CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Ron Wright (wrestler) - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"75cae61b-44c0-48c2-9727-e264a2832b05","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Ron_Wright_(wrestler)","wgTitle":"Ron Wright (wrestler)","wgCurRevisionId":1248127469,"wgRevisionId":1248127469,"wgArticleId":52932392,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Use mdy dates from July 2017","1938 births","2015 deaths","American male professional wrestlers","People from Kingsport, Tennessee","Professional wrestlers from Tennessee","Professional wrestling promoters","20th-century male professional wrestlers"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Ron_Wright_(wrestler)","wgRelevantArticleId":52932392,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true, "wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q28474863","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics" :true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Ron_Wright.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1763"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Ron_Wright.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1175"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="940"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Ron Wright (wrestler) - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Ron_Wright_wrestler rootpage-Ron_Wright_wrestler skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Ron+Wright+%28wrestler%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Ron+Wright+%28wrestler%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Ron+Wright+%28wrestler%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Ron+Wright+%28wrestler%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Professional_wrestling_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Professional_wrestling_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Professional wrestling career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Professional_wrestling_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Professional_wrestling_persona"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Professional wrestling persona</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Professional wrestling persona subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notable_opponents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_opponents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Notable opponents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_opponents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wrestlers_managed" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wrestlers_managed"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Wrestlers managed</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wrestlers_managed-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gimmicks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gimmicks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Gimmicks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gimmicks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championships_and_accomplishments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championships_and_accomplishments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Championships and accomplishments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Championships_and_accomplishments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Ron Wright (wrestler)</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 1 language" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-1" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">1 language</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81)" title="رون رايت (مصارع محترف) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رون رايت (مصارع محترف)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q28474863#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Ron_Wright_(wrestler)" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&oldid=1248127469" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Ron_Wright_%28wrestler%29&id=1248127469&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRon_Wright_%28wrestler%29"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRon_Wright_%28wrestler%29"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Ron_Wright_%28wrestler%29&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q28474863" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Ron Wright</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Wright.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/Ron_Wright.jpg/220px-Ron_Wright.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Ron_Wright.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1938-10-26</span>)</span>October 26, 1938<br /><a href="/wiki/Rogersville,_Tennessee" title="Rogersville, Tennessee">Rogersville, Tennessee</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 21, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-04-21)</span> (aged 76)<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Kingsport,_Tennessee" title="Kingsport, Tennessee">Kingsport, Tennessee</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Teresa Wright<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em"><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling career</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ron Wright <br />Crusher (official ring name) <br />Bonecrusher (nickname) <br />Kingsport's Bad Boy (nickname) <br />Backstreet Brawler (nickname) <sup id="cite_ref-King_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data">January 21, 1956</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">August 12, 1995</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ron Wright</b> (October 26, 1938 – April 21, 2015) was an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a>, promoter and manager. He wrestled and managed primarily for <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Wrestling_Alliance_territories" title="List of National Wrestling Alliance territories">territory</a> promotions in the Southeastern United States from the 1950s until the 1990s, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> areas, including for <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Championship_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeast Championship Wrestling">Southeast Championship Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association" title="Continental Wrestling Association">Continental Wrestling Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Championship_Wrestling" title="Continental Championship Wrestling">Continental Championship Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Championship_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling">Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling" title="Smoky Mountain Wrestling">Smoky Mountain Wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ron Wright started wrestling in 1956 with his real life friend and future wrestling opponent <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Caldwell" title="Whitey Caldwell">Whitey Caldwell</a> as well as his brother Don Wright, following an amateur start at the Kingsport Boys Club.