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[Dusty Rhodes] I admit I don't
look like the athlete
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of the day supposed to look.
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My belly is just a little big,
my heart is just a little big,
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but brother, I am bad and they
know I'm bad.
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[Michael Cole] He's just a
common man,
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working hard with his hands.
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He is "The American Dream" Dusty
Rhodes.
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[Dusty] The little plumber's son
who come out of the ditch
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and became so sweet.
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[Michael] But this son of a
plumber was anything but common,
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as he'd go on to inspire
audiences for generations
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with his gold hair, silver
tongue, and polka dot outfits.
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[Dusty] Don't talk about "The
American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.
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I am the best, daddy.
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There is no other.
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[Michael] Today, we get funky
like a monkey, as we look back
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at the legendary career of WWE
Hall of Famer, Dusty Rhodes.
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[Dusty] There is no greater
star, there is no greater being,
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ever, than Dusty Rhodes
"The American Dream".
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[Michael] This is WWE's Greatest
Moments.
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??
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[The Rock] If you smell-
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[Michael] Oh, my God.
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What the hell are you doing?
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[Jim Ross] Absolutely
unbelievable.
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[Gorilla Monsoon] Hulkamania is
here.
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[Michael] Welcome, everyone, to
WWE's Greatest Moments.
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I'm Michael Cole.
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And on this edition, we are
taking a look back at the
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illustrious career of "The
American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.
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[Dusty] I don't do hard times.
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I am the good time rock and roll
man.
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[Michael] The self-described
common man was not only a sight
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to be seen in the ring, but he
was also one of the most
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captivating superstars to ever
hold a microphone.
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[Dusty] I'm gonna put this boot
right up your booty.
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[Michael] A master wordsmith,
Rhodes could win over any crowd
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with his charm and relatability.
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[Interviewer] Who's your
favorite wrestler?
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[Fan] Dusty Rhodes.
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[Michael] In 1977, Dusty's star
would truly shine brightly,
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as he implored audiences
to simply dream.
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[Dusty] It's a good time of year
'cause it's a new year.
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The American Dream is spreading
joy and cheer
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in the new year, 1977.
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I figured out right away I could
sell more tickets talking them
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in the building than actually
what they were seeing
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in the building.
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It's about winning the Georgia
Heavyweight Wrestling
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Championship for my people,
baby.
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[Hulk Hogan] He's the only one
with real meaning, 100%.
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He was the-the white Muhammad
Ali.
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[Dusty] This is "The American
Dream" Dusty Rhodes,
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the greatest rap master, the
greatest wrestler,
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the greatest super heavyweight.
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[Cody Rhodes] The job of that
interview, especially during
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that day, was to talk people
into the building,
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was to sell tickets.
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[Dusty] One of the greatest
sights in the world
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is the Atlanta arm man.
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[Cody] When I look at that
interview,
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he could do it better
than anybody.
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[Dusty] The thing is he's gonna
feel The Dream when I'm there.
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[Michael] Dusty was a master at
hyping up audiences everywhere
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and made them feel any emotion
he wanted to.
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[Dusty] When you come out here
and you mention Dusty Rhodes
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"The American Dream" and you
call him the legend, you say it,
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brother, in reverence.
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[Michael] And when it came to
getting physical, The Dream
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could also back up those words.
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Dusty Rhodes could fight, fight
he did.
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And one of Dusty's greatest
adversaries was none other than
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the NWA Television Champion,
Tully Blanchard.
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[Tully Blanchard] This right
here says it all, doesn't it,
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Dusty?
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I'm the man.
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[Michael] It was at the Great
American Bash, 1985,
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where these two would lock
horns in perhaps
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their most brutal battle yet,
inside a dreaded steel cage.
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[Announcer] This is a Lights Out
match, not sanctioned by the
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National Wrestling Alliance.
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[Dusty] Tully Blanchard, Great
American Bash, he was fabulous.
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I drew, actually, the most money
with Tully.
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He was the ultimate heel.
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[Commentator] Blanchard with an
elbow.
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[Tully] Dusty was so fun to beat
up.
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There was just a very good
chemistry there.
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[Undertaker] When you can take
all that personality that-that
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Dusty had, and then when it gets
down to dukes, and you can still
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pay it off, that's when you know
that you are a superstar.
