Jerry Lawler Bill Dundee Studio Brawl 1985

[@skysthelimit7579]

Every time I watch these old Memphis clips it’s more and more apparent just how great Lance Russell was. His confidence and command of the show is excellent. He’s the goat

[@BoonsGhost]

Absolutely! Great observation, in my humblest.

[@L0wki]

only his selling was horrible. The rest of his skillset was worldclass. He is truly the GOAT.

[@stevezylla2350]

Lance Russell is highly underrated, same with Bob Caudle

[@wilcox728]

Bill Dundee and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel were an entertaining and hilarious combo in 1985.

[@whydat684]

As kids in Louisville we loved this .

[@derrickburton3983]

Im from Parkin Ar. This is what kept us in the house on saturday mornings. Lived for this & cartoons. The the days man💯💯

[@Commenter007]

As did I, my friend! I miss those days.

[@davidking2835]

“What a stunning situation!!” I remember watching this on Saturday’s with my long gone grandpa. I’d love to have one show with him back then.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Same here buddy ! My grandparents and me watched every Saturday . Great memories .

[@Commenter007]

I feel ya, buddy! My Papaw introduced me to wrestling and would take me to the Evansville Collisium, every Wednesday to see these guys. Those were some of the best times of my life. I miss my Papaw greatly, as I'm sure that you miss yours as well, but you know what, if we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we'll get to see and be with them again. Have a good day!

[@MrAitraining]

I grew up in NY so old WWF country but I got FL and GA wrestling on cable. I was aware of memphis thru the old wrestling mags and I've Been watching memphis clips for yrs on here and I love it. Lance Russell was terrific. great straight man and funny too. Great stuff!

[@daviddavidson8050]

I remember watching this at home in Clarksville, TN. in the 1980s. I loved Memphis wrestling on Saturdays. Cartoons and wrestling on Saturdays was everything!

[@nyronfranklin5789]

This was my Saturday for many years. The reason that I became a wrestling fan. Greetings from an Active Duty sailor raised in Memphis.

[@daviddavidson8050]

@@nyronfranklin5789 good morning and thank you very much for your service and for sharing! Take care.

[@paullentz1972]

I grew up in West Helena, Arkansas (an hour south of Memphis, Tennessee...on the Arkansas side of The Mississippi River). I grew up watching Saturday Morning Wrestling on NBC.....they had the best wrestling ever. The Monday Night action at The Old Mid-South Coliseum was the best ever!

[@AllenNail-f5n]

Lived in Memphis in the mid 80s. Hard to beat the mid south coliseum on Monday nights

[@daviddavidson8050]

@@AllenNail-f5n, hey! That's awesome to know! It was a lot of fun back in those days. Anytime you'd care to share an additional memory or two my way feel free! I'd love to hear more about life in Memphis and the old Mid-South Collesium with wrestling in those days.

[@tuner1972]

This is one of the wrestling memories that always stuck with me. I remember being a twelve year old boy watching this.

[@maraviyoso8473]

Bill Dundee was so great back in the day!

[@imafreakinhistorian2169]

Classic, Thats how you switch heal, and take over a studio . !

[@paulwescott6412]

I grew up in Memphis and used to love watching. Got so upset when Tojo Yamamoto got unfairly attacked and bloodied up on time my mom told me if I didn't calm down I wasn't going to be able to watch anymore! Those were the days!!

[@Timmylongstroke]

It was my mom that went ballistic 😂

[@paxhumana2015]

The way to counteract that is to tell your parents that you decide which nursing home to send them to when they can no longer care for themselves.

[@mr00ks]

This reminds me of a STYX song "The Best of Times"

[@brunoaponte928]

When wrestling was wrestling.

[@tealx8462]

Yes!!!!

[@ronaldshank7589]

Brother, you ain't kidding! Ol' Bill Dundee's so fired up here, that ha ain't listenin' to anybody! He was just Go, go, go, all the time, it seemed! I love this segment, and any segment like it. This is the way Wrestling used to be, and it needs to make a huge comeback, as far as I'm concerned!

[@user-cj1tc8zi4e]

When wrestlers were not scripted I believe. 80s and 90s were my favorite era, wrestling has been nowhere this good to me the last 12 years.

