Ronnie Garvin on beating Andre The Giant
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- ''Rugged'' Ronnie Garvin on beating Andre The Giant!
Former NWA World Champion & WWE Superstar ''Hands of Stone'' Rugged Ronnie Garvin talks about Andre The Giant and getting a rare victory over the WWE hall of famer in a handicap match when Garvin was at the disadvantage in the Knoxville Territory.
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I remember Garvin in ICW in Knoxville/Lexington Area. He was called the One Man Gang back then before Crusher Broomfield was called the One Man Gang. I believed that he was the toughest guy on the planet back then.
Garvin did indeed beat Andre the Giant in Knoxville back in late 70's. It was for Ron Fullers "Southeastern Championship Wrestling" territory. Ronnie was super over in that territory as the "One Man Gang" Ronnie Garvin.
willnchicago what did you think about ICW?
+Tony Maceo Well ICW was okay. The thing with it was it came after SECW. ICW ran most of the same angles SECW had run a couple of yrs before.
i think this guy is still partially maintaining kayfabe. he seems really old school
he is very old school, but his KO punch was awesome.... and Randy Orton uses one Move Ronnie innovated... The Garvin Stomp..... One of my fav all time moves
I got the same idea, Christopher.
Garvin was always a class act.
Lol, To this day when we're horsing around especially with my nephews after Gettin' them down I'll shout out Garvin Stomp- thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!!!
I saw it as Ronnie took the ring apart and brought the big man down. Thanks 4 da memories bro. I 💘 y'all
It happened in Knoxville Tennessee March 5 1978 the 3rd match on the card amazing I wish they had video of it though Andre in the prime of his career
Took the ring apart. Memories. I 💘 y'all
He looks good for his age.
I grew up in East TN. For a while Ronnie was known as Mr. Knoxville.
Maryville. Blunt Co. 4get da o. I 💘 y'all
Ronnie Garvin as the "One Man Gang" beat Andre The Giant and a second opponent (as if another opponent would have been necessary) in a handicapped match??? ...Even in the wacky world of professional wrestling, that sounds unbelievable! LOL
he also beat the giant in Johnson city tn it was part of ron fullers Knoxville tn territory , they had a series of matches Garvin didn't pin the giat in Johnson city but he did get the win because the ref stopped the match due to the giant bleeding
Like fuk
my good friend beautiful buddy Wolfe wrestled Andrea the Giant in his first match in America. It was in Madison Square Garden he told me there was no one on earth that could defeat Giant. at that time anyway he said his fingers were like hot dogs
Only when you came at him without respect is the way I’ve heard it but really if the giant didn’t like you then you weren’t winning and probably getting shit on during the match literally lol
Perhaps really plump hot dogs. Sausages, really. He patted me on the head (gently, I am sure) when I was a child. It hurt my neck a little.
There's fighters that would leg kick him until he couldn't stand up.Russian guy named Fedor used to beat some big dudes.
this is legit guys, do your homework..
Out of respect for Garvin, Andre put him over as long as it wasn't filmed and didn't make news outside of the territory. Andre did that as a favor to Ronnie.
ANdre was truly one of the nicest people you will ever meet.... just do not piss him off
Total class guy. If he liked you, he did anything for you. If he hated you.....watch out.
Agreed
Rugged Ronnie Garvin belongs in the WWE Wrestling Hall Of Fame!
The man with the hands of stone Ronnie Garvin. He kicked some ads in the old days.
Yep, no ad agency was safe from Ronnie Garvin...!😁
I watched Ronnie Garvin beat Andrea The Giant
Did he pin him or was it a ref decision? Garvin had both over Andre.
Looks like he can still go. Stayed in great shape
I'd pay to job for him...still...
I always liked Ronnie ( Hands Of Stone ) in AWA wrestling. But once Ronnie came to WWF at the time. Ronnie became a jobber and I didn't like that role Ronnie was given!
I didn't like it either though his program with Valentine was great
I liked his run in the WWF. The rugged Ronnie Garvin and the Garvin stomp are legendary.
He’s talking about a wrestling match as if it was a real fight.
Well that's old school for you. They rarely if ever, break kayfabe.
Garvin was always a class act.