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[Commentator] Oh, Dusty caught
him.
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[Undertaker] And that's what
separates a lot of people,
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and Dusty had that.
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He had that ability to entertain
you, but he also could get down
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and dirty, fight, and do what he
had to do.
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[bell rings]
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[Commentator] Our new World TV
Title holder, Dusty Rhodes.
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[DDP] There's only a couple of
belts back then,
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and that television title,
it meant everything.
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[Michael] If one thing is true
about the professional
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wrestling business, it's that
change is inevitable.
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[Dusty] Oh, yeah.
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Well, you know, I'm just-
a common man.
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[Michael] Amongst these success
stories was Dusty Rhodes.
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In 1989, Rhodes would join WWE
and show off a side of himself
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that truly defined the term
common man.
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[Dusty] Welcome to Americana
Butcher Shop.
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We don't sell no soda pop,
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but if you're looking
for good beef,
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this is the place to stop.
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[Bruce Prichard] Men saw him as
the common man.
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So, we did vignettes.
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[Dusty] I can do anything,
'cause I'm the ever-loving
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Americana pizza man.
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[Bruce] Make him that everyday
man.
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He was the pizza man.
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He was the plumber man.
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He was the gas man.
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He was the taco man.
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Dusty became every man.
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[Dusty] I'm gonna show you my
patented, trash man,
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Americana hook shot.
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All right, there it is, baby
boy.
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Yeah.
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The scripts were pretty funny, I
enjoyed 'em.
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I really enjoyed 'em, because
they were really off the wall
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and kind of funny.
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I did the first-ever Triple
Potty Bypass.
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[Hulk] With Dusty Rhodes, he
basically spoke
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from a working
man's perspective.
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[Dusty] Right here.
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[Bob Uecker] The baloney.
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[Dusty] This is baloney, and we
are full of it today.
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[Jimmy Hart] People could relate
to those vignettes.
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Just got Dusty over that much
more.
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[Dusty] We got tacos, we got
enchiladas.
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What can I do for ya?
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Yes, man.
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[The Miz] Dusty was a person
that could literally take
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something and go, "All right,
baby let's go."
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[Dusty] Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Woo.
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[Michael] Dusty Rhodes was
beloved by all,
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and for good reason.
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The 1970s were filled with flash
and color.
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[Vince McMahon] This
man, unquestionably,
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a colorful individual.
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[Michael] And just like what the
great Muhammad Ali
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did for boxing-
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[Muhammad Ali] Then this
might shock and amaze you,
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but I will destroy Joe Frazier.
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[Michael] -Dusty Rhodes would
sell out arenas nationwide
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with just the words
coming from his mouth.
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[Dusty] The man of the hour, the
man with the power.
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I am the hitmaker, the record
breaker.
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[Michael] With a microphone in
his hand,
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The Common Man spoke to
the common man.
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[Vince] Mr. Soul, Mr. Charisma,
Mr. Dusty Rhodes.
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[Dusty] 287 pounds
of sweet soul.
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I wanna get right down to what's
going on.
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[Stephanie McMahon] Dusty Rhodes
"The American Dream",
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he was absolutely the top
promo of all time.
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[Dusty] The time has changed.
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Now then, it's gonna be
electrified funk and madness.
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Can you dig it?
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[Jimmy] Electrified funk is
putting a modernized spin
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as times change.
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[Dusty] It's not Muhammad Ali.
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It's not a baseball team.
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It's not a horse.
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It is not anybody but me.
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[Dustin Rhodes] The one thing
our father had was charisma.
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That was unmatched.
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[Dusty] The little plumber's son
who come out of the ditch
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at eight years old and became so
sweet.
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[Undertaker] Charisma.
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That's why Dusty resonated.
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[Dusty] Can you dig it?
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[Undertaker] Incredible
charisma.
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That's a gift.
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"I've wined and dined with kings
and queens."
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[Dusty] I've wined and dined
with kings and queens,
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but I slept in alleys and
dined on pork and beans.
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[Dustin] People are sitting at
home going,
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"I gotta go see Dusty Rhodes.
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He's making me feel something."
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[Dusty] You know where you can
kiss if you don't like
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what I'm saying.
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I had that one element that you
cannot give anyone.
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Charisma.
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You either have it or you don't.
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And I had it.
