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  • Hey guys, I will see Lance tonight. I will show him this youtube clib and the remarks below...he will enjoy reading them....@roncarl @brent5150 thank you, I'll show him your kind words!!

  • Great video of the wonderful past days of Memphis wrestling. Happy I grew up in Memphis during this era....BTW, that is my Father-in-Law, Lance, doing the commentating of the match...to this day, he stills loves the old Memphis wrestling days & talks to many of the fans of this era...

  • @debrussellremax saturdays at noon just weren't right w/o lance russell and dave brown right along ringside when i was a kid. i'm in louisville and it was always cool when they were there at louisville gardens doing something for tv. i used to love to hear his voice during the live matches at msc that they'd show on weekly show.

  • @debrussellremax Lance was and still the best

  • After the Strut @ 1:54 Im thinkin that was some legit shiite !!!

  • Jackie is 83 years young now. He did the strut in the ring tonight at "A Night to Remember, Chapter 2 at the NWA Arena in East Nashville. George Gulas is now promoting Old Scholl Wrestling in Nashville.

    Jackie got a standing ovation and hasn't missed a step with the "strut," LMAO!!

  • wow, lawler was trained by fargo when he first got into wrestling, never knew this, that must've been something

  • lol

    

  • fargo made lawler the king, a huge star and a multimillionaire. and all lawler had to do was give jackie a blowjob and a piece of ass. oh yeah!

  • I CAN'T BELIEVE I PUT FARGO STRUT IN THE GOOGLE LINE, AND HERE IT IS . BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU SEE TODAY.

  • they are actually working a boxing match. with some wrestling. and its interesting. not easy. i've been to boxing exhibitions. they are horrible! yet this is good.

  • if you go opening the vault of memphis wrestling you will see the bizzarre finish

  • Who won the match I really want to see the rest of it!!!!!!

  • @thegrappler1987 Fargo won I believe. the whole match is on here somewhere :)

  • These guys were great wrestlers! They could sell there kayfabe better than these guys today! Also these guys were tough and could you imagine their salesmanship with the technology we have today!

  • What a shame that Memphis wrestling died out. It is sad that some people's egos will not allow them to step aside and allow new blood to take over. Lawler should have been grooming his replacement years ago and moved out from in front of the camera into the background. Because of his ego one of the greatest wrestling territories in history is no more.

  • I worked with both Lawler & Fargo during this period in Tennessee and Kentucky for infamous promoter Nick "The Miserable Skinflint." Gulas.Gulas fired me for a match I had with Fargo where I was too heelish abd then I kauhed in Nick's face when he was chewing my out.. I miss those good old days.LOL . Nick was one greasy-haired cheapskate.

  • @BaronTurco any good lawler stories?

  • Actually, I always got along very well with Lawler. I first wrestler Lawler and Fargo in 1973 on Memphis TV. Fargo double-crossed me and pinned me when I was supposed to pin him. I said "Fuck you Fargo" and the TV camera and sound was right on me...oops I got fired after that. I worked with Lawler again in 1985 in Hawaii and California. He was easy to work with and a good guy to me, so I really didn't see anything that would make a good Lawler story.

  • On the other hand, Fargo was Gay and hit on my partner more than once. Fargo & I had heat fromm the minute we met. He resented me getting so much heat from the fans from my 1st night in the territory. He felt that I was taking his heat away, and maybe I was. We never even spoke to each other. We'd both just give each other the stink-eye any time we were together. LOL

  • Jakckie is a poofster.

  • @BaronTurco what was your ring name? did you guys used to work out back then? if so what kind of stuff did you guys do to stay fit?

  • I wrestled as Crazy Charlie Reidin Nick Gulas' territory. He was a real skinflint and hated by nearly everyone who worked for him. Jack Brisco despised him. I later worked in Hawaii under a mask as Mr Z. After joining up with Dr Jerry Graham, I became his son Mad Dog Steele Graham in Africa, Haiti(whatta dump), Mexico and the west coast. I guyess that I used thast name in St Louis the last time I worked there too.

  • Reid, Mr Z & Graham were my identities. I lifted weights and actually became a bodybuioler in the 1980s. I would also run 5 miles every other day. Dr Jerry Graham and Vandal Drummond (Kurt Brown) and I would work out in the ring quite often. Harley Race & K.C, promoter Gust Karras got me started in the business, but I had no real training until I met The Von Braunner Bros, Jack Donovan and Jerry Graham. Jerry turned me into a shooter.

  • @BaronTurco thats awsome, thanks for the explanation and info. Any advice for any aspiring wrestlers out there?  Where was your favorite place to work and what were your signature moves?

  • CONDITIONING is the #1 thing for anyone aspiring to become a wrestler. It doesn't matter how good you are if you run out of wind (blow up). That's the worst feeling in the world to me. If I were trying to break in now, I would go to someplace like the ROH training center & there are other good instructors as well. My favorite finisher was the flying neckbreaker. I really don't see it used much anymore, but it would definitely fit in with today's style.

