Ronnie Garvin on Winning World Title
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- ''Rugged'' Ronnie Garvin on Winning The World Title from Ric Flair!
Former NWA World Champion & WWE Superstar ''Hands of Stone'' Rugged Ronnie Garvin discusses winning the NWA World Championship from Ric Flair in the late 1980's and the behind the scenes events leading to his victory!
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Wow! Words of sanity from a former wrestler. Just a job. Just a belt.
Total opposite of Bret Hart, and I'm a big Bret fan.
The ones who take it more serious make it better but Garvin being the ultimate pro sold it well.
Love Ronnie Garvin. He was way under rated when you look back at the business.
gotta love his honesty looks like he's still in great shape
Met him a few years ago. Great man and seems to be happy living life and being outdoors hunting and fishing now and happy that people remember him.
Ricky Morton said he was supposed to win the belt but he didn't want to break up the Rock n Roll.
His match with Tully for the National heavyweight title was fantastic. Great work by him, Tully, JJ and Tommy young.
Real words from Ronnie G. Flair never complained!.....he took those shots like a man.....Nice to hear positive things about Flair aside from all the rubbish that you hear.....👊💥
Took them but gave them back.
It was just a job back then, but now you can say what so few can, I was a World Heavyweight Champ
Damn. Holding That belt had to be grueling experience... especially in that era.
I remember hitch-hiking to windsor, crossing over to Detroit to see this card as a teenager (got grounded for weeks when my parents found out) Every major NWA wrestler was there, every title was up & when nobody had lost & we saw a couple of camera men rush to the ring during the match, we freaked out knowing what was going to happen. Just not the same anymore.
He looks damn good for 71
He is 71..??? DAMN !!
Did Zhannibal say in a past comment he is. 75 ?
He looks in great shape.
makes sense now that flair had the belt so many times , no one wanted to handle the travel commitments of being the champion like flair did , so crockett and dusty kept him as champion all those years nobody wanted the hassle .
Also if I remember correctly, some of his losses was so he can take time to heel and then take steroids for performance when he took on the duty as champ again.
Just goes to show the dedication Flair had to the business.
I mean obviously the fame and prestige of being the top guy and the parties were reasons as well.
But still gotta have that dedication in order to do it that long
And we are all the better for Flair's sacrifice / commitment to the NWA Title. I'm sure it costs him marriage's and time at home that hopefully doesn't haunt him.
Interesting.You have the belt no you have it ...like a hot potato!!
I do not want the belt. Hive it to someone else.
@@AlA-ok5jh I mean, that's literally how a few reigns ended. Jack Brisco, Terry Funk...guys got burnt out having to go territory to territory defending that belt. Now you get these smarks bitching about who 'deserves' it. It's laughable.
Even Bruno sammartino did not want to be NWA champion because he didn't want to travel he had such a good gig in New York
Love Ron Garvin. Was always a huge fan. I always wanted him to do the "Garvin Stomp" still my favorite move to this day.
Classy guy and very tough
I remember multiples upon multiples of Iron Man Matches "Rugged Ronnie Garvin" worked. Didn't have the chiseled Mr. Olympia body. However, He kept himself in great condition.
The starcade 87 match is my all time favorite match. I listen to flair just get slapped around like he owed Ron money. I don’t know how flair moved the next day.
started watching old awa or nwa shows randomly for the first time. Ive never heard of him before and goddamn he worked brutally, a real bad ass
The Legendary hands of stone Ronnie Garvin should go in the hall of fame next year
+Jonathan Turbide hell no
Jonathan Turbide I agree since Canada has been a strong ally of the WWE since day one. Put it on the network and if people want to watch it they watch it.
He should've been in the HOF years ago
Jim Cornette said the same thing about the NWA title---Flair held it so long because no one else wanted the schedule. He said Jack Brisco held it for a year in the 70's & was drawing well, but told the powers that be that he was done, put it on someone else. Said Harley Race was the Flair of the 70's--he held it for so long because he was the only one who didn't mind the schedule
Loved Ronnie, especially in Georgia championship wrestling. Jake Roberts/Garvin TV title matches were brutal.
I remember watching that match when it happened.
Go back and watch those 2 matches and tell me they are not top ten material. They beat the hell out of each other
He talked about leaving, but he did leave less than a year after winning the belt.
I liked the match he had with greg the hammer,,,
the battle of the figure 4 leg locks
one of my fav matches...
that feud was so underrated in my book! loved their match at royal rumble 90! when garvin and the hammer laid them chops damn you could just feel it!
Ese Blue Bird You should check out his run with Jake The Snake
Main event anyplace anytime.
Didn't know he was still alive. Cool.
A lot of them have died from drug abuse
Thank you Mr. Garvin, I enjoyed the match!
I knew. Dusty cornered Ronnie in restroom at TBS . Dusty made sign a no disclosure.
I'm surprised they didn't tell Ric about the title change. Yet they told Ronnie twice.
Garvin is Canadian. back to his NWA title reign. what I heard was flair wanted to win his 5th NWA title at a starrcade.so in September the title was offered to windham, nikita and 1 or 2 other faces but they turned it down because it was only gonna be a 2 month run. so Garvin took it. I don't know if it's true but that's what I heard. that title run was terrible, he defended it once and was involved in tag matches and a war games match in long island NY the night before starrcade. I believe he deserved better.
