I actually was at a taping of Magic Hour, it was awesome. I learned to do the finger thing and still do it to this day.

I remember watching Dick Williams Magicland.

@@ultramariox74 Dick William's wife was his assistance with some really bad cartoons, but I LOVED IT!

Mr. Russell was the best commentators ever.

That's a pretty dumb thing to say in almost any scenario imaginable

​@@aewreddit2220 quiet troll

He was not appreciated in WCW like he should have been.

He's in his own class. It is pacing. How he lets them play out or cuts them off, or gets nervous or relaxed; he is controlling the pacing of the show. And of course, the two great interviews of the area explain why this is important. Then Eddie Marlin, does what he does best, stays out of the way (that is not meant to be an insult, some find this hard to do).

I agree with you. No one or at least very few wrestlers these days have the mike skills.

Fundamentally, both the presentation and format are different to what we have today. Secondly, the content is different to. Wrestling is still the same today in its essentials; faces, heels, turns, comebacks, feuds etc. But wrestling just doesn't take itself seriously in the same way anymore

Three big factors: today has scripted promos, guys who aren't as good at talking, and the storylines aren't nearly as good.

Well...when you are a kid, you think EVERYTHING is real. WHICH makes it better. Most kids grow up believing in Santa Claus 🎅

The outcomes were staged together with stipulations, but the paths to the outcomes weren't staged. These guys didn't have a script and cut every promo on the fly.

Dude ,...lol....Dundee could bench 500 lbs.

@@imafreakinhistorian2169 not even in his dreams

@@joepadgett6683 Bull shit , I've seen him do it. Ask someone who know him, if you dont believe me .

@ImaFreakin Historian well it was 200 on that bar my friend.

@@joepadgett6683 Yes It was . But seriously . Dundee used to blow people away with his bench pressing , working out in Hendersonville . When Jarrett ran Dallas, Kerry Von Erich was blown away with Bill's bench . When I saw people commenting about the weight bar, I had to share that . He was the same size a Kevin Sullivan, KoKo Ware . Bill Dundee was a Bad Ass . He had to be to make it through the WCW Days in Australia .

Mercy ! "Who Said That"

Cool cool kitty 😎😎 🐈 talking about the man from New York City

TG&Y had the best toys

135! 😂 nice!

You are correct. I know because I had the same York weight set when I was a teen.

He was the king of Memphis

*Hart

Lance Russell is right there with the best ! Very underrated

Hahaha. Yep…I can hum it from memory.

100 percent. I can still see and hear the whole opening almost 50 years later. Hahaha! So useless!

Yep. Reportedly there was real life tension between the two. These days a booker like Tony Khan would have them steer clear of each other, but back then a booker like Jerry Jarrett was going to book them together and let their natural competitiveness take over, but also realize that they were professionals and weren't going to start shooting on each other.

@@Richie3Jack Exactly ! How it should be today

Must have been when he took the Book for Mid South.

Spoiler alert please

Dundee went to Bill Watts Mid South after that and he also was the booker. He also the one who brought Jim Cornette, Midnight Express and the Rock n Roll Express to Mid South as well

One of the best matches of all time, any promotion .

@@RealDaveTalk Actually, Dundee went to book for Ole after this match . Then returned , Watts wanted him, and Bill put Steve Kerin over in a LLT match Dec 83, then headed to Mid - South

Same Size as KoKo Ware or Kevin Sullivan

Easy! They left “town” literally! All they had to do was find a studio in the town over! Lol

Memphis loser leave town matches generally had a stipulation of either six months or a year.

Whaaaaat???? Impossible....let's check the rule book.

Loser leave town usually meant 90 days to 6 months.

I can't remember dates, but this may be when Dundee went to book for Watts.

$6 in '83 is roughly worth $16 now, which is still ridiculously cheap...

You won't get that for primetime shows, but a lot of local Indy shows will give you front row for 5 bucks. But you're definitely right when talking about big shows like Memphis

Chicago wrestling was the same during that time... Thanks to KZfaq I'm getting to enjoy the Memphis era in 2022

Nobody in the south felt that way this was the pinnacle of wrestling for us

I feel like Memphis originated so many concepts. The list of guys that came through there was legendary.

