Dick Murdoch vs Humongous (Humongous Debut) Mid-South

[ProFitnessWest]

Just walk away... and I will spare your life.

[14DaveHunter]

Oliver Humperdink changed Jeff Van Kamp's height. Jeff is not 6'8", he's 6'6". He currently works as a deputy sheriff in Pensacola, FL. That's why he left wrestling, because he always wanted to work in law enforcement.

[ditbit5]

mid-south was awesome around this time, who remembers when Humongous walked thru the warehouse in Houston? and Dark Journey was hotttttttttttt

[kerfuffle72]

Used to have this on VHS back in the day.....BTW, this was not the Sid Vicious Humongous.  Murdoch cut a great promo after this, wish I could find it.

[eslubin]

why would they let him wrestle in a mask and metal spikes. of course he'd be a badass with those weapons!

[gonzomoya420]

that's how you get a monster heel over! I don't think I ever saw Murdoch get squashed like this. good booking!

[eslubin]

@gonzomoya420 yeah because humongous went on to a long and glorious career...

[jasonptp]

ref should have made him take the mask off!



[dbsommers1]

Wow. I never saw Murdoch owned like this.

[kixxclub]

so needless to say, when we got back to school on monday thats all we talked about, for the WHOLE FUCKIN WEEK! Thanks mid south for stunting my elementary education at in good ole Innis LA.

[soln4suhreborn]

@kixxclub We did the same thing. Even the girls in my class were talkin' about what happened that weekend on Mid South and it wasn't just about the R&R Express and Terry Taylor either,they were talkin' about the badass matches too. Mid South was no joke back then-I miss those days,

[buddmannable]

Know what happens if this is a shoot? Murdoch breaks this guys neck. Bravo to Dick for selling this.

[seanalf]

I grew up in Memphis and I think every territory had a different Lord Humungus. We had Sid Vicious and a guy who was a football coach and a teacher at a local high school. Great gimmick. Capn' Dick sells the shit out of that submission move at the end. He was awesome.

[laggerg]

@seanalf I remember those two. the 1st one who was the high school coach was Mike Starks, then Sid Vicious. This one is Jeff Van Kamp.

[litehouse6]

The guys wears a hard shelll mask on his face and steel spikes on his forearms...yep, that makes for a believeable wrestling match.

[SmilingSynic]

Obvious blade job. Murdoch reaches under the ring for the device, holds it in his left hand (between thumb and forefinger), and then blades after the fat guy with the hockey mask hits him in the forehead.

How long did Mid South close after this?

[SmilingSynic]

@SmilingSynic Sorry--right hand



[Mp25DIII]

@SmilingSynic 2 years, give or take a few months

[mamacornettesmoney]

@SmilingSynic A little less than 2 years later is when Watts sold them to JCP. They didn't really "close", JCP just merged them into their own group.

[soln4suhreborn]

@SmilingSynic Bill Watts revamped Mid South as the Universal Wrestling Federation in early 1986 and it operated until the end of 1987 when it was sold to Jim Crockett Promotions and dismantled soon after. I really wished Crockett would have kept it active as a separate organisation.

[sanddune]

@soln4suhreborn That was Watts hope when he sold it to the Crockett's, but they botched it like WWF botched the WCW invasion angle.

[Mp25DIII]

Not Sid, but Jeff Van Camp. This was probably the biggest debut EVER given to a new Mid-South wrestler. Murdoch was one of the top 2 or 3 guys in the area at the time, and Humongous just rolled over him.

[zaius316]

Is that Sid behind the mask?

[Rayla840]

The video is a lil messed up at the beginning. It clears up around 0:55. Sorry about that!!

[orgasmtron1]

@Rayla840 its ok, its a miracle you even have this footage