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Memphis Diaries: Match # 51

Match # 51: Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Bunkhouse Match) (10/10/83) [EWY-12] Bunkhouse match means anything goes. This is a rematch from our last match, where a horrible finish had Idol winning after Hansen had already won. Russell: “Boy Hansen, spitting bullets tonight”. Classic.

Memphis Diaries: Match # 50

Match # 50: Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Texas Bullrope Match) (10/3/83) [EWY-11] Hansen set this up with Idol through our last match on the ballot. Hansen stalls to get heat, yelling that he doesn’t want the bullrope taped to his wrist. There is a cow bell in between the two in the middle of the [...]

Memphis Diaries: Match # 49

Match # 49: Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Jesse Ventura & Stan Hansen (9/25/83) [EWY-10] Idol is famous in the Gulf Coast and Memphis areas, doing a gimmick based off his body and Superstar Billy Graham. Hansen is a legendary bad ass based much of the time in the AWA, but far more famous in [...]

Memphis Diaries: Match #7

Match # 7: Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich vs. Dutch Mantell & Austin Idol (3/12/81) This is a World tag title match with Dundee and Rich back together challenging for the titles. Mantell is a longtime high card wrestler in Memphis who you’ll see a lot of in these diaries. He’s one of the hairier wrestlers [...]