Terry Garvin's school of self defense

[Steve-French]

I might have brought this up in one of the old pwd threads, but I can't remember. Anyway, If a wrestler was rumored to be gay, as an inside joke Gorilla Monsoon would say that he trained at the Terry Garvin school of self defense. Lol.

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[Frank23]

Gorilla Monsoon was great.

 

[D.R.H.]

First day of class was the go behind.

 

[Deleted member 429137]

lol that's hilarious

 

[Steve-French]

first day of class was the go behind.

Ha! :icon_lol:

 

[Prime LeVan]

First day of class was the go behind.

Hip tossing was day two then?

 

[BoogerDawson]

I might have brought this up in one of the old pwd threads, but I can't remember. Anyway, If a wrestler was rumored to be gay, as an inside joke Gorilla Monsoon would say that he trained at the Terry Garvin school of self defense. Lol.

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I never knew Barry Horowitz got lessons from Pat Patterson as well.

 

[Steve-French]

Something I saw on another message board I thought I would ad to the topic:icon_lol:

The whole "Terry Garvin School of Self Defense" was a rib on Garvin (no relation to Ronnie, Jimmy or the other Terry). Monsoon used to say, "_______ is a graduate of the Terry Garvin School of Self Defense," every time a jobber did a go-behind or a rear chinlock. Eventually Heenan and Lord Alfred Hayes got into the act.

Bobby Heenan: "I've seen him break in a lot of young talent."

Lord Alfred Hayes: "I've seen him breaking in some young talent in Europe as well."

Vince McMahon: "Who's Terry Garvin?"

A lot of the talk centered around Steve Lombardi, later the Brooklyn Brawler. As Monsoon said, he was "the only graduate from the Pat Patterson and Terry Garvin School Of Self Defense." Bobby Heenan once said that Lombardi passed all the tests. "Written and oral."

 

[Teefs]

I might have brought this up in one of the old pwd threads, but I can't remember. Anyway, If a wrestler was rumored to be gay, as an inside joke Gorilla Monsoon would say that he trained at the Terry Garvin school of self defense. Lol.

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Something I saw on another message board I thought I would ad to the topic:icon_lol:

Pat Patterson was openly gay since the 1970s. Terry Garvin was even before that. WWF just didn't acknowledge Pat's orientation publicly until recently. So, yeah. I don't think rumors had anything to do with it.

I had no idea about Barry Horowitz, though. But I had a laugh reading that because I watched that guy job all the time as a kid.

 

[Steve-French]

Pat Patterson was openly gay since the 1970s. Terry Garvin was even before that. WWF just didn't acknowledge Pat's orientation publicly until recently. So, yeah. I don't think rumors had anything to do with it.

I had no idea about Barry Horowitz, though. But I had a laugh reading that because I watched that guy job all the time as a kid.

Your missing the point. No shit everybody in the business knew. I just think it's funny how Gorilla and the other guys would clown around about it when they were calling matches.

 

[deezy]

Did that make Mel Phillips a head(more likely toe) trainer?