Memphis Stock Picks

So for the next round of the 80's project I am hip deep in Memphis wrestling, so I figured I would do another one of these. Will has sent me (I suspect passive aggressively) almost exclusively TV, so while Kris and Shoe are nominating arena match after arena match, I am watching Rough and Ready tag after Keith Eric singles.

Stock Going Up

Robert Fuller

Consistantly the most entertaining guy in the episodic Memphis TV format. Haven't seen a ton of arena Fuller matches, but some amazing angles. The race bating of Brickhouse Brown, the CWA power struggle, where he claims Jerry Jarrett stole the promotion from his grandfather, the family feud with Ron and Jimmy Golden. Every time Robert Fuller is on my TV set I smile.

Ronnie P. Gossett

Another great Memphis manager, just hillarious with his constant fake heart attacks, and self delusion. Nothing I love more the Ronnie P. Gossett calling a Freezer Thompson squash. "LOOK AT THAT GUY LANCE RUSSELL, I HATE A FAT SLOB"

Tommy Gilbert

An ultimate Memphis utility man, we might end up with Tommy Gilbert matches under four different personas. Ace of Spades, Mr. Wrestling, Tommy Gilbert and FREDDY! Tommy Gilbert as patriarch of the Gilbert family is so great, and after seeing him as an upstanding ref disgusted with Eddies antics in UWF, it is great to watch him one year later egging Eddie on in the burning of Randy Hales, or busting open Eddie Marlin with a cowboy boot. Then in 1989, you secondary babyface was Tommy Gilbert under a cheap Halloween Freddy Kruger mask no-selling all of the heels and doing scary dances.


Stock Going Down

Lance Russell

Still one of the greatest ever, but one thing you notice when watching a ton of Memphis, is that Lance doesn't really moderate his exasperation. He is really great at being exasperated, but he seems just as pissed off when Don Bass lipsinks a country song "Come on Don, give us a break here" as he is when Randy Savage tries to pry out Lawlers eye "Come on Randy, that is enough, let's get some help out here."

Blowjob babyface teams

Man for every Rock and Roll Express, there is a Tim Ashley and Steve Constant, for every Fabulous Ones we are stuck with Steve Casey and Tom Brandi. Faboulous Ones were really succesful, so you always had at least one fake Fabs in Memphis at all times, and some of them were terrible. Probably the height of ridicolous blowjob teams was the babyface run of a permed and mustacheod Ron and Don Harris.