Terry Funk Shares Thoughts on “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes

The professional wrestling world suffered a tragic loss on June 11 when “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes passed away at the age of 69.

WWE Hall of Famer Terry Funk recently made an appearance on Busted Open Radio to share his thoughts and memories on Rhodes:

His last time speaking to Dusty

“Oh heck, I don’t know when it was. Probably a year or two ago. That’s how we always went. Wrestlers are that way. We say we love each other and we say goodbye then we go onto the next town. We don’t ever really say goodbye, just go to the next town the next day. And whether you see those guys, you see them again. I talked to him a few times through the years, probably a couple times a year. Telling him, whatever, you know, or just running into him. We always feel like we are going to run into each other again, we never say goodbye. It’s just like, going down the road.”

Dusty’s connection with fans 

“He just had a great amount of charisma. Why did I love going in the ring with him? Was it because I was his great buddy? I was his friend, was that the reason? No. What the great reason was that why I enjoyed so much going in the ring with him – and believe me, as I loved him too and everything else and I love him for those two other reasons, but I loved going in the ring with him because I made more money with him than I did with anybody else. He was a tremendous attraction. That’s why I enjoyed going with him – ya make more money with him. The Dream was something special. He was a phenomenal in-ring performer but his greatest attribute was his mind and his ability to interact and talk to the people themselves, to the fans themselves.”

To hear the interview in its entirety, click here.

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