[@tealx8462]

@@user-cj1tc8zi4e True!

[@jackevans4618]

Amen to that

[@munsterbraum2792]

Bill Dundee had an 8ball for breakfast

[@maraviyoso8473]

I think 8Ball took a Dundee

[@1980bwc]

Looks like he swallowed a bowling ball.

[@willisnewton5284]

"an 8ball........" 3 at least

[@AaronT129]

😂

[@robinsymonds5353]

More like an ounce 😂

[@junioralsept9335]

Bill Dundee running around like a little leprechaun.. "Classic"

[@diablo666541]

Lol more like miniature Ronnie Millsap or mini Elvis

[@aewreddit2220]

@@diablo666541 leprechaun is way closer than elvis. You smoke Crack?

[@ronaldshank7589]

Jerry Lawler didn't have any real ground to stand on, being that he politicked his way through the CWA, and the USWA! Bill Dundee cheated to win, sure enough. However, Jerry Lawler had no right to do all of this grandstanding and politicking! He was known to cheat, too, and Jerry Lawler was such a big baby at times! He could be totally immature! The end of this recording was totally pathetic...and it proves just what I said. Jerry could dish it out (When it comes to stuff like this!), but he couldn't take it!

[@yahkibenyehuda4255]

Dundee and Lawler were great for Memphis wrestling!

[@christophernicholson20]

This was Memphis version of Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

Dear God, Bill Dundee is amazing on the mic

[@ronaldshank7589]

Yeah! He could teach every young'un out there, how to do what I call a "Shoot Promo"! He's like Ol' Corny (Jim Cornette). They could both run their mouths a million miles an hour, and still come up with some of the absolute BEST stuff you ever heard of, in your life!

[@marcuscompton3772]

Best 29 minute Dodge commercial. The 80s was great!

[@simplman3288]

These were the days, when i got in high school, me and a friend would drive the hour to Evansville( i dont think my parents ever knew it), buy front row seats at the door and have a blast, watched these two and many many others from the day. brings back a lot of great memories

[@CuteLesbo69]

I would drive in from Illinois every Wednesday, great memories.

[@giannit2777]

Classic!! The glory days of wrestling!!

[@lasselippert3892]

Bill Dundee showing off his glorious physique..

[@maraviyoso8473]

and he can still turn you into a pile of shit

[@jayharvey7043]

These impromptu matches were always a treat, especially when it was these two.

[@rossfraser9217]

Wish i grew up in Memphis, so i could've watched this. Also Bill Dundee is one of greats, it's a shame he is not as well known back here in Scotland.

[@bobbybeard1497]

According to Dundee the audience went from 1 million to 10 million in 5 minutes

[@kinginblack3321]

That feels soooo much more natural of a heel or baby face turn than any heal or baby face turn I've seen since like 1990

[@GeoGuy388]

This is great, but I wouldn't say it's head and shoulders above Bret Hart in 1997.

[@kinginblack3321]

@@GeoGuy388 it is when bret heart doesn't have anyone like minded to work with

[@donwilcox728]

@@kinginblack3321 Billy Jack Haynes's classic heel turn in Portland circa 1990. If you haven't seen it, it is available on KZbin.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Bash at the Beach 96

[@Mojoe70]

"Smear the queer " lol I haven't heard that in years

[@orarichman9948]

My grandmother's Ola favorite sports and wrestlers, Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler ❤️

[@regisanderson1479]

Lance said “Like a Heart Attack” Classic

[@khriscaplinger4506]

I watched this the morning this episode aired was October of 85 back in the good ole days, Lawler and Dundee where a great rivalry and partners as well,the fabulous ones were a great tag team and was the Rock and roll express

[@Billy-pc6lt]

Wrestling at it's best from Memphis. Enough said.

[@aaronholman8288]

Back when wrestlers knew how to throw a punch

[@aaronholman8288]

@@williama.6197 Yeah I'm the only grown adult in the world that still thinks pro wrestling isn't a work. You're a genius. Great insult. 10/10

[@donnabrooks6312]

The fabulous ones are class acts ❤❤❤

[@keithwayne2902]

Good Gosh I miss these days, Memphis, Georgia and Mid South. Nothing now compares 👍👌

[@Timmylongstroke]

Bill is highly underrated..could sell and deliver..

