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

1. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town) (6/6/83) [EWY-6]
2. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Barbed Wire Match) (3/29/82) [BLUESKIES-8]
3. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (12/30/85) [EYETIGER-10]
4. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (No DQ) (3/22/82) [BLUESKIES-6]
5. Koko Ware vs. Ric Flair (11/18/85) [EYETIGER-9]
6. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (3/23/81) [BADNEWS-9]
7. Jerry Lawler vs. Rick Martel (Nashville 10/12/85) [EYETIGER-4]
8. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/25/82) [WINNING-3]
9. Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantel vs. Bill Dundee & Buddy Landel (3/10/86) [EYETIGER-11]
10. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (Stretcher Match) (5/2/83) [EWY-4]
11. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (7/14/86) [EYETIGER-13]
12. Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (8/14/82) [BLUESKIES-12]
13. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (10/19/85) [EYETIGER-5]
14. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (4/9/84) [THRILL-3]
15. Jerry Lawler vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Texas Death) (9/7/86) [MEMPTENN-1]
16. Randy Savage vs. Jerry Oski (5/7/85) [WARMACH-11]
17. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jeff Jarrett (5/4/87) [MEMPTENN-5]
18. Bill Dundee vs. Wayne Farris & Tojo Yamamoto (3/7/81) [BADNEWS-6]
19. Stan Lane & Koko Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton (No DQ, 2/3 Falls) (10/81) [BLUESKIES-5]
20. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (Loser Leaves Town) (6/3/85) [WARMACH-14]
21. Fabulous Ones vs. The Sheepherders (Cage Match) (8/6/85) [WARMACH-17]
22. Jerry Lawler & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Austin Idol & Tommy Rich (Texas Death Match) (3/23/87) [MEMPTENN-3]
23. Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (12/12/83) [EWY-16]
24. Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol (Hair vs. Hair, Steel Cage Match) (4/27/87) [MEMPTENN-4]
25. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Dutch Mantell & King Cobra (7/19/82) [BLUESKIES-10]
26. Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich vs. Dutch Mantell & Austin Idol (3/12/81) [BADNEWS-7]
27. Jimmy Valiant vs. The Assassin (Hair vs. Mask) (4/2/84) [THRILL-2]
28. Fabulous Ones vs. Pretty Young Things (4/22/85) [WARMACH-10]
29. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev (9/30/85) [EYETIGER-2]
30. Jerry Lawler vs. King Kong Bundy ($10,000 Challenge) (7/16/84) [THRILL-13]
31. Jerry Lawler & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Austin Idol & Tommy Rich (Double Jeopardy Match) (3/16/87) [MEMPTENN-2]
32. Ronnie Garvin vs. Randy Savage (Cage Match) (ICW 1982/83) [WINNING-11]
33. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (Empty Arena) (4/6/81) [BADNEWS-11]
34. Fabulous Ones vs. Moondogs (6/13/83) [EWY-7]
35. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (Badstreet Match) (8/12/85) [EYETIGER-1]
36. Dirty White Boys vs. The Interns (1/14/85) [WARMACH-5]
37. Bill Dundee vs. Sweet Brown Sugar (2/3 falls, Scaffold Match) (6/21/82) [BLUESKIES-9]
38. Fabulous Ones vs. Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers (Hair vs. Titles) (5/16/83) [EWY-5]
39. Bill Dundee, Steve Keirn, Rick & Robert Gibson vs. Dream Machine, Nightmare #1 & Heartbreakers (7/25/81) [BLUESKIES-1]
40. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (10/18/82) [WINNING-2]
41. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (4/4/83) [EWY-3]
42. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (8/5/85) [WARMACH-16]
43. Jerry Lawler vs. Dory Funk Jr. (3/30/81) [BADNEWS-10]
44. Bill Dundee vs. Tommy Rich (8/23/80) [BADNEWS-5]
45. Jerry Lawler vs. Curt Hennig (Title vs. Retirement) (5/9/88) [MEMPTENN-9]
46. Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl) (9/4/81) [BLUESKIES-3]
47. Rock N Roll Express vs. Lanny Poffo & Randy Savage (6/25/84) [THRILL-10]
48. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (5/29/88) [TROUB-1]
49. Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage vs. King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude (9/10/84) [THRILL-15]
50. The Nightmares vs. Mod Squad (Wear a Dress vs. Make-up Session) (7/21/86) [EYETIGER-14]
51. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor (1/1/83) [WINNING-12]
52. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (6/27/88) [TROUB-2]
53. Rock N Roll Express & Bobby Eaton vs. The Moondogs & Jimmy Hart (7/25/83) [EWY-8]
54. Bill Dundee & Bobby Fulton vs. Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar (11/15/82) [WINNING-7]
55. Masa Fuchi, Atsushi Onita & Tojo Yamamoto vs. Roy Rogers, Rick & Robert Gibson (9/5/81) [BLUESKIES-4]
56. Ted Oates & Rip Rogers vs. Lightning Express (11/10/84) [WARMACH-1]
57. Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Texas Bullrope Match) (10/3/83) [EWY-11]
58. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (Loser Leaves Town) (3/27/82) [BLUESKIES-7]
59. Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (No DQ) (11/8/82) [WINNING-4]
60. Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert (No DQ) (3/28/88) [MEMPTENN-7]