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That is Dusty Rhodes, 270 pounds
of sweet, sweet soul, baby.
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[Cody] That is really the secret
to his success-
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is he really was The
American Dream.
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[Michael] Dusty Rhodes had done
it all in his Hall of Fame
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career, but the one
accomplishment that eluded
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The American Dream was that of
winning the WWE Championship.
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The current champion,
"Superstar" Billy Graham,
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was a performer like no other.
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Superstar and Dusty had
explosive charisma.
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When it came time to talk the
talk, mouths shut,
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and ears opened.
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[Billy Graham] I am the
greatest.
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I am the strongest.
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This is my belt.
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I got the proof, baby.
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[Michael] 1977, Rhodes looked to
finish his own story
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as he took on the Superstar
for the greatest prize
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in professional wrestling.
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[Vince] Here comes the biggie,
the Worldwide Wrestling
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- Heavyweight Championship
match.
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[Dusty] The two hottest items in
the country at the time was, uh,
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"Superstar" Billy Graham and
myself.
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[Vince] Wow.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Vince] He has had enough.
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And the roar of the crowd now is
for The Dream.
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[Jimmy] Here's Dusty Rhodes,
"Superstar" Graham,
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packing that place,
standing room only.
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[Vince] Rhodes whipped to the
corner, and the elbow of Graham.
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Oh, but into the bear hug.
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[Dusty] The deafening roar and
the sound was amazing.
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[Vince] Rhodes catching him.
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Graham now off the rope again.
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Up.
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Over.
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[crowd cheers]
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[bell rings]
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[Vince] Billy Graham has
been counted out.
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[DDP] And they're all losing
their minds,
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and he's got the world title
belt, and then no.
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You don't get to keep that belt,
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'cause you can't
win by a countout.
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[Vince] The only time that the
championship can change hands
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is either by a pin
or a submission.
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[Jimmy] The crowd was happy that
Dusty won, but they were not
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happy because the title didn't
change hands.
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[Gorilla Monsoon] The winner but
not the new world champion,
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Dusty Rhodes.
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[crowd boos]
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[Dusty] The match was over, and
I would stand there and
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didn't want to leave
the ring.
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Superstar, I've come a long way
to whip your ass.
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Now get out here, baby.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Michael] It's no secret that
Dusty Rhodes is one of the
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greatest superstars of all time
and deserving of all the praise
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he has gotten over the years,
but his mark on this industry is
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more than just his work on the
microphone and in the ring.
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It's his work behind the scenes
as well.
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Dusty Rhodes was a creative
force like no other.
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It was his brain that came up
with the innovation known as
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WarGames and The Great American
Bash.
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And even the cornerstone of WCW
Starrcade.
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[Jim] A tremendous crowd is on
hand for tonight's Starrcade.
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[Michael] It was at the 1987
edition of Starrcade where Dusty
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would face a tough opponent in
Lex Luger.
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[Lex Luger] This, baby, is for
real.
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[Michael] Dusty Rhodes would
step onto the stage he created
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as he took on Lex Luger for the
United States title
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inside of an unforgiving
steel cage.
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[Dusty] Lex Luger, it will be
the total end
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to The Total Package.
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[Commentator] Lex Luger poses
for everybody.
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And take a look at The Dream.
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[Dusty] You wonder why my ego is
so big?
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[Commentator] Yeah.
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[Dusty] Because I'm Dusty Rhodes
"The American Dream".
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[Commentator] The name of the
game for Dusty Rhodes
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has always been resiliency.
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He has always been able to
bounce back, and even though
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Luger's a great athlete, I think
it favors Dusty Rhodes.
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[Lex] Dusty was a good guy, a
babyface.
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That really established me as a
heel by cheating.
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JJ, I need you to send the chair
in.
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[Commentator] Chair over the
top.
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The referee was there by Luger.
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[Lex] Got me a lot of heat.
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[Commentator] Luger getting the
chair.
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Dream's got him.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Commentator] Dream's got him.
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[crowd yells "One, two, three"]
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[Commentator] Yes.
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[bell rings]
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[Commentator] What an
electrifying moment.
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[Kevin Owens] If your nickname
is The American Dream,
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winning the United States title,
pretty important,
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I would assume, to your legacy
as the American Dream,
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you know.
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[Commentator] The American Dream
is the new United States
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Heavyweight Champion.