[@krisone5253]

Look at these two studs. I remember being a little kid watching the studio show with my baby brother. We loved it. My Brother stopped watching Wrestling. He lifted weights and I spotted him for the bench press. Me & My Brother Lifted Weights Hard! My Brother lost interest in Pro Wrestling! He Discovered making love to his Girlfriend! I Kept Lifting till Ohio Valley Wrestling recruit was looking for me! I tried! I just wasn't big enough, plus my right arm was fractured twice and arthritis and tendinitis was setting it up!🌐🌎

[@pbrrodeo9063]

can i go back to the days of my childhood and turn on WMC channel 5 on Saturday morning right after Saturday Morning cartoons and watch some DAMN GOOD wrestling! lord have mercy i miss these days!!!!!

[@BroKEnCaPSLoCk1]

This whole thing is a masterpiece in building hype. I can’t fathom what this must have been like live!

[@marcuscompton3772]

You don't have to be a big guy to get over but the superstar was so believable as a bad ass.

[@ronaldshank7589]

He was strong and wild, and he wasn't mild! He could get it done, from dawn to setting sun! He was a Wrasslin' Machine, untamed and mean, And, Man alive! T' was the best we'd ever seen! The Man, and the legend, so we see, Is "The Superstar" Bill Dundee!!!

[@thomastherriault8632]

Bill Dundee was utterly hilarious creating heat, he was great at getting under peoples skin. Him and Lawler were classic. 👍

[@joepadgett6683]

Two of the best sellers of all time

[@PontFlair]

This was crazy. To see a World Title of any promotion change hands on TV was damn-near unheard of back then.

[@chewie2299]

Did anyone see how fast Dundee moved omg take the neck ties off lmao

[@twoamericanfarmers5855]

This was great

[@allandodson9241]

“Personal issues draw money”

[@martindoll5884]

Dundee was always an entertaining heel

[@lonewolftrucker99ky90]

Lawyer should have backed his partner

[@ronaldshank7589]

...but he wouldn't. Ya wanna know why:? Because was too much of a politician! He tried to extort more money for his 1980 Contract (According to the storyline for that time period). If it hadn't been for Jerry "The King" Lawler politicking his way in the old CWA, then the USWA. Period!!!

[@jacklandaupresents]

I love how the fans are outside taking photos lol

[@illusionxmuta]

Dundee fighting the whole room. Love it!

[@ronaldshank7589]

He could definitely do it! The only problem was, is that here he bit off a bit more than he could chew! The Ol' Boy could be very temperamental sometimes, that's for sure!

[@ronaldshank7589]

I just realized something. Unless I miss my guess, this looks to me, like a continuation of the hostilities between Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, from back a couple of years prior to this...from back in 1983. Remember that rivalry? They had a Loser Leave Town kind of a match. These two battled through a good while in 1985, and their battles were very fierce! Here, Bill Dundee cheated, with the use of a small chain. I'm not defending that. But: How many times, did Jerry Lawler cheat, especially with the use of Fireballs? Let that sink in..............

[@TeresaShinkle]

​@ronaldshank7589 uh you know show is scripted right.🙄

[@markharmon8018]

Dundee is a legend

[@christophernicholson20]

The way the Fabolous Ones are dressed it looks like they had two jobs wrestlers and bartenders/male strippers at a strip club

[@WILLIAMHOWERTON-pz7dk]

JUST AWESOME AND CRAZY AS HECK!

[@dirkdiggler6483]

That match would be well worth the price of admission

[@1980bwc]

"Playin smear the queer!" 😆😆😆 Stan must have forgotten that little video they made, that Jackie Fargo came out and played introducing them to the territory. Lol

[@CollinKillian]

It was the 80s, so the video they did wasn't considered as gay...Fashion was a bit different then, and they were marketing them to female audiences, same goes for the Rock and Roll, you can see that in the older videos of them wrestling that it indeed worked.

