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Post by June on Feb 8, 2010 13:42:53 GMT -5
I was watching the 3-21-87 episode of NWA wrestling with my wife who has never sat down and watched WWE 24/7 with me, and she was amazed by the brutality of "Hand's of Stone" Ron Garvin.
I've always known he was one of the toughest SOB's in the ring, but this particular squash match of his was a true work of art. It was utterly brutal without Garvin having to use a foreign object.
Garvin twisted and stretched and pounded, scratched, chopped & punched the living daylights out of this poor jobber. The only thing missing from the match was the "Garvin Stomp", but all in all it was a real treat and actually had me & my wife marking out.
The commentary was also classic with Tony Schiavonne and special guest "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin really putting over Ron Garvin as a sadist without really saying the word. It was hilarious stuff.
Whatever happened to Pro Wrestling?
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Post by T R W on Feb 9, 2010 0:03:57 GMT -5
I used to love Ronnie. He was stiff as hell, but I loved his matches with Flair. Somewhere I still have one of his towels I got in the audience at TBS studios.
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Feb 9, 2010 1:45:21 GMT -5
I used to love Ronnie. He was stiff as hell, but I loved his matches with Flair. Somewhere I still have one of his towels I got in the audience at TBS studios. That's awesome! Just being able to have been to one of those TBS shows, is so cool to look back on and say you were there. PS Bro - I officially exalted you for the 1,000,000 time! Congrats! |
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Post by T R W on Feb 9, 2010 9:53:49 GMT -5
Yeahh, most of my fondest wrestling memories come from my grandfather taking me and my brother to TBS studios for the tv tapings. Best of all, they were free!
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Feb 9, 2010 10:12:21 GMT -5
Yeahh, most of my fondest wrestling memories come from my grandfather taking me and my brother to TBS studios for the tv tapings. Best of all, they were free! So jealous, man. I wish I could have had that experience just once. If I remember correctly, Jake Roberts said when he wrestled Garvin, he could tell when he was about to unload a series of chops because "Ronnie's nipples would get hard." |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2010 10:35:59 GMT -5
I really liked Garvin.I thought his submission match with Greg Valentine in the WWF was awesome.
wasnt that at a Royal Rumble?
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Feb 9, 2010 14:14:54 GMT -5
Yeahh, most of my fondest wrestling memories come from my grandfather taking me and my brother to TBS studios for the tv tapings. Best of all, they were free! Wow. That's beyond awesome. |
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Post by June on Feb 9, 2010 14:55:22 GMT -5
I really liked Garvin.I thought his submission match with Greg Valentine in the WWF was awesome. wasnt that at a Royal Rumble? Yes it was. Imagine a feud today that lasts a year. |
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Post by DTP. on Feb 9, 2010 15:28:14 GMT -5
I really liked Garvin.I thought his submission match with Greg Valentine in the WWF was awesome. wasnt that at a Royal Rumble? Yes it was. Imagine a feud today that lasts a year. That was my favourite match on that card. The only flaws was the simpleness of Garvin and Valentine, thinking that it was a singles match and not a submission match. Wasn't that also the first ever submission match? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2010 17:02:38 GMT -5
I really liked Garvin.I thought his submission match with Greg Valentine in the WWF was awesome. wasnt that at a Royal Rumble? Yes it was. Imagine a feud today that lasts a year. The good old days, I certainly remember them...Feuds that would be started over what would be consider small things today, but important and vital back then... I'll admit I never saw that much of Garvin, but heard of him receiving 'go-away heat', thinking he was the first I'd heard of to have that dubious honour...good worker though... |
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Post by June on Feb 9, 2010 17:06:42 GMT -5
Yes it was. Imagine a feud today that lasts a year. The good old days, I certainly remember them...Feuds that would be started over what would be consider small things today, but important and vital back then... I'll admit I never saw that much of Garvin, but heard of him receiving 'go-away heat', thinking he was the first I'd heard of to have that dubious honour...good worker though... Garvin was always pretty over until he won the World Title. It is one of the rare instances where a guys career is ruinied by winning an undeserved championship. Once he came to the WWF the fans did take to him though. I appreciate Garvin more today, than I did then. He is a HOF in my book. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 9:54:46 GMT -5
this thread makes me sad we didnt get a CS figure of him.
