Best of Memphis Wrestling vol 5

[@SuperDriven1]

Way better than modern day WWE

[@billbrown4811]

Great memories of Memphis wrestling I miss it and lance Russell

[@mysonandme8424]

The territory days were awesome. I loved the NWA and only got to see other territory guys when they would make an appearance on NWA programming or when NWA champions would tour the territories to wrestle their top guys. Now I love watching those smaller territories and seeing their storylines, what so many great wrestlers were doing before they made it to NWA/WCW and WWF/WWE, and where a lot of gimmicks originated at.

[@billbrown4103]

Rest in peace lance Russell

[@jerryblair2339]

Mr Russell the man best ever nobody can compete.

[@marcf905]

I luv watching wrestling from the territory days! It was such a better time!

[@christopherhughes3381]

You ain't Bullshittin

[@theguythatdoesthatonething2133]

Idk how they made 15 minutes of punches and occasional body slams so entertaining

[@libra42ful]

....Because THEY enjoyed it to the point that it left em both with wet-spots in their under-gear, especially Buddy who had to wear extra-moisture absorbing ones under his trunks....They just exuded how much pleasure they were getting from the beatings.... THAT'S how they made it entertaining bud.....You know it's true, lol...

[@diablo666541]

@@libra42ful shtfu

[@MoDrox-hy2xx]

They were pros

[@frankieculpepper6028]

So many great angles these guys ran.

[@clay6047]

The king is back!!! I'm so excited I can't wait!!!!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

One thing I always liked about Bill Dundee. He has the little man’s complex like Napoleon, Tony Spilotro and Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas. He will not quit. He will fight you until you are out cold! as for Landell, it seems like everywhere he goes. People are carrying him like what Butch Reed did in mid south and Dundee here in Memphis inMemphis.

[@jasonpdsi]

Lance Russell is a true treasure. The wrestling world misses him greatly.

[@pfc.thomaswl1001]

The Jobber has the White trucks on That Brown hair was Dreamy

[@UnkleRuckusNoRelation]

Gay

[@diablo666541]

Buddy wearing blue wrestling boots with his suit

[@juliosantos7217]

Esa era la verdadera lucha libre, cuando valía la pena sentarse a ver la lucha libre

[@chadthayer2273]

Lance Russell he could make a show by speaking

[@terryscott2007]

My favorite announcer

[@Blacattacsquadron]

He is clearly imitating Bob Barker from the price is right. Check his body language and the way he handles the mic and cable. All Bob Barker. Caudle was actually better than Russell.

[@madbrowniac7871]

I will never say that Bob Caudle was or is better however wow does he get overlooked! Insanely great on The JCP Mic in The MidAtlantic for a number of years. Complete Pro all the way around.🎤B.W.

[@muletownman6900]

Even if it was controlled by Lawler , it was what I grew up on. I only wished I could have went to the Mid-South Coliseum one time. I never made it but watched many a match at the Nashville Fairgrounds. As a kid it was the best! Every territory had the stars who ran the show! (Crusher, Bruiser, Gagne etc). But hey … we all loved the old school wrestling no matter where we grew up.

[@charlesclark9627]

Tommy Rich sucked as a wrestler and character! Never really liked him !

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Good stuff. I had no idea Dundee had been a heel.

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

gotta love Mempho studio rasslin

[@richardbishop8666]

Poor Buddy. Lance had tell everything knew!!!

[@jamie.777]

Yeah , Lance did rat out Buddy (budrow)

[@tonyarceneaux286]

A number of wrestlers in Memphis flipped between being a heel to face and vice versa.

[@billbrown4103]

Lawler and mantel great team

[@MoDrox-hy2xx]

Absolutely zero choreographed acrobatics /gymnastics BS , just good old fashioned kick butt wrastling

[@madbrowniac7871]

Jeff Jarrett and his grandfather Eddie Marlin both appear in this 1985 Memphis action with not even ten minutes of video elapsed!B.W.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Me being a wrestling fan. I never knew that.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Tony with all due respect it took me DECADES to figure out the facial resemblance between Jerry and his son Jeff! Now I stare at the younger Jerry and it just jumps out. Just as Cody and Dustin Rhodes are obviously the younger Dusty made over.😂🤔🤦‍♂️B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Heck if you listen closely to all three Jarretts through the years their vocal cadences are even the same!😂🤔🎤B.W.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I laughed when Jerry Lawler did a promo and Bill Dundee and Landell snored.

[@josephgarrison7424]

Ticket sales,,,,money. This is how you do it,,,make the fans mad,,,then happy then you've got it all in the palm of your hand????

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

ole Banana Nose and Dave Brown GOATS

[@billbrown4103]

Yes he's missed

[@ghostface216]

Buddy Landel was awesome

[@diablo666541]

To me i thought he was trying be another ric flare . too obvious he even used flare figure 4

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I remember when Dutch Mantell was a heel and face.

[@brucewrestbee5984]

BIG mouth BUDDY REST IN PEACE.

[@brucewrestbee5984]

He could not beat Ric Flair.

