Memphis Wrestling: Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee - Part 1

[swifton1]

good ole days

[Dudeamis]

Dundee was great, I'm just finding out about him. He might have been a great opponent/ally of Roddy Piper

[asswhole4444]

i wish they would show full shows i love the old stuff

[2010metsfan]

I grew up watching Memphis wrasslin' first on channel 13, and then later 5. My grandmother watched it every Saturday afternoon and really got mad watching The Interns, Sam Bass, Tojo, etc. It was good up until the early 80's and then got crappy...

[Marqui74]

THIS HOW YOU BUILD AN ANGLE

[kenpalmer1965]

Boy, this is some video! Dundee really had an ego that day! On top of that, he went and lost his tag team partner Lawler because of his attitude.

[eMel9000]

So because Lawler doesn't want to challenge the Fabulous Ones, being satisfied with the Southern Heavyweight title, Dundee is basically screwed out of ever winning the Southern Tag-Team titles as long as he teams with Lawler.

[eslubin]

Dundee seems like he's on drugs!

[lizardman77]

If anyone has a physical copy of this, let me know. I remember seeing this angle live as a kid.

[GShea]

@lizardman77 That would be me. This was from my own tape straight from WKRN Ch. 2 in Nashville on 10/26/85.

[mcclurrc1]

I miss ole Banana noise Lance.

[zennethx]

The first time I ever saw Bill in real life was when I was at his house hanging out with Jamie, and he walked out after just waking up wearing a pair of leopard-skin briefs. Kind of surreal now that I think back on it.

[sammys70]

Lance Russell was a cool announcer.Lance always reminded me of that uncle that you enjoy having around,and listening to his stories.

[CombatSportFan]

@sammys70 Lance and Dave reminded me of a couple of guys sitting on the front porch watching the neighborhood guys scufflin' and they just sat their talking about it. I loved that style.

[TheBarney97]

jerry lawler's beard's evil.

[MrKooldaddykool]

classic

[eazytooquik]

Lawler seemed Scared

[krsfromprp]

Speedos and a jacket.

[Joeyg50]

I grew up in VA and have never seen any of this. I grew up on "NWA" JCP thinking that was the NWA. There was NWA and WWF and everything else I just read about in wrestling magazines.

[beeteep60]

Dundee should be in the hall of fame

[Tsiart]

I just became a fan of "Superstar" Bill Dundee!

[Lillian2167]

Lawler and Dundee are two of my fave Memphis wrestling guys! :D

[hcjc57]

Nice little heel turn on Dundee's part!

[forbesmh]

"Lawler...will you get out here??!!"

[ZX2ManDave]

Bill Dundee had a serious case of Napoleon Complex going on that day. He was ready to beat the world!

[bigbadbriant]

LOVE me some saturday morning Channel 5 wrestling. Good ole Bananna nose on the mic. Moved to Memphis in early 80s and was there every sat morning. Grew up watching the Von Ericks. Then moved to the "Hot bed" of wrastlin back in the day.

[RAZOR2177]

me 2 i grew up in dallas and we had world class championship wrestling , in summerwent tp my dads in Forrest City, ARK and watched USWA from Memphis, it was great.

[blackjackjohnson1976]

does anyone have the video were jerry lawler loses to bill dundee in a loser leaves town match? This happened after this angle were they back and forth in a series of matches towards the end of 85 of the start of 86

[bcgabba1970]

i assume this was before lane went to the midnight express.

[FreightBrute]

Chicken Little's got a temper!

[marciabkay]

What a trip down memory lane! I grew up in memphis in the 70's and 80's and loved 11am saturday morning wrestling!

[DVROFFMAN]

Skinner....you never looked better!!!

[jsnramc1]

This brings back so many memories thank you for posting this. This is when wrestling was worth watching.

[thefriendsociety]

damn lookat that mullet!

[WrestlingFreak300]

I Have A Picture of Me & bill dundee when i was a baby............. one time when i was at UWA Wrestling in 1987 in Knoxville,TN,

He Wrestled Chris Curtis Beat Him By Pinfall

[magnumshifter]

You know you're a redneck.

[cbond99]

This is when wrestling WAS wrestling. I remember watching this on channel 5 every Saturday morning. Lace Russell and Dave Brown were the greatest!

[kirkwanglers32]

Bill Dundee nice guy.

