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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.


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Born:
Aug 16, 1946 In Waxahachie, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie The Wrestling Queen 1973-11-01
Latest Project:
Movie Biography: Dusty Rhodes 2023-04-09
Known For
Poster of Biography: Dusty Rhodes
Poster of ECW Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular
Poster of The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
Poster of Best of the WWF Volume 1
Filmography
Movie Biography: Dusty Rhodes Self (archive footage) 2023-04-09
Movie Legends of Mid-South Wrestling Himself 2013-09-10
Movie Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 Dick Murdoch 2007-07-31
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1995 Himself 1995-01-22
Movie WCW Slamboree 1995 Himself 1995-05-21
Movie ECW Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular Dick Murdoch 1993-06-19
Movie WCW Slamboree 1993 Himself 1993-05-23
Movie NWA Live: March 18, 1989 Dick Murdoch 1989-03-18
Movie NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown "Dirty" Dick Murdoch 1989-05-07
Movie WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun Dick Murdoch 1989-04-02
Movie The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament The Outlaw 1988-04-23
Movie Best of the WWF Volume 2 Dick Murdoch 1985-01-01
Movie The WWF's Most Unusual Matches Dick Murdoch 1985-01-01
Movie Best of the WWF Volume 1 Dick Murdoch 1985-01-01
Movie WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest Dick Murdoch 1985-01-01
Movie Grunt! The Wrestling Movie Grunt Brother 1985-11-07
Movie Andre the Giant Dick Murdoch (archive footage) 1985-12-02
Movie MSW WrestleFest Himself 1985-07-28
Movie Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! Self 1985-01-01
Movie WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 Dick Murdoch 1984-07-15
Movie WWE The Brawl to End it All Self 1984-07-23
Movie WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 Dick Murdoch 1984-10-14
Movie NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa Himself 1980-08-03
Movie Paradise Alley Wrestler 1978-09-22
Movie The Wrestler Dick Murdoch 1974-04-28
Movie The Wrestling Queen Dick Murdoch 1973-11-01