Sunday, May 11, 2025

The Fist of Granite-Superstars Profile#166

"Rugged" Ronnie Garvin

Real name: Roger Barnes 

Hometown: Charolette, NC

A.K.A.: Mr. Knoxville 

Membership: Superstars, the 4X4s, the Garvin Brothers

Finisher: Knockout Punch 

Background: A hero in one place can be a zero somewhere else. 


Ronnie Garvin had been a local legend down south, often fighting Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen; even beating the former briefly. Hoping to find a place where the fighting was good and Flair free, Garvin headed north. 

He was in the big city about five minutes before he picked a fight with Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. He had a few big moments but for the most part he was regulated to the back of group shots. He formerly resigned from the Superstars in 1990.



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