This was another very well-produced DVD by the WWE. The most interesting thing for me about the DVD overall is that they track Dusty Rhodes' career as he moved through the various territories...even panning over a map city-to-city. It was an interesting nod to the territorial nature of pro wrestling prior to the WWF takeover.

As the WWE is wont to do with these biopics, they tend to have quotes out of nowhere with people who have no connection with the subject whatsoever. Apparently, the interviewees were in the building and needed something to do. The most notable of these is Steven Regal. Their only connection is really Rhodes giving Steven Regal his original gimmick and, regardless of how much I like Steven Regal, Regal's interview segements seem really out of place. (Plus, he seems totally out of it.) Others are HHH, the Big Show, and a couple guys I've never even heard of. However, on the flip side, I need to give credit where credit is due. They interviewed some people with connections to Dusty early in his career, such as Mike Graham and Superstar Billy Graham, that provided some incredible insight. Of all people on the DVD, with the exception of Dusty and Dustin, Mike Graham was the one person that was really critical for this DVD.

Some notable things about this DVD:

• I never knew how close Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch were outside the ring.
• There were a number of really great quotes...some by Rhodes, some by others. Look for a good quote by Arn Anderson about what sacrifices Dusty Rhodes, and others, needed to make to be a professional wrestler. My all time favorite quote was from Michael Hayes about Dusty Rhodes: "You've got this larger than life guy...who's a redneck...and he talks like a black guy...and he's got a lisp!"
• As an example of Dusty Rhodes'..."unique"...booking, they showed clips of the Robocop debacle. No joke...you can see me in the crowd.
• They showed a number of Rhodes' "Son of a plumber" skits when he entered the WWF. They included a clip of my favorite..."That is some barbecue!!".
• They have an extremely long discussion of Dusty Rhodes' polka dots in the WWF. It's amazing the number of different opinions there are over that, over 15 years later. I mean, like 10 or 15 people are interviewed on that topic alone. Was it a joke by Vince...was it a punishment by Vince...or did Vince just truly think it was a good idea? Even Dusty Rhodes' wife has an opinion. I'm guessing that to the average fan, the polka dots just were what they were. However, it seems that to those in the inside, that was a huge deal.
• In the section on Dusty's relationship with Dustin, there was a funny moment where they had a montage of four different people all saying in an interview "He had really big shoes to fill".
• Alas, I don't have enough free time to watch all seven-and-a-half hours of promos and matches. I watched a few, and they were a mixed bag. The second match between Rhodes and Harley Race on the DVD was only highlights...basically an overview of clips after the match with commentary by Gordon Solie. So, that particular match was kind of lame. Also, at least one match was joined in progress. Some of the matches have commentary by Dusty himself. They had two of the three famous matches between Rhodes and Superstar Billy Graham from Madison Square Garden. Oddly, they didn't have the one of the three that Dusty said was his favorite. Even odder was that the rubber match, the third one which was the first Texas Bullrope Match in Madison Square Garden, only went 6:28. When it was over, I thought that they'd clipped it until the ring announcer gave the official time.
• There is a very interesting subtlety in the older matches that you may or may not catch. You may notice all the photographers at ringside, and the wrestlers doing things in the ring that will make good photos. This is all pre-Internet, and pre-national TV coverage for wrestling. The pro wrestling magazines were a much bigger percentage of wrestling's exposure back then, so there was a lot of emphasis in getting good photos.

A lot of extras are at the end...it's a three-disk set. There are a lot of promos in addition to a lot of matches, which is entirely appropriate in Dusty Rhodes' case. If you are a Dusty Rhodes fan, the extras alone make this DVD set worth it (currently $19.49 on Amazon). Even if you're not a fan of him personally, the biopic is interesting for the insight it gives you into one of the major players of the 1970s and 1980s.