[@dougfredricks2017]

Back in the day pre AndyKaufman Jerry the 👑King 👑 Lawler was the Man in Memphis

[@stephenkinq5425]

Is That The Ultimate Warrior In The Art work behind Commentators Table !?!? [Pre Warrior Era]

[@nicoleknight9412]

Lawler and Dundee had the biggest love/hate relationship in the history of wrestling.

[@GetBenched2010]

Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage have entered the chat.

[@zt1053]

Lawler and Dundee always said they weren’t friends but great partners. Hulk and Macho would talk like blood brothers when allies

[@madbrowniac7871]

Superstar Bill Dundee comes off here as Memphis's answer to "Ernest T. Bass" of "Mayberry." Right down to the cackle! Classic Lunatic Memphis brilliance.🤔😂🎼🎸🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@JackieAllen-rn6nj]

Bill dundee usely got the best of jerry lawler most of the time going to see Bill dundee and jerry lawler this Saturday

[@inverlock8373]

This is how you pit two babyface tag teams against each other. Which was a hard sell in those days.

[@kevindouglas5333]

Stan just standing there waiting to get hit.

[@adrianlester8552]

Dundee Mic Skills Were Second To None He Made This So Believable I Remember This They Took Up The Whole Show And It Was Classic Lawler Dundee And Brother They Put Butts In The Seats

[@GregoryWeagle]

I just love how Bill Dundee is showing restraint and somewhat professional attitude during this whole thing, but when Jerry Lawler says "I don't want to be your partner anymore", he goes absolute scorched earth on everyone. Jesus, Jerry; that was not smart of you to say.

[@davidlinville5676]

Those punches look so spot on they were a work and they made it seem real then some wrestlers that has wrestled these two said sometines they would throw a actual punch just to mess with the actual opposite opponent.

[@michaelrubin9547]

No they were real punches they didn't get along

[@CollinKillian]

​@@michaelrubin9547Ridiculous, Lawler and Dundee were close friends and remain so to this day.

[@PontFlair]

​@@CollinKillianI gotta agree with @michaelrubin9547 here. The video speaks volumes to his point.

[@illusionxmuta]

“Two pantywaists playing smear the queer!” I miss the 80s.

[@stevezylla2350]

Two of the best punchers ever !!

[@timfox5337]

WWE & AEW need to study the promos of Lawler and Dundee. Study how they build excitement.

[@CollinKillian]

Neither company allows the freedom to be able to do promos like these anymore. Everything is written for the wrestlers, also we've become a rather soft society and in order to have decent promos, you have to risk offending people.

[@hkg8788]

an all time classic memphis angle

[@zt1053]

Bill Dundee actually ended up being right because Stan Lane would turn heel only a year and a half later by joining the new Midnight express and Steve Keirn would betray Lawler in two years And then in five years when the fabs got back together they suckered Lawler and attacked him

[@fromdeathtolife1993]

The good old days

[@thomaslemond5913]

Get well soon king and Superstar

[@docthemetalfreak]

I swear they had to have at least 1-3 studio brawlz per episode

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@zekigpr]

They made it (seems) real. Much better than today's scripted bull.....

[@michaelrubin9547]

It was real they didn't script this

[@krisone5253]

Billy Dundee Might Be A Little Drunk! OVW, Southern Heavyweight Belt! Us Wrestling Fans from Louisville Gardens in Kentucky. We all Know how Much Fun These Days Were! ✝️🌐✌️

[@chewie2299]

Look I love tge fabulous ones but dat damn uniform takes courage or stupidity lol

[@feloniousintent]

CHEWIE. I have to agree. It looks a little LQBTQ, even though these 2 wrestlers weren't like that, I guess.

[@christophernicholson20]

I didn't know the Fabolous Ones were chippendales dancers lol

[@CollinKillian]

It was the 80s, they were a team marketed too females, and it definitely seemed to have worked..

[@michaelconnors7668]

Great Christian athlete Bill Dundee refuses to cheat and break rules and wrestles scientifically, while the lying cheating non-stop rule breaker Jerry Lawler pulls hair, grabs trunks and throws fists. Finish sees Dundee score a clean-no-controversy-middle-of-the-ring pinfall for the Southern Heavyweight Title. Justice is served.

