@DefLeppardVanHalen Jerry jerrette owns the stuff for Memphis in the eighties all the stuff from the nighties belongs to wwe since lawler bought the company then ended up selling out to the wwe
@bubbadin30 : Wrong,actually... the true owner of the Memphis stuff is up in the air... Jarrett has literally washed his hands of the whole thing, while Lawler has tried to claim ownership, but has no real legal claim. Macklin released 20 DVDs of classic Memphis stuff because the ownership is in question... and Jarrett didn't sell out 'till '97 and Lawler (along with his Hollywood crook partner Larry Burton) sold out as well... McMahon doesn't own a lick of it...
@DeepSouthWrestling1 OK thanks for the info i was going by what was said in a Jim cornette interview over the midnight express twenty fifth anniversary DVDs since it used footage from their mid south days.
@DeepSouthWrestling1 i thought watts had wcw and uswa was mid south wrestling after it was cwa but before it became uswa.. because Mondays they did the shows in Memphis and Thursdays they came to the Louisville gardens. theirs been so many wrestling companies here in the south keeping track of everything gets confusing sometimes
@bubbadin30 : Watts took over McGirk's( I think) Louisiana based territory and called it Mid South Wrestling. Once he tried to compete with McMahon, he changed the name to Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Memphis was simply known as "Championship Wrestling" until the mid-80s when they changed to "CWA" (which stood for Championship Wrestling Association). Once Jarrett purchased World Class from the VonErichs, the name changed to USWA... Memphis was called the mid-south geographically...
@dennymon27 : The AWA one was surprisingly good, but I thought the WCCW one was a bit half-assed... what was on there was good, but it was entirely too Von Erich-specific... it never got into Jarrett buying it and actually drawing with Embry...
@DeepSouthWrestling1 yeah I agree to a point but world class was von Erich land the Ecw dvd was good to although I thought hardcore forever was better
@dennymon27 : I thought the ECW one was alright, also... FH was good, but Gabe Saplowski (sp?) is a total fucking idiot... he says Gilbert booked ECW "too Memphis" and "...it wasn't good for Philly..." Does this shithead not realize how much of ECW was pilfered from Memphis? I'm glad ROH fired his fat ass!! And, sure, I expected the vast majority of the WCCW doc to pertain to the Von Erichs, but Jarrett purchasing the promotion actually prolonged their life for a couple years...
Lawler making the save I get, but Jimmy Valiant? The RNR are supposed to run from Jimmy Valiant? Jimmy Valiant pre 1985 sure, Jimmy Valiant 1995...not a chance.
I'm so believing a paramedic in "jorts"...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
usual memphis, nobody comes to their shitty shows even in 95
BigBlackBootyDaddy 10 months ago
@BigBlackBootyDaddy : "Shitty" shows? Shut your mouth and get a clue!! As stated below, this feud gained steam and attendance...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
@BigBlackBootyDaddy : Besides, this isn't in Memphis, it's in Louisville, KY...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
attendance would begin to grow as this feud got going.
okrabay 1 year ago
I think WWE should out out a DVD on Memphis, TN Wrestling
dennymon27 1 year ago
@dennymon27 I believe the Memphis library is hard to specify who has it.
DefLeppardVanHalen 10 months ago
@DefLeppardVanHalen Jerry jerrette owns the stuff for Memphis in the eighties all the stuff from the nighties belongs to wwe since lawler bought the company then ended up selling out to the wwe
bubbadin30 7 months ago
@bubbadin30 : Wrong,actually... the true owner of the Memphis stuff is up in the air... Jarrett has literally washed his hands of the whole thing, while Lawler has tried to claim ownership, but has no real legal claim. Macklin released 20 DVDs of classic Memphis stuff because the ownership is in question... and Jarrett didn't sell out 'till '97 and Lawler (along with his Hollywood crook partner Larry Burton) sold out as well... McMahon doesn't own a lick of it...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 OK thanks for the info i was going by what was said in a Jim cornette interview over the midnight express twenty fifth anniversary DVDs since it used footage from their mid south days.
bubbadin30 7 months ago
@bubbadin30 : You mean their Memphis days? "Mid South" was Watts' promotion...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 i thought watts had wcw and uswa was mid south wrestling after it was cwa but before it became uswa.. because Mondays they did the shows in Memphis and Thursdays they came to the Louisville gardens. theirs been so many wrestling companies here in the south keeping track of everything gets confusing sometimes
bubbadin30 7 months ago
@bubbadin30 : Watts took over McGirk's( I think) Louisiana based territory and called it Mid South Wrestling. Once he tried to compete with McMahon, he changed the name to Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Memphis was simply known as "Championship Wrestling" until the mid-80s when they changed to "CWA" (which stood for Championship Wrestling Association). Once Jarrett purchased World Class from the VonErichs, the name changed to USWA... Memphis was called the mid-south geographically...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
@dennymon27 : In a way I agree, but I think they'd just fuck it up...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 I don't know, the world class DVD was pretty good and so was the AWA one
dennymon27 5 months ago
@dennymon27 : The AWA one was surprisingly good, but I thought the WCCW one was a bit half-assed... what was on there was good, but it was entirely too Von Erich-specific... it never got into Jarrett buying it and actually drawing with Embry...
DeepSouthWrestling1 5 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 yeah I agree to a point but world class was von Erich land the Ecw dvd was good to although I thought hardcore forever was better
dennymon27 5 months ago
@dennymon27 : I thought the ECW one was alright, also... FH was good, but Gabe Saplowski (sp?) is a total fucking idiot... he says Gilbert booked ECW "too Memphis" and "...it wasn't good for Philly..." Does this shithead not realize how much of ECW was pilfered from Memphis? I'm glad ROH fired his fat ass!! And, sure, I expected the vast majority of the WCCW doc to pertain to the Von Erichs, but Jarrett purchasing the promotion actually prolonged their life for a couple years...
DeepSouthWrestling1 5 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 or ecw and the connection to continental formerly southeastern championship wrestling
dennymon27 5 months ago
Lawler making the save I get, but Jimmy Valiant? The RNR are supposed to run from Jimmy Valiant? Jimmy Valiant pre 1985 sure, Jimmy Valiant 1995...not a chance.
CombatSportFan 2 years ago
@CombatSportFan : Why not? Valliant was still booked as a bad dude... besides, it's not like the R'nR were spring chickens at this point, either...
DeepSouthWrestling1 7 months ago
Wow, the place is almost empty. But great stuff. Thanks for posting.
RevDarkehorse 2 years ago
Great series you have going here. Thank you for posting. I look foreward to the continuation.
maddogwrestlingfan 2 years ago