Watch his videos on youtube. He was the Badass of ICW wrestling he beat everyone. Pistol Pez Whatley, Randy S
avage, Bob Roop, Ox Baker, Andre the Giant, Black Jack Mulligan etc etc.
this is quite interesting. But just remember what every wrestler has said about Andre. If he didn't want you to win, you didn't win. simple as that! Look up his fight stories on youtube. Who would be stupid enough to challenge a human being that stands over seven feet tall and weights over 500lbs. I call that, Suicide! He never lost a fight ever! And the wrestlers he pissed off, I only know of two that challenged him. Kamala, who had a gun, and Bad News Brown, who was the 1972 Olympic judo team trainer. Once again, If you stood up to the giant, he never messed with you again because you had balls! But that doesn't mean they could beat him in a fight.
Bad news was a legitimate bad ass too. Very few guys could have beat him but Andre.
Garvin didnt pin Andre
That's the most I've ever heard him say.
Hey "HANNIBAL" "G N W" I've just read some of the comments attached to dis shoot interview and to be honest I'm shocked to read people r telling other people even Ronnie himself (Ha ha) that wrestling is Fake. After all the work u have done to help anyone interested in the business of "Pro-Wrestling" to understand what it's all about with Shoot Interviews you have conducted yourself with so many Legend's that have lived, slept and eaten Pro-Wrestling. I would like to thank you once again for the work u do educate us fan ☺ But to read "u do know wrestling is fake" all over the place simply pisses me of. If it's fake to anyone who thinks that? please do us all a favour and tell us what it is then?? But wen u see 2 Athletes in the ring grappling and performing highly dangerous wrestling moves on 1 another, well isn't that wrestling or Pro-Wrestling.. Of course it is, it is what it is.. Loving all your Video's Hannibal n looking forward to future 1s. And 1 day you will be a world recognised Pro-Wrestler, u have all what it takes to entertain fans, so it's just a matter of time mate. Best of luck with it all 😉 Irish Wrestling Fan. .
Wrestling is not fake, it's scripted. There is a big difference. The bumps those guys take are not fake. You can't fake gravity.....it hurts. There are mistakes made a lot in wrestling....an errant punch, mistimed kick, hell even an open hand slap could knock a person out.
Wow, Rugged Ronnie! I loved the Garvin stomp. Dino Bravo and Earthquake hated this guy for a while. I liked him. He was a tough guy loner type.
The original one man gang.
Andre was a gentleman my ass lol i've heard so many horror story's on how he was hard to work with an how he hurt people on purpose.
Says rarely ever. Almost everyone liked him.
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw liking and being afraid of people are 2 different things lol.
@@2ingrams Based on what I heard, Andre could be short with fans, but I think he was very friendly to his fellow wrestlers if he liked them. He liked drinking buddies to have fun with.
He changed thru the yrs,he was going thru serious pain the last several yrs.
He is looking pretty good. Most wrestlers are beat down looking
How many wrestlers can you name who have wins over Andre and Flair?
Hogan
When you won that yacht in Knoxville and put her on Norris lake? Me and my lil brother loved you!!! I'm 12 n he's 10. We're swimming at Norris as y'all are partying on your new yacht! Heels and good guys!?!? Ron and Robert Fuller hanging with the Mongolian Stomper and gorgeous George Jr!?!?!? The Koloffs were on your boat!?!? We're hollering smack at the heels and all y'all started chunking beer cans at us!?!? Calling us scumbagz!?!? Your die hard fans!? Taught me tons!!! Thank you. Like the night I threw a weenie and smakt the Mongolian Stomper in the dome in maryville tn. He stopped getting in the ring and came straight at me. 10 years old holding that empty hotdog bun!?!? He grabbed me around the throat and said. If you ever do anything like this again? I'ma rip off your head and shit down your neck hole!?!? Yikes @ Andre took care of him later. Gorgeous George Jr 2!!! I 💘 y'all. Thanks 4 the memories and lessons
Big Jos LeDuc was awesome!
Ronnie is just like his brother terry
Other than sexual orientation
Ronnie Garvin body slammed Andre 4 times in that match.
Lololololololooololololololololo
Video....lemme guess no video of it
Why would there be?