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ron Wright and Caldwell soon caught the eye of Kingsport NWA promoter Mickey Baarnes as well as outlaw Buddy Russels for whom they made their debut on January 21, 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-King_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both debuted as teenagers with a younger Ron Wright mostly working as a referee for Baarnes while the older Caldwell quickly made a name as a wrestler.<sup id="cite_ref-King_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ron Wright gained a reputation for being a wrestling <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a> when in 1961 he seriously and legitimately injured Caldwell (putting him out of action for a year) who was by then a very popular wrestling <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">babyface</a> and television champion.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Canoe_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canoe-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ron Wright was the most hated heel in his territory (area where wrestling promoters and wrestlers operated) for almost three decades, engaging in extremely physical, violent and bloody matches, mostly as part of a tag team and often with his brother Don Wright. His most well-known and frequent opponent was Caldwell who he would try to provoke to genuine anger in order to make their bouts better.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Canoe_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canoe-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was known not only for being a nefarious cheat and bully but also for his speaking ability, both as a wrestler and as a manager, with a style based on local preachers.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite mostly wrestling as a heel, he did however appear as a face in a tribute match for Whitey Caldwell after his friend's death at the hands of a drunk driver in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 1970s Ron Wright had mostly transitioned to an on-screen management role while becoming an off-screen secret owner of his local territory (the Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City region in Tennessee, i.e. Tri-City area, part of the future Southeastern Championship Wrestling territory).<sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the 80s and disappeared from wrestling as a wrestler, manager and promoter until 1987 when he came back as a manager in Continental Championship Wrestling, then USA Championship Wrestling, and later in Smoky Mountain Wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His ability to draw <a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">heat</a> was so great that he was legitimately shot at three times by fans as well as being slashed with razor, resulting in a wound that requires 160 stitches. He also had his personal small plane burnt by persons unknown, possibly wrestling fans (Wright himself believed that the plane was burnt to cover up the theft of expensive parts).<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright noted, with regret, that he had caused four or five elderly spectators to have heart attacks over his antics.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ron Wright was married to Teresa Wright. He would race go-carts that he built as an avid mechanic, with his children.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ron Wright worked as a pressman alongside his wrestling career and during hiatuses. Despite making a substantial living as a wrestler, Ron kept his job to have benefits for his children in case of injury. He was well known for his charity work in Kingsport.<sup id="cite_ref-King_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_persona">Professional wrestling persona</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling persona"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Crusher (official ring name)</li> <li>Bonecrusher (nickname)</li> <li>Kingsport's Bad Boy (nickname)</li> <li>Backstreet Brawler (nickname)</li> <li>King of Kingsport and Number One Hillbilly (Smokey Mountain Wrestling nickname)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_opponents">Notable opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Malenko" title="Boris Malenko">Boris Malenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Fuller_(wrestler)" title="Ron Fuller (wrestler)">Ron Fuller (wrestler)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killer_Kowalski" title="Killer Kowalski">Killer Kowalski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackjack_Mulligan" title="Blackjack Mulligan">Blackjack Mulligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">Kevin Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk_Jr." title="Dory Funk Jr.">Dory Funk Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Caldwell" title="Whitey Caldwell">Whitey Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Hodge" title="Danny Hodge">Danny Hodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Garvin" title="Ron Garvin">Ron Garvin</a></li> <li>Rocky Smith</li> <li>Louise Tillet</li> <li>Lester Welch</li> <li>The Assassins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrestlers_managed">Wrestlers managed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wrestlers managed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Stomper" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongolian Stomper">Mongolian Stomper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hickerson" title="Phil Hickerson">Phil Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moondog_Spot" title="Moondog Spot">Moondog Spot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Condrey" title="Dennis Condrey">Dennis Condrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Dalton" title="Jim Dalton">Jim Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Anthony" title="Tony Anthony">Dirty White Boy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kingsport_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gimmicks">Gimmicks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gimmicks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As an active wrestler, Ron Wright would use weapons including a custom-made knucklebuster with a blade to legitimately cut his opponents in the ring and cause them to bleed profusely. He called this his "chisel".<sup id="cite_ref-King_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faced with a violent assault from Wright, a young scared rookie Kevin Sullivan in what he believed was actual self-defense tried to knock out Wright in the ring with a chain to which the veteran Wright replied with laughter and congratulations.<sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also known for using a loaded boot, which wrestlers like <a href="/wiki/Tony_Anthony" title="Tony Anthony">Tony Anthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Len_Denton" class="mw-redirect" title="Len Denton">The Grappler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Prichard" title="Tom Prichard">Tom Prichard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> would use in later years. </p><p>As a manager, Ron Wright would pretend to have a heart condition and implore fans not to distress him with loud sounds which would lead them to making as much noise as possible, in the hope of causing him a heart attack. </p><p>In his later career as a manager, Ron Wright would constantly claim to have been a "scientific", "Christian" wrestler which would mean a face in 1980s wrestling terminology and claim never to have hurt an opponent despite being widely known to generations of audiences as one of the most violent, nefarious and cheating heels during his days as an active wrestler, especially in light of Whitely Caldwell's first and real injury. </p><p>As a manager in Continental Championship Wrestling, Wright would illegally interfere in matches handing heels weapons, distracting the referee or physically hindering or assaulting face opponents.<sup id="cite_ref-King_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next as a manager in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (run by Jim Cornette), a still relatively young (in his mid fifties) Ron Wright would develop his character further and appear in a wheelchair claiming that he needed to find a wrestler (eventually mainly Dirty White Boy but with help from other heels) to manage, in order to make enough money for hip and heart operations, while still continuing his illegal ringside activities to the ire of commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bob_Armstrong" title="Bob Armstrong">Bob Armstrong</a>, and heel manager <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoot_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cornette_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Championships and accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame" title="NWA Hall of Fame">NWA Hall of Fame</a> (class of 2015)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NWA_Mid-America" title="NWA Mid-America">NWA Mid-America</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Tennessee_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship">NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship</a> (21 times) – with Don Wright (14), Frank Morrell (2), Whitey Caldwell (1), Jack Donovan (2), <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Gilbert" title="Tommy Gilbert">Tommy Gilbert</a> (1), & <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Royal" title="Nelson Royal">Nelson Royal</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Southeastern_Heavyweight_Championship_(Northern_Division)" title="NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division)">NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship</a> (5 times)</li> <li>NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Mid-America_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)">NWA World Tag Team Championship</a> (1 time) – with Don Wright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship_(Memphis_version)" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version)">NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship</a> (1 time)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship_(Mid-America_version)" title="NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)">NWA United States Tag Team Championship</a> (1 time) – with Frank Morrell</li> <li>NWA Southern Tag Team Championship</li> <li>NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship <sup id="cite_ref-King_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Titles_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Titles-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Southern Championship Wrestling</b> <ul><li>NWA Tennessee Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kingsport-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kingsport_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timesnews.net/News/2015/04/22/East-Tennessee-wrestling-legend-passes-away">"Wrestling Legend Passes Away"</a>. Timesnews.net. April 21, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wrestling+Legend+Passes+Away&rft.pub=Timesnews.net&rft.date=2015-04-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FNews%2F2015%2F04%2F22%2FEast-Tennessee-wrestling-legend-passes-away&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shoot-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shoot_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kayfabememories.com/Interviews/ronwright-2.htm">"Kayfabe Memories Interview with Ron Wright"</a>. Kayfabememories.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kayfabe+Memories+Interview+with+Ron+Wright&rft.pub=Kayfabememories.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kayfabememories.com%2FInterviews%2Fronwright-2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-King-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8H0Iq-ejDU">"Southern States Wrestling Tribute to Ron Wright"</a>. Youtube<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Southern+States+Wrestling+Tribute+to+Ron+Wright&rft.pub=Youtube&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3De8H0Iq-ejDU&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cornette-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cornette_4-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jimcornette.com/fighting-spirit/number-one-hillbilly-fsm118">"Number One Hillbilly"</a>. Jimcornette.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Number+One+Hillbilly&rft.pub=Jimcornette.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jimcornette.com%2Ffighting-spirit%2Fnumber-one-hillbilly-fsm118&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Canoe-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Canoe_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Canoe_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150425205508/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/04/21/22356711.html">"Slam Sports obituary Ron Wright"</a>. Slam.canoe.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/04/21/22356711.html">the original</a> on April 25, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Slam+Sports+obituary+Ron+Wright&rft.pub=Slam.canoe.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fslam.canoe.com%2FSlam%2FWrestling%2F2015%2F04%2F21%2F22356711.