Dick Murdoch
Hoyt Richard Murdoch was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck". He was best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Murdoch started his wrestling career in 1965, and three years later, he began teaming with longtime partner Dusty Rhodes as the Texas Outlaws. After they split up, Murdoch wrestled for several territories including the National Wrestling Alliance, Florida Championship Wrestling, and Mid-South Wrestling, also touring overseas. He would join the World Wrestling Federation in 1984 and teamed with Adrian Adonis to form the North-South Connection, winning the WWE World Tag Team Championship. In 1981, Murdoch gained international exposure by joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling and stayed there until 1989. He later wrestled for Jim Crockett Promotions, engaging in feuds with the likes of Ric Flair, Nikita Koloff, and Dusty Rhodes. He also worked for World Championship Wrestling in 1991 in a tag team with Dick Slater until going into semi-retirement, while making appearances at the 1995 WWE Royal Rumble and WCW Slamboree '93: A Legends' Reunion.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.198 |
Birthday | 1946-08-16 |
Place of Birth | Waxahachie, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Ron Carson, |
1978
Paradise Alley
5.8/128
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1985
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
5.4/10
A documentary crew follows the tale of a pro wrestler who disappeared and seems to have now returned to the sport under a new guise.
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1989
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
0/0
Live from The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland
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2023
Biography: Dusty Rhodes
0/0
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1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
10/2
WWF Wrestling bloopers.
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1985
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
0/0
Some of the most unusual matches in WWF History.
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The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
2007
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
0/0
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Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
9.3/3
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1985
Best of the WWF Volume 1
0/0
The best action that the WWF has to offer.
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1985
Andre the Giant
6.2/4
Some of this wrestler's best fights.
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1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2
0/0
Gorilla Monsoon hosts this second volume of some of the best WWF has to offer.
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1985
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
0/0
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1973
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6/2
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1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
0/0
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1984
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0/0
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1988
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0/0
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1989
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
0/0
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1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All
10/1
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1985
MSW WrestleFest
0/0
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1989
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
0/0
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1980
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
0/0
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1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
10/2
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1993
ECW Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular
2.5/2
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WWE Royal Rumble 1995
7.2/14
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WCW Slamboree 1995
0/0
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1974
The Wrestler
4.2/5
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