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Post by June on Feb 10, 2010 10:03:40 GMT -5
this thread makes me sad we didnt get a CS figure of him. Same here, especially when we got jobbers in the line that were not needed. I think every modern era former World Champion should have been included over the likes of guys like Bob Holly, Steve Lombardi, & Johnny Rodz. Ron Garvin was not only a former World Champion (fluke withstanding) but also a great TV Champion. He should have been given the CS treatment. |
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Post by Hedgehulk on Feb 10, 2010 10:10:38 GMT -5
I was a huge fan of Ron Garvin when I was a kid and I was happy as hell when he beat Flair for the NWA belt! I think that he was totally wasted in his time in WWE. They made the guy a ref for God's sake!
Plus, I agree that we should have gotten a Classic figure of him way before Rodz, Zeus, and the million or so re-paints that Jakks shoved down our throats!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 20:58:26 GMT -5
It would've been easy to make him too, and I agree, having guys you mentioned, and including guys like Tank Abbott and Andy Kaufman in the CS line over a talented guy like Garvin is a real shame...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2010 7:40:37 GMT -5
It would've been easy to make him too, and I agree, having guys you mentioned, and including guys like Tank Abbott and Andy Kaufman in the CS line over a talented guy like Garvin is a real shame... very true. |
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Feb 13, 2010 22:08:06 GMT -5
The good old days, I certainly remember them...Feuds that would be started over what would be consider small things today, but important and vital back then... I'll admit I never saw that much of Garvin, but heard of him receiving 'go-away heat', thinking he was the first I'd heard of to have that dubious honour...good worker though... Garvin was always pretty over until he won the World Title. It is one of the rare instances where a guys career is ruinied by winning an undeserved championship. Once he came to the WWF the fans did take to him though. I appreciate Garvin more today, than I did then. He is a HOF in my book. Funny thing is that people seemed to really want him to win the belt until he actually got it, then they realized they were wrong. They only wanted to see him go after Flair. It really is one of the strangest things to happen in wrestling. He was a very good wrestler though, and was a great brawler. He's also the original One Man Gang  |
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Post by Kenny Powers on Feb 15, 2010 15:05:40 GMT -5
I didn't really know who Ronnie Garvin was until he came to the WWF in the late 80's but I liked him. I remember being upset when he lost the retirement match to Greg Valentine but then being thrilled with his referee gimmick. Especially when he would knock someone out that was getting on his case.
I also enjoyed his performance as the special ring announcer at Summerslam 89 when Valentine wrestled Hercules. Great memories.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2010 23:45:58 GMT -5
Garvin was always pretty over until he won the World Title. It is one of the rare instances where a guys career is ruinied by winning an undeserved championship. Once he came to the WWF the fans did take to him though. I appreciate Garvin more today, than I did then. He is a HOF in my book. Funny thing is that people seemed to really want him to win the belt until he actually got it, then they realized they were wrong. They only wanted to see him go after Flair. It really is one of the strangest things to happen in wrestling. He was a very good wrestler though, and was a great brawler. He's also the original One Man Gang Yeah, that's pretty much what I was getting at, that he'd get that heat for winning the title after chasing it for so long... |
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Post by June on Feb 16, 2010 4:30:20 GMT -5
The thrill of the chase was actually alive back then. That just goes o show how truly great Ric Flair was. He had everybody coming after him and is World Title, and he made them all look like uncrowned champs. He had Dusty, Magnum, Nikita, Morton, Hawk & Animal, Windham, Wahoo, Jimmy Garvin and of course Ronnie Garvin all hot on his tail, not to mention several other dozens around the world in other territories.
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