, and The Steiner Brothers vs Big Van Vader, Rick Rude, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and The Super Invader (Elimination Match); Butch Reed and The Barbarian vs Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes; Greg Valentine and Dick Slater vs Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton
Keywords: world-championship-wrestling, wrestling
The Tradition
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WCW Title: Ron Simmons vs. The Barbarian, WCW International Title (NWA Title): Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono, Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Sting vs. Jake Roberts, WCW Tag Team Titles: Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. Steve Williams & Steve Austin, Big Van Vader vs. Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman, Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn, & Shane Douglas vs. Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes, Bobby Eaton
Keywords: wrestling
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WCW Title (2 out of 3 Falls Match): Lex Luger vs. Ron Simmons, Chamber of Horrors Match: Sting, The Steiner Brothers & El Gigante vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Cactus Jack, The Diamond Studd & Big Van Vader, WCW Tag Team Titles: The Enforcers vs. The Patriots, WCW Television Title: Steve Austin vs. Dustin Rhodes, WCW Light Heavyweight Title: Richard Morton vs. Brian Pillman, The Halloween Phantom vs. The Z-Man, Bill Kazmeier vs. Oz, Bobby Eaton vs. Terrence Taylor, Big Josh & PN News vs. The Creatures
Keywords: african-american, american-dream, argentinian, arm-in-a-cast, blood, bodyguard, brother, butcher, cage, champion
Chamber of Horrors