Prime Time Sunday Feature About Memphis Wrestling from 12/79

[natebgraham]

dig that yanks

[roncarl]

Jonesboro Arkansas at the old American Legion Building, every Saturday night then. I miss those days

[lastwolflord]

was that jimmy hart with the white suit and mustache?

[miseryagogo]

Yes that was Jimmy.

[clayp72]

Yep. He and Lawler were best friends and he got Lawler into wrestling. He also used to be the 60s group "The Gentrys". Remember the song "keep on Dancin"? That's Jimmy.

[skooooo]

This was THE thing to watch back in the day.

[McDermott170]

Yea Im surpised this aired, back when kayfabe was in full swing. I also thought it was cool how people could smokek cigars and pipes in arenas.

[UltMitSinner78]

Everyone with a southern drawl is a stupid redneck hick like all the fans in this video.

[miseryagogo]

Could that be because it was in Memphis in the late 1970's you childish twit? Newsflash, most southerners back then had a southern drawl.

[clayp72]

So Geography determines IQ? Explain that brilliant theory to us.

[scareykatt]

what an eyeful!

i never saw this before.

thanx.

[smoothpants]

Wow! I'm surprised they Jarrett even allowed them to film this, much less state what's stated on this video. I guess the 20/20 feature was well behind the time.

[actionfigures95]

this is soo great. i am disheartened many times by the wrestling product today. watching this makes me remember how great wrestling could be. the fake emotion at shows today and people just looking for botches or highspots really makes me sick.

[scareykatt]

"i am disheartened many times by the wrestling product today." - actionfigures95

me too. I hardly watch wrestling any more.

Vince McMahon changed wrestling FOREVER!

[lastwolflord]

I agree. I remember when wrestling was fun. When commentators where interesting. When managers could help sell a match and work the mic like a true pro.

[Yikith]

Wow after seeing Jerry Jarrett there, I realized just how much Jeff looks like his dad and even sounds like him a bit.

[jasonptp]

thank you ....wow !

[pshclub]

At :40 of this video, after the fan calls Lawler a "Turkey", the King responds, "Shut up ya redneck. Ya Hillbilly."

[BILLY0624]

i've been to one of bill dundee's clubs before

[ciencaras]

dem womens got no teeth

[retread01]

Thanks for posting this. I don't know anything about this period in wrestling and it's great to get an idea of where what is around today developed from. The good old days where real men beat each other up. Even the brief clips of fights in this look far more interesting than what is happening most of the time now.

[lambert581]

Doesn,t Bill Dundee own a bunch of strip clubs in Memphis?

[rolochoshu]

Apparently he does.

[tsickboy71]

How exactly was that breaking Kayfabe? Jarrett and Lawler didn't admit to anything. That's Tom Snyder of the show doing the voice-over, he did voice some comments about it being fake, but Jarrett and Lawler didn't substaniate his claims. I can tell you when I later became a heel manager in Memphis, the fans in some areas were STILL exactly like that. Scared for my life sometimes.

[Ascorpion23]

hey sickboy...when were you a heel manager and what was your stage name?

[sjmcollins]

Are you Scott Bowden?

[salanh]

mm92280 is right, this really was breaking kayfabe. Curiousity, who was doing the voice over work? It kind of sounds like Ken Resnick. Or was it a local Memphis guy.

[jlobough]

I think Lawler and Dundee have been feuding since the Crusades. Cool video. Thanks.

[mm92280]

Man, I wish you had the entire thing. I'm absolutely amazed that they broke kayfabe for this one. They just completely shattered the myth of the "sport" by providing the insider view of wrestling. Also, its amazing to look at the audience and see how many easy marks there were in the crowd, lol. It really must have been tough to wrestle in that environment with the fans so close to the ring. Heck, you even see fans practically standing by ringside and trying to point things out to the ref.

[Stuttsy]

Freakin' awesome. THIS is wrestling. And I never realized how much of a Patrick Duffy thing Jerry Jarrett had going on back in the day.

[chainsawcharlie]

Good 'ol Memphis...

[udar55]

Excellent! Thanks for posting this.

[plasticchuckband]

Awesome video. I wish wrestling was still this way.