Best of Memphis 12/1982-5/1983 Disk 2 Part 1

Best of Memphis 12/1982-5/1983 Disk 2 Part 1

Elimination match for #1 contender to Southern Heavyweight Title - Jacques Rougeau, Terry Taylor and Bobby Fulton vs Bobby Eaton, Crusher Broomfield(One Man Gang) and Sweet Brown Sugar:

Jacques gets dropkicked

Elimination: Jacques got eliminated at 6:56 when Eaton hit him on the side while he was on the middle rope and fell. Koko pinned him.
Elimination: Rougeau tripped Koko soon after and Fulton pinned him.

Sugar goes after Jacques

Eaton and The Gang

Elimination: Broomfield pinned Fulton at 13:07 after an elbow.
Elimination: Taylor pinned Eaton at 16:10 after Broomfield hit Eaton with a chop on accident.

Elimination: Taylor pinned Broomfield right after with a roll-up.

This wasn't a good one. It went very slow and nothing at all happened. Rating: Dud

Jesse Barr vs Dutch Mantel - Mid America title - I wasn't able to get any screencaps for this one because there was honestly nothing to take caps of. This was a pretty boring match and the focus was more on Bobby Fulton and Jim Cornette chasing each other around ringside than anything else. Dutch Mantel won this in about 16 minutes after he used his whip.Definitely skip this one. After the match, Fulton and Cornette got even by choking out Mantel with his whip:

Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler vs The Sheepherders(Luke Williams and Johnathan Boyd):

Dundee flies!

This one was over quick in 5:10 when Boyd used the wrist protector on Dundee for the win. What was shown was pretty much all brawling, but good brawling. However, it barely even got going so it's hard to put any rating on it. That's too bad too as this should have been a war. Skip it.

Crusher Broomfield and Jesse Barr vs The Fabulous Ones:

According to Lance Russell, this was Cornette's first chance at a title, but I think that's incorrect since Cornette led Barr to the Mid-America's title. However, since I do not know the date on this, it is possible.

Keirn is about to become a pancake

This was another quick one at only 7 minutes. Lane beat Broomfield with a flying forearm. This match was mostly The Fab's dancing around and Broomfield looked pretty weak going down so easy. This was another dud.

That's my reaction to this too.

Lumberjack match - Jackie Fargo vs Jimmy Hart:





Hart throws powder and then gets lit up by Fargo

Fargo grabs the bell

The Fargo Strut~!

Fargo strips Hart

Pics don't really do this one justice. This one was a real trip. This was obviously a total squashing of Hart but it was alot of fun. Fargo won here easily. Rating:*

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title vs Lawler's Hair - No DQ - Nick Bockwinkle (c) vs Jerry Lawler:

Lawler uses Bock's towel against him

Ref bump

Lawler drops the strap

Bock could bump

Lawler wins!

This was a heck of a match. This was about 20+ minutes of just straight punching and brawling. If you thought Lawler could throw a good punch, you have to see Bockwinkle, as he could dish it out just as well. This was a total bumpfest too as both guys took great falls. This was really a heck of a match and highly recommended. I don't think I could find a flaw in this even if I tried. Rating:*****

Stick around for part 2 coming soon!

CWA Memphis TV 11/20/1982

CWA Memphis TV 11/20/1982

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/cwa-memphis-tv-11131982.html

They showed highlights from the Nick Bockwinkle vs Jerry Lawler - Hair vs AWA Southern Title match. It looked like a heck of a match. Lawler sold really well and then made a nice comeback. Nobody throws better punches than Lawler, nobody. Bock sold big and then Lawler won with three straight diving fists from the middle rope to regain the Southern Title.

Lawler cut a nice promo here. He said that it took a lot of money to get Bock to come here and have this match and that he is going to get some money “because it will take a lot of it to get Bockwinkle to put up” the AWA World title Belt.

The Sheepherders said they slapped Eddie Marlin just to get a shot at Lawler and Dundee. Marlin apparently put up a $500 bounty on the Sheepherders and they said that Lawler and Dundee would need all of it to pay for the hospital bill. They then said they will put another $100 so Lawler and Dundee can get plastic surgery. Boyd said, “Dundee, you think you look like Elvis Presley? He been dead quite a while, you gonna look like him” – Johnathan Boyd, 1982.

The Sheepherders vs Dennis Uptown/BUDDY LANDELL

Landell was still a brunette hair and was easy to miss if you didn’t know it was him. He was good in this, but Boyd was the freakin man in this. He made everything look good and looked like a vicious old dude that you don’t want to mess with. Boyd won here with an elbow and he choked Uptown after the bell.

The Fabulous Ones vs The Masked Marauders – THE REMATCH!!!

Squash City, Baby. The Marauders flipped and flopped everywhere. I think the crowd was starting to even feel bad for them. Keirn jumped off of Lane’s back with an elbow for the win.

Aaron Holt/Ira Reese? vs Bobby Eaton/Sweet Brown Sugar(Koko B. Ware)

The Sheepherders came down and challenged Eaton/Ware. Hart accepted but told them that if they want to fight someone, fight the guys in the ring(the jobbers).  

Aaron Holt/Ira Reese vs The Sheepherders

Hart keep saying, “Look at em, they’re wrestling for free, those idiots”. Eddie Marlin came down to stop this and Boyd promptly decked him. Don’t mess with Johnathan Boyd. Jimmy Hart LOVED this. The Sheepherders then double teamed Eddie until the Fabulous Ones and Lawler came down to help. Hart said, “Give him mouth to mouth resuscitation, Jerry”. Marlin then chucked something hard at Hart.

Highlights from Sweet Brown Sugar/Bobby Eaton vs Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell

Lots of brawling here until Hart interfered. He ended up hitting Eaton with a stick on accident and then Jesse Barr came in and helped to take down the faces.

Promo with Jim Cornette/Jesse Barr

Jim Cornette showed Barr’s wrestling medals and said that if hadn’t had asthma as a child, he would have been in the Olympics too. He then said when Mantell won the Mid-American title he was carried out on fan’s shoulders, but after he loses it, he will be carried out on a stretcher. He then said Lawler is next, once Barr takes the title.

The Enforcer/Jesse Owens vs Bobby Fulton/Bill Dundee

Not much to this one except Dundee riding Owens in an amateur wrestling position and then literally spanking him. Dundee grabbed Owens’ hand and forced him to tag, then he slapped him silly. This was a 7:55 squash that Fulton won. It went way too long.

Overall thoughts: This one was all about the Sheepherders and that’s what made it good. Johnathan Boyd can do no wrong right now. Check it out!