I’m always a bit amazed when I look at the Squash of the Week archives and see names like Ron Garvin nowhere to be found. Old “Hands of Stone” was one of my early favorites when I first started watching, as he would just take dudes to school and beat the ever lovin’ crap out of them.
Time to rectify that oversight today as he takes on one Al Scott. This would be from the old Jim Crockett era of the NWA on the SuperStation.
So what made Garvin so awesome? Well, he’d wrestle for one thing, making it look like a battle to get his opponent down to the mat. And his chops were brutal, as were of course his fists. Also looks like he’s in a bad mood today as he literally takes Scott’s faces and smears the mat with it.
I love this move here too – he just puts Scott in a single arm headlock and dares him to get out of it. When he fails to do that, Garvin gets even more annoyed and starts throwing haymakers. Watch closely and he even gives the poor sap a wedgie!
We get a body slam next, then a boot to the guy’s schnozz. He then introduces that schnozz to the flat of his boot before transitioning to a camel clutch. No idea why Garvin is so ticked off today but it makes for great entertainment so I am all for it.
Deciding his bare knuckles shouldn’t have all the fun, Garvin starts throwing headbutts repeatedly. A belly to back suplex is then thrown, just to remind us all that he knows a move or two.
We then get what can only be described as the world’s lewdest bearhug. A front chancery follows, and while I was fully expecting a standard suplex, Garvin decides instead to just drive this guy’s face into the mat AGAIN. I can’t stop laughing at this utter destruction.
And I’m not the only one, as we cut to the crowd and these two girls look overjoyed! Why is the geek in the Members Only jacket is looking so sour? I can only guess that he realizes he will never be Ron Garvin!
Garvin gives us a surfboard and then a mighty slap. Scott gets his lone offensive maneuver in – a sunset flip. One that Garvin counters with a first between the eyes. He then jumps in the air and sits on the guy’s chest for the win. This was great, but no Garvin stomp? That just means we’ll need another Ron Garvin squash of the week in the near future!