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

@@brucewrestbee5984 he would have but the booger sugar got him down

[@brucewrestbee5984]

@@TheTruth-on5zx you are so right sir,,!

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

@@johnnyx9892 Sad that the drugs and alcohol take hold of these guys. That promo he cut in Smokey Mountain before his match with HBK was one of the best ever. "I have held more titles than you are years old son"

[@majestic_irrelevance]

Memphis wrestling where piledrivers are illegal but punches arent

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

driving a man's head on the ground can broke his neck

[@DrDennisBusiness]

".....and Jeff Jarrett is the referee."

[@trence5]

wait - THE Jeff Jarrett?

[@muletownman6900]

@@trence5 yes he started out as a ref…a young kid whose dad, was a former wrestler and was the promoter and Grandfather Eddie Marlin also promoter, etc.

[@richierich396]

Buddy had his wrestling boots on with his suit. Lol.

[@RickJW-OSM]

Yeah kind of bad form on Budro's part there. Btw every time I see Dutch Mantell why is he always wearing that thick sweater? Surprised he doesn't get heat stroke every time he wrestles.

[@dossman6]

hes a smooth operator the nature boy

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

How many times did that poor table get knocked over?

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Did this feud between Lawler/Mantell and Dundee/Landell happen before Jimmy Hart's FIRST Family showed up?

[@muletownman6900]

Poor ole Jim Jameson!! Dundee and Landell beat the stuffing out of him! 👊🏻😳 Haskins got it also, and wasn’t Frank Morell a ref also?? Maybe later on as he aged, but he looks older here also??

[@brianspence8302]

Did they whoop jim jamison good

[@charlesclark9627]

Once had Jimmy Hart in my cab !

[@Guiltless765]

Referees were even tough.🔥

[@johnsawh1867]

Good stuff ❤❤🎉🎉😊😊

[@jamie.777]

Poor Eddie Marlin, all he wanted was a peaceful promotion. 😆

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Sorry Memphis Wrestling needed a lot of noisy wrestling action. If the promotion was peaceful the fans would've been bored.

[@charlesclark9627]

Flair would go get drunk after the match as it now known for him to do !

[@jamie.777]

A young double J as a referee, wow he was scrawny

[@Fultonfalcons86]

Buddy blew it with the NWA because of bad drug habit glad he got himself right befor he passed Flair is also a Memhis native

[@harshtruth5003]

Had no idea dusty visited Memphis.

[@madbrowniac7871]

In the late Seventies yes to begin with. Uncorked a customarily Shakespearean monologue about his grandiose arrival in Memphis. A certain apple in 2021 never ever rolled far away from the Texas tree!😂😏🍎🎤B.W.

[@jamie9236]

Bill Dundee aka Dink 😂

[@jonmeans2637]

Boy I'll tell ya , when I said sick, I mean sick..lol

[@patrickp.jeanotte4308]

Where did Jerrit learn to fight

[@leotrice1360]

Seem like everytime they had trouble they always called on Lawler

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

The King was the Hogan of the South

[@christianbarras7113]

Wow Jeff Jarrett as referee.

[@Steveunnie2798]

I dun know these wrestlers but they're cool. What arena are they at?😍😍

[@dossman6]

lookin good Steph

[@raptorcrazy9545]

They were based out of Memphis Tennessee

[@muletownman6900]

Old Mid South Coliseum from Memphis, Tn

[@RickJW-OSM]

Wow Flair vs. Koko w/Dusty in his corner?! What year?

[@setadriftonfishandchips]

1985, I think.

[@philipclarke9696]

1986

[@nononowhoa8567]

Buddy! RIP

[@ThomasRogers-f8z]

Wildflower Tommy Rich

[@mikeclassic4108]

Landell and Dundee...Look More Like Hawk And Animal......HOLY SHIT...Those Jobbers Quit Wrestling That Day😄

[@libra42ful]

....They BEAT everybody up, lol....I bet they both had a satisfying nut-load in their gear afterward from enjoying the beatings a litttttle too much....Had to feel fn grrrreat for em both....

[@davidterry919]

Rick Fleirh was the man.

[@KKC70]

How was Bill Dundee ever a thing? I was bigger than him in 7th grade. I don't give a shit how good of a worker he was, he looks fucking ridiculous

[@VolumedMusicMan]

I dare you to say it to his face in 1985 lol!

[@KKC70]

@VolumedMusicMan I'm sure he would have kicked my ass. But, he still looks ridiculous in the ring with guys twice his size.

[@DrDennisBusiness]

Why are the girls shrieking like that?!? Are the girls screaming for dutch?

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I forgot that one of the best NWA champions ever was a referee Jeff Jarrett.

[@diablo666541]

Buddy landell was no ric flare

[@diablo666541]

Pat rose may ben jobber in the ring but he wass behind the scenes kind of guy

[@tonyarceneaux286]

You mean he worked with Jerry Lawler off screen.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Pat Rose's best run in the sport was when he teamed with the then villainous Mr. Wrestling II to hold The NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championships in and around 1984. Sadly both these men and their persistent and highly popular nemesis Bullet Bob Armstrong have all passed away since.😔🎤🔔×10.