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-King2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-King2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-King2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_NJ_KCgCgk">"Ron Fuller on Ron Wright on Austin Idol Podcast"</a>. Youtube<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ron+Fuller+on+Ron+Wright+on+Austin+Idol+Podcast&rft.pub=Youtube&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DG_NJ_KCgCgk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFuBGHEpktA">"Southern States Wrestling Legacy Episode 65 - Ron Wright's Chisel returns"</a>. Youtube<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 22,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Southern+States+Wrestling+Legacy+Episode+65+-+Ron+Wright%27s+Chisel+returns&rft.pub=Youtube&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQFuBGHEpktA&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Titles-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Titles_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=6052&page=11">"Ron Wright list of titles"</a>. cagematch.net<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ron+Wright+list+of+titles&rft.pub=cagematch.net&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cagematch.net%2F%3Fid%3D2%26nr%3D6052%26page%3D11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames2016" class="citation book cs1">James, Beau (2016). <i>Don't Miss This! The History of Pro Wrestling in Kingsport, TN 1960–1969</i>. Beau James. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1500847555" title="Special:BookSources/978-1500847555"><bdi>978-1500847555</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Don%27t+Miss+This%21+The+History+of+Pro+Wrestling+in+Kingsport%2C+TN+1960%E2%80%931969&rft.pub=Beau+James&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1500847555&rft.aulast=James&rft.aufirst=Beau&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Wright+%28wrestler%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NWA_Hall_of_Fame_Inductees" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NWA_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template:NWA Hall of Fame"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:#000000">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NWA_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template talk:NWA Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:#000000">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NWA_Hall_of_Fame" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NWA Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:#000000">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NWA_Hall_of_Fame_Inductees" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame" title="NWA Hall of Fame"><span style="color:#000000">NWA Hall of Fame Inductees</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2005" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2005</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(wrestling)" title="Jim Barnett (wrestling)">Jim Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2006" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2006</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk_Jr." title="Dory Funk Jr.">Dory Funk Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Graham" title="Eddie Graham">Eddie Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Russell" title="Lance Russell">Lance Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leilani_Kai" title="Leilani Kai">Leilani Kai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express" title="Rock 'n' Roll Express">Rock 'n' Roll Express</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Morton" title="Ricky Morton">Ricky Morton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(wrestler)" title="Robert Gibson (wrestler)">Robert Gibson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saul_Weingeroff" title="Saul Weingeroff">Saul Weingeroff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2008" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2008</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Corsicans <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corsica_Joe" title="Corsica Joe">Corsica Joe</a> and Corsica Jean</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik" title="The Iron Sheik">The Iron Sheik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midnight Express (professional wrestling)">Midnight Express</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Eaton" title="Bobby Eaton">Bobby Eaton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Condrey" title="Dennis Condrey">Dennis Condrey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Koloff" title="Nikita Koloff">Nikita Koloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Rich" title="Tommy Rich">Tommy Rich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2009" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2009</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Coralluzzo" title="Dennis Coralluzzo">Dennis Coralluzzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kiniski" title="Gene Kiniski">Gene Kiniski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jarrett" title="Jerry Jarrett">Jerry Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Orndorff" title="Paul Orndorff">Paul Orndorff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tully_Blanchard" title="Tully Blanchard">Tully Blanchard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2010" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">Buddy Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Severn" title="Dan Severn">Dan Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Hodge" title="Danny Hodge">Danny Hodge</a></li> <li>Ed Chuman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brisco" title="Jack Brisco">Jack Brisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wrecking_Crew_(professional_wrestling)" title="Minnesota Wrecking Crew (professional wrestling)">Minnesota Wrecking Crew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Gene Anderson (wrestler)">Gene Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lars_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Lars Anderson (wrestler)">Lars Anderson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ole_Anderson" title="Ole Anderson">Ole Anderson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Gulas" title="Nick Gulas">Nick Gulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sheik_(wrestler)" title="The Sheik (wrestler)">The Sheik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2011" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2011</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Savoldi" title="Angelo Savoldi">Angelo Savoldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Apter" title="Bill Apter">Bill Apter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Blassie" title="Freddie Blassie">Freddie Blassie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Valentine" title="Johnny Valentine">Johnny Valentine</a></li> <li>LeBells <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aileen_Eaton" title="Aileen Eaton">Aileen Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_LeBell" title="Gene LeBell">Gene LeBell</a> and Mike LeBell</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Connor_(wrestler)" title="Pat O'Connor (wrestler)">Pat O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Green" title="Sue Green">Sue Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel" title="Wahoo McDaniel">Wahoo