Agreed. This was our WWF.

Yeah pro wrestling should always have at least a little bit of silliness. It's boring to take it deadly seriously all of the time. We wouldn't have guys like the Undertaker without silliness, because the concept of a literal zombie man with magical lightning powers who briefly came back to life again for a while and became a biker before eventually dying and becoming an undead zombie again, is extremely silly. It's jut that taker was so great at it that it worked. I don't think anyone else could have done that. The character of Kane is another good one, it's inherently silly. But it works. Memphis was just full of a ton of creativity and a braveness to be silly for the sake of entertainment, instead of being cowardly and not wanting to risk ridicule if a silly idea turns out to not work. Not every idea worked, but there were more than enough ideas that did work and worked great. Wrestling has kind of lost that a bit these days which is a shame. Everyone has realistic names and sometimes they can be spooky but not to the extent that they're dead or supernatural in some way or anything like that. Like for example Judgement Day in WWE or House of Black in AEW. They're basically just goths who like dark themes and stories but they're still just real people. Which is a bit lame. The entire concept of pro wrestling is inherently silly, let's be honest. It's a whole bunch of people just pretending to fight. But it's great. And it's great because the characters can be truly larger than life, and if they embrace some of the silliness then it's just a great time, it's more fun that way. I hope wrestling goes back to being more silly. You can still have seriousness, but mix in the odd sprinkle of silliness now and then and the whole show will be more entertaining.

He was making love to them weights

This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while

Jerry was a DJ

Lawler was not a legitimate bad ass, Dundee was.

Bull SHIET ! Lawler would not associate with an outlaw motorcycle club . And he dame sure wasn't going to break law to enforce anything .

Lawler didn't stay gone a year because Dundee was the one who lost!

@@williamcordier1201 ...... What the hell are you talking about ??? ..... I'm from there and I was there and saw this match. Bill Dundee shocked a lot of people by winning over Lawler in this "Loser Leave Town" match.

Lawler stayed gone, what 4 months ? LOL

@@williamcordier1201 Lawler lost to Dundee in the Next LLT they had in 85

If I recall, Lawler won the match. Superstar left town

@@LB-qg1lg ....... Wrong ...... Dundee won the match and Lawler left for a few months. Eddie Marlin brought him back to help Dutch Mantel battle Dundee and Buddy Landel.

@@nashburnette7247 that was the 1985 loser leaves town match. Dundee lost this one and went to Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling to book and occasionally wrestle.

I believe you're remembering correctly, and that it was sort of a working vacation.

Lawler won this match, and lost the one in 85 , Because, he was getting stale, I can't miss you , if you dont leave . Plus the spike in attendance for several month after returning . It was the last sell out ever in Memphis when he returned .

They weren't friends they were not acting

Watch it again ..... Eddie did NOT say the clip was going to be of Austin Idol ...... He talked about Austin Idol, but then changed subjects to another man and said here's a clip of him, referring to Handsome Jimmy.

Dundee could bench 500 lbs , and your wife and mama .

Umm you realize that Mid South was a different territory than Memphis (Mid Southern) Dundee went to book for Watts not Jarrett.

The Aptermags used to refer to Memphis and surrounding CWA cities as MidSouthern. Yet they referred to Bill Watts's Territory as MidSouth which is what it was known as. And Memphis Pro Wrestlers of course wrestled on Monday nights in The MidSouth Coliseum!😂🤷‍♂️🎤🎼🎸🤼‍♂️B.W.

Interesting. I was too young to know the differences. Only thing I knew was that I was watching Mid-South wrestling.

different time. no internet no cable tv it was all the people knew if someone was presented as a star the people were like ok i guess hes a star lol

Same here He's a sawed off runt from Scotland cosplaying as elvis that you can't even understand

Yet they were a great tag team many times over

Fortunately, making money always meant more to both than any hard feelings.

Absolutely !

It was very real

Dundee could bench 500 lbs , and your wife and mama .

Except they were making much more money in Memphis than he got in WCW