Posted April 10, 200817 yr comment_5430588 Ron Garvin vs. Black Bart (Loser Leaves Town Match) (6/8/85) - I really like Bart’s bumping. Garvin’s hand is injured so Garvin uses headbutts to knock Bart down. He is also laying in the stiff kicks made better by Bart’s bumping. Bart doesn’t do much but attack Garvin’s hand but he doesn’t have to do much else. Garvin starts doing his twisty carny shit later on and it looks painful. I love this idea of Garvin having to find different ways to take Bart out because his hand is injured. Then, to make this match a stone-cold lock in my eyes, Bart does a senton (probably going for a leg drop) on the injured hand. Late in the match, Garvin knocks Bart out, sacrificing his hand but Bart has his leg on the ropes. As Ron argues with the ref, Baby Doll hands Bart a loaded elbow pad and knocks Garvin out in a shock ending. Great ending to a sweet match. Strong nomination.
July 17, 201411 yr comment_5613163 I give this a solid nomination. Garvin is like the 80's version of Finley. He's just a hard hitting mofo. He uses an arsenal of strikes on Bart. Garvin's right hand is taped up. Everytime Garvin would have momentum Bart would go after the hand to stop it. Garvin sold the hand injury beautifully. Bart takes a beating here. We get a screw job finish. Good stuff here.
September 24, 201411 yr comment_5628253 Loser Leaves Town Match for the National Heavyweight Title: "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin © vs. Black Bart (6/8/85) Tully does commentary here. Garvin comes into this with an injured right hand after punching the belt two weeks ago when he was trying to KO Bart so it's easy pickings for Bart. Garvin though is a tough bastard and fights through it using other forms of offense other than his patented right hand. Garvin also decides to return the favor to Bart as he works over Bart's right arm and hand in specific while the fans chant "BREAK IT." After some good back and forth action Garvin nailed Bart with his injured right hand and pinned Bart for the 3 count but Bart's foot was on the bottom rope. Baby Doll then goes to Bart and gave him Tully's loaded elbowpad to KO Garvin to win the title. This was a damn good match and moves forward fairly easily.
