So, I was digging around the internet the other day, looking for some old-school wrestling stuff. And I stumbled upon this guy, Ron McFarlane. Now, I remembered the name vaguely but never looked into him. That’s when I thought, “Why not dive in and see what this guy’s all about?”

First thing I did was hit up my usual wrestling database sites. You know, the ones that keep track of every match, every win, every loss. Turns out, this McFarlane guy had a whopping 373 matches in their records! I mean, that’s a whole lot of time in the squared circle. That got me interested!
I started going through his match history, just scrolling and clicking. He had some interesting matches, like one against Eddie Gilbert and Kerry Brown. It was a “Best Two Out Of Three Falls” match, and it looks like McFarlane and his partner, Billy Howard, lost that one. But hey, 21 minutes in the ring? That’s a good chunk of time, and you can see they gave it their all.
Then I saw another match, this time against Frank Hill and Ron Starr. The date was October 5th, 1979. McFarlane teamed up with Rock Hunter, but they didn’t get the win that night either. Still, it’s cool to see the names he was in the ring with. Some of these guys went on to become big stars, you know?
One match that really caught my eye was another “Best Two Out Of Three Falls” match. This one was against Dewey Robertson and Tommy Martin. McFarlane teamed up with Jerry Brown. 18 minutes, and the match ended with McFarlane and Brown losing. Looked like a real fight between those four.
As I kept digging, I found out that McFarlane was part of a tag team called the “Alabama Chain Gang”. They were apparently pretty well-known in their time. It seemed that he mostly worked in the tag team division.
Unfortunately, I also found out that Ron McFarlane passed away in 2021. It’s always sad to hear about a wrestler passing away. But it made me appreciate his career even more. The guy dedicated years of his life to the business, and that’s something you gotta respect.
After spending a few hours looking through all this stuff, I decided to compile all of McFarlane’s matches into a spreadsheet. It took a while, but I managed to organize it all by date, opponent, and result.
- I copied all the dates to my sheet.
- Then, I went ahead and did the same with the opponents.
- Finally, I checked if it was a win or a loss and marked the results.
I know it sounds a bit much, but it’s always a great feeling to have a complete record of a guy’s career like that. Now, I can easily look up any of his matches whenever I want. It is like creating a mini-database for myself!
So, that’s my little adventure into the career of Ron McFarlane. He might not have been the biggest name in wrestling, but he was a solid worker who had a long and interesting career. And who knows, maybe I’ll uncover some more hidden gems as I keep digging through the archives of wrestling history. If I do, I’ll be sure to share them with you guys.