Greg Valentine Explains What WWE HOFer Dusty Rhodes' Success Proved About Wrestling

The late Dusty Rhodes is extensively thought to be one of the crucial colourful and charismatic performers of all time. Regardless of not having the physique of a typical wrestler, “The American Dream” grew to become an enormous hit with followers due to his “widespread man” persona. Talking with “Wrestling Shoot Interviews,” former WWE Intercontinental Champion Greg “The Hammer” Valentine in contrast Rhodes and the late “Famous person” Billy Graham.

“The perfect physique was Dusty Rhodes,” Valentine stated. “He used to show that you simply didn’t have to have an excellent physique to be a celebrity. And he had that razzmatazz and people t*****s leaping up and down, however I am an enormous fan of Dusty. He had nice friggin’ interviews, and ‘Famous person’ Billy Graham … he had nice interviews too … However, you recognize, Billy Graham I do not assume was all that good of a employee, however I did not watch that a lot of his matches. I would possibly perhaps fell asleep. However Dusty, Dusty was entertaining, and when he made the comeback … He had a coronary heart of gold, and he might go endlessly, and he did his personal comebacks.”

Graham was the exact opposite of Rhodes when it got here to physique. The previous coaching companion of Arnold Schwarzenegger was an award-winning bodybuilder earlier than he stepped foot contained in the ring. Regardless of their bodily variations, Rhodes and Graham crossed paths a number of instances in the course of the Seventies and Eighties. Notably, the 2 WWE Corridor of Famers feuded over the WWWF Heavyweight Championship (WWE Championship) between 1977 and 1978.

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