[deanw0rmer]

there was always an underlying animosity on dundee towards lawler nt sure if it was a work or not

[freezerburn73]

6:51 - Dundee's mocking Lawler while he's talking. Lol! Funny as hell.

[DAMNMorpheus]

Can anyone still hear the Scot in Superstar Bill's voice.

[TnaForever]

Actually, it's Australian. Bill is a hell of a nice guy & still a great wrestler. Going to watch him in action one more time tomorrow here where i live for the CWA.

[DAMNMorpheus]

That's a Scot, trust me. I know of Dundee's backstory, how he moved to Kangarooland, and came here. That my friend is a scot.

[TnaForever]

I just did a little research and you are 100% correct, i found out he moved Australia at the age of 16 from scotland. Good Call bro

[Like2breakrules]

Oh yeah the Fabs dont want to brag so they dont were the belts, but yet they come out with bleach blond hair, suspenders and suntans. Dundee is right him and lawler would have beat them, what a bunch of chickens.

[Like2breakrules]

How come dundee is my favorite wrestler here and lawler + the fabs come off looking like wussies.

I think dundee had a great point lets do this in the ring, even the fans wanted to see it.

[jazzybee1]

I also appreciate the fact that Jerry Lawler is also such a good artist. I have seen some of his sketches and paintings and he is just amazing.

[jazzybee1]

I am from Blytheville and me and my dad used to watch the Memphis wrestling every Saturday morning, watching Jerry Lawler, Too Sexy Brian Christopher, nothing like this fake wrestling they got now. If the kids of now watched this stuff back then, they would leave the WWE alone.

[arkansoul]

I am so glad that I'm from Memphis and grew up in the 70's and 80's. This took our every Saturday morning. Good stuff...

[DamianBCollins]

I miss Channel Five, Memphis Saturday Morning, it was good rasslin.

[MRDXKLIQ101]

LANCE SHOULD BE IN THE HOF

[ECOOL76]

Top 3 announcers of all time 1.Lance Russell2.Lance Russell.3.Tony Schavonie, just kidding Lance Russell

[ddrock23]

WWE SHOULD HAVE let Lance Russell induct Lawler in to the HOF. But Kevin & Vince freaked out because nobody would know who Lance Russell was??!!! So what they do? They bring Captain Fuckin Kirk to the honors!!! What a slap in the face to Lance and The King.

[cbaldwinjr]

PIIIIIIIIIILEDRIVER! THAT'S GONNA BE A DISQUALIFICATION!!! WE HAVE THE TIME OF THE FALL...14 MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS! LMAO...Lance Russell was hilarious

[velvetgoldmine30]

@MRDXKLIQ101 jerry lawler wanted him in though vince mcmahon declined

[phatalbert73]

@MRDXKLIQ101 Not only that, but Lance Russell should've inducted Lawler when he went in! William Shatner?! Really?!?!

[freezerburn73]

I never got to watch WWF during these days.(no cable) This is what I watched every saturday. I was'nt missing a thing. Memphis wrestling was the best.

[lawlersarmy]

Forget the WWE hall of fame, It's a JOKE!! Plus, Jerry would never let anyone induct him other than Lance, Bill, or Jackie Fargo, if Vince didn't have him by the balls(William Schatner??). Memphis and Georgia Championship need their own hall of fame. A REAL HOF made up of the blue collar guys that made wrestling GREAT. I think more of the tallent the old jobbers had that most of Vince's top names.

[MarkBrandon]

There is nothing better in wrestling than Dundee and Lawler. 2 of the best! Even though Bill never worked for the WWE- Vince should put the SUPERSTAR in the hall of fame.

[MarkBrandon]

There is nothing better in wrestling than Dundee and Lawler. 2 of the best! Even though Bill never worked for the WWE- Vince should put the SUPERSTAR in the hall of fame.

[ironsheik7]

if your just scared say your scared ..lmao ! Thats is a great angle for a match up ! I know a guy who does some wrestling hear in arkansas and he wrestled a show with Bill Dundee.and he said bill was telln some wrestling storys to guys in the dressin room. and bill told them one night him and some guys was out drinkn at a bar with some other memphis wrestlers includen hulk hogan at the time. and hogan had one to many drinks and started fight with bill.and bill knocked hogan out with one punch

[chuckgan]

I believe it! Dundee was 1 of my favorites. Never liked lawler, but he could work w/ anyone.