[@ronaldshank7589]

What strikes me as odd, is that Mr. Bill Dundee was ready to WRESTLE! I know that this situation got discombobulated, but Jerry Lawler was showing a resistance to getting into a match, here. Steve Keirn and Stan Lane remained neutral, and were willing to either wait, or wrestle...and we all know, that Bill Dundee could definitely be a hothead. That said, though, he was ready and rarin' to go! Then, after he heard what Jerry "The King" Lawler had to say (Which was partly reasonable, but that, in my opinion, turned into a mix of grandstand and trepidation), then Bill decided to try to force the issue...and ended up with 3 new enemies! However:No matter what he did, he was STILL ready to go, at the proverbial "Drop of a Hat"! The only reason that (& yeah, I've said this before) the "Powers-That-Be" kept Jerry Lawler around, was for ratings...and Jerry knew that! He knew that he was the Golden Egg Layer (The Golden Goose, if you will), and that they'd of never made it, as a Wrestling Organization, if he wasn't around! Jerry Lawler held plenty of Titles, but he was one of the biggest (If not the biggest!), "Politicians" around! He played the CWA, then the USWA, like a fiddle. He gave the Big Cheese what they wanted...as long as he got what he wanted! I have a much higher opinion of "Superstar" Bill Dundee, than I do of Jerry "The King" Lawler...and my two main reasons are as follows: 1-He got into the "Wrestling Trenches", and fought, clawed, kicked, and even bled his way to the top! Near the end of 1979, Jerry "The King" Lawler tried to get a new contract, which, when you look at what was in that contract, was an exorbitant sum! He wanted much more than he was worth...and much more than what the Company could pay! He decided to Grandstand...& I think he came up on the losing end of things. Did you ever hear of "The Superstar" Bill Dundee, doing something like that? No!!!!! For the reasons that I've given here, my vote goes to "The Superstar" Bill Dundee!!!

[@josephcostello695]

when wrestling was fun

[@christophernicholson20]

Facts

[@desmondcastro3679]

Banana nose !😆

[@Gman88889]

Legendary

[@stevezylla2350]

Dundee was great here !!!

[@reggiejohnson1201]

Jerry lawler got Robbed of the title

[@rickwilliamson1417]

Great times

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Bill Dundee, original inspiration for Mighty Mouse!

[@danielbullock9006]

Love Bill Dundee best punch in the business . Met him when I was 8 at Barbourville high school , mom took me gpt an autograph for $3

[@joe1940]

Back when kayfabe was still a thing.

[@michaelrubin9547]

It was legit

[@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288]

Jerry Lawler was a bad ass

[@Commenter007]

Jerry was no stranger to using a chain either, or fire, a chair etc! Memphis wrestling was the best!

[@sprayarm]

🤣 Boy, I tell ya!

[@StannisHarlock]

"Two panty weights playing smear the queer" 🤔 should I say it? Naw. I won't say it. I'll just leave that right where I found it.

[@nelsonporter8387]

Dundee couldn’t beat his meat

[@backwoodz_va]

I bet you would have gladly done it for him though

[@randysharpe1664]

saturday morning ritual as a kid

[@Rob78169]

Haha, they are all scared but yet Bill is the one who ran away. Needed another bump.😂

[@michaelmcgillicutty639]

When freedom of speech was still allowed

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

Dundee the little ankle biter 🤣

[@liverpooloflife8731]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@christophermccall7202]

Know as a scottish Terrier.

[@barthunt8640]

@@christophermccall7202, or a Chihuahua! 🤣

[@GhostManBrandonDDpre]

Lawyer and Dundee had some brutal looking worked punches. Superstar calls Lance "Banana Nose" 4 stars

[@JerkMidik]

Before my time but in my opinion this man was better than skeme gene and Jr combined

[@tonystone1016]

Coke was good back then.

[@luckygnome]

What are they wearing?

[@edg456]

🤣They look like Chippendales rejects!

[@KayFabe87]

Stan Lane at 0:12. That would get him and the entire program 'cancelled' in today's hypersensitive, snowflake society.