They Can't Hear You Scream In Florida 84 (But in Memphis they can)

Man, I'm a sucker for punishment so am gonna watch some more Wrasslin from Florida in 1984. But only a little bit....

This Warrior tag team have done a little promo. They're juiced up blonde guys apparently called Steve and Jim Warrior! It looks like they're getting a little push but then get absolutely destroyed by The Russians (Neidhart & Darsow), treated like complete jobbers. I don't know if this was a sign of the times in Florida, that trained amateur wrestling could easily beat the roided gym guys but it did surprise me. The Saint, who is sort of their manager, puts on a little glove which looks like a fingerless golf club but one punch from it campacitates the Warrior brother with ease. IT'S LOADED! Dutch Mantell runs in with his bull whip Shu baby and clears house. I realise that I must've watched this last time cos all the stuff after it I've definitely watched. I'm done with Florida for a while, think I need some Mempho action in my life.

Yes!!! It's mempho wrestling 1991 and I feel a lot better, getting 7 years away from Buddy Colt and Jesse Barr. I love Gordon Solie but that's about it. It's a good time for Memphis, the sons of the two biggest stars are coming through, Jamie Dundee and Brian Christopher. But we're not supposed to know that Brian is Jerry's kid. "You people know me, I'm the best in the world". Bizarrely, Terry Funk forgets Tojo Yammamoto's name and stalls for about 15 seconds trying to remember it and they keep rolling but he never remembers it.

 Jeff Jarrett & Eddie Gilbert vs Steve Austin & The Scorpion
Wow, can you guess who's getting beat here? Austin is so ready for the major leagues I almost think Chris Adams offered his wife as a sacrifice in the hope he'd get a WWF run in a few years time. I love Eddie Gilbert but just want him to turn on Jeff. And Jamie "Ice Ice Baby" Dundee is Austin's and the Scorpion's manager. Dundee, Austin and Gilbert are 3 of my favourite 90's wrestlers. By the end of the decade one's the main man, one's dead and one's bitching about his pay off for the one WWF PPV he worked. But god I love all 3. Oh yeah, Scorpion got pinned.

Lawler comes out to talk smack about the Texas wrestlers with Jarrett and Gilbert, it's so easy for him. But Eddie hovers behind them with heelish intentions. Jeff stumbles over his promo like usual, then Eddie steps up to the plate and kills it. I want a ticket for Monday night after that. Eric Embry and Tom Pritchard are the Texas wrestlers. Dr Tom is the biggest Roddy Piper impressionist in wrestling and there's a few. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy but every time he ruffles his hair it reminds me.

Lance Russell's taken the money and is doing the syndicated WCW shows but Dave Brown holds all this crazyiness together. I don't think there's a better guy ever to pull a disgusted face when the heels say something a bit naughty. Reader, I'm going to tell you a truth or two now. I really don't get Billy Joe Travis or Eric Embry. Good luck to both of them and all that, but both are pretty throw away and non descript. Embry can't be too far away from a motorcar accident and Billy has got about a decade left in him. Don't get me wrong, they're a million times better than the majority of 1991 wrestlers but personally I'd take Buddy Landell or Tommy Rich and a fair amount of other southern wrestlers over them every time. For the last year Billy Joe has just come across as Jeff Jarrett's kiss ass best friend when the USWA was also doing TV in Texas. God that was awful. Thankfully half way through the year it's finished, or at least my DVD's haven't got Michael St John cutting between Memphis and Texas pretending it's all live.

At the end of a Bill Dundee match his son and Steve Austin come out. Austin's got a loaded glove (see the Saint, Florida 1984) and he beats the hell out of Bill. He's a bloody mess but still has time for a call to arms promo. Gaylord and Dirty White Boy couldn't do the job and Bill ain't the biggest in the world but he'll beat Austin's brains out, if that's what it takes to get his son back. My favourite thing about all this is how Jamie calls his dad "Bill". "Take a good look at this face Austin, cos one night you're gonna wake up and it's gonna be standing over your bed and I'm beating your brains out". Did I mention I want a ticket for Monday night?