@@way2easy2love Andre insisted on no cameras when he put local talent over in most cases.
Andre let you win buddy...
The Musicman71 No shit. That's why he said "I couldn't believe it" and "he didn't have to do any of that"
ANdre was a complete Professional AND a true gentleman..... Even Hogan was scared to death during their match at WM... Hogan said in an interview that he knew Andre knew what to do, BUT if Andre chose not to do it, he could do nothing about Andre just destroying him....
Did you even watch the vid??? Garvin straight up says Andre let him win, he was surprised Andre did and it was nice of Andre to do so bc it madec Garvin a bigger star in the territory. Jesus....
Are you conscious??
He sounds more Cajun than from Quebec
the garvin stomp!
ivi13 the Garvin punch
ol' school Tony Carter Na “The Garvin Stomp” kick to body when man was down,all around his body.
It was unusual in wrestling for a heel like Garvin was at that time to be so unbeatable. Usually the heel was basically a coward who needed his friends to help him win, or needed to cheat in other ways.
Andre would've crushed you. He acts like he beat him in a straight up fight lol.
Thé old school guys kayfabe well
Don't you know wrestling is fake Jimmy v
hiz eyez look really bloodshot
probably drunk again
Is Ronnie stoned? Eyes are so red
At one point Andre the Giant was undefeated for 15 1/2 years.
it was SAID he was undefeated for that long.. even Andre himself has refuted that.....
Wrong, I watched The Sheik beat him in Toronto in a Texas Death Match. You can find the video on RUclips.
As long as Vince billed it as 15 years undefeated then that’s all that matters when it comes down to it. Back then if it didn’t happen on TV then it didn’t officially happen
They said he was undefeated in the WWF. As far as I know any losses occurred outside the federation.
Of course, the McMahons would never lie.
I have never heard anyone talking ill about hulk hogan.
Lol. Just kidding
Only cause thats what andre wanted
This is "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin? Holy shit! Guess the rest of his contemporaneous don't look that bad after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only if Andre let u win. No one or even 2 people could ever beat him legit.
You probably think if Andre didn't want to lose he would have just beat Hogan at WrestleMania 3. Andre can barely fucking walk at that point. Hogan would have beat the shit out of him.
There's pro fighters that could beat Andre in a fight. If he grabbed ahold of you it was over but a good mix martial artist would kick his legs till he couldn't stand & pummel him.
Uhh, hello, wrestling is staged? No one 'wins' or 'loses'
There are only two major superstars in the history of pro wrestling that I've never heard anyone speak ill of -- Andre the Giant and The Undertaker.
Except Bad News Brown, who thinks everyone who did not kiss his ass was racist
The Dude. I've never heard anyone say bad things about Sting
Iron sheik said andre was a pos but he hates everyone haha
Plenty of people didn't like Andre.
Ddp?
He sounds like a mark. I bet’em🤣
Andre would slap this dude around.
Breaking news!!! He beat Andre the Giant! Why isn't this guy in the WWE Hall of Fame?
I'm sorry, if he beat Andre it was because Andre let him beat him. He could squash that guy like a bug. This guy is delusional if he thinks otherwise.
Did you even watch the vid??? Garvin straight up says Andre let him win, he was surprised Andre did and it was nice of Andre to do so bc it madec Garvin a bigger star in the territory. Jesus....
This poor guy talks about his career like it was real. Sad
It was real. He actually lived it. We saw it in real time. Ofcourse the matches were pre determined, but the matches would last for hours. I truly believed it was real. I was a kid. It was the best of times.
He is old school. His first impulse is to protect the business. It is quaint, but admirable.
beating Andre the Giant? doesnt he realize its fake?
Wouldn't you say it was real if you beat Andre?
@@TheHannibalTV no.
@@RedroomStudios not fake, they get hurt. Pre determined
Well it's the dumbest angle and story in wrestling history if he beat the giant!
It's so PATHETIC. He talks like it's REAL. "I beat this guy. I beat that guy." Hilarious.
Gee, talk about missing the fucking point.
666th like. Uh oh.
wow i think ronnie is thinking wrestling is real.no way anyone could put andre on his knees lol.
You never beat no Andre you jive turkey