[@charlesclark9627]

To think they actually put the belt on Rich!

[@richardcooper231]

Gotta wonder who Jim Jameson pissed off. They beat the holy hell out if him😯

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Jim Jamison was the Bruce Walkup of Memphis…

[@craiglindkvist4604]

Back when mem were men...and wrestling was a physical competition They worked tight and snug and the reasons why wrestlers didnt like each other were clear logical and believable . What they call wrestling these days is just a gymnastic routine.

[@chadthayer2273]

Old school it has Gordon. .new school.. it has what?

[@RickJW-OSM]

Yeah ol' Slap Nuts was really green here with that delayed sell. (12:06)

[@libra42ful]

I actually snickered at that....what an inept idiot....looked so retardedly ignorant even the crowd laughed at it....what a putz

[@millwx]

The Koko match… wow… the saddest part is that in his long career, so early in it, that must’ve been his highlight. Obviously, there was zero chance he’d beat Flair. What story line would THAT be?!?!?! Not happening. But the match they performed? It put Koko on the same level as Flair… an even match which either man could’ve won. Koko never sniffed a title match again… always a b-carder… would crush any jobber but lose to any top card talent. He was always just a solid guy for top talent to beat. Really, it was no different on this match. But it FELT different as it was actually a title match and Koko was right there the whole time. Gotta be Koko’s high point… a bit sad, actually, since it came so early in his career. All downhill after that.

[@diablo666541]

That and like many others got on blow.

[@blacknatsu6623]

Koko had a great career in the WWF!! He made a lot of money working there. Are you crazy?

[@millwx]

@@blacknatsu6623 ohhhhhh yeah, I know Koko was in the WWF. But are YOU crazy? LOL. You seemed to miss my point. He was always a B-card in the WWF. He NEVER got a title shot. Obviously, as he was a face, that would be tough (Hogan ruled for most of the time Koko was there), but still, Koko never even got close. He never even had an Intercontinental shot versus Savage. So, I stand by my comment. This match versus Flair was far and away Koko’s career highlight.., which is actually a little sad given how long his career lasted thereafter (he was in the WWF for at least 15 years). Sad. All downhill from here.

[@blacknatsu6623]

@@millwx and Tim Tebow and countless others were great in college, but not the NFL.

[@millwx]

@@blacknatsu6623 Tim Tebow, the Koko B Ware of the NFL. Absolutely love it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

[@charlesclark9627]

Dundee was a runt! Landell a poor Flair clone!

[@MrNatural73]

Ole nanna nose this ant time and place lol you started it there at that time and place

[@braddarmphitt7067]

im so shocked.............COCO B WARE WON A MATCH

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Mike Maroni,couldn't even beat Lance Russell!

[@diablo666541]

Landell. Chop was nothing compared to ric flares classic chop. Wooooooohhhhh!!!!!-!

[@billbrown4811]

Landel and dunde are so dum to jump Jeff Jarrett

[@Power_Blade-]

👍

[@leotrice1360]

Like they could not call anyone else

[@brucewrestbee5984]

In a tv studio

[@jpistolas]

Buddy Landel from LA? Really?

[@blacknatsu6623]

Lmao!!!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

I remember Boyd Pierce called him the “California nature boy!” 🤩

[@charlesclark9627]

Jimmy Valiant character was stupid and silly!

[@johnathanrush4666]

Best Commentary Tandems: 1) Lance and Dave 2) (tie) everyone else

[@michaelvolgare4454]

Kingfish little girl chaser you can't win the NWA World Title by a countout jabroni.

[@jaylew8408]

Either had to be 5-10 year olds or they had a lot of teenage girls for fans back then, but that squealing was Fucking unbearable

[@power2491]

Dundee was successful due to his cousin Jerry Lawler was the king of Memphis

[@richardbishop8666]

His cousin? Maybe you have him confused with Wayne Farris?

[@power2491]

@@richardbishop8666 superstar Bill Dundee, The Honky Tonk Man and Jerry the King Lawler are the 3 cousin's out of Memphis that was over in the city and put smokie mountain and Memphis wrestling on the map. Look the honky tonk man shoot and podcast he constantly reference his 2 cousins getting him started in the business.

[@TJ4video]

@@power2491 SMH

[@traceywoodward1817]

Wasn't Wayne ferris Jerry Lawler and Carl Fergie all cousins?

[@power2491]

@@traceywoodward1817 They ran the Memphis wrestling circuit, the Memphis wrestling family

[@donjulio4025]

Lawler couldn't make it any where else. Didn't live up to the match, failed in HI

[@leotrice1360]

The begginng of Jeff Jarrett becoming a wrestler

[@Blacattacsquadron]

@Randall Denison no he's not!!! You're the freak'n idiot dipstick!! Lawler killed that territory along with Dundee and Mantel. The NWA wouldn't recognize that territory after Flair wrestled Koko B. Ware. The tickets were waaay too cheap to pay the other guys so only Lawler got paid fairly.