Early career (1965–1981) Murdoch started wrestling in 1965 as "Ron Carson", working in a tag team with
Don Carson. One of his moves was the
brainbuster, which he was taught by
Killer Karl Kox. Both men were involved in a series of vignettes alongside
"Mean" Gene Okerlund, with both men visiting each other's hometowns, not being used with each other's urban and country lifestyles. On April 17, 1984, Murdoch and Adonis defeated
Rocky Johnson and
Tony Atlas to win the
WWF World Tag Team Championship. They defended the titles against the likes of
Jack Brisco and
Jerry Brisco, The
Wild Samoans (
Afa and
Sika) and
Sgt. Slaughter and
Terry Daniels. In 1982, Murdoch returned for the
MSG League 1982 tournament, finishing 4th place with 41 points, scoring victories over wrestlers like
The Iron Sheik, Seiji Sakaguchi, Tatsumi Fujinami,
Don Muraco and
Tiger Toguchi. He also engaged in a few encounters with
Hulk Hogan, which ended in double count-out or with Murdoch being disqualified. He once again entered the MSG Tag League, this time with the
Masked Superstar with the team finishing 4th place with 21 points, scoring victories over teams such as El Canek and
Perro Aguayo, Tiger Toguchi and
Killer Khan and
Dino Bravo and Murdoch's future tag team partner Adrian Adonis. He would once again enter the MSG Tag League of that year, this time teaming with Adonis, with the team reaching the finals with 27.5 points, in a losing effort against the winners Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan. A year later, after his team with Adonis officialized while both were in the WWF, they started regularly to team up against New Japan's top tag-team contenders and having encounters against Inoki, Fujinami,
André the Giant, Gerry Morow, Strong Machines (
#1 and #2) and other top threats. Both men individually entered the
MSG League, in which Murdoch finished 5th place with 30 points, defeating
Ken Patera, Big John Quinn,
Otto Wanz and even his own partner Adonis. The team of Murdoch and Adonis entered the MSG Tag League of that year, once again reaching the finals with 23 points, but again coming up short against the winners Inoki and Fujinami. In 1985, Murdoch entered the
IWGP League, a single-elimination system-styled tournament, defeating Kengo Kimura in the first round, advancing to the quarterfinals in which he defeated Seiji Sakaguchi, until losing to Andre the Giant in the semi-finals. He and Adonis were wrestling in Japan while both were WWF Tag Team Champions, at one point successfully defending both belts against Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami. After both men left the WWF, they wrestled full-time with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, once competing for the vacated
WWF International Tag Team Championship against the team they defended their national belts, Kimura and Fujinami, in a losing effort. Murdoch participated in the IWGP League of that year, wrestling his way to the finals, where he lost to Inoki. The following year saw Murdoch not having much exposure, as he was wrestling often in tag team action alongside younger foreign wrestlers, such as
Scott Hall,
Owen Hart,
Matt Borne and
The Cuban Assassin. Later, he found an uncommon tag team partnership with Inoki as both men competed in the
Japan Cup Tag Team League together. They wrestled their way to the finals, where both men lost to Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami. In 1988, Adonis returned to NJPW, immediately reuniting with Murdoch, reforming their tag team, and later forming a trio with Owen Hart. Murdoch and Adonis' only title match occurred on June 23, where they unsuccessfully faced reigning
IWGP Tag Team Champions Masa Saito and Riki Choshu. The duo teamed together until Adonis' death on July 4, and after that date, Murdoch would not return to Japan for 5 months. In November 1988, Murdoch returned to NJPW, taking part into the Japan Cup Tag Team Elimination League, a round-robin tournament of trios consisting of six-man tag team elimination matches. Murdoch teamed up with Scott Hall and
Bob Orton Jr., wrestling their first tournament match on November 17, defeating the six-man combination of Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu and
Kantaro Hoshino, with Murdoch last eliminating Inoki with Orton's assistance. They suffered their first loss at the hands of Masa Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto and Seiji Sakaguchi, but quickly rebounded by defeating
Super Strong Machine, The Tiger and
The Jaguar, with Murdoch last eliminating the Strong Machine. They later defeated Kengo Kimura, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Osamu Kido, even though Murdoch got eliminated by Kimura during the match, his team got the win after Orton last eliminated Fujiwara. Their winning streak continued when they defeated
George Takano,
Steve Armstrong and
Tracy Smothers, after Murdoch last eliminated Takano. They would feud with the Steiners, but Scott suffered an injury, so instead, they wrestled Rick and his different tag team partners throughout the summer.
Late career (1989–1996) After leaving WCW in 1989, Murdoch went to
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan from 1989 to 1990. In 1991, he worked in Puerto Rico for the
World Wrestling Council, where he won the
WWC Television Championship from
TNT on November 23, 1991. He made a one-night appearance for
Extreme Championship Wrestling's
Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular on June 19, where he defeated Dark Patriot II. From 1993 to 1994, he worked in
Smoky Mountain Wrestling, feuding with
Bob Armstrong; during one match, Armstrong held him in a headlock for 23 minutes, and Murdoch worked many ways in and out of the headlock, entertaining the audience. He also briefly worked as the
manager of
Bob Backlund at
house shows. His last match was a victory over
Rod Price at a show in Amarillo, Texas on June 6, 1996. ==Personal life==