Terry Garvin
| Terry Garvin | |
|---|---|
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| Birth name | Terry Joyal |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Died | August 17, 1998[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Terry Garvin |
| Debut | 1958[2] |
Terry Joyal,[2] better known by his ring name Terry Garvin, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with kayfabe brother Ron Garvin, with whom he won several tag team championships in the Southern United States. He is also known for a case of sexual harassment in 1992 that led to the end of his employment with the World Wrestling Federation.
Professional wrestling career
Joyal grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He trained to become a professional wrestler at a gym in the Loisirs St. Jean de Baptiste church in Montreal.[2] He made his wrestling debut in 1958 in Ontario.[2]
He held the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling two times in 1964 with partner Chin Lee.
Beginning in 1965, Garvin began an approximately five-year stint as the tag team partner of Ron Garvin.[2] In November 1967, he wrestled for Championship Wrestling from Florida and won the Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Ron Garvin, trading it with the team of Paul DeMarco and Lorenzo Parente.[2][3]
Garvin then began teaming with Duke Myers. The pair's manager was Jimmy Garvin, the stepson of Ron Garvin.[2] In 1972 in NWA Tri-State, the team won the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. By 1973, he was working in NWA Mid-America, where he won the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship three times with Myers.[4] Later in the year, he won the title two more times with Ron Garvin.[4] The Garvins also held the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship that year.[5] He returned to the Gulf Coast in 1974, teaming once again with Ron Garvin, to win Southeastern Championship Wrestling's NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship.[6]
By the early 1980s Garvin retired from the ring and went on to book for Bob Geigel's NWA territory, Central States Wrestling, in Kansas City. In 1985 Terry was approached by Pat Patterson and eventually was offered a job working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) behind the scenes. His employment with WWF ceased on March 2, 1992.[2]
Personal life
Garvin was openly homosexual.[1] Allegedly, Garvin had an address book full of names and addresses of males that he hooked up with around the country as he traveled.[1] He allegedly once accosted a 19-year-old, who later reached a settlement with the WWF.[1] WWF owner Vince McMahon discussed the incident on Larry King Live.[1] Fellow wrestler Barry Orton called into the show and claimed that Garvin accosted him in 1978.[1]
He was good friends with fellow wrestler Pat Patterson.[1] He knew Patterson, as well as tag team partner Ron Garvin, when he was growing up in Montreal.[2]
Championships and accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Ron Garvin[3]
- Continental Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling/Southeastern Championship Wrestling
- NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (2 times) - with Chin Lee
- NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Garvin[6]
- Mid-South Sports/Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ron Garvin[8]
- NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ron Garvin[9]
- NWA Mid-America
- NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Ron Garvin (2), Duke Myers (3)[4]
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) – with Ron Garvin[5]
- NWA Tri-State
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) - with Duke Myers
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Assael, Shaun (2004). Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. Random House, Inc. pp. 113–115. ISBN 978-1-4000-5143-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Oliver, Greg (January 2, 2006). "Terry Garvin: A career overshadowed". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Florida Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 3 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 194–196. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "AWA Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 185–189. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "CWA Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Georgia Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 142–143. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Macon Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 145. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ "PWI 500 1991". The Turnbuckle Post. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "UWA Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.