7 Champion wrestlers who are horrible on the microphone

#5 Ron Garvin, "The man with the hands of stone."

Ron Garvin faces off with Ric Flair.

Titles Held: AAW world title, ICW southeastern championship, NWA world heavyweight championship, and well over forty regional titles during his long career.

Biggest career moment: Defeating Ric Flair for the NWA world title.

Issues on the microphone: Garvin wasn't a bad talker, but he came across as stiff and wooden and failed to resonate with the fans so much that his title reigns as NWA champion is considered a massive failure.

Rugged Ronnie Garvin, AKA the man with the hands of stone, enjoyed a long and illustrious career. He began wrestling in 1962, eventually teaming with Terry Garvin--a legendary wrestling trainer--and adopting his name to pretend to be a brother. When Terry retired, his younger brother (actually his stepson) Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin became his frequent partner.

Ron Garvin was known for being a solid, but somewhat limited, worker. However, his long experience in the sport and good standing backstage made the NWA put the world title on him. Partly, this was done to deny Dusty Rhodes another title reign, because he was in the doghouse with the promotion, but also Ron Garvin generated a lot of heat primarily because fans hated Ric Flair so much.

Garvin was never a great mike worker, and his 'boring' persona and style failed to resonate with fans on a world champion level.