Tiger Mask vs. Eddie Gilbert (Philly 11/25/82) I know there’s a talking point/school of thought emerging out there (of course this is all random opinion and not a completely unified thought)that the Tiger Mask/Dynamite Kid matches don’t hold up, or never were that great, and that Tiger Mask was a bit of a spot monkey [...]
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Match # 112: Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert (No DQ) (3/28/88) Joined in progress from the Mid South Coliseum. Crowd is hot, but you can see they are way down. There are seats and sections everywhere with no people in them. Memphis was slowly dying as an arena attraction at this point.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Match # 81: Randy Savage, Lanny Poffo & Joe Lightfoot vs. Mr. Wrestling, Eddie Gilbert & Adrian Street (3/4/85) Lightfoot does a Native American gimmick, for those wondering. Not sure who is playing Mr. Wrestling here. I’m getting a little sick of Street on this set, but in a six man he’ll play his role [...]
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Match # 76: Ronnie Garvin vs. Eddie Gilbert (11/17/84) Garvin is the National Heavyweight champion and your babyface here. Jimmy Hart leads Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert into this one. Studio match with Solie and Russell on the commentary.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Match # 73: Dutch Mantell vs. Eddie Gilbert (9/17/84) The match starts around the 5 minute mark. First move that really catches me is a Mantell suplex bringing Gilbert back into the ring. Dutch is working a wicked head lock in there. He uses it as his base after a move or a pin attempt. [...]
Friday, December 19, 2008
Match # 65: Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Tennessee Street Fight) (6/25/84) Not really a tag match so much as a fight with four men that can go anywhere. Somehow the rules are you have to rip off the other man’s clothes to win. Memphis could have a lot [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Match # 63: Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Pretty Young Things (Falls Count Anywhere) (5/18/84) It’s Memphis and Falls Count Anywhere, so you know it starts with a brawl. Rich and Gilbert, as talented as they are, aren’t as fluid as the original Fabs. Gilbert comes off better then Rich though, as Rich never [...]
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Match # 60: Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich vs. Pretty Young Things (4/12/84) Gilbert and Rich are the (ill suited) new Fabulous Ones. Fab originator Jackie Fargo did an interview from his living room couch (no joke) explaining that Stan Lane and Steve Keirn wanted to go all over the place and not stay in [...]
Friday, October 31, 2008
Match # 19: Stan Lane & Koko Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton (No DQ, 2/3 Falls) (10/81) This is an AWA Southern Tag Tile return match from a handheld camera at a spot show in Jonesbouro, Arkansas. Gilbert and Morton are your babyface challengers. No disqualification and two out of three falls wins [...]
Friday, October 31, 2008
Match # 17: Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl) (9/4/81) This is fascinating for a few reasons. First off, the Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl is something of legend. It was ECW before there was an ECW. Hardcore before the name was given and the marketing of [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Match # 148: Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/25/87) Looks like the Freebirds get to be babyfaces for once. That’s a welcome change for me. Murdoch and Gilbert tries to take out Bam Bam’s leg. First Doc, now this? Crazy Gilbert! What were those two thinking? We shall see [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Match # 146: Eddie Gilbert vs. Dr. Death (5/17/87) Doc sprints to the ring for this TV main event. Eddie Gilbert is going to have Dick Murdoch in his corner. He tells me so in a promo he cuts with Captain Redneck. Murdoch says he showed the brainbuster finish and Gilbert acts like a goof. [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Match # 142: Chris Adams & Terry Taylor vs. Eddie Gilbert & Iceman Parsons (3/20/87) The story is Adams and Parsons were once tag team partners in a tournament in Mid South (apparently because of the World Class connections). They broke up and Parsons went heel, joining Eddie Gilbert’s Hot Stuff International. Hence this match.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Match # 129: The Fantastics vs. Sting & Eddie Gilbert (9/7/86) This is for the held up UWF tag team belts. Gilbert has his whole faction out there. Missy and Tatum should keep me interested if the match does not. Should be fun to see a young StingThe Fantastics take forever to get to the [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
Match # 124: The Fantastics & Missing Link vs. Eddie Gilbert, John Tatum & Sting (8/3/86) Dark Journey is a face now and Missy Hyatt makes an appearance with the heels. She’s slept with everyone but Sting on the heels side… maybe Sting too. Neat.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Match # 109: Koko B. Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert (2/28/86) The first of four from the same Houston card. Four matches making it to a 150 match best of the decade review? Must have been a hell of a card. Then again, I’m sure a lot of great cards have happened over the years where [...]
Monday, August 18, 2008
Match # 94: Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare vs. The Bruise Brothers (12/31/85) The Bruise Brothers are Pork Chop Cash and some other hack Memphis act doing a black Blues Brothers gimmick. They are the faces. Eddie Gilbert is another known Memphis act (like the faces) who Chris Candido patterned a lot of his stuff [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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