Pro Wrestling Chronicle

Back on April 3rd I finished up my Memphis Diaries participation with my final ballot. You can find my ballot here, or by searching Memphis Diaries on the site.

Well a day or two ago the good people over at the Death Valley Driver Message Board released the final voting, so now for the first time you can see where my ballot put the matches, while finding out where the consensus vote landed. I’m pretty happy with the top ten myself, and thought the right matches were reward. Here’s the DVDVR Memphis 80s Final Results:

BEST OF THE 1980s MEMPHIS – Final Results

1. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town) (6/6/83) [EWY-6] = 6966 points
2. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (12/30/85) [EYETIGER-10] = 6901 points
3. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (3/23/81) [BADNEWS-9] = 6670 points
4. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Barbed Wire Match) (3/29/82) [BLUESKIES-8] = 6664 points
5. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (No DQ) (3/22/82) [BLUESKIES-6] = 6516 points
6. Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol (Hair vs. Hair, Steel Cage Match) (4/27/87) [MEMPTENN-4] = 6434 points
7. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (7/14/86) [EYETIGER-13] = 6313 points
8. Koko Ware vs. Ric Flair (11/18/85) [EYETIGER-9] = 6216 points
9. Jerry Lawler vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Texas Death) (9/7/86) [MEMPTENN-1] = 5808 points
10. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (Loser Leaves Town) (6/3/85) [WARMACH-14] = 5745 points
11. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (Empty Arena) (4/6/81) [BADNEWS-11] = 5662 points
12. Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantel vs. Bill Dundee & Buddy Landel (3/10/86) [EYETIGER-11] = 5613 points
13. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (No DQ) (11/8/82) [WINNING-4] = 5569 points
14. Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Pretty Young Things (Falls Count Anywhere) (5/18/84) [THRILL-7] = 5562 points
15. Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) [BLUESKIES-12] = 5357 points
16. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/18/82) [WINNING-2] = 5351 points
17. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Loser Leaves Town) (3/27/82) [BLUESKIES-7] = 5331 points
18. Jerry Lawler & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Austin Idol & Tommy Rich (Texas Death Match) (3/23/87) [MEMPTENN-3] = 5267 points
18. Jerry Lawler & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Austin Idol & Tommy Rich (Double Jeopardy Match) (3/16/87) [MEMPTENN-2] = 5267 points
20. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (Stretcher Match) (5/2/83) [EWY-4] = 5256 points
21. Jerry Lawler vs. Curt Hennig (Title vs. Retirement) (5/9/88) [MEMPTENN-9] = 5208 points
22. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Dutch Mantell & King Cobra (7/19/82) [BLUESKIES-10] = 5205 points
23. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/25/82) [WINNING-3] = 5187 points
24. Jerry Lawler vs. Rick Martel (Nashville 10/12/85) [EYETIGER-4] = 5102 points
25. Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl) (9/4/81) [BLUESKIES-3] = 5065 points
26. Bill Dundee vs. Sweet Brown Sugar (2/3 falls, Scaffold Match) (6/21/82) [BLUESKIES-9] = 5051 points
27. Ronnie Garvin vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (ICW 1982/83) [WINNING-11] = 5048 points
28. Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage vs. King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude (9/10/84) [THRILL-15] = 4995 points
29. Fabulous Ones vs. The Sheepherders (Cage Match) (8/6/85) [WARMACH-17] = 4976 points
30. Jerry Lawler vs. Crusher Blackwell (5/4/81) [BADNEWS-13] = 4885 points

31. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (4/9/84) [THRILL-3] = 4875 points
32. Fabulous Ones vs. Moondogs (6/13/83) [EWY-7] = 4844 points
33. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (Badstreet Match) (8/12/85) [EYETIGER-1] = 4841 points
34. Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage vs. King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude (No DQ) (9/17/84) [THRILL-16] = 4776 points
35. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (12/12/83) [EWY-16] = 4762 points
36. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (10/19/85) [EYETIGER-5] = 4703 points
37. Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Tennessee Street Fight) (6/25/84) [THRILL-9] = 4390 points
38. Jerry Lawler vs. King Kong Bundy ($10,000 Challenge) (7/16/84) [THRILL-13] = 4373 points
39. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jeff Jarrett (5/4/87) [MEMPTENN-5] = 4359 points
40. Rock N Roll Express vs. The Nightmares (1/13/85) [WARMACH-4] = 4290 points
41. Rock N Roll Express vs. Lanny Poffo & Randy Savage (6/25/84) [THRILL-10] = 4273 points
42. Bill Dundee vs. Wayne Farris & Tojo Yamamoto (3/7/81) [BADNEWS-6] = 4208 points
43. Fabulous Ones vs. Pretty Young Things (4/22/85) [WARMACH-10] = 4187 points
44. Randy Savage vs. Jerry Oski (5/7/85) [WARMACH-11] = 4172 points
45. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (6/27/88) [TROUB-2] = 4152 points
46. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (1/9/84) [THRILL-1] = 4060 points
47. Jerry Lawler vs. Dory Funk Jr. (3/30/81) [BADNEWS-10] = 4059 points
48. Bill Dundee vs. Tommy Rogers (11/7/83) [EWY-14] = 3963 points
49. The Fabulous Ones vs. Pretty Young Things (6/25/84) [THRILL-8] = 3945 points
50. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (8/5/85) [WARMACH-16] = 3941 points
51. Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (8/1/81) [BLUESKIES-2] = 3903 points
52. Dirty White Boys vs. The Interns (1/14/85) [WARMACH-5] = 3888 points
53. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (9/17/88) [TROUB-4] = 3867 points
54. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (5/29/88) [TROUB-1] = 3716 points
55. Bill Dundee vs. Tommy Rich (8/23/80) [BADNEWS-5] = 3694 points
56. Bill Dundee vs. Bobby Eaton (7/24/82) [BLUESKIES-11] = 3653 points
56. Rock N Roll Express vs. Lanny Poffo & Randy Savage (7/9/84) [THRILL-11] = 3653 points
58. Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Bunkhouse Match) (10/10/83) [EWY-12] = 3529 points
59. Randy Savage vs. Austin Idol (5/7/84) [THRILL-5] = 3496 points
60. Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert (No DQ) (3/28/88) [MEMPTENN-7] = 3468 points
61. Stan Lane & Koko Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton (No DQ, 2/3 Falls) (10/81) [BLUESKIES-5] = 3321 points
62. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (4/4/83) [EWY-3] = 3213 points
63. Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantell & Terry Taylor vs. Bobby Eaton, Sweet Brown Sugar, Rick McGraw & Sabu (12/4/82) [WINNING-9] = 3198 points
64. Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich vs. Dutch Mantell & Austin Idol (3/12/81) [BADNEWS-7] = 3174 points
65. Ronnie Garvin vs. Lanny Poffo (ICW 1982/83) [WINNING-10] = 3172 points
66. Koko Ware vs. Tommy Rogers (10/24/83) [EWY-13] = 3126 points
67. Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Texas Bullrope Match) (10/3/83) [EWY-11] = 3113 points
68. Fabulous Ones vs. Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers (Hair vs. Titles) (5/16/83) [EWY-5] = 3092 points
69. Bill Dundee & Bobby Fulton vs. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar (11/15/82) [WINNING-7] = 3073 points
70. Bill Dundee, Steve Keirn, Rick & Robert Gibson vs. Dream Machine, Nightmare #1 & Heartbreakers (7/25/81) [BLUESKIES-1] = 3043 points
71. Dutch Mantell vs. Eddie Gilbert (9/17/84) [THRILL-17] = 3008 points
72. Randy Savage vs. Austin Idol (5/14/84) [THRILL-6] = 2979 points
73. The Nightmares vs. Mod Squad (Wear a Dress vs. Make-up Session) (7/21/86) [EYETIGER-14] = 2951 points
74. Rock N Roll Express & Bobby Eaton vs. The Moondogs & Jimmy Hart (7/25/83) [EWY-8] = 2928 points
75. Fabulous Ones vs. The Sheepherders (Boyd & Morgan) (6/22/85) [WARMACH-15] = 2908 points

