31 Facts About Ron Garvin

Ron Garvin is best known for his appearances with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation in the late-1980s and early-1990s.

Ron Garvin made a name for himself as a singles wrestler in the Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee territories in the late 1970s after splitting with Terry and Jimmy.

Garvin wrestled in the Ron Fuller -owned Knoxville promotion where he famously threw the championship belt off of the Gay Street Bridge.

Ron Garvin later wrestled in Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling promotion where he was best known for his heated rivalries with Randy Savage and Pez Whatley.

Ron Garvin is well known in the Southeast, he had feuds with such wrestlers as Andre the Giant, Bob Orton Jr.

Ron Garvin held the NWA Georgia Television Title 5 times, including a feud with then Legion of Doom member, Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

Ron Garvin had to mortgage his house to come up with $10,000 to pay Roberts for a rematch.

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Ron Garvin would go on to win the rematch and become the NWA National TV champion.

Ron Garvin had competed for the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions periodically beginning in 1968, but as he mostly focused on other NWA territories, he was usually considered a jobber to the stars, whether alone or teaming with Terry Ron Garvin.

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Ron Garvin returned to JCP in 1984 and began the road that would achieve his greatest success.

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In 1987 Windham and Ron Garvin feuded with Cornette's Midnight Express over the United States tag titles.

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The Ron Garvin "brothers" teamed for a while against the Midnight Express.

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In May 1987 Windham and Ron Garvin reached the finals of a tournament for the vacant United States tag team titles but lost to the new Midnight Express lineup of Eaton and "Sweet" Stan Lane.

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The feud with Flair took a new twist on September 25,1987, when Ron Garvin was able to defeat Flair for the title.

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Indeed, Ron Garvin held the title for two months before losing it back to Flair at Starrcade.

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Later that night however, Ron Garvin shocked fans when he became a heel by knocking Dusty Rhodes out with a punch to keep him from winning Windham's US Title, thus reuniting the former US tag team champions as heels.

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Still as a heel, Ron Garvin wrestled in the American Wrestling Association in late 1988 and feuded with Greg Gagne over the AWA International Television Championship.

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Ron Garvin feuded with Carlos Colon over the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship during trips to Puerto Rico.

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Ron Garvin lost to Dino Bravo at WrestleMania V on April 2,1989.

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Ron Garvin soon started portraying a referee, but during matches, he would fight with the wrestlers who would not listen to his orders, such as Dino Bravo and the Brooklyn Brawler.

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At SummerSlam, Ron Garvin served as special ring announcer for Valentine's match against Hercules.

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Ron Garvin stated during his foe's introduction that Valentine was underweighing himself by 30 pounds, and had two left feet.

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When Valentine pinned Hercules with his feet on the ropes, Ron Garvin announced Hercules as the winner.

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Valentine knocked him out of the ring, but Ron Garvin came back and punched him out.

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At Survivor Series, Ron Garvin competed in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match where he was a member of The 4x4s but they were defeated by The King's Court.