Flair said something to that effect in his book.
That's 100% correct.
Actually, the Starrcade 87 win was Flair's 6th NWA title (most people tend to forget he dropped the title to Harley Race again for a few days in New Zealand in 1984. Also, in addition to subsequent defenses rematches with Flair, he also defended the title against Big Bubba Rogers, Arn and Tully
At the time it was his 5th title win(NWA didn't OFFICIALLY recognize the Race title change until quite a few years later but they eventually did do so)
The only thing Ronnie cared about was his check. He didn't care how short he had that title
I had never thought of what a burden being Champion may have been. Makes me respect Ric Flair even more.
You're expected to make sure the crowd size is at least maintained, better yet grow, everywhere you go. The great ones make you open your wallet more than once.
Looked at it as a job. Good mindset
A man's Man Ronnie Garvin
Ronnie garvin was tough!! He wasnt to be taken lightly!I remember when he beat ric flair for the title
Ron and Bill Dundee would have made a great tag team.
Jack Briscoe was another that wanted to relinquish the belt because of the travel.
Yes. I have read several accounts that stated Brisco told the NWA head to fly Terry Funk in that day as he was done being world champion.
I was there that night. First time nwa was in Detroit. It was a great card and flair was completely full of blood
So I guess Garvin celebrated after losing to Flair at Starrcade 87
He was called the "hands of stone"
Rock-'n'-roll express 'Ricky Morton would have told everyone!!!!!
Travel back then must've been even more draining than today if we are to take Garvin at his word. Seems like most guys dreaded driving long hours, like how Kevin Nash was eager to welcome HHH into the Kliq because he was a teetotaler.
World title is for all the glory!
This guy calls a strike a strike and a ball a ball.
Great interview !
Ronnie has a a-z and as to zz and a aaa to zzz stories he could tell. Give him the question about his wresting era and he 'll have something to say.
I'd ask him about Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan and Mark Lewin and Bulldog Brown.
Think Mark Lewin is alive ...good interview he would make. Other 3 guys are RIP hopefully.
Wonder what match stands out for Ronnie?
Toughest match or whatever?
Gee Ric Flair chest cut up from chops and he never complained at all.
Hands of Stone
This guy used to brutalize jobbers sometime. A real shooter. Cornette talked about him tying up Hawk in the back with ease
I watched m all Ronnie , back when wrestling was cool !
Good to see Hands of Stone Ronny Garvin. Hopefully that is a Florida tan and he is doing well outside of the squared circle.
He should have been a horseman after Blanchard and Andersen left
The Hands of stone Ronnie Garvin i was a big fan.
Legend
Did Ronnie Garvin ever meet Eric Bischoff?
Ron Garvin accepted the title win because he was at the age where he's limited to wrestling and he wanted to go out on a big one.
Go away heat
Come on, we all know he didnt win the world title. It was decided before hand.
simple man!
Is Ronnie 100% american indian? He sure as hell sounds like it.
I believe he's French Canadian.
I would have never guessed that.
I'm guessing he gets his accent from having learned English in the Southern U.S., just like Eric Gagne who learned his English in Oklahoma.
Just because he is French Canadian doesn't mean he may or may not have thick Native American ancestry..
You're right +Justin R. he certainly does sound like it. Certainly looks the part too....even more so now that he's in his advanced years of life compared to his younger days.
THEY ARE DARK SKIN
Ronnie has the right idea and he isn't a mark for himself or the business like so many others. It's just a job. Do what they tell you, grab your paycheck and go home.
I get the business is a work and all but calling the world heavyweight title especially back then just a trinket sounds pretty disrespectful to the business. Just my opinion
Truth hurts. They're not fighting for real so who gives a shit?
Only marks think titles mean anything.
Guys like Ronnie probably can't stand today's shit
He goes into detail about what he thinks of today's TV products in this interview.
Never should have beaten flair.
All respect To Ron -- he was a great professional but never impressed me as a top talent or a large draw -- Glad to hear he is doing well.
He seems oddly tan compared to his wrestling days 🤷♂️
I can get a lot of hate for this and I don't care. I just can't stand people who are in only for the money. If you don't have passion for Wrestling, don't do it. Unfortunately though, as a real fan of wrestling, ya tend to get disappointed a lot because ya find out a lot of them you thought had passion was only in it for the money.
RUBBISH. RONNIE. GARBAGE.
MrNWA4Life Mark
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Watch yer mouth you friggin puke! The hands of stone will slap you cross eyed!
wow he looks old
He's 71.
+Fanik10 damn...
Well hell I wish I have all my hair when im 71, he looks fine for 71
Neither Ronnie Garvin or Ric Flair or any other professional wrestler for that matter has won a world title, it's all fake and it's all pre determined who is gonna be the champ based on how well the athlete draws, to say your a "world champion" is a joke!
You miss the point of pro wrestling. Go watch golf.
Your grammar is a joke.
Yet you took time out of your life to watch the video and comment.
Okay.