Dick Murdoch

Dick Murdoch was a professional wrestler. Professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. ...

Career

Dick Murdoch started wrestling in 1965 as Ron Carson in a tag team with Don Carson. He soon started wrestling under his real name. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

In 1968, he formed a tag team that would continue throught the early 1970's with Dusty Rhodes called "The Texas Outlaws". After splitting with Rhodes, he wrestled for Florida Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and Mid-South Wrestling. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The American Dream Dusty Rhodes Virgil Runnels, Jr. ... Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was an NWA promotion that started in Florida in 1949. ... The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...

In 1984, he went to the World Wrestling Federation and formed a tag team with Adrian Adonis that captured the World Tag Team Titles. He left the WWF in 1985 and wrestled in Mid-South Wrestling briefly before turning up in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1986. He feuded with Ric Flair and attempted to win Flair's NWA World Title. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ... Adrian Adonis Keith Franke was a professional wrestler, best known as Adrian Adonis. ... Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions is the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett up until the late 1980s. ... Ric Flair on WWE Raw. ...

In early 1987, Murdoch joined Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Petrov in their attempt to get Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes. Murdoch injured Nikita's neck after a brain-buster suplex on the floor that summer. Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff is the stage name of a former Canadian professional wrestler Oreal Perras. ... Vladimir Petrov (back) with Ivan Koloff Al Blake was a professional wrestler best known as Vladimir Petrov. ... Nikita Koloff was a professional wrestler in the 1980s known as the Russian Nightmare. He was billed from Moscow in the Soviet Union and then from Lithuania after the fall of the Soviet Union. ...

Murdoch left the NWA and wrestled in the World Wrestling Council before appearing in World Championship Wrestling as one half of the "Hardliners" with Dick Slater in 1991. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner but could not win their titles. The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Ricos two main professional Wrestling organizations, the other one being the International Wrestling Association. ... WCW logo from 1988-1999. ... Dick Slater was a professional wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s who often wrestled in the NWAs Mid-Atlantic region. ... Rick Steiner Robert Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961 in Bay City, Michigan), best known by his stage name Rick Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. ... Scott Steiner Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known as Scott Steiner is a professional wrestler who previously worked for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ...

Murdoch was one of the entrants in the 1995 WWF Royal Rumble. The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

Murdoch was wrestling in the independents when he died of a heart attack on June 15, 1996. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ...

Profile

• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 310 lbs.
• Birthday: August 16, 1946
• Hometown: Waxahachie, Texas
• Death Date: June 15, 1996
• Trainer: Killer Karl Kox, Bob Geigel, Pat O'Connor
• Finisher: Brain-Buster Suplex
• Managers: Joe Don Smith, Paul Jones, Oliver Humperdink, Eddie Gilbert, Jim Cornette, Skandor Akbar
• Nickname: Captain Redneck
• Other Gimmicks: Black Ace, Ron Carson, The Invader, Super Rodeo Machine

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Championships/Accomplishments

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• 2-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes and Don Carson)
• 1-Time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Ivan Koloff)

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• 1-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Adrian Adonis)

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• 5-Time Mid-South North American Champion
• 3-Time Mid-South Tag Team Champion (with Junkyard Dog)

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• 2-Time Central States Heavyweight Champion
• 4-Time Central States Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes, Bob Sweetan twice and Bob Brown)
• 2-Time Central States Missouri Champion

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• 1-Time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time WWC Television Champion

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• 1-Time Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time Florida Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes and Bobby Duncum)

Other Titles

• 2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Champion
• 1-Time Western States Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Duncum)

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• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 96 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked twice in the best tag teams of the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 35 with Adrian Adonis and # 45 with Masked Superstar.
• Murdoch also won the PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler Award in 1974.

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Trivia

• Murdoch is the cousin on wrestler Killer Tim Brooks.
• Murdoch appeared in 3 movies: Paradise Alley in 1978, Grunt! The Wrestling Movie in 1985 and Manhatten Merengue! in 1995.