Chico Torres Posted September 6 Posted September 6 Absolutely the USWA version was the greatest version of the Nation of Domination with PG-13, Jacqueline/Miss Texas as Queen Moesha, Tracy Smothers as Shaquille Ali and various others. I think the best member might have been long time Memphis announcer/promoter Randy Hales (one of the whitest men ever) becoming Randy X. Quote
Merzbow Posted September 6 Posted September 6 What couldn't Tracy Smothers do? Southern redneck, full blooded Italian and an African American. Called The Undertaