Bill Dundee vs. Koko Ware from Memphis Wrestling 1985 set

Selection from the 1985 season available now at 70s-tv.com.

[@michaelpatanella]

that crowd of 200 is more intense then today's crowds.

[@craigjonesISno.1]

It's still real to them...dammit!

[@scoh840]

You speak the truth! I grew up in Minneapolis, we had all the real international stars. Not little midget wrestlers like these two. But our tv audience was so bored, they would not even react to real stars like Bockwinkle, Ray Stevens, Heenan, Crusher, Billy Graham. Culture was just a little more real in a Tennessee studio audience.

[@pipestone67]

Every Saturday 😄

[@TheCashmanwins]

The business wouldn't lose any fans but would regain a lot more if they went back to making things seem as real as this seemed. Now it is just a bunch of stunt men and acrobats in the ring.

[@hankjones2975]

this seems way more fake than today. Look at this 5 foot 5 runt. Really?

[@keithbperrin9633]

Gotta admit...dundee was a phenomenal heel....promos were legit

[@billrickles7716]

dundee did not like ric flair and refused to work with him. om three times dundee dropped the southern belt to avoid facing flair. to bad because it would of been one hell of a match

[@pipestone67]

Koko B Ware, one of my favorite wrestlers.

[@jonathanturbide2232]

Just another proof Koko is worthy of being in the hall of fame. The guy was over.

[@timfrederick9305]

Jonathan Turbide In the southern territories he was but he never was over in WWF

[@LJH_loves_music]

He was over in WWF. He teamed with Hogan more than any other wrestler in the 80’s. Was on all the merchandise even cartoons.

[@freddesanantotx4905]

Good old days of wrestling ✨

[@daviddavidson8050]

I always thought Koko B. Ware was a highly underrated and underappreciated wrestler. He could really do the piledriver! So glad that he and Dundee locked it up! And it's not Memphis wrasslin' without Eddie Marlin boy!

[@bostonspencer2979]

I am here after Bill Dundees shoot on flair

[@pniiice]

dundee was such a great heel

[@studbourbon798]

That yellow jump suit is so badass

[@croplaya]

Bill Dundee was 4'6" and still had a legendary career. Wow. Hats off

[@ronaldshank7589]

Eddie Marlin doing a fast count on Bill Dundee was just as bad as any cheating that Bill Dundee tried to do in this match. Period!!!

[@mrbobevans]

Battle of the short guys.

[@Janayla94]

Lmmfao that elbow Koko threw was priceless lmao!

[@korywilliamsO.G.1]

There was a lot going on with this angle. It was self preservation on Dundee's part. He was the top heel in the company and the fans would have cheered him which would have hurt him in the territory. Not to mention that by NOT losing to Ric Flair Dundee keeps all of his heat as the top heel. Also, Memphis is predominately black, so seeing Koko just get a shot shot at the NWA World's title automatically made him. In this case.......Everybody wins!!!!

[@LooseCollectorCollectibles]

Dundee is so tiny Koko looks like Bobby Lashley beside him.

[@leonandrews7180]

Stagger Lee, is that you?

[@adrianlester8552]

Dundee Ring Psychology Was Something Serious

[@rickjames2.0]

Go watch that match with Flair it was Koko's best match

[@tyty274]

Always liked Phil Hickerson ... felt he was underrated and overlooked! Too much emphasis placed on Lawler and his pint-sized, Siamese twin, Dundee!

[@johnoman6617]

Lawler & Dundee could run their mouths.

[@tyty274]

What's with the Bruce Lee jumpsuit, Dundee!? LOL.

[@maraviyoso8473]

+tyty274 Here's where Quentin Tarantino got his idea for Kill Bill.

[@yardlet6]

+tyty274 What with the Santa suit,Birdman?

[@StudioDragoonX]

Agreed. WTF Dundee?

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

Bill Dundee was a great babyface, but he was a better duslikable heel. He was so good at it , he made Lawler look more simpathetic whenever he would become one.

[@tyty274]

Wow, Marlin, fast count, huh!

[@GregoryWeagle]

I'm more offended by Jerry's interference than Marlin's fast count.

[@mh18744]

B's that was a fast count

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Dundee's idea for coco to beat him

[@tomp4925]

Seemed like a fast count.

[@TheRomundus]

When does Dundee face Sky Lo Lo?

[@iang8169]

Did Koko eventually get a match with flair in Memphis?

[@biglick8939]

yes, the Monday night following this TV taping >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4a2f5-jbLaklcU

[@anthony1468]

they had the FIRST scaffold match

[@willnchicago696]

Anthony Thompson Nope First scaffold match was back in the 70’s Jerry Jarrett

[@1971thedoctor]

Bill is just evil beating up Santa 🎅

[@nanobluelectrobuzz9227]

Koko Ware was really good in the smaller scene. When in the WWE Koko B Ware he was jobber. He was talented, but instead took the money to be a glorified jobber.

[@briangiannini7828]

Who was the guy with Dundee and Mantel? The holy looking dude?

[@ronaldshank7589]

Looked like some kind of girly guru, or something!

[@timothyburns2768]

Jerry Grey The Guru

[@jeromecummings7391]

This is the Ric Flair match when he showed up Monday Night furious cause nobody told him and he commented, who is this N..... about Koko. Koko showed him just who he was.

[@kevinbbadd]

koko sucked

[@markfabin4431]

who's the guy in the robe?

[@AldenRDavis]

That was Koko B. Ware

[@michaelpatanella]

@@AldenRDavis Koko's not the guy in the robe moron. the guy in the robe is white.

[@fredrubble4305]

That was Big Bubba Rogers

[@watsonholmes3703]

Whoop that ass Dundee!

[@kevinbbadd]

jarrett getting involved is bs. need to strip koko and close the territory down. hopefully ric refuses the match

[@lavarbukowski578]

koko's stout.

[@davegoldberg3282]

That's how Lawler paid everyone before skipping town