Beebo wrote:
Watching the Memphis DVD... Good Christ, how long were they sitting on that, waiting for funding? Jarrett's a blonde in the interviews (And tubby, too)
Lots of the older guys I never got to see, so that's great. Little too much Lawler and Jimmy Hart, but that was expected.
What thoughts from the other denizens of the Peanut Gallery?
The first line of the entire doc is, "They don't even know what Heat is today, man". ...and I think that is beyond perfect
I love the Memphis dvd. I think I've watched 4-5 times now. I think its worth it just to watch Lawler punch people, that dude still has to have the best punch in the business. Fargo can hold up his left hand, punch it was his right, and it still looks like a better punch than any current performer. Most of the stories are great and the crowd reactions give me goose bumps at times. You can have 80,000 people at Mania this year and they would still pale in comparison to some of the memphis crowd noise/reactions. You always used to hear the stories about promoters turning away thousands of fans wrapped around the building and SRO in blizzards, etc, but these guys really did it. There was definitely better wrestling out there at the time but I cant imagine any other territory were it would be that fun to be a fan.
also in the extras "title 2" is a pretty good story - the Mario Gallento incident. That's how I like to think of the glory days of the business.
Heat = "I had a baby actually thrown on me in a riot in Odessa, TX"
- Sputnik Monroe
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Drop In wrote:
I'm picturing a 12 year old Bob Loblaw bitching out a Randy Savage Wrestling Buddy for botching his finisher. Also envisioning Bob Loblaw getting bitched at for lighting the living room table on fire for said finisher.