  • I should also add that today's workers like Davey Richards, Austin Aries, Kevin Steen, Briajn Danielson and many more, especially the Dragon Gate roster, are among the best wrestlers of all time. It's great to see the business continually progressing with new and innovative moves. My favorites right now are Davey Richards & Austin Aries. My least favorite is Necro Butcher. He throws a terrible punch for someone who is supposed to be a brawler. Joey Ryan was horrible, but has gotten better.

  • My favoriter place to work was St Louis, without a doubt. The 1st time I worked there the dressing was like a who's who of wresrtling greats and I was awestruck. Brisco, O'Connor, Race, Schmidt, Bill Miller and many more were all there and I got to work with Brisco. I still feel that was the best match I ever had.

  • @BaronTurco

    Thank you for answering my questions. You must have some pretty wild stories. Did you ever work with Race?

    Ya I agree the flying neckbreaker is a cool move. How many years were you an active wrestler?? Did you ever travel to the Detroit/Windsor area?

  • I was active from 1973 through 1986. A knee injury forced me to hang it up. I never did work with Race, but he was the one who got me in the door and got me started. I worked an angle with Race in St Louis when he interfered in my match with Brisco and then I beat Jack down from behind. I was headed to Detroit to work for The Sheik in the early 80s, but I decided against it because the money was so poor at that time. He went out of business around this time. VKM ruined the business.

  • hey baron diid anyone ever work stiff on you or shoot on you in the ring during your wrestling career?

  • I spent many hours ahooting in the gym, mainly against boxers. Dr Jerry Graham taught me how to shoot. He was awesome. My final match in Los Angeles vs Power Team USA turned into a shoot within seconds. I broke one of their ankles, was suspemnded by the CA State Athletic Comm for a year, and ended up retiring, since I had knee problems anyway. Mando Guerrero shot on me in 1982 and we had a slugfest that even carried over back to the dressing room. We hated each other for years. We're OK now tho

  • Speaking of the Guerreros, how were the other brothers backstage and did Eddie hang around his brothers back then? Did you have any idea he go on to be as great as he was?

  • I really don't remember Eddie being around back then. Chavo was a real asshole, however. I guess that Hector was probably the nicest of the bunch. Their dad,Gory Guerrero, was the promoter in Santa Ana, CA back then and he never said a word to anyone that I can recall.

  • Eddie was really critical of Chavo in his book because Chavo would never praise him or was too critical of his work even when he was on top in the WWE. Chavo left the WWE on bad terms after throwing a fit and no showing back in 04 so that should def. backup what you said.

  • @BaronTurco I thought Gory promoted El Paso-Juarez?

  • @yardlet6 He did in earlier years, but he promoted Santa Ana for Mike LeBell in 1982 and 1983, I believe

  • my niece just posted this video on and it brings back alot of memories, Jackie was my step father and we went to those matches alot back in the 70's. my best memory was when jerry jarrett and Jeff used to come over to the house and Tojo even cooked for us once..i was scared of him he's one big guy i was in my teens.

  • I never expected to see Jackie's family reuniting here in the comments of this video. Very cool. Keep the family tight.

  • Okay, so Billy Garrett and my little dad are at a liquor store with a group of hippies with hair almost to their butts standing outside. Billy tells my dad "That pisses me off." He gets out of the car and walks over and pushes a couple of the hippies aside, goes in and buys a bottle. When he comes out, he stops and tells the hips, "Next time I come here, you sons of bitches better have a haircut." My dad said the only response was from one hippie who replied "Yes sir." Hilarious, right?

  • awesome! That was quite a cool story! you're really interesting person! :)

  • Believe it or not, I'm also married to the daughter of another legend of southern wrestling. Though he will go nameless, as we don't get along. But my favorite story of Billy Garrett goes like this: He and my dad went to a liquor store on Dickerson Rd. in Nashville one day at the height of the hippie movement in the late 60s, and my dad is small, he's 5'7" and 140 lbs. soaking wet, and when they get to the liquor store, there's a group of hippies standing outside the door, continued nxt comnt

  • Continuing, Billy Garrett loved to brawl for real, and from all accounts was one of the baddest dudes ever to put on the trunks. He and friends, like Billy Singleton, Dick Murdoch, Dick Dunn, rip, and others loved to tear up bars and heads. Any combo of them would reportedly take on whole crowds, 30 to 40 strong, and not leave anyone standing. Billy used to tell me that Jerry Lawler was one of the toughest and hardest hitting men he ever met, and his skills were legit as a fighter.

  • My uncle, Billy Garrett, was one of Jerry's first influences and trainers. Billy was one of the original Interns, Masked Medics, and Scufflin' Hillbillies in the 50's and 60's. He had to give it up after being shot 3 times in a Nashville bar in the late 60's. His partner, Dick Dunn, was killed in the same incident. Billy carried him over a mile to Nash. General Hospital before collapsing in the emergency room. I'll post another comment to finish the story.

