Pro Wrestling Moments

For the first time ever, Dan Phillips (@danpffc) & I recorded an episode of the show IN PERSON.

Whether this improved or reduced the quality of the output is for you to decide.

This week we are taking a look at what appears to be the earliest available Mid South television episode recorded from their new home at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion.

Matches include : 

'Dr Death' Steve Williams vs Dick Slater in the TV title tournament

Eddie Gilbert & the Nightmare vs The Bruise Brothers for the Mid South tag team titles.

The episode itself can be found on YouTube here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROmGCAUmFUs&list=WL&index=2&t=1332s

In the second part of our Mid South Moments archive special, Dan Phillips (@danpffc) & I take a look back over the best of Houston wrestling from 1984 featuring : 

January 27th 1984- The Midnight Express vs Magnum TA & Mr Wrestling II - Mid South Tag Team title match

February 24th 1984 - Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Jim Neidhart, Football helmet on a pole match

March 23rd 1984 - Magnum TA vs Mr Wrestling II

April 15th 1984 - Bill Watts & Stagger Lee vs The Midnight Express (The Last Stampede, includes 20 minutes of build up promos)

May 11th 1984 - Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Terry Taylor

May 11th 1984 - The Midnight Express vs Rock N Roll Express

July 6th 1984 - Magnum TA vs Ted Dibiase North American Heavyweight Championship Match

August 3rd 1984 - Terry Taylor vs Dr Death Steve Williams - Mid South Television Championship Match

August 31st 1984 - The Midnight Express vs The Fantastics - Non title match

November 9th 1984 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Ted Dibiase

November 23rd 1984 - Bill Dundee vs Adrian Street & Miss Linda

November 23rd 1984 Scaffold Mid South Tag Team Title Match - The Rock N Roll Express vs The Midnight Express

This week is the first of two special episodes from the archives of Mid South Moments.

Ricky Morton has been a guest on the show four times and this is a supercut of those appearances, over three hours with one of the best of all time chatting wrestling and Mid South memories.

The original show notes were as follows :

We chat the June 23rd 1984 episode of Mid South Wrestling plus a lot lot more with Ricky Morton.  This episode includes the following : 

- The move from Memphis to Mid South 

- Their video introductions & first feud

- The differences between drawing in the territory days & now

- Ricky’s YouTube show & his wrestling school

- The gruelling schedule in 1984

- Working on top with Ric Flair

- Influence of Dusty Rhodes 

- The art of selling

- One of Ricky’s favourite current British wrestlers

- NWA Power run & working with Nick Aldis

- Visit to WWE performance center 

• Problems with current WWE creative & much more

- Working with Bill Watts

- A great story about Ernie Ladd

- Integrity in wrestling 

- Working with Terri Taylor & Dr Death Steve Williams 

- Wrestling hurt & a crazy story about how Nikolai Volkoff helped him one night in a match

- Memories of Buddy Landel 

- Dan Severn 

- The Midnight Express feud 

- Jim Cornette & the difference between crowds then & now

- Wendi Richter

- Pat Orton & a call to Bob Orton Jnr

- The Superdate at the Superdome & a later incarnation in the NWA

- Ricky’s VHS collection 

- Some thoughts on AEW & Much much more

- Rapid fire Q & A with Ricky, including entrance music, ring outfits, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Krusher Krushev, JYD & the WCW Six Man World tag team titles, the changing face of wrestling in 1984, Eric Bischoff, the move to Jim Crockett, who they would most like to work an extended program with now, working for the WWF, the WWE Hall of Fame, Working for All Japan & their recent tours with New Japan & much more.

Former 3 time Mid South Wrestling tag team champion, and all around pro wrestling legend, Ricky Morton (@RealRickyMorton) is back to look over the March 23rd 1985 episode of MSW featuring a four team elimination main event with the Rock N Roll Express vs the Dirty White Boys vs Brad Armstrong & Tommy Prichard vs Jake Roberts & Jack Victory.  In addition, Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams were up against Terry Daniels & Shawn Michaels plus new North American Champion Terry Taylor battled Kamala.

Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) is back to review the final ever episode of television from Shreveport featuring TV title tournament matches between Eddie Gilbert & Jake Roberts, Humongous vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan, ‘Dr Death’ Steve Williams vs Rob Ricksteiner & more.

Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) & Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) join me for the penultimate episode of Mid South Wrestling from the Irish McNeil’s boys club.  The TV title tournament is in full swing and there is A LOT of Dick Slater on the show.

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) is back on the show this week to review the November 30th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling featuring the DEBUT OF RICK STEINER, a great update on the condition of Ted Dibiase & much much more.

The TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW is here and once again features a transatlantic trivia battle for the ages.

Team USA vs Team UK II, hosted excellently by @danpffc

Thereafter a whistle stop review of the November 23rd 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling (1:36.37)

BILL WATTS AND ERIK WATTS join me to talk in depth about the November 16th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling featuring the famous Ric Flair vs Ted Dibiase NWA World Heavyweight Title match.

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) returns for a look back over the November 9th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling featuring The Bruise Brothers in action, Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare team up and Bill Watts interviews NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair who later faces a surprise in ring challenge.

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) joins me for this week's show featuring an explosive confrontation between Jim Duggan and Dick Slater, Ted DiBiase & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams face Mid-South Tag Team Champions Al Perez & Wendell Cooley, "Hacksaw" Butch Reed faces "Dirty" Dutch Mantell and much more