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Ron Bass

Nickname: Cowboy; Outlaw

Height: 6' 4"

Weight: 286 lbs

From: Pampa, TX

Birthday: Dec 21st

Pro Debut: 1975

Aliases: Sam Oliver Bass, Ron Garfield

Feds Worked For: TSW, WWF, Gulf Coast Wrestling (FL), NWA, Mid-Southern Wrestling (TN), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (AL/GA/TN), Pacific Northwest (OR), All-Japan (Japan), Full Impact Pro (FL)

Finisher: Texas Gourdbuster

Signature Moves: The Claw

Career Highlights: -AJPW International Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-Mid-Southern Champion
-Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Lane)
-NWA Americas Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Hiro Ota, Lonnie Mayne, & Roddy Piper)
-NWA Bahamas Champion
-NWA (Central States) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Ken Mantell)
-NWA Florida Champion (2x)
-NWA (Florida) Global Tag Team Champion (w/ Barry Windham)
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (4x, 3 w/ Black Bart, 1 w/ One Man Gang)
-NWA (Florida) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA Gulf Coast Champion
-NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ Don Bass & Dutch Bass)
-NWA Mid-American Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Black Bart)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Brass Knucks Champion
-NWA National Champion
-NWA Pacific Northwest Champion
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ John Anson & Moondog Mayne)
-NWA Southeast Champion (2x)
-NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (w/ Super Pro)
-NWA Television Champion
-NWA Tennessee Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Don Bass)
-TSW Arkansas Champion
-TSW Brass Knuckles Champion

Affiliates: Black Bart, Hiro Ota, Lonnie Mayne, Roddy Piper, Ken Mantell, Maw Bass, James J. Dillon, Oliver Humperdink, The Big C

Notable Feuds: Iron Sheik, Brutus Beefcake, Black Bart, Barry Windham, Junkyard Dog

Other Facts: -Father of pro wrestler Ron Bass, Jr.
-Billed as the brother of pro wrestlers Don Bass & Bobby Bass and the son of managers Maw Bass & Paw Bass.
-When Dutch Mantel competed as Dutch Bass, Ron was billed as his brother.
-In 1974, he briefly compete as Ron Garfield. He is not to be confused with the Ron Garfield who competed in Memphis later in the 1970s.
-As Sam Oliver Bass, he was sometimes billed from Oklahoma
-During one tour of Portland, he competed as Sam Oliver Bass and was billed from Oklahoma. He is not to be confused with the Sam Bass who competed in Tennessee. Ron knew Sam (who, by that point, had passed away) and was reluctant to do the gimmick, which was the idea of Dutch Savage.
-Carried a whip to ringside called "Miss Betsy"
-After retiring, he worked as a sales representative for a major construction supply company.
-Ranked # 299 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 364 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Passed away March 7, 2017 at the age of 68 from a burst appendix. He waited a week to get it checked out and by that time, the poison had overrun his system.