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"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes found himself on the outs in several territories throughout his career.( |" X! u+ P% ~" t7 Z
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' x @" {2 ^' H7 _The Midnight Rider, who had strikingly similar mannerisms to Rhodes, showed up not long after The Dream left." S8 W' [8 B1 S* `+ C6 S
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Rhodes buddies, like Road Warrior Animal and Nikita Koloff, got along great with The Midnight Rider.
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/ B$ u7 j0 F NRhodes' son, Dustin, underwent a transformation later in his career.) w4 J2 _5 }$ N# `
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) B6 [5 `% ^6 G% W( rHe turned into the bizarre Goldust in 1995./ P9 k& D/ c7 b6 `1 ^0 j2 k
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The Fabulous Moolah held the Women's Championship for nearly 30 years.
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$ Z& i" K& S0 V4 N# Q4 r$ H" D* ~After losing the title to Wendi Richter, Moolah dons a mask and becomes Spider Lady for one night to regain her title.
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Mr. McMahon forces Hulk Hogan to sit out the remainder of his WWE contract in 2003.
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The mysterious, masked Mr. America makes his SmackDown debut shortly after, leaving the WWE Universe wondering if it's The Hulkster under the hood.
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. e5 O/ f/ T6 I6 yThe Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant is defeated in a Loser Leaves Town Match in 1983.
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' Y2 k/ o7 P; N3 z: m) d. BThe eerie Mortis is involved in a long feud with martial arts expert Glacier.
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Mick Foley reached superstardom as himself and three other unique personas during his sports-entertainment career.
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The deranged Mankind terrorized The Undertaker throughout their legendary rivalry
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/ B( U" x7 @8 Z( @2 O/ d0 ^& yFoley portrayed Dude Love in a home movie he made as a teenager. The Dudester made his WWE debut in summer 1997, helping "Stone Cold" Steve Austin win the World Tag Team Titles.& {7 C8 P$ r: s7 j# L; z
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"The Nature Boy" donned a mask, portraying The Black Scorpion, and played mind games with The Stinger throughout 1990.
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; c5 U4 ~) x" a& qSin Cara had his identity stolen by this impostor in 2011.
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* @7 |: a: A# I! d# |Terry Taylor joined WWE in 1988 after successful runs in the Mid-South and NWA territories.
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+ z9 J1 R, f# H9 kWhen Bobby "The Brain" Heenan dubbed him The Red Rooster, Taylor took it to heart, styling his hair like a rooster's comb.
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" S, i4 z4 ^5 l9 c: Q, |7 s; x5 v1 bThe feathers flew whenever The Red Rooster was in the ring. |
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