Dusty Rhodes is one of the greatest professional Wrestlers of all time. Dusty Rhodes is also the father of the current WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Cody has kept the legacy of Dusty Rhodes alive. Dusty Rhodes was unable to win the WWE Championship but he had some incredible Matches against the likes of Ric Flair and others. Later on he joined the WWE PC as coach and he would help the wrestlers with their promos. He also wrestled in WCW, NWA, GCW, FCW.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Matches of Dusty Rhodes
1) Dusty Rhodes vs Tully Blanchard (1987)
This is the best WWE Match of Dusty Rhodes. This was a match that he had against Tully Blanchard and it was at the Great American Bash. This was a barbed wire match and $100,000 were hung top of the Ring. This was a violent and an incredible match. This match was for 7 minutes and 14 seconds. Dusty Rhodes and Tully Blanchard had such an iconic match that it features on this oi. Dusty Rhodes won this match but both men got blood all Over. Tully Blanchard was one of the Four Horsemen.
2) Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair (1986)
The Great American Bash in 1986 was again where Dusty Rhodes had one of his best matches. This match was against his greatest rival Ric Flair. This was a match for the World Title. This was the best match in their storied feud. This was a 21 minute match and it was a match for the ages. The crowd was fully behind Dusty Rhodes and he and Ric Flair won over 10,000 fans in attendance. This was the last time that Dusty Rhodes won the World Title. Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes always respected each other outside of the ring. This was better than their Starrcade Match in 1985.
3) Dusty Rhodes vs Superstar Billy Graham (1977)
This was a match when the WWE was the WWWF and this was the match for the World Championship in 1977. This was one of the most famous Matches of his career at MSG against Superstar Billy Graham. This was a spectacle and Dusty Rhodes showed the world that he is one of the best and he can have a great match against anybody. This was the match where Dusty Rhodes won the match but not the WWWF Championship. Cody Rhodes used this match aahiw inspiration for finishing the story against Roman Reigns.
4) Dusty Rhodes vs Lex Luger (1985)
This was a match that Dusty Rhodes had against Lex Luger in 1985 at Starrcade. This was for the US Championship. This match was eagerly anticipated because they were the biggest stars in the company. This match was for 16 minutes and they put on a clinic. After the feud Dusty Rhodes had with Ric Flair, it was time for a great direction. This match was the only time that Dusty Rhodes won the US Championship in professional wrestling. This match was a title vs career match In which if Dusty Rhodes lost his career would be over. Dusty Rhodes hit a DDT to win the match.
5) Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair (1985)
This was the main event of Starrcade 1985. This was the biggest match on the card. Dusty Rhodes was at the top of his game and so was Ric Flair. This match was over 22 minutes long and both men used all their skills to make the biggest show of the year extra special. They had a poor match in the 1984 version of Starrcade. Dusty won the match but the decision was reversed for Ric Flair and that added to their feud. This was the best story in professional wrestling at the time.
