'Arrow' Star Stephen Amell Pays His Respects To WWE Legend Dusty Rhodes

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The WWE universe was rocked by the passing of Dusty Rhodes and Stephen Amell, star of CW TV's "Arrow" had a budding relationship with the Rhodes family after rumors circulated that he would be fighting Rhodes' son Cody a.k.a.

Stardust.

In the tweet below Amell, who plays Oliver Queen a.k.a. the Green Arrow, expressed the fact that whenever he spoke to anyone in the WWE universe they always spoke about Dusty Rhodes with much respect.

He also added that his thoughts are with the whole family.

The tweet ironically followed a post where Rhodes' son Cody in his character of Stardust, actually approached the camera saying, "I know your secret Stephen." It all stemmed from Amell's appearance on WWE Raw where Stardust confronted him in a little stare-down.

It's clearly all just for the entertainment for the fans but following the stare-down came rumors of Amell wrestling Stardust at Summerslam, one of the WWE Pay-Per-View events.

"Dusty Rhodes -- the big, boisterous, bionic elbow-throwing professional wrestler who billed himself as 'The American Dream' -- died Thursday, World Wrestling Entertainment said on its website," according to CNN. "Rhodes, born Virgil Runnels, was 69.

The WWE didn't give a cause or location of Rhodes' death. Rhodes rose to fame as a rotund, easy-bleeding, easy talking-workin' man, a wrestler for the common man."

Rhodes' son Dustin Runnels took on the persona of Golddust prior to Cody's decision to assume the role as Stardust. They have both become huge names in the WWE over the years following in the footsteps of their father.

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