  • Haha i live infront of jackie fargo he is a great guy to be around and has a great sense of humor.

  • lol @ the strut man when i was 5 yrs old i use to love this stuff

  • Thanks the awesome response. Sorry, I don't recognize the guys who say they are nephews, maybe Lawler's. If they are my cousins, speak up ;-), either way it is a compliment and tribute to him. He is up in years but still full of himself. He was inducted into the NWA Legend Hall of Fame last weekend, it's awesome that he is still loved and respected. You can see me as a young and timid teenager in the WHBQ Christmas video. THANKS for sharing your wonderful comments and memories. "Jackie Mae"

  • Jackie Mae,Just wanted to say hello after all these years.I have often thought of you and wondered how you were.I live in Atlanta and still talk to Dad and Judy from time 2 time and would love to hear from you.If u ever get to Atlanta,please say hello.Your long lost brother,Ricky.Also you can reach me also @ rickyfargo/myspace.Ricky

  • Hi! What a surprise. I would love to talk to you, if you want to send me your number, I will call. I'm not sure if you can send it privately here, but my e-mail is legend1045@aol. I'm not a member on myspace, but looked at your page. I couldn't see everything without signing in, but saw your son and daughter. Here's a good one for you, my son's name is Justin also :-). Take care! Hope to hear from you.

  • hey jackie mae do u remember me by chance?i' m debbie one of the step kids..charlotte's sister. i remember you being at the house when i visited. i' m in ky living and so many people know your father even now.

  • Wow i always love these videos..... mainly cause this guy is my uncle....its crazy to think about it

  • Who is your uncle?

  • is this where rick flair got his strut?

  • Flair got his strut from Nature Boy Buddy Rogers.

  • 20 years of selling out the mid south coliseum.

  • Damn, that Fabulous Fargo could move LOL

  • Was gonna say this couldn't be the 1977-78 era(Lawler was a "babyface" by then). *1975-1976 Was Lawler at his "heel" best! Wish someone would post the Lawler- Mongolian Stomper "feud" from '75!

  • hey,i remember watching that on tv. stomper jumped lawler and they held the studio doors shut where no one could come in to help.good shit dude. i had totally forgotton that. thanks

  • This match was fall 1976 - I think Sep or Oct.

  • LOOK THATS MY UNCLE JACKIE!!!

  • Jackie Fargo your uncle? That's awesome...he's one of the best ever...

  • The Fabulous One Jackie Fargo and Jerry The King Lawler WOW

    Lance said Jerry is 26 years old so that was 1975 DAMN 33 years ago.

  • i love it ! any vids available when fargo was called wildman fargo ? or when he teamed w wildman don stevens ?

  • PS: This gets 5 stars alone just for the Fargo Strut.

  • Announcers,wrestlers whatever i think we can agree on one aspect. This clip is better than the crap we see today.

  • This match is a CLASSIC. I allways considered Jackie Fargo as The Best Wrestler in Memphis History. With Lawler in a close second. This match had to be around 1977-1978 era

  • hey I have a book that shows wrestlres in it and I found out a lot about fargo

  • if you grew up in memphis during this time period these clips should bring back some memories. Its funny, but even jackie fargo who i considered so old at the time now almost looks young lol

  • I TRUELY apreciate you putting these classics on Youtube. THANK YOU SO MUCH and please, keep up the good work

  • I don't know how this turned into a Jim Ross vs Lance Russel vs Gordon Solie Debate. All are great announcers and all have their own unique style. Finally, thanks to Youtube, I can see the legendary Jackie Fargo. Too bad the tape apparently died before the match ended. Great stuff.

  • great match. Lance Russell a great announcer.

  • Thank you for the great Jackie Fargo clips

  • jerry lawler is older than JR you know

  • This is some History here!

  • This is AMAZING! Thank you for posting this, and other amazing classic wrestling matches! LONG LIVE THE CLASSICS!

  • Awesome guys! Memphis Wrestling was always the best. Man I wish I could go back to those Saturday mornings for a couple of hours.

  • Incredible stuff. The good old days, when pro wrestling was treated as a sport.

  • triple backflip off the top rope dont mean shit. if only they could get back to the basics. man i miss that kinda stuff. jim ross aint got shit on lance russell or gordin solie.

  • yea i totally agree solie was the man

  • CLASSIC WRESTLING

  • I keep coming back to the early jerry lawler matches hoping more get posted here, and I'm not dissapointed. These two guys ROCK! Thanks for u tube to preserve some of these incredible matches. Maybe soem of todays "stars" will watch and learn the art that now seems to be a faded memory.

  • Boy!! Thanks,this bring back the memories. They had some great matches!

  • This deserves 6 stars.

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