Hell yea! I saw Randy Savage vs Adrian Street there. I remember seeing Bruiser Brody and I gotta say without a doubt the greatest entrance ever.

That's incredible, I didn't even know Idol existed until his podcast and now I am obsessed with finding his old matches.

Really. I would've laughed my ass off if I got to see it live back then. But I was only four back then and wasn't into wrestling. And my family and I were still living in Central Florida at the time and didn't get CWA Wrestling down there. We got NWA and CWF (Championship Wrestling of Florida).

I wish these green horns that try to be workers would sit down an watch this, then maybe just maybe they would learn something about the business

That's why wrestling is crappy now cuz they have story lines back then they made it up as they went along it was way much better and they knew how to make it look real this stuff today looks fake.

Amen

That is what this era the Golden Age of Wrestling. Mostly, wrestlers wrestled. And the storylines were more believable and reality based instead of the soap opera storylines you get nowadays. This was when wrestling was truly king.

Thank you

How true .

True

Lol. That ice pack is comedy gold

Diarrhea.......... 😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't forget he sold 17 million records

WWEKIds WILL NEVER make stars like these

Lance was the GOAT

Lance Russell top five in the world for wrestling announcers…. If not the best.

Not meaning to take away anything at all from Lance Russell. He was who I grew up on and he was awesome but I believe the goat is Gordon Solie from Georgia Championship Wrestling.

Gordon solie goat

Gordon Solie , overrated joke​@@canttouchthis6439

He most definitely made ya believe in what he was trying to "sell"! That line about "Diarrhea" was one of the most hilarious things I've heard, in a Month of Sundays!!! Everybody's laughing about it-That is, except Jimmy Hart, who's definitely embarrassed! Austin Idol is standing there, too, in an absolute state of shock! He can't believe what he's just heard! This is classic, indeed! Diarrhea..... 🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜!!!!!!!!!!

Empty arena match, Concession stand brawls, heel authority figure, and so on....the funny things about the Rikishi running over Stone Cold angle was at the time it supposedly happened Rikishi was wrestling on a card for Memphis Power Pro a JR Smooth.

Janette McClelland LEGEND

I think very highly of Mr. Gordon Solie. However there are times that Lance Russell was better. He was more suited for the Memphis lunacy for certain. Total topnotch Southern Gentleman yet believably capable of threatening Tojo Yamamoto with a hammer as well. His Face Commentator had a hard edge at times that Mr. Solie couldn't sell credibly.B.W.

Indeed. He was one of the best wrestling announcers back in the old days of professional wrestling.

Alden R. Davis Those were great days indeed BUT after Vince McSTUPID EXPOSED THE SPORT and turned it into “Entertainment” it could never be the same. I SAY SADLY

I don't even watch this shit they call wrestling entertainment today

Jimmy and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan were the best managers and talkers in the business back then, hands down. And they knew how to get under everybody's skin so bad, that the fans loved it when they got their comeuppance. I couldn't stand them, but I was thinking how great they were on the mic and how great they were at their jobs. They both knew the psychology of wrestling real well and used it to their advantage. R.I.P. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

@@trevorbarnhill3399 I agree 100 percent my friend. I was 9 when I first saw Heenan in awa. It's all we had here on TV. I wanted to see him get his ass kicked so bad. The wrestling psychology as they call it today was second to none. My first match was Hulk Hogan vs Nick Bockwincle and Bobby Heenan in a handicapped match. It was an expiriance I will treasure till the day I die. I would do anything to bring those days back. That was true pro wrestling...

@@douglaswilson95 I wish I could have caught the AWA. It was on ESPN during the early to late eighties and my family didn't have cable at the time. My older brother and I watched and loved the WWF. And living in Middle Tennessee, we would watch CWA Wrestling out of Memphis. I was a huge fan of Ricky Steamboat, Jerry Lawler, and Hulk Hogan back in those days. And I remember when my Dad would take me, my older brother, and his buddy to the WWF house shows in Nashville. Good times.

For you, it was this. For me, it was Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, which was under the auspices of the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance). I never discovered these Gems, until several years ago. These, and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling clips, are amazing! You really feel like you're there, standing there with 'em, and even feel like you're part of the action!

