Match # 41: Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83) [EWY-2] Decent 10 minute match that never really gets past 2nd gear. It built well for the ten minutes the match lasted, but then abruptly ended in a DQ finish when Dundee kept kicking at Taylor while his leg was tied up in the ropes. It began [...]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
After 3 disks 1. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Barbed Wire Match) (3/29/82) [BLUESKIES-8] 2. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (No DQ) (3/22/82) [BLUESKIES-6] 3. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (3/23/81) [BADNEWS-9] 4. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/25/82) [WINNING-3] 5. Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) [BLUESKIES-12]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Disk 3 Rankings 1. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/25/82) [WINNING-3] 2. Ronnie Garvin vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (ICW 1982/83) [WINNING-11] 3. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor (1/1/83) [WINNING-12] 4. Bill Dundee & Bobby Fulton vs. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar (11/15/82) [WINNING-7] 5. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/18/82) [WINNING-2]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 39: Bill Dundee vs. Adrian Street, Miss Linda & Jim Cornette (Lumberjack Strap Match) (2/6/83) Dundee pulled off a brilliant handicapped match earlier in the set against Wayne Farris and Tojo Yamamoto. This one would seem to be a bit more difficult, but might actually turn out more entertaining giving the two non-wrestlers [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 37: Ronnie Garvin vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (ICW 1982/83) Savage is the big time face here. The crowd hates Garvin. The world title of ICW is on the line. They fight in a cage. We all win!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 36: Ronnie Garvin vs. Lanny Poffo (ICW 1982/83) I feel like I’m watching a UFC 170 lbs. match up here. Two muscle thin guys without an ounce of fat on them. Well, some on Garvin. Poffo is the son of ICW promoter, Angelo Poffo. He’s also the brother of Randy Savage. Garvin [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 35: Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantell & Terry Taylor vs. Bobby Eaton, Sweet Brown Sugar, Rick McGraw & Sabu (12/4/82) A super face team of Memphis, plus Terry Taylor, takes on the first family, plus (not that) Sabu. Sabu looks like one of the Wild Samoans. Eaton and Brown Sugar look king-sized early [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 34: Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler vs. Adrian Street & Apocalypse (11/27/82) Only in wrestling. We see the intro vignette for Apocalypse. Very goofy stuff shot in the woods. He’s a paramilitary man who dresses in fatigues and evil face paint, with a whole back story on training. The King and the Superstar [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 33: Bill Dundee & Bobby Fulton vs. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar (11/15/82) Interesting note is that this feature half of the future heel greats the Midnight Express (Eaton) and half of the less famous but solid babyface unit, The Fantastics (Fulton). Dundee and Fulton are your faces, and Eaton and Sweet [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 32: Fabulous Ones vs. The New York Dolls (2/3 Falls) (11/13/82) A battle of well dressed men in top hats and jackets, though this time the babyface Fabs come in black, while the heel Dolls wear white. A tag team studio match with a 2/3 falls stip that includes TV time remaining, so [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 30: Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (No DQ) (11/8/82) Bockwinkel comes in as the AWA Southern (Memphis belt) champion and the AWA WORLD Champion. Lawler is still looking for that elusive world title win, and he’s your challenger. Lance Russell on commentary for this Mid South Coliseum arena match. This is a no time [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Match # 29: Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/25/82) The rematch from a week before is here. Bockwinkel is the Southern champ after sneaking a pin with his hand on the ropes for leverage then week before. This is another arena match from Memphis, though there is talk that this match is not the chronological [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Match # 28: Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/18/82) Bockwinkel, or as I’ll call him “Bock”, is a polarizing wrestler. He worked heel every time I saw him in the past, as he does here. Many consider him boring or complain he never gets out of a low gear. I’ve always thought of him as [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Match # 27: New York Dolls vs. Steve Regal & Spike Huber (10/4/82) Managed by Jimmy Hart, the New York Dolls consisted of Rick McGraw and Troy Graham. This addition to the First Family wore Top Hats, White pants, sequin jackets, and had walking canes for show or weaponry. Very good heels from a first [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ballot after Disk 2 1. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Barbed Wire Match) (3/29/82) [BLUESKIES-8] 2. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (No DQ) (3/22/82) [BLUESKIES-6] 3. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (3/23/81) [BADNEWS-9] 4. Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) [BLUESKIES-12] 5. Bill Dundee vs. Wayne Farris & Tojo Yamamoto (3/7/81) [BADNEWS-6]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Disk 2 Ballot 1. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Barbed Wire Match) (3/29/82) [BLUESKIES-8] 2. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (No DQ) (3/22/82) [BLUESKIES-6] 3. Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) [BLUESKIES-12] 4. Stan Lane & Koko Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton (No DQ, 2/3 Falls) (10/81) [BLUESKIES-5] 5. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Dutch Mantell & King Cobra (7/19/82) [BLUESKIES-10]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Match # 26: Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) Prepare to call me a hypocrite. While I rated the Lawler vs Funk Empty Arena match low because I thought as a match it was average –but loved it as an angle – I have a feeling that this famous angle I’ve seen before will probably [...]
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Match # 25: Bill Dundee vs. Bobby Eaton (7/24/82) Lance Russell lets us know right away there was a special agreement on the time limit so they could fit it into TV time. I like the Memphis structure that everything must fit into TV time instead of the fake “we’re out of time” TBS way [...]
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Match # 24: Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Dutch Mantell & King Cobra (7/19/82) Sugar and Eaton are your heels. Eaton is more famous for his Midnight Express team with Dennis Condrey and/or Stan Lane. I’ve never seen King Cobra before, but we’ve reviewed Dundee matches before. This is arena match footage.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Match # 23: Bill Dundee vs. Sweet Brown Sugar (2/3 falls, Scaffold Match) (6/21/82) As a rule I don’t usually enjoy or like scaffold matches. I find it an antiquated gimmick that’s short on action and usually just disappoints while it injures wrestlers. There’s usually little reason for the gimmick storyline wise and the result [...]
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