The Retro Wrestling Re-View

Re-View #81: USWA 5/25/91 (The Lone Ranger Arrives!)


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The Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast is back, and this week the gang tackles the May 25, 1991 edition of USWA Championship Wrestling.


This week marks the quiet debut of Corey Maclin, co-hosting with Jerry “The King” Lawler, while the Texas vs. Tennessee war officially crosses the line into
attempted murder territory.

Episode highlights include:

  • The surprise arrival of Corey Maclin: no explanation, no buildup, he's just here now
  • The Texas Ranger debuts and his identity is no mystery!
  • Jamie Dundee’s infamous contract loophole angle takes the term "bait and switch" to a new low
  • Doug Gilbert unmasks himself as the Lone Ranger to a huge studio pop
  • Eddie Gilbert delivers another top notch babyface promo, and gets some love from Dave Meltzer for it
  • Robert Fuller is smothered with a F****** plastic bag on live TV!
  • “CPR” is administered by a ring full of wrestlers without an EMT in sight!
  • The most awkward follow up ever: an immediate eight man tag match involving the attempted murderers
  • Boards, beatdowns, fireballs, rat tails, and Corey Maclin saying “Ree-dick-uh-lus” over and over! "Man oh man!"

Was this brilliant heat? Total madness? Or both?

The guys break down what worked, what didn’t, and why Memphis wrestling always found a way to go just a little further than everyone else.

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