And on a good day weather wise, with a bit of fiddling with the antenna, channel 3 out of Louisville Kentucky

@Kenny Dyas diarrhea ,?,? Of the mouth ., Jimmy’s mouth ran like a ducks ass , all talk , all the time .

WWE is garbage period!

I do believe he was awarded "Manager of the Year' numerous times. He was recognized and appreciated in the business.

@@djyahtzee7260 Jimmy Hart is number 2 behind Hennan, after that gotta put Grand Wizard or Classy Freddie Blassie.

K Kumasi: Sad that Classy Freddie Blassie is never mentioned among the greats much at all anymore. He could wrestle Heel or Face and draw insane Heat whether against The Tolos Brothers at The Olympic in Los Angeles or against Rikidozan in Tokyo. Then of course he was an incredible Mouthpiece among so many in The WWF. Truly Old School and missed very much.🤔😔🎤🤼‍♂️B.W.

A "stinkin'" booker!

Believe or not he was in there as Mike McCord also he hated touring which is one of the reasons he wouldn't go work for Junior.

The WWF is not wrestling.

charles taylor you're right it's the new Barum an Bailey..Circus....

He would have a been a great NWA or AWA champ

after a plane crash he had a extreme fear of flying. That's why he never went to the WWF.

It is crazy. The times that I have seen that happened are when there were special stipulations to certain matches.

I bet everyone hated "wrasslin" Dutch Mantell. He has less hair than a ape. It's disgusting . One of the worst phsiques in wrestling history. Memphis was full of flabby small guys.It doesn't even look believable when a midget like Dundee is beating big guys.I mean come on. YOU already are playing us but dont make it ridiculous. I would believe Jimmy Hart was a badass compared to Dundee. Prolly the most ridiculous "over guy" ever .Maybe Buddy Rose in Portland was worse.

This was wayyyyyyyyy better than the wwf ever was.it's a shame that Memphis wrestling never aired in nyc back in the day it wouldve been awesome to see all this iconic footage.

@@joshmillarich4916 Memphis was great. Sorry you didnt have enough men bodies to look at

The Bronx Barbarian network JIMMY HART IN THE WWF AS THE HART FOUNDATION, AT LEAST WWF WAS BETTER THAN WWE!

Comment is 2 year's old but BS bro!! They sucked compared to GCW, Mid South, and Mid Atlantic!!!!

I believe the Memphis area used AWA rules. And they had titles change under countouts.

That Is A Messed Up Rule Compared To Everyone Else :(.

Same thing i said. In those days the champion kept the belt on a count out

Nope. Mullet, goatee, and chest hair = formula for masculinity in west Tennessee in the late '70's.

Lol he was anti-gym 🙂

Robert Stovall COMPARE THAT LOOK WITH AUSTIN IDOLS LOOK. CLEAN SHAVEN AND SHORTER HAIR EVEN THOUGH LATER ON IDOL WOULD HAVE LONGER HAIR BUT STILL A CLEAN FACE LIKE FLAIR. SOME LIKE DUTCH MANTEL DID LOOK RUGGED THEN ONES LIKE DUSTY RHODES AND RODDY PIPER LOOKED CLEAN LOOKING.

@DANNY HAYWOOD How observant of you! and, the CAPS LOCK AND ALL..!!

As good as he was, he didn't need to!

+MrWalt1960 Yes, it is on the 1984 set.

+70sTVchannel is it on KZfaq?

+MrWalt1960 What was the date of this show?

Hart ended up shitting all over the ring. Mantell had to mop it up.

That company was crap when Jeff Jarrett was there. and he was trash. They held up the entire show and prevented others from getting exposure. The only time that place was great again "The Flamboyant One" Eric Embry, turned that place on it's head for a good year and half or so. And the return of Troy Graham was really good as well.

Ah, no.not the same person.

channel 5

Yes he did,lol, many times😂

Either that, or break out the ol' Pepto Bismol!!! And plenty of it!!!!

No!! kabuki was a slimmer man...

It’s Masiao Ito

Bret Hart