This Sounds a Bit Like Goodbye, In A Way It Is I Guess. As I Leave Savage and The King Have Taken The Air

Jerry Lawler/Randy Savage v. King Kong Bundy/Ric Rude CWA 9/17/84 - EPIC

Total batshit brawl, without a second of downtime. This had that classic Memphis brawl feel with people just recklessly chucking chairs and tables willy nilly. Those Mid South Coliseum thick wood tables look like the really hurt when you get caught upside the head with them. I also loved the spot where Bundy is standing on the over turned table with Lawler being smushed underneath like a PBJ sandwich at the bottom of a book bag. Savage was a total whirlwind in this match, wandering around like a lunatic, constantly flinging himself off the top rope onto folks on the floor. No one was catching any of these dives, Savage was coming down and either move or get smashed. Finish of this match was overbooked in a good way. Lawler spikes rude with a piledriver and Bundy splashes the ref to break the count. We get a second ref running down, but as he is counting Bundy down, they do the back suplex double pin finish with the first ref. Not sure it needed that finish, although it fit with the chaos of the match. Great example of the barely controlled riot which Memphis did so well.

Jerry Lawler v. Randy Savage WWF 8/13/93 - GREAT

This was very similarly worked to their Nassau Coliseum match a year later, Lawler working his signature heel match, hiding a chain and pounding on an over babyface. Savage however was way more game then he was a year earlier. Lawler breaks out the toastmasters joke book over the microphone to start, and Savage comes out with his own Macho midget dressed in matching gear. Lawler goes after the midget, and is able to crack Savage with a chain while he was on midget defense. Savage takes a huge over the top rope bump and a nasty post shot, and Lawler does the things he did. No one does that particular dance as well as heel King, and we even got a great douche bag rope a dope by Lawler. Savage takes over and chucks Lawler over the top where the king does his insane signature bump, and gets smashed into steel posts. It looks like Savage is going to finish him off, but Lawler surprisingly retakes control by catching him with a shot to the belly off an axehandle. Lawler hits his piledriver but Bret Hart comes out and the jaw back and forth before Lawler spits on Hart, causing Bret to rush the ring and the DQ. Definitely one of the better 90's WWF Lawler matches I have seen, and it was fun to watch Lawler and Savage working with the heel/face roles reversed.

Jerry Lawler v. Randy Savage WWF 9/28/93 - GREAT

Awesome violent sprint, which was only a better finish away from being epic. Starts fast with Savage leaping over the top rope and attempting to ram Lawler into the post. The King does this awesome counter, where he stops short leading Savage to post himself. Then Lawler takes over and pounds on Randy with some great rights and lefts and especially nasty uppercuts. This wasn't hide the chain, this was kick your ass. Lawler then goes to crotch Savage on the post and Randy blocks it and uses his legs to pull Jerry nose first into the post. As I have said before, and assuredly will say again, no one takes a post shot like Jerry Lawler, he really looks like he smashed his nose into pieces, and Savage smashes him the face with punches and cracks him into the stairs and the post again. Lawler gets a bit more of a advantage before just deciding to bail. Bret Hart comes from the back chasing him into a roll up. Only about six minutes, but everything up to the end was super focused and really violent. This was as intense as their big Memphis matches crushed into a diamond. Hell of a match.

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