Farmer started out wrestling in the 1960s and was trained by
Ray Stevens. His early wrestling days were spent on the Northern California, Hawaii and Las Vegas wrestling circuits. In Phoenix on January 7, 1966, Farmer was beaten by Nikita Mulkovich. He was beaten again by Mulkovich on January 31. On October 2, 1970, Farmer and Tito Montez took on The Comancheros in Phoenix, but were beaten by them. On the 19th of that month, they beat The Comancheros. In 1967 he wrestled for
World Wide Wrestling Federation as a jobber. In 1971, with partner Bobby Duncum, farmer defeated The Beast and Bulldog Brower and won the NWA Western States Tag Team Titles. In 1980, Farmer was photographed at a gym for a publicity stunt with iconic stripper
Carol Doda. From 1989 to 1992, Farmer was a promoter and achieved a degree of success in that field. It was reported by the
East Bay Times on February 15, 2007, that 71 year old Farmer, along with his son 43 year old son Shane Kody and 21 year old grandson Riot (both wrestlers) were to wrestle another three man tag team for the Night of Champions on the 24th of that month. On February 24 for Bay Wrestling Federation in Alameda, California, he teamed with his son Shane Kody and his grandson Riot defeating Boom Boom Comini, Johnny Starr and Mr. Frost. During his career, Farmer held a several titles. With Bobby Duncum he held the NWA Western States Tag Team title in 1971 and he also held the California State Heavyweight Championship on three occasions during the early 1980s. Other titles include: • American Wrestling Association • Awa Midwest Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) with Reggie Parks • Western States Alliance • WSA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time ) • WSA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) - with Tor Kamata == Acting career ==