In Memphis Everyone Can Hear You Scream

So I'm sitting here, dozing off watching the women's football world cup. Anyway I clicked on a Twitter link to a blog and thought how quaint, how very 2005, I used to have one of them and talked to an empty stadium about the wrasslin.
That catch as catch can, loaded glove, blade in the mouth territory wrasslin daddy, the best around. So.......here I am. Lets go back to the rock (n' roll express) one more time!! Oooo mercy!

Memphis 87
I'm actually typing this on my phone, my how technology has changed me. But one thing that hasn't changed is my love of the mempho wrestling. I've just recently got through 1986 which was the year of way too many jobber/undercard tag teams! Onwards to 87, for some reason I haven't got this year on disc but who really needs them anymore as YouTube has pretty much every non wwe show on there.
They did a great set up by having Tommy Rich cost Lawler the match by colliding/elbowing him on the apron. Lance and Dave weren't sure if it was deliberate but reader I did. Tommy's been getting a bit upset about not getting a title shot while Lawler's always getting them against AWA champ Nick Bockwinkel. Don't people remember that Tommy is a former NWA world champ, beat Harley Race. Come on Eddie Marlin, where's his title shot??
Speaking of Eddie Marlin, the Rock N' Roll RPM's are out calling him grandad and that he's protecting his grandkid Jeff Jarrett and his best mate Billy Joe Travis.

The Rock N' Roll RPM's are taking on John Paul and one of the Bryant's. I think there's 3 Bryant brother's but this ain't Jerry of Memphis Vice "fame", they were one of the many tag teams of 86. John Paul came in too as a tag team with the more experienced Ric McCord. Like alot of the teams he got an early push, then was just a glorified job guy, usually having his partner do the job after McCord left him on his lonesome. And that what happens here Mike Davies gets the pin on Bryant. Jarrett and Travis come out to build their feud with the RPM's, explaining they're inexperienced but ready to go and Jeff's dad and grandad ain't gonna help them one bit.
Emily Arthur comes out, she's feuding with Downtown Bruno. God knows why but it's fun. Guess that's why! She must be someones girlfriend or something because she's not a wrestler, keeps saying she's a computer analyst! Apparently she's been doing alot of training with Lou Winston and Jerry Bryant (The Memphis Vice) so she should be just fine.

"Jerry Lawler, having been the heavyweight champion 4 times I can understand the fervour which you feel about becoming the champion for the 1st time". That can only be the great Nick Bockwinkel. He talks about Lawler backstabbing his friends (Rich and Austin Idol) to get the title match, which is slowly building up the big feud of the year. Thanks Nick.
Downtown Bruno's a year or so away from understanding all of this, and while he is an obnoxious squirt of a manager, he hasn't got in the Cornette/Jimmy Hart groove yet and is just throwing everything at the wall, hoping something sticks.
There's a six man tag, Tojo/Goto/Sato against Jarrett/Travis/Tanaka. I love Tojo and the Japanese have been here a long time now under his tutelage, brawling on tv every week. I'm not sure how much they've learnt while in the territory, stuff to take back to Japan as their careers grow in the 90's. Hopefully how to get rats to pay for your food and a place to stay in every stop around the territory loop. They're the important things. Wow Lance just admitted to ending the show a minute early, so we didn't get a finish to the 6 man match. He takes that extra unexpected minute to thank Randy Hales for the hard work and good job he puts in commentating at the arena shows. While Lance praises Randy, Tojo and his oriental crew make their way back to the dressing room, disappointed with a no contest due to Lance's timkeeping but even more disappointed at the lack of American blood shed by their 3 foes.