Dick Murdoch
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Dick Murdoch (August 16, 1946 - June 15, 1996) was a professional wrestler.
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[edit] 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.
In 1968, he formed a tag team that would continue throughout 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.
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.
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.
Murdoch left the NWA and wrestled in the World Wrestling Council before appearing in World Championship Wrestling as one half of the "Hardliners," or "Hardline Collection Agency," with Dick Slater in 1991. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner but could not win their titles.
Murdoch was one of the entrants in the 1995 WWF Royal Rumble.
Murdoch was wrestling in the independents when he died of a heart attack on June 15, 1996 at the age of 49.
[edit] Profile
- Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Weight: 277 lb
- Born: August 16, 1946
- Died: June 15, 1996
- Town of birth: Waxahachie, Texas
- Trained by: Killer Karl Kox, Bob Geigel, Pat O'Connor
- Nickname: Captain Redneck
- Other Gimmicks: Black Ace, Ron Carson, The Invader, Super Rodeo Machine
His most noted work as a wrestler came in Mid-South Wrestling in the early 1980s, where he teamed with Junkyard Dog. The pair was the most popular champions in the region, attracting the hardcore, working class white fans with his "Captain Redneck" persona and JYD drawing the support of the black fan base. Their feud with the Fabulous Freebirds was perhaps Mid-South's most compelling storyline.
[edit] In wrestling
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[edit] Managers
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[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Detroit version), with Dusty Rhodes
- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Mid-America version), with 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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- 4-Time NWA Tri-State North American Champion
- 1-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 once, Bob Sweetan twice, and Bob Brown once
- 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 once and Bobby Duncum once
- Other championships
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- 2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time Western States Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Duncum)
- 1-Time AJPW NWA United National Champion
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- 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.
[edit] Trivia
- Murdoch is the cousin of wrestler Killer Tim Brooks.
- Murdoch appeared in 4 movies: The Wrestler in 1974, Paradise Alley in 1978, Grunt! The Wrestling Movie in 1985 and Manhattan Merengue! in 1995.
- Dick Murdoch is not related to Trevor Murdoch, however Trevor took the ring name when a physical and facial similarity was noticed between the wrestlers.
