A story never told about the USWA

[@DinnerWithTheKing]

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[@myCOCKisHARD]

THIS CHILD RAPIST DOESNT DO THE PODCAST ANYMORE?

[@jasong3652]

I miss the USWA, I used to watch it every Wednesday night for years! It was a sad day when they went out of business!

[@chrissowders6005]

You from evansville

[@jasong3652]

@@chrissowders6005 I’m actually from North Carolina, they used to air the show on our local channel every Wednesday night at 9pm.

[@chrissowders6005]

I'm from Louisville KY I was lucky enough to watch them live every Tuesday night @the Louisville Gardens most of the good childhood memories I have was from there but they was live in Evansville on Wednesday nights . Monday was Memphis, Tuesdays Louisville and Wednesday Evansville

[@jasong3652]

@@chrissowders6005 I was 14 or 15 when they closed, I always wished I could go to the studio in Memphis to see the show live, even though I never experience it live it was a big part of my childhood memories getting to watch on tv. We also had Smokey Mountain on our local channel too which I really enjoyed! Honestly more than WWF and WCW at the time. I can’t get into the product today at all unfortunately.

[@chrissowders6005]

I went on to work with some of the best that came thru the area

[@SupaStah01]

grew up in Lexington Ky and watched USWA every Sat at 11 am. fuck, where did the time go?...

[@drew.reviews]

I got to see the last year of USWA on one of those little syndicated stations, and loved it. But I do remember just a blank screen with the episode number during some of the commercial breaks.

[@Randy-2468]

King is a good story teller. Keep up the good stuff 👌

[@thelowesttreeshavetops3541]

That Disney story is incredible!

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

It had to be a treat for Lawler. Dude loves art and collecting pieces so to get a peak into that inner sanctum must have been pretty exciting.

[@scottcassulis6062]

I enjoy listening to this podcast

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

It is interesting to hear them portray the armed process server as though he was just some random guy with a heater on his side.

[@Vansbaseball]

Alright so listening to this made me remember this When I was in High school (so this would be around Freshman/Sophomore year) one of the local channels we had was WGTW 48 which is now a TBN affiliate I think. Well I want to say it was during the summer (maybe even after that) that they showed an episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and the thing I actually remember (and the clip is on youtube) is that it was the episode that Dundee and Lawler won the tag titles against Fire and Ice a.k.a. "The Cyberpunks". I THINK it was the only episode we got to see before the company went under...either that or the station got bought out by TBN but yeah...we had one of the stations that aired USWA but it wasn't the only company cos one of the other ones was one of Lawler's "favorites" in ECW...GOOD TIMES!

[@troylowe814]

When the USWA was sold, did the sale include the rights to past episodes?

[@Vansbaseball]

I don't know if this has been covered yet but I wanted to ask about this I have seen the clip from a USWA show when Jerry had to come out and announce that Saturday Morning wrestling was done for the company and I wondered if this incident came before or after that because I remember that they were doing wrestling shows after that at Midnight briefly (and before the company closed I think the Southern title was reinstated) but my main question would be did the incident with the gun happen before or after that announcement and then for the final show when the matchmaker (I think his name last name was Beard) got chased out of one of the tape rooms by a manager I think that was the final ever scene from the company but am I wrong there? Also since I know Jerry had to go to Dallas to defend the Unified title I'd love to know what he thought of Marc Lowrance...that'd be an interesting question for him I think

[@showdownvilla6078]

mr. Jerry Lawler my favorite wrestlers best sports commentator of all time ......

[@dandyjimbuckley]

Really enjoyed this.

[@josephnewberry9290]

I was listening to Jim Cornette and Brian Last talk about selling territories. They mentioned sometimes promoters would sell to a rich sucker, wait till they went out of business because they knew nothing about wrestling, then start the territory back up themselves.

[@rumtuckskatter]

Love this podcast!

[@leonardroberts111]

Even near New Orleans I got to see USWA and it would sit on UPN network I think it was like 1 in the morning Saturday or something. After about 1998 it vanished without really knowing where it went and out came power pro which was just a shell. It went how wcw went where it came down to mid card talent becoming title holders or old cast offs from the wwf.

[@egomaniac247]

There's a recent Dutch Mantell podcast talking about what a shyster Larry Burton was lol

[@misstoni3901]

Yep I listened to that too

[@impalaman9707]

I always felt like they should have expanded their territory more. The USWA/WCCW merger was a good idea that helped them get into Texas and Oklahoma, but after that failed--how about at least expanding into markets like Little Rock, St Louis, Cincinatti, or Indianapolis? Its not like going on a world tour---just a little further outside of Memphis, but you wouldn't be invading anyone else's territory, because in 1995, there were no more territories

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

I watched the inception of the USWA on ESPN with the merger of CWA and WCWA or WCCW up until Joe Pedicino's Global Wrestling Federation took over the timeslot. I kept up with the USWA in the remaining years of its existence but sadly not firsthand. I remember The Truth Commission was a much bigger deal in Memphis than on WWF TV and that angle main evented for a few years seemingly. Sad it went down how it did and how they conned Selker.

[@nellbowie7986]

So a Hollywood goof ruined Memphis Wrestling? Smh

[@andrewclayterman6230]

Because he's from Hollywood.. whatta they do in memphis.. plow the fields all day long? You buncha dumb hicks!!

[@BusStopProductions.]

Someone, get Jerry a cup of water

[@fjccommish]

Good grief - a name dropping extravaganza.

[@angelacallaway2195]

Jerry Lawler loving you all day long and then some 🔥😎🥰

[@ROIDEDCAPS7868]

AKRON LOVES JERRY THE KING LAWLER TRUST ME I'M IN AKRON RIGHT NOW

[@jamesosborn2612]

Im in Cleveland and longtime King Fan. I saw his match with Jake Roberts here live at the Gund Arena (now the Q). He came out with a Ravens jersey on which got alot of heat in 96. I knew he was an Indians fan but its funny now knowing hes a Browns fan and he did that. I also saw him in a great match with Razor Ramon at a houseshow at the old Richfield Coliseum. i was so young but if youre from Akron you remember Richfileld Im sure

[@ROIDEDCAPS7868]

CLASSIC JERRY LAWLER HEAT SEEKING MOVE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN THE GUND JUST WHAT ART MODELL DID TO US AWESOME STORY BROTHER THANKS OHIO WRESTLING FANS UNITED

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Should've listened to Jarrett :/

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

I almost went to Memphis to beat lawler silly

[@lordofpain3476]

USWA a third rate wrestling company with fourth rate wrestlers .

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Well the USWA decided to compete with Vince McMahon. NOT SMART.

[@ExperienceEric]

Actually they were working WITH Vince. Both Jerry's were working in the WWF and Vince sent down talent to the USWA regularly.

[@allandodson9241]

@@ExperienceEric I definitely remember Bret hart and the undertaker coming down for a tag match against king and Jeff Jarrett. Plus the Mr. McMahon character originally appeared in Memphis.

[@impalaman9707]

They became the WWF "farm team" in the mid-90s