Brickhouse Brown vs Stud Stable - Watermelon Angle 1 of 2 (8-28-88) Memphis Wrestling

Part 1 of 2. A racially-charged confrontation between Brickhouse Brown and the Stud Stable that exploded in the studios of TV5 in Memphis when the Stud Stable presented Brickhouse with a nice, cold watermelon as a gift. Here's recap of the entire angle which includes beating Brickhouse Brown's bare back with a strap and the resulting events at the Mid-South Coliseum. References to "Toby" and "Kunte Kinte" from the movie ROOTS are made by Brickhouse.

Date: August 28, 1988
Location: WMC TV5 Studio, Memphis
Hosts: Lance Russell, Dave Brown

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3avv5vGdM1c

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[flipgood89]

@bigsmushybug ...thats what kills me when white folks try to bust that out as some kind of insult. Whoever doesnt like fried chicken or watermelon is a fuckin idiot, I SAY!

[BLACME24]

Seeing Brickhouse Brown Kinda look like Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed in his time. LOL

[arkansoul]

@arkansoul Only Memphis,with its racial history, could pull this off. It's great to see athletes with thick hides doing angles like this just for wrestling.

[stiffpeeter]

memphis "rasslin" was the SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arkansoul]

@pharcexx2 That was funny as hell!!! His pronunciation made this whole angle funny.

[arkansoul]

@vanillacoker1 Skandor sure did used to call him Outhouse. Like, what did Skandor know about "outhouses"?

[HogansDisciple]

All black men love white women. duh

[frrrrrunkis]

@Buckeyecat2002 I lol'd greatly from that...nice comment!

[frrrrrunkis]

@thedarkchild86 Who doesn't love white women? They're wonderful!

[thedarkchild86]

as a blk man I love fried chicken .. but hate watermelon ...no one asked me ...Im just saying ....P.S. ...love white women too ....

[arkansoul]

@sammys70 Yep. He started out as Downtown Bruno in Memphis with his "Downtown Connection," from Fort Duquesne Blvd. baby!

[sammys70]

Is that harvey whippleman that fuller gave the rolex to?..lol..