"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes: 2007 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee (2:51)

Dusty Rhodes, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007, lived the American Dream by building on his blue collar roots and charismatic personality to cultivate a career that never fell on hard times.

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