61. The Fabulous Ones vs. Pretty Young Things (6/25/84) [THRILL-8]
62. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (Orchestra Match) (Late 1988) [TROUB-6]
63. Ronnie Garvin vs. Eddie Gilbert (11/17/84) [WARMACH-2]
64. Dutch Mantell vs. Eddie Gilbert (9/17/84) [THRILL-17]
65. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (9/17/88) [TROUB-4]
66. Koko Ware vs. Tommy Rogers (10/24/83) [EWY-13]
67. Ronnie Garvin vs. Lanny Poffo (ICW 1982/83) [WINNING-10]
68. Rock N Roll Express vs. Lanny Poffo & Randy Savage (7/9/84) [THRILL-11]
69. Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (1/9/84) [THRILL-1]
70. Shogun & Samurai vs. Mason Dixon Connection (3/25/89) [TROUB-9]
71. Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes & Magnum T.A. vs. Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (11/18/85) [EYETIGER-8]
72. Randy Savage vs. Adrian Street (1/28/85) [WARMACH-6]
73. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (1/28/89) [TROUB-7]
74. Dirty White Boys vs. Randy Savage & Mark Batten (10/13/84) [THRILL-18]
75. Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantell & Terry Taylor vs. Bobby Eaton, Sweet Brown Sugar, Rick McGraw & Sabu (12/4/82) [WINNING-9]
76. Jerry Lawler & Cowboy Lang vs. Plowboy Frazier & Little Tokyo (12/24/83) [EWY-17]
77. Bill Dundee vs. Paul Ellering (5/24/80) [BADNEWS-3]
78. Dutch Mantell vs. Kevin Sullivan (5/9/81) [BADNEWS-14]
79. New York Dolls vs. Steve Regal & Spike Huber (10/4/82) [WINNING-1]
80. Randy Savage vs. Austin Idol (5/7/84) [THRILL-5]
81. Rock N Roll Express vs. The Nightmares (1/13/85) [WARMACH-4]
82. Randy Savage, Lanny Poffo & Joe Lightfoot vs. Mr. Wrestling, Eddie Gilbert & Adrian Street (3/4/85) [WARMACH-7]
83. Buddy Landel vs. Freddy (8/12/89) [TROUB-11]
84. Jeff Jarrett, Tracy Smothers, & Billy Travis vs. Badd Company & King Carl Fergie (8/29/87) [MEMPTENN-6]
85. Koko Ware vs. Masked Superstar (Jerry Stubbs) (10/26/85) [EYETIGER-6]
86. Austin Idol vs. Stan Hansen (Bunkhouse Match) (10/10/83) [EWY-12]
87. Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich vs. Pretty Young Things (4/12/84) [THRILL-4]
88. Bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Valiant vs. Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden & Tommy Rich (9/17/88) [TROUB-3]
89. Fabulous Ones vs. The New York Dolls (2/3 Falls) (11/13/82) [WINNING-6]
90. Randy Savage vs. Austin Idol (5/14/84) [THRILL-6]
91. Bill Dundee & Tony Boyles vs. Wayne Farris & Larry Latham (6/7/80) [BADNEWS-4]
92. Jerry Lawler vs. Bruiser Brody (5/20/85) [WARMACH-13]
93. Bill Dundee & Brickhouse Brown vs. Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller (9/18/88) [TROUB-5]
94. Dutch Mantell, Steve O & The Fabulous Ones vs. Adrian Street, Jesse Barr & The Sheepherders (Stipulations Match) (3/28/83) [EWY-1]
95. Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Pretty Young Things (Falls Count Anywhere) (5/18/84) [THRILL-7]
96. Nightmares vs. Batten Brothers (12/29/84) [WARMACH-3]
97. Tommy Rich vs. Masao Ito (7/9/84) [THRILL-12]
98. Bill Dundee vs. Assassin #1 (9/25/83) [EWY-9]
99. Bill Dundee & Dream Machine vs. Kevin Sullivan & Wayne Farris (5/2/81) [BADNEWS-12]
100. Bill Dundee vs. Larry Latham (4/19/80) [BADNEWS-1]
101. Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs. Jed Grundy & Scott Steiner (2/18/89) [TROUB-8]
102. Fabulous Ones vs. The Sheepherders (Boyd & Morgan) (6/22/85) [WARMACH-15]
103. Dutch Mantel, Koko Ware, Bobby Eaton & Jaguar vs. The Grapplers & Bruise Brothers (12/10/83) [EWY-15]
104. Tommy Rich vs. Moondog Rex (4/22/85) [WARMACH-9]
105. Bill Dundee vs. Tommy Rogers (11/7/83) [EWY-14]
106. Bill Dundee & Dream Machine vs. Dutch Mantell & Wayne Farris (3/14/81) [BADNEWS-8]
107. Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage vs. King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude (No DQ) (9/17/84) [THRILL-16]
108. Randy Savage vs. Rick Rude (9/3/84) [THRILL-14]
109. Lanny Poffo vs. Jerry Oski (5/18/85) [WARMACH-12]
110. Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee vs. Tom Pritchard & Pat Rose (10/12/85) [EYETIGER-3]
111. Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Tennessee Street Fight) (6/25/84) [THRILL-9]
112. Pretty Young Things vs. The Daydreamers (Texas Tornado) (3/25/85) [WARMACH-8]
113. The Nightmares vs. Fire and Flame (7/12/86) [EYETIGER-12]
114. Bill Dundee vs. Adrian Street, Miss Linda & Jim Cornette (Lumberjack Strap Match) (2/6/83) [WINNING-13]
115. Jerry Lawler vs. Crusher Blackwell (5/4/81) [BADNEWS-13]
116. Eddie Marlin vs. Tommy Gilbert (Cowboy Boot Match) (4/4/88) [MEMPTENN-8]
117. Ricky Morton vs. Sonny King (4/26/80) [BADNEWS-2]
118. Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83) [EWY-2]
119. Bill Dundee vs. Bobby Eaton (7/24/82) [BLUESKIES-11]
120. Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett & Freddy vs. Dutch Mantell, Master of Pain & Ronnie Gossett (7/10/89) [TROUB-10]
121. Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler vs. Adrian Street & Apocalypse (11/27/82) [WINNING-8]
122. Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (8/1/81) [BLUESKIES-2]
123. Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol vs. Jesse Ventura & Stan Hansen (9/25/83) [EWY-10]
124. Jackie Fargo vs. Jimmy Hart (11/8/82) [WINNING-5]
125. Bill Dundee & Sherri Martel vs. Koko Ware & Candi Divine (10/26/85) [EYETIGER-7]

1. Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell (5/29/88) [TROUB-1]
2. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (6/27/88) [TROUB-2]
3. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (Orchestra Match) (Late 1988) [TROUB-6]
4. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (9/17/88) [TROUB-4]
5. Shogun & Samurai vs. Mason Dixon Connection (3/25/89) [TROUB-9]
6. Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (1/28/89) [TROUB-7]
7. Buddy Landel vs. Freddy (8/12/89) [TROUB-11]
8. Bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Valiant vs. Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden & Tommy Rich (9/17/88) [TROUB-3]
9. Bill Dundee & Brickhouse Brown vs. Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller (9/18/88) [TROUB-5]
10. Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs. Jed Grundy & Scott Steiner (2/18/89) [TROUB-8]
11. Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett & Freddy vs. Dutch Mantell, Master of Pain & Ronnie Gossett (7/10/89) [TROUB-10]

Jokes aside, the goofy Freddy stuff is both embarrassing and surprisingly okay. Tommy Gilbert under the mask throws great punches and walks the line between goofy and good work. I can not believe he was a babyface though.

A lot of the focus of this drawn out match is the crowd heat on manager Ronnie Gossett, and everyone waiting for him to get in the ring to get beaten up. They milk that one forever, and they milk most of the match w/ pauses and heels stooging. A good time but I got bored because I personally don’t care about Gossett. That probably unfair, but it’s my journey/ballot through 80s Memphis, and this story didn’t quite capture me.

Ending is just everyone brawling and I unfortunately could not figure out who won or lost. 2 ¼ and 4/10.

I think one of the Japanese participants is a young Hashimoto. Never seen much Hash, so this is interesting. I would have liked this match a lot more if I was emotionally attatched to any of these guys, or maybe if I had followed the promotion during the time period. The build and set up of the first 5 minutes or so is really good, but I think it fell a bit flatter to me as it was simply “player A” vs “Player Y”. Tracy Smothers is the only guy I had any attachment to, and he was very good in his babyface role. Very Southern w/ the USA chants and show downs. The match also finished well w/ a super kick/roll up combo from Smothers and his partner. Under ten minutes, and the work is a snapshot of both it’s time period and Memphis as a whole. Solid, but not gripping. 3 stars and 6/10.

This is a CWA tag title match from the studio show. Dave Brown and Lance Russell on commentary. Grundy is just a fat hillbilly in overalls who plays babyface big man. The heels make it easy for him to look good early. Hide the weakness and accentuate the strengths, right? Fun stuff.

It’s amazing how much shorter Scott Steiner looks when he;s not juiced up. He’s a big strong guy, but he looks nothing like he would in WCW/WWE just a few years later. You can see the good amateur work that made him a pretty great wrestler in the early 90s.

This is really slow paced and old school, and while it’s not bad (little on the set is bad), it’s kinda losing my interest by the six minute mark. Steiner gets a roll up pin, gets powder in the face from a valet, and gets pinned before the 7 minute mark.

But wait! The ref saw the giant powder cloud and restarted the match. Steiner pins Jimmy Golden for the pin a moment later. 2 ½ and 5/10.

Memphis has gotten a little low rent at this point. The studio show has a banner on the ring apron for a local car dealership. I always liked the small town feel of Memphis, but the local corporate sponsorship just has me bummed. Oh well, let’s just talk about the wrestling.

Mantell makes Jarrett look like a million bucks in the early going. He’s bumping and feeding him, powdering out and everything. Jeff Jarrett is a perfect young plucky babyface by this point, and he’s absolutely improved from just a year before.

Mantell gets the heat on him and Jarrett draws the right kind of sympathy. Dutch hits him with the best short arm clothesline I’ve seen in forever. Everything is decent, but I don’t want to make it sound like this is Mid South Coliseum material. It’s above average TV show work.

Good near falls with the story that Jarrett just won’t stay down. Dutch starts cheating because he can’t win. He’s good at showing frustration. I’m very sad that these two are 2/3 of the TNA creative team and they can actually have a very good match. What happened?

There’s a ref bump. Jarrett gets a visual pin, but then Mantell kills him for it. Jarrett starts selling the knee, but it’s a trick. Fun DQ ending where Mantell tries to use the bull whip and Jarrett ends up nailing him with a chair. Good solid stuff at under 8 minutes. 2 ¾ and 6/10.

Wrestling is performance art at its core. This takes that to another level as they perform thing match on a stage with a symphony orchestra in front of a crowd. The wrestling is decent to solid. Nothing to fancy. The fundamentals are there, as is the struggle, and these two know their stuff. A big disappointment for me was that while the setting has its limits, it also has a chance to be profound in this bizarre bubble. I mean, if the music had been worked out to fit the scripting of the match this would have had a heightened sense of drama. As it came out they probably kayfabed the conductor, and the music doesn’t match up. It’s as experimental as the match. As an artsy geek at heart, I have to give this a match better than average rating for how ballsy the experiment was. I just wish the experiment had had better results. 3 and 6.2/10.

This doesn’t give me cause to write much. It was an okay match. Classic southern booking and lay out. Nothing wrong with that. Also nothing really to write home about. These AWA tapings in Memphis without Lance Russell on commentary leave me feeling like I’m seeing something synthetic that has no real value taken out of it once it ends. For that reason I’ll say little more than thumbs in the middle. 2 ½ and 5/10.

Another in a long line of late 80s match-ups between these two. This is a feud I loved as a child, and this one is for both the belts. Von Erich’s World Class title & Lawler’s AWA title are on the line.

If this match had been melded with their earlier match up on this disk, and either was given a good ending, they may have made a top ten finish. The body of this match is probably better. I thought everything meant a bit more in the former meeting though. With these guys you get punches and rest holds, but it’s on the higher end of that stuff. The fans weren’t as hot as you’d think for this match, but Lawler and Von Erich worked hard. A typical three star main event that was never mean to be a great match, but shines in spots to spite itself. 3 stars and 6/10.