Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer Ronnie Garvin said modern wrestling is "embarrassing to watch" on bustedopenonsiriusxm and revealed he told a local promoter his show "sucks" to his face.
"I went to some places to sign autographs, and then they had wrestling after. They wanted me to stay, and it was actually embarrassing to watch. I had one guy who's a promoter. He said, 'What do you think?' He had 20 people that came to the matches. I said, 'It sucks. It's horrible. I wouldn't even put that in front of kids.'"
"They call it wrestling, but nobody takes a hold. It's okay to kick, punch, and sometimes chairs, whatever. But that's a big plus when you're wrestling somebody that's been in the business and they keep you in the ring 50 minutes."
Garvin said he never talked in the ring in his entire career: "I watched a match about six months ago. I could hear them talk in the ring, and I was about 20 feet away. I'm going, 'Oh my God, what are they doing?'"
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