Jimmy Hart leaves Memphis dumping on Lance Russell(BEST VERSION)

Jimmy left Memphis in 1985 for New York. This was his last appearance on the show dumping a bag of flour all over Lance. The entire 1985 season is available now at www.70s-tv.com

[@tedoverholt156]

I saw this on live tv, back when rasslin was believable...its really to bad what has happened to this once great sport

[@bossmann6358]

Ted Overholt *too

[@Crushmore404]

Amen brother!

[@dantegood2195]

It was believable cause you were a kid. Just like you used to love cartoons and playing on the jungle gyms. It’s something you outgrow after childhood.

[@truth.74]

@@dantegood2195 In the kayfabe era adults is who believed. Kids watch wrestling because their parents did.

[@dominiccremona2499]

@@bossmann6358 grammar nazi

[@dumbdodge]

Such a funny moment ! Laughed myself out of the recliner that saturday morning, so funny !!!!!

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

Most of the time Lance Russell, one of the best commentators ever, was untouchable. From what I've heard he wore rather expensive suits. To me, him and Gordon Solie were two of the best ever.

[@scott917]

i saw that happen live on tv. good times.

[@bossmann6358]

scott917 Loved Good Times!! Loved Jimmy JJ Walker!!

[@BigOrangePred]

Hart had accepted Vince's offer to go to the WWF. He was done and knew he was leaving almost immediately. He's said he considered letting Jarrett and Lawler know about his move, but was concerned that they'd retaliate against him. So Jimmy opted to go out with a bang - dumping a 5 lb bag of flour on Lance was just that.

[@fjccommish]

This is scripted. He didn't just decide to do something to get suspended. That's a Kayfabe story.

[@michaeltaylor5946]

saw the live show when I was younger....Lance left for a while.. Jimmy came back and Lance showed up .. with his own flour. hope some one got that to post

[@sherrybean98]

RIP LANCE RUSSELL

[@tdw5933]

Best of the Best

[@gl6996]

And this is when the real 🔥left Memphis. Hart got "suspended" to join the WWF.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Thought he was in Georgia before he went to the WWE? Because they were both using the TBS studios when Ole had his new promotion and Hart just ended up on the other side at one point.

[@gl6996]

@@KeithFroehlich07 As far as I know, Hart left Memphis and went straight to the WWF. In fact, Hart's last match in Memphis he wasn't their. He had an imposter dressed like him because he'd already left the Memphis promotion.

[@yardlet6]

C'mon Lance,you can clean that Baxter suit or get another at Lowenstein's.

[@robertdonahoo8183]

Lance got him back some 20 years later.

[@westarsatelliteservices2428]

"Get him out of here". Uh, who's supposed to do that? Dave Brown? The fans?

[@GregoryWeagle]

Lance calling this the lowest thing ever is hilarious, since it's not even the lowest flour incident in Lance's career. Hector Gurrerro and the infamous flour-loaded pinata, which Hector got away with it!

[@actionautopartsjaymephilli3171]

Lance Russell was the best… ever.

[@Rusty3659]

Too bad it was only a 5 pound bag of flour!

[@aaronlusanko6356]

If it was any larger than a 5 pound bag of flour, Jimmy Hart might have had trouble holding the bag of flour!

[@brandonmorris9889]

1:08 Elizabeth, he's coming to join you because Jimmy Hart has the big one.

[@johnhawk1969]

Didn't he go to Atlanta first?

[@jonjohnson1978.]

Here from story time with dutch

[@borneojimmy1431]

Isn't that The Grappler Len Denton standing next to Lance?

[@funkyflashman]

Jay Heycock Sure is.

[@blacksheep25251]

@@funkyflashman Thank you !!! I use to watch The Grappler in the Pacific North West territory. I knew it sounded familiar, but thank you for confirming!

[@stephenarmour9695]

The grappler looks like Eddie Gilbert here

[@travobrady768]

I was as much a fan of lance more than the wrestlers

[@flyboysteven9979]

something else the wrestlers did back then was "throw fire" into someones face....i always wondered exactly what that was....nobody knew...we just all said they threw fire in their face

[@daveharris2568]

They used what magicians used for decades, flash paper. It is a very thin chemically, treated piece of paper that, when lit, flares up and is consumed in a second or two. The fire lasts so short a time that no harm is done.

[@scott917]

It was flash paper.

[@josephgeorge1315]

Think about it, you believe that lance Russell got him suspended right... Jimmy Hart really didn't touched him

[@kingsports1113]

Lance Russell got Jimmy Hart fired

[@BigOrangePred]

Actually Hart had already accepted the offer to go to the WWF. This was his going away rib on Lance.

[@timhockett7605]

One week later he joined the world wrestling federation

[@4thandinches]

0:30 LOL. After that humiliation, Lance starts to put the mike in Jimmy's face, so the audience would not miss a word of the rant.

[@ozzythecats]

Pro

[@missumenimsatanass]

That's what gave it away it was a work....

[@thomaslemond5913]

Lance was the best

[@chrisbridges655]

Years later Hart would have power of attorney over The Huckster.

[@thomasnoday4753]

Now get outta here Jimmy!

[@tealx2014]

Hart should have never left!!!

[@stevengreen4620]

Jimmy Hart should been arrested for Assault.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Whether it was intended thusly or not this was an ironic throwback to The NWA MidAmerica Gulas days when the flour dump was a classic plotline. Usually executed by Faces such as Jackie Fargo against Heel Managers such as Dr. Ken Ramey. MidAmerica was my jam back in the day. Where else would you not only see Tom "The Assassin" Renesto as a Face Color Commentator (preceding Roddy Piper by five years) that such a Face would be bloodied beyond belief when a Heel Team attacked him with a Solid Wooden CocaCola Crate?!😉😂😯🎤🎼🎸📣🥤🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

The Manager Emeritus of Memphis. Paved the way for so many and put over a galaxy of Stars including the emergent Jerry "The King" Lawler.😉😎🎤📣🎼🎸🤼‍♀️🤼‍♂️B.W.