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I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil.

Michaela Coel

Believability and respect are two of the main ingredients in professional wrestling that are sorely missing today.
MICHAELA COEL

Believe Day Missing Professional Wrestle
For as long as I can remember, my nickname was Dusty. I remember my dad naming me that because of the streets where we lived.
MICHAELA COEL

Father Live Name Remember Street
Dick Murdoch is a true Hall of Famer.
MICHAELA COEL

Fame Hall True
One of the regrettable things in my life is that my dad was not around to see my stardom, to see me wrestle or to see what I achieved by the dream I had at an early age, influenced by where he would like to go.
MICHAELA COEL

Achievement Age Father Himself Influence Life Regret See
Hard times are when a man has worked at a job for 30 years – 30 years – and they give him a watch, kick him in the butt, and say, ‘Hey, a computer took your place, daddy.’ That’s hard times!
MICHAELA COEL

Computer Father Hard Time Himself Man Place Work
If I’m selling, I want them all selling in the audience. If I’m coming back, I want them all coming back. If I’m bleeding, I want them bleeding. If I win, they win. If I lose, they lose.
MICHAELA COEL

Audience Blood Lose Myself Sale Win
They say behind every successful man is a powerful woman. And there is no more powerful performer I would rather be in the ring with for a conversation than Stephanie McMahon.
MICHAELA COEL

Man Myself Performance Powerful Rings Success
I’ve wined and dined with kings and queens, and I’ve slept in the alley eating pork and beans.
MICHAELA COEL

Dine King Myself Sleep Wine
I can’t explain it, but from the first day I stepped into a wrestling ring, I knew that one day I was going to be a big superstar. I knew that one day I would be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion like my hero, Lou Thesz.
MICHAELA COEL

Day Explanation Heroes Myself Stardom
The business is my life, the ring my salvation, the locker room and roads my nourishment.
MICHAELA COEL

Business Life Myself Nourishment Salvation
If I could not be in this free and wonderful country – I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, mind you – Mexico is where I would live. I love Mexico, and I love the Mexican people.
MICHAELA COEL

Freedom Mindset Myself People Wonderful
I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil.
MICHAELA COEL

Call Friendship Identity Myself Personality Teacher
There’s nothing like being a Texan, and I’m proud to be one.
MICHAELA COEL

Oneself Proud
Terry Funk. Any time I got to wrestle with him, it was cool. Superstar Billy Graham was another one.
MICHAELA COEL

Oneself Stardom Time Wrestle
You look at driving down the road, night after night, tryin’ to make a town, getting $25 – that’s hard times. It’s our duty to make it good times for the fans that pay their money to see us perform each and every night.
MICHAELA COEL

Drive Money Night Performance Road Time Yourself
My mom was from Germantown and was of German descent. She was a real force behind me and my dream. She was always my biggest fan, even when I was wrestling at an early age.
MICHAELA COEL

Age Early Force Mom Reality

I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil.

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I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil.

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