Ronald Welch (born March 3, 1948) is a retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Ron Fuller and Tennessee Stud.

[3] At 6'9", Fuller was a basketball stand-out at Briarcliff High School[4] in Atlanta and won a scholarship to the University of Miami where he was a three-year letterman.

[7] The Fullers came up on the short end in their title chase, with the storyline being that Robert was injured by Anderson and Stubbs.

[8] As the territory's owner, he created a new singles belt called the NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship.

The next week, Fuller revealed a clause in the contract claiming, "Because Armstrong lost (though a pin never occurred), he must leave the territory."

He brought in the New Guinea Headhunters, Sheik Abdul (Saudi Arabia), and Kris von Kolt (Germany).

In a throwback to Bob Armstrong's Bullet storyline, The Tennessee Stud arrived to wrestle on behalf of Ron Fuller.

[3] Throughout the 1990s, he helped bring World Championship Wrestling (WCW) shows to the old territory, but never worked full-time for the promotion.

Following that he ran a series of shows in Knoxville at the Homer Hamilton Theater that ended up being a short-lived developmental area for WWE.

[citation needed] In 2017, Fuller started a podcast called the Studcast reliving his family history in professional wrestling.

[12] On January 25, 2020, Fuller returned to the ring at the age of 72 teaming with his cousin Jimmy Golden to defeat the Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Mike Patrick) at Continental Championship Wrestling in Dothan, Alabama.

It's a fictional adventure, about an African lion that escapes into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.