Battle Royal for the CWA TV Title (Memphis)

[bigpoppanard]

The title was actually called the NWA Mid-America Television Championship as recognized by CWA.

[BigBlackBootyDaddy]

this looks like a klan lynching, 15 white guys surrounding 1 black guy in fucking Tennessee

[jammaster0824]

I watched these shows as a kid, so cool to see them on youtube. Nice to see Handsome get jiggy and break the TV, then kick Koko's ass all over the studio. Staged, but still pretty funny.

[iammufo]

wow nice tv

[OrigLanceR]

is that a Magnavox?

[grotymaxwell]

I'm from Memphis and I love watching these old videos,thanks for posting them!

[deptofcorrections1]

i heard koko was gonna pawn that tv after the show

[deptofcorrections1]

i gotta get a tv like that.

[SaintsRow2OwnsGTA4]

is hulk hogan in this if so wich one is he.. ?? I am sure he wasnt hulk then

[RichKnight2010]

That's a TV?

Not flat, not digital?

[HardrockGX]

@RichKnight2010 lol... no such thing at that time..

[danesesse]

wow the winner of the tv title gets a tv wow wot an age

[ShutUpYouMong]

Great reaction by Koko when his telly got knacked. "Ooh, let me have a look...might be able to fix it..."

[mgrelecki]

Danny Davis, Ric Flair, Bill Dundee,Koko, Jimmy Valiant? GREAT MATCH

[cardsfan42303]

@mgrelecki you forgot jumpin' jeff farmer's mortal enemy, The Horsed One Motley Cruz (aka David Price).

[magnumshifter]

Is that t.v. high def?

[egkjr]

how ironic!!! dundee pins his future son-in-law!!!

[GohModley]

i never understood why the tv title was often times wrestled for during non-televised matches and back in the day nearly all the major cards were non-televised cuz the promoters made the bulk of their income from arena gate receipts.

[lockenjr]

@GohModley yep. In fact the territory that I loved and grew up on Portland wrestling also known as big time wrestling worked that way although you did see a lot of championship matches on tv.

[joeyphillips67]

This was great, I remember watching this too. the funny thing was the tv was cheat sitty set that probably didn't even work!

[stevemtc1]

was this before or after DANNY DAVIS

was manager for the blond bombers?

[fastmoverinbound]

thats a pretty old tv

[stevemtc1]

fast mover at the time it was a nice tv no remote chanel 2abc 4nbc 5cbs 8 pbs & 17uhf thats all a tv was probly cost 3k

[tow74]

Awesome memories. I was in the studio that day. Valiant patted my ass when he hugged me. Always felt weird about that.

[magnumshifter]

You should.

[gdogg120]

I remember this, the next week they took the money Koko won and used it to buy him another tv and Valiant came out and broke that one too.

[stevemtc1]

i think i remember him breaking that tv too this is great i wish this could last forever praise God for youtube this stuff would have been gone forever wrestling today makes me sick ive tried to watch I cant sit thrugh more than 15min b4 i lose focus but i could watch this forever

[lawlersarmy]

Guy Mitchell and Jimmy Valiant - two of the Valiant "Brothers" in a match together. Great post joetodaro.

[STACKOLA31]

why didnt tommy get n

[pugnaciousVOID]

I remeber seeing this, live, on tv... handsome jimmy looked to get legit mad at koko... great shit!!

[lambert581]

That might not have been a working television. Just the screen and the wood casing

[zaius316]

I'm guessing Jimmy was a face in Memphis, until this incident. If that's the case, this is a good turn, since Jimmy had a reason for his actions (Koko caused him to be pinned), whether or not you agreed with him.

[lvw100]

@zaius316 mainly a face but kind of a tweener- got cheered even when he used heel tactics like raking the eyes and showing a huge ego.

[king4916]

I'm glad to see footage of Handsome Jimmy and not the boogie woogie man.He was actually a respected wrestler before he became comic relief.

[Cobra37061]

Great classic footage. What year was this?  I'm guessing 1981 or 1982, since I began following it in 1984.

[lvw100]

@Cobra37061 It's definitely before 1981.........pretty sure it's 1979.

[hardcorehanna]

have you got the other angle where jimmy attacks tommy rich's mother

[joetodaro]

it's coming