Tag Archives: Wrestling History

Episode 13: Family Feud

A family feud begins when Ron’s grandfather, Roy Welch, uses the Tennessee Athletic Commission to take Memphis from Ron’s dad, Buddy Fuller.

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Episode 12: The King Lives

The Tennessee Stud meets, and his dad trains, the one
and only Elvis!  Memphis wrestling explodes as 30,000 plus witness the Cadillac finals!

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Episode 10: Tony’s Call

This week, The Stud covers Eddie Graham, Dory Funk Sr., Roy Shire, Ray Stevens, plus introduces the family’s move to Memphis.

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Episode 9: Dynomite!!!

Wrestling history fans – this one’s for you! The Stud’s remarkable historical update of territories and the world in the 1960’s is tremendous.

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Episode 8: Wrestling’s Torch Is Lit!

This week, the Tennessee Stud reveals great and great, great grandfather stories and how his father and grandfather lit the torch for two generations of diehard fans.

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Episode 7: Ron’s Drowning

The Stud’s growing up in a wrestling world. Ron reveals the young Fuller brothers uniquely dangerous childhood that prepared them for a one of a kind future.

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Episode 6: He Had A Chisel

Ron continues the Studcast’s historical story this week, with the story of the formation of the NWA in 1948.  The Tennessee Stud also looks at Gulf Coast Wrestling exploding with 40,000 watching Buddy Fuller vs Mario Galento in 1958, as well as Ron and his brother Rob as wrestler’s sons.

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Episode 1: In The Beginning

Ron Fuller, the Tennessee Stud, introduces his family and specifically his grandfather, Roy Welch, who was trained by Cal Farley and the original Dutch Mantell in the early 1900’s. Ron was a world-wide wrestling talent and respected promoter.  This chronological and historical journey follows the oldest and largest wrestling family on the planet with spellbinding story telling through 93 years and four generations!
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