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[Michael] In the late 1970s,
professional wrestling was
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firmly in the grasp of one
Harley Race.
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The self-proclaimed greatest
wrestler on God's green earth
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had the credentials to back it
up with an incredible 926-day
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world heavyweight title reign.
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[Harley Race] You know damn well
you can't beat me.
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[Michael] But all roads would
lead to, well, Rhodes, as the
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champ would defend his title
against The American Dream.
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[Dusty] Harley Race, I've just
been to a lot of hell, jack.
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And I'm not going to lose that
world title.
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You can bet all your world
heavyweight championship
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money on that, jack.
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[Commentator] The largest crowd
ever jammed,
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Fort Homer Hesterly Armory,
in Tampa, as Dusty Rhodes,
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the challenger, is getting set
to take on
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the World Heavyweight Wrestling
Champion, Harley Race.
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[Bruce] NWA World Heavyweight
Champions held the championship
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for several years, and to defeat
the champion and actually lay
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claim to being a World
Heavyweight Champion
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was a huge deal.
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[Harley] Dusty could sell out
the building with almost
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anybody, and he'll have
as good a match
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as anyone on the card.
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[Commentator] Dusty Rhodes, uh,
continues to dominate
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the situation.
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Ladies and gentlemen, a new
world heavyweight
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wrestling champion.
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[Cody] He considered the world
championship
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to be the highest honor.
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You can't get him to say that
wrestling was fake,
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and it's because it's not.
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That moment wasn't.
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When you take it that seriously,
the fans take you seriously,
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and they support you.
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They're crying with you, they're
cheering with you.
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[Dusty] That moment, I was the
champion of the world.
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And I think that's what made
that so great,
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so great a moment for me.
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This is an example for every
man, woman, and child.
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Get a dream, hold on to it, and
shoot for the sky.
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I have been to the mountaintop,
and it will take a hell of a man
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to knock me off.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Michael] Over the years, Dusty
Rhodes proved
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that he was more than just a
common man.
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He was also a trailblazer.
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In the early 2010s, WWE
introduced its brand-new
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developmental system, NXT.
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[crowd chants "NXT"]
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[Michael] This would become the
launchpad
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for young up-and-coming talent
to skyrocket to super stardom.
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Behind the production training,
booking, and mentorship of this
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young roster was none other than
WWE Hall of Famer, Dusty Rhodes.
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[Michael] Dusty's passion for
the future of this industry
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was palpable.
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And when it came to NXT,
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he always wore his heart
on his sleeve.
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[crowd chants "Dusty"]
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[Dusty] All right, welcome to
NXT right here
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in Full Sail
University.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Corey Graves] I was with NXT at
the time,
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and I was there the night Dusty
came out and spoke to the fans,
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and he still had that charisma.
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[Dusty] This is your house.
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This is our house.
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This is NXT.
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Yeah, baby.
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[Corey] It was so powerful for
all of us to have Dusty as our
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commissioner, but what Dusty did
behind the camera
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was immeasurable.
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[Dusty] Can you take it down-
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[Kevin] Dusty was the heart
and soul of NXT.
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The way he spoke to you, the way
he spoke about you,
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the way he spoke about
wrestling,
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it just stayed
with you.
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[Paul Levesque] And the success
of NXT,
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you talk a lot about
it being done.
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None of it could have taken
place without Dusty.
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[Seth Rollins] Thank you, sir.
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[Dusty] You're welcome, kid.
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[Seth] You won't regret it.
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[Dusty] All right.
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[Seth] He definitely taught me a
lot.
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He was like a father figure to
me when I was down in Florida.
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He was the first person to just
tell me to be myself,
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and that that was gonna
be good enough.
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[Bayley] Dusty Rhodes was just
somebody to push you and push
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you and push you as a person and
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just be the best performer
that you can.
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[Dusty] Let's get this party
started.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Michael] If there's one quality
Dusty Rhodes had,
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it was how to reach audiences
on an emotional level.
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Dusty was a master at reaching
into your soul
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and getting you fired up.
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He spoke to every race, color,
and creed.
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[Dusty] I'm the son of a
plumber.
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I was raised in Austin, Texas,
and I never had anything
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unless I fought for it, unless I
scratched for it,
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unless I got down on my knees
and went for it.