McDaniel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2012" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2012</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tolos" title="John Tolos">John Tolos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Grable" title="Joyce Grable">Joyce Grable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Beaver_(wrestler)" title="Little Beaver (wrestler)">Little Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misty_Blue_Simmes" title="Misty Blue Simmes">Misty Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Wrestling_II" title="Mr. Wrestling II">Mr. Wrestling II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boesch" title="Paul Boesch">Paul Boesch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warriors" title="Road Warriors">Road Warriors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal" title="Road Warrior Animal">Road Warrior Animal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk" title="Road Warrior Hawk">Road Warrior Hawk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sputnik_Monroe" title="Sputnik Monroe">Sputnik Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Long" title="Theodore Long">Teddy Long</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2013" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2013</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobo_Brazil" title="Bobo Brazil">Bobo Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk" title="Dory Funk">Dory Funk, Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Ladd" title="Ernie Ladd">Ernie Ladd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabulous_Kangaroos" title="Fabulous Kangaroos">Fabulous Kangaroos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Costello" title="Al Costello">Al Costello</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Heffernan" title="Roy Heffernan">Roy Heffernan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Fargo" title="Jackie Fargo">Jackie Fargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler)" title="Ray Stevens (wrestler)">Ray Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2014" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2014</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kelly_(wrestler)" title="Bob Kelly (wrestler)">Cowboy Bob Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Dillon" title="J. J. Dillon">J. J. Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">Kevin Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ox_Baker" title="Ox Baker">Ox Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinkie_George" title="Pinkie George">Pinkie George</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2015" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2015</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Pearce" title="Adam Pearce">Adam Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_McGuirk" title="Leroy McGuirk">Leroy McGuirk</a></li> <li>Mike Sircy</li> <li>Wright Brothers <ul><li>Don Wright and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ron Wright</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2016" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2016</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Malenko" title="Boris Malenko">Boris Malenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Hart_(wrestler)" title="Gary Hart (wrestler)">Gary Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Rossi" title="Len Rossi">Len Rossi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Nick Bockwinkel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#000000; background:#FAD02C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div id="2017" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2017</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Marshall" title="Everett Marshall">Everett Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lothario" title="José Lothario">José Lothario</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&oldid=1248127469">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&oldid=1248127469</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1938_births" title="Category:1938 births">1938 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2015_deaths" title="Category:2015 deaths">2015 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_male_professional_wrestlers" title="Category:American male professional wrestlers">American male professional wrestlers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Kingsport,_Tennessee" title="Category:People from Kingsport, Tennessee">People from Kingsport, Tennessee</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestlers_from_Tennessee" title="Category:Professional wrestlers from Tennessee">Professional wrestlers from Tennessee</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_promoters" title="Category:Professional wrestling promoters">Professional wrestling promoters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_male_professional_wrestlers" title="Category:20th-century male professional wrestlers">20th-century male professional wrestlers</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_July_2017" title="Category:Use mdy dates from July 2017">Use mdy dates from July 2017</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 27 September 2024, at 20:17<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Wright_(wrestler)&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-7dfb9d98f5-hx4pt","wgBackendResponseTime":172,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.359","walltime":"0.472","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1758,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":52771,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":1434,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":18,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":2,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":48994,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 409.074 1 -total"," 30.49% 124.711 1 Template:NWA_Hall_of_Fame"," 29.96% 122.577 1 Template:Navbox_with_collapsible_groups"," 28.21% 115.390 1 Template:Reflist"," 24.60% 100.628 1 Template:Infobox_professional_wrestler"," 23.71% 96.989 1 Template:Infobox"," 23.60% 96.550 8 Template:Cite_web"," 15.49% 63.375 2 Template:Br_separated_entries"," 10.32% 42.204 1 Template:Birth_date"," 6.61% 27.049 1 Template:Use_mdy_dates"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.218","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5000499,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-5bd6ff7d68-lw5bk","timestamp":"20241121185222","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Ron Wright (wrestler)","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Wright_(wrestler)","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q28474863","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q28474863","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2017-01-20T17:20:47Z","dateModified":"2024-09-27T20:17:42Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/d\/de\/Ron_Wright.jpg","headline":"American professional wrestler"}</script> </body> </html>