Hacksaw Jim Duggan on Mid South Stars Leaving for the WWF

[@1950Grendel]

I moved to Oklahoma in 1984 and began watching UWF on Saturday night - best shows ever.

[@MrSmitty1074]

The best year for Mid South was 1984.

[@mattm7798]

I've heard stories of how amazing mid 80s mid south/uwf was.

[@StuUngar]

My dad lived in southern OK and we watched World Class.

[@Desstrik]

We loved you in Shreveport! All of you guys.

[@philaman1972]

I remember when Mid-South/UWF broke into the Philly TV market in early 1986 as part of their national expansion, airing a two-hour block -- first on channel 65 (low-powered TV station in Vineland, NJ and then moving over to Philly 57) -- every Saturday between 8-10pm (Power Pro Wrestling followed by UWF) with this incredible, passionate, screaming announcer named Jim Ross. Great, fast-paced action and storylines.

[@DudeNamedJeffery]

Always been a fan Jim … Love ya brother

[@oldschoolfan420]

Mid south along with the Mid Atlantic territories had the deepest rosters and best fueds and angles.

[@MrSmitty1074]

Those were the good days.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Florida and mid south for me.

[@anthonyosullivan268]

Amazing how Jim mentions the sad cycle a lot of wrestlers face starting off and finishing in the high school gyms 😢.

[@yoholmes273]

Imagine thinking working in HS gyms is "sad" . Gyms & armories ARE professional wrestling .

[@JRWeezy84]

​@@yoholmes273lol yea for young nobodies and washed up nobodies... lmao noone wants to watch seniors wrestle...

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

​​@@yoholmes273hen you wrestle at Wrestlemania and huge stadiums, it is a huge step down. Like a former major leaguer finishing his career at his local towns semi-pro team.

[@gary6754]

This is around when i started fading out of wrestling I hated the WWF product and I loved the UWF.

[@rancidcrawfish]

Does hacksaw have his own podcast? I'd listen to him every day

[@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets]

Mid-South seemed more “real” compared to the circus WWF was with all the gimmicks & flash. Could never get a handle on Jake wearing purple spandex battling the silly looking Macho Man. Jim looks amazing here , he was soo awesome in Mid South.

[@jgibson6041]

USA USA USA! Hoooooooooooooe!

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Why is Hacksaws podcast called the Snake Pit?

[@mikeg2491]

He’s just filling in for Jake

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

@@mikeg2491 oh, got it. Hacksaw should get his own podcast though

[@vanealmorrow6024]

I started watching the UWF territory just when they started to lose their top guys.

[@lewhanna6112]

I still don't like WWE/WWF because of how Vince raided all the good talent and didn't use them right.

[@MrSmitty1074]

It's a big market but it's a circus.

[@rayfordswindle3259]

Yes. The NWA was so much better.

[@harveymcelroy9332]

I agree

[@melekelewis2945]

Yeah but the wrestlers kicked it because of money exposed fame

[@melekelewis2945]

​@@rayfordswindle3259 NWA had great wrestling more believable it didn't have WWF exposure ,but wwf had great mat he's too even they wanted to focus on wrestling, wef product sold more and was able to be on TV more where audience could see