Source: Busted Open Radio — Giving Flowers to Ronnie Garvin
Duration: 29 min
Modern wrestling critique
I've watched matches and I'm going, why did they do that? They do some good stuff, but sometimes it's out of place. I've seen matches, it's embarrassing. I wouldn't even put that in front of kids; they'd be laughing thinking they're chimpanzees or something.
Scripted promos
A lot of guys go on TV and they got a script. Talk us into why your fight is important. It's another lost art. I can't get into your skin. I can't get into you. So let me be me.
Modern wrestling style
They call it wrestling, but nobody takes a hold. I've watched that sometimes and I'm going, well, that's wrestling. You know, it's okay to kick, punch, and sometimes chairs, whatever, but that's a big plus when you're wrestling somebody that's in the business and they keep you in the ring 40, 50 minutes.
WWF career
I was at the end of my career. I was 45 years old and I just went up there [WWF] to make some money. I told Vince one day, I said, 'Man, I can't dance, sing, or rock and roll. I fucking wrestled.'
In-ring psychology
Ric Flair never complained, you know. And, yeah, it was enjoyable. There's nothing like having a good wrestling match and never talking. I never talk in the ring. Ever. That was my rule.
Randy Orton
I heard Randy Orton does the Garvin Stomp. I take it as an honor. It's a compliment. When somebody copies you, which is fine. And he does it good, I hear.
The Garvin Stomp origin
The Garvin Stomp came from Malenko, the great Malenko. He used to do it a long time ago. It's like the one-man gang; there was a one-man gang in the 50s and that's where I got it.
Career path
If I would have started flying planes before I started wrestling, I would have never wrestled.
