Glasses for Flasks with laser ideas

On Monday 7th July I was supposed to go check out the Memphis 88 to get things right cleaned up like to my previous post. I didn't do this. My muddled post is now the official history of Memphis 88. When the Kangomangs from Sputon 7 kill all humans and take over the earth, this will be all they'll learn about Memphis Studio Wrestling from 1988. The knowledge that Gary Young is taller than you think he is will give great insight into the land that the Kangomangs now rule.

I wrote this little bit about Florida some time ago on a distant planet that you do not know about. It's difficult sometimes, it really is.

Florida 1984 June/July

It’s Gordon’s show. Kevin Sullivan has found the lock. He pulls the Fallen Angel on a chain towards ring side. Young men pull faces at the TV camera, too embarrassed to admit they’ll have nightmares tonight. Sullivan lies on the mat and his minions cover him with snakes. This is pro wrestling. His wrestling ability is an afterthought.

Billy Jack Haynes is very matter of fact in his promos. He tells Solie that he’s the best TV commentator about ten times and keeps saying he’s glad to be here, it’s just an honour to meet Dusty Rhodes and Eddie Graham. Dory Funk’s physical form is in the studio. With his goatee, a lobotomised brother Terry. Gordon tells us he held the World Title for 4 ½ years. A different era, people must have even thought this in 84. Dory’s trying to make Solie believe that he’s been feuding with Dusty elsewhere but Gordon finds this hard to believe. Gordon Solie knows everything.

Billy Jack wanders over to the interview desk and shakes Dory’s hand. He says it’s an honour to meet him and apart from Dusty Rhodes he’s the best athlete he’s met from West Texas State University. Dory slaps him in the face and walks away. Totally understandable.

Dory promo, blue background. They could have put anything on the blue background to jazz this up (and boy does Zombie Dory need jazzing up) like they do in those blockbuster movies, but they didn't. I would have liked to have seen an old episode of The Bill or possibly Hetty Wainthropp Investigates play out behind Dory as he stutters and stumbles through this little easy promo about hating Dusty and Billy Jack. But it's 1984 and neither The Bill or Hetty Wainthropp Investigates have been invented yet. If they had, surely they would have used my idea.

UPDATE - I've just checked IMDB because I am a sad, sad friendless man and it told me that The Bill first hit the screens in the UK on 16th October 1984. Almost but not quite.