76. Bill Dundee & Tony Boyles vs. Wayne Farris & Larry Latham (6/7/80) [BADNEWS-4] = 2814 points
77. Randy Savage vs. Rick Rude (9/3/84) [THRILL-14] = 2798 points
78. Dutch Mantell vs. Kevin Sullivan (5/9/81) [BADNEWS-14] = 2783 points
79. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (Orchestra Match) (Late 1988) [TROUB-6] = 2706 points
80. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor (1/1/83) [WINNING-12] = 2687 points
81. Jerry Lawler vs. Bruiser Brody (5/20/85) [WARMACH-13] = 2670 points
82. Randy Savage vs. Adrian Street (1/28/85) [WARMACH-6] = 2666 points
83. Ted Oates & Rip Rogers vs. Lightning Express (11/10/84) [WARMACH-1] = 2649 points
84. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev (9/30/85) [EYETIGER-2] = 2635 points
85. Fabulous Ones vs. The New York Dolls (2/3 Falls) (11/13/82) [WINNING-6] = 2616 points
86. Shogun & Samurai vs. Mason Dixon Connection (3/25/89) [TROUB-9] = 2586 points
87. Randy Savage, Lanny Poffo & Joe Lightfoot vs. Mr. Wrestling, Eddie Gilbert & Adrian Street (3/4/85) [WARMACH-7] = 2567 points
88. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (1/28/89) [TROUB-7] = 2565 points
89. Lanny Poffo vs. Jerry Oski (5/18/85) [WARMACH-12] = 2476 points
90. Jimmy Valiant vs. The Assassin (Hair vs. Mask) (4/2/84) [THRILL-2] = 2474 points
90. Dutch Mantell, Steve O & The Fabulous Ones vs. Adrian Street, Jesse Barr & The Sheepherders (Stipulations Match) (3/28/83) [EWY-1] = 2474 points
92. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Jesse Ventura & Stan Hansen (9/25/83) [EWY-10] = 2467 points
93. Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich vs. Pretty Young Things (4/12/84) [THRILL-4] = 2442 points
94. Bill Dundee vs. Assassin #1 (9/25/83) [EWY-9] = 2361 points
95. Dirty White Boys vs. Randy Savage & Mark Batten (10/13/84) [THRILL-18] = 2346 points
96. Pretty Young Things vs. The Daydreamers (Texas Tornado) (3/25/85) [WARMACH-8] = 2339 points
97. Bill Dundee vs. Larry Latham (4/19/80) [BADNEWS-1] = 2324 points
98. Ricky Morton vs. Sonny King (4/26/80) [BADNEWS-2] = 2220 points
99. Bill Dundee & Dream Machine vs. Kevin Sullivan & Wayne Farris (5/2/81) [BADNEWS-12] = 2168 points
100. Dutch Mantel, Koko Ware, Bobby Eaton & Jaguar vs. The Grapplers & Bruise Brothers (12/10/83) [EWY-15] = 2158 points

101. Bill Dundee vs. Adrian Street, Miss Linda & Jim Cornette (Lumberjack Strap Match) (2/6/83) [WINNING-13] = 2149 points
102. Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler vs. Adrian Street & Apocalypse (11/27/82) [WINNING-8] = 2126 points
103. Bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Valiant vs. Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden & Tommy Rich (9/17/88) [TROUB-3] = 2071 points
104. Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83) [EWY-2] = 2068 points
105. Jeff Jarrett, Tracy Smothers, & Billy Travis vs. Badd Company & King Carl Fergie (8/29/87) [MEMPTENN-6] = 2050 points
106. Tommy Rich vs. Moondog Rex (4/22/85) [WARMACH-9] = 1959 points
107. Eddie Marlin vs. Tommy Gilbert (Cowboy Boot Match) (4/4/88) [MEMPTENN-8] = 1935 points
108. Bill Dundee & Brickhouse Brown vs. Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller (9/18/88) [TROUB-5] = 1900 points
109. Tommy Rich vs. Masao Ito (7/9/84) [THRILL-12] = 1887 points
110. Bill Dundee & Dream Machine vs. Dutch Mantell & Wayne Farris (3/14/81) [BADNEWS-8] = 1865 points
111. Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes & Magnum T.A. vs. Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (11/18/85) [EYETIGER-8] = 1859 points
112. Ronnie Garvin vs. Eddie Gilbert (11/17/84) [WARMACH-2] = 1832 points
113. Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee vs. Tom Pritchard & Pat Rose (10/12/85) [EYETIGER-3] = 1784 points
114. Masa Fuchi, Atsushi Onita & Tojo Yamamoto vs. Roy Rogers, Rick & Robert Gibson (9/5/81) [BLUESKIES-4] = 1715 points
115. New York Dolls vs. Steve Regal & Spike Huber (10/4/82) [WINNING-1] = 1667 points
116. Koko Ware vs. Masked Superstar (Jerry Stubbs) (10/26/85) [EYETIGER-6] = 1657 points
117. Bill Dundee vs. Paul Ellering (5/24/80) [BADNEWS-3] = 1620 points
118. The Nightmares vs. Fire and Flame (7/12/86) [EYETIGER-12] = 1593 points
119. Nightmares vs. Batten Brothers (12/29/84) [WARMACH-3] = 1553 points
120. Jerry Lawler & Cowboy Lang vs. Plowboy Frazier & Little Tokyo (12/24/83) [EWY-17] = 1410 points
121. Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs. Jed Grundy & Scott Steiner (2/18/89) [TROUB-8] = 1185 points
122. Jackie Fargo vs. Jimmy Hart (11/8/82) [WINNING-5] = 1168 points
123. Bill Dundee & Sherri Martel vs. Koko Ware & Candi Divine (10/26/85) [EYETIGER-7] = 1044 points
124. Buddy Landel vs. Freddy (8/12/89) [TROUB-11] = 991 points
125. Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett & Freddy vs. Dutch Mantell, Master of Pain & Ronnie Gossett (7/10/89) [TROUB-10] = 976 points