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[Michael] He wanted to let you
know that we were all in this
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together through the easy times
and the hard times.
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[Dusty] I don't have to say a
lot more about the way
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I feel about Ric Flair.
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No respect, no honor.
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He put hard times on Dusty
Rhodes and his family.
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The hard times promo,
I lived it.
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That's what made
it so great.
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Everyone's been through it.
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You don't know what hard times
are, daddy.
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Hard times are when the textile
workers around this country
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are out of work.
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They got four or five kids and
can't pay their wages,
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can't buy their food.
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And one word led to another, to
another, to another,
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and it built, and it built,
and it built, and it built.
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And hard times are when a man
has worked at a job 30 years,
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30 years.
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They give him a watch, kick him
in the butt, and say,
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"Hey, a computer took
your place, daddy."
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That's hard times.
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[Cody] Art becoming life, life
becoming art.
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His delivery of it is what makes
it a masterpiece,
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and it's because he
believes in it.
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[Dusty] And Ric Flair, you put
hard times on this country
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by taking Dusty Rhodes out.
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[Bruce] And Dusty was able to
bring it home in that one promo
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to let you know that he felt
what you felt.
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And you wanted him to win for
that.
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[Dusty] Let me leave you with
this.
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I will be the next world's
heavyweight champion
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on this hard time blues.
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[Michael] It is now time for our
number one moment,
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and it's one that remains in
the minds of long-time
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professional wrestling fans
for the last four decades.
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There were no more polar
opposites in literally every
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category than "The American
Dream" Dusty Rhodes and longtime
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NWA World's Heavyweight
Champion, Ric Flair.
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Flair was pompous, boisterous,
and arrogant.
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[Ric Flair] It's a fact that I
live a lifestyle never,
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ever equalled by any other man.
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[Michael] Rhodes was humble,
kind, and a man of the people.
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[Dusty] I don't put values in
the same thing Ric Flair does.
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[Michael] It didn't take long
for these two to find each other
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on opposite sides of the squared
circle and have one of the most
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riveting rivalries of all time.
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But it was at the Great American
Bash, 1986, where the only way
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to settle the score was inside
the confines of a steel cage.
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[Tony Schiavone] When Ric Flair
and Dusty Rhodes wrestle,
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the two greatest wrestlers
in the world are colliding.
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[Dusty] With me and Flair, you
never knew
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what you were gonna get.
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You kept watching it.
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[Tony] They've wrestled so many
times against each other before,
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but it's always a new ballgame.
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What a grueling match.
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Both men have to be at the brink
of exhaustion right now.
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[Commentator] Oh, you know it.
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[Ric] We were the ultimate bad
guy
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and the ultimate
blue-collar guy.
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Dusty was the son of a plumber,
I was the guy born
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with a golden spoon, right?
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[Commentator] Oh, he says he's
got him.
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Nope, count of two.
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00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,788
[Tony] Dusty got right out of
it.
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[Keith Elliot Greenberg] Dusty
and Flair had been going around
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for several years, and the fans
were really anxious to see Dusty
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finally claim that big prize.
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[Commentator] The fans are
behind Dusty.
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A small package has Ric.
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[Tony] Dusty Rhodes has just won
the match.
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[bell rings]
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[Cody] Talk about the chase.
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If you look in the furthest
sections of that building
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and people are losing
their mind,
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it's because they were in on the
chase with him.
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[Announcer] And new World's
Heavyweight Champion,
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"The American Dream"
Dusty Rhodes.
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[Dusty] Let's breathe now as an
audience
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and a fan of Dusty Rhodes.
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00:20:03,203 --> 00:20:04,869
He became World's Champion again
for the second time to give them
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00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:08,841
hope it can happen.
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[Michael] Dusty Rhodes has left
an indelible mark
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in professional wrestling
as well as fans worldwide.
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00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:17,782
Who would have thought that a
common man,
482
00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:19,751
the son of a plumber, could have
made such
483
00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,519
an incredible impact and plant
the seeds
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00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,750
for this industry for
generations to come?
485
00:20:23,751 --> 00:20:25,924
Well, that'll do it for this
edition
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00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:28,094
of WWE's Greatest Moments.
487
00:20:28,095 --> 00:20:29,861
I hope you've enjoyed this look
back at
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00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:32,565
"The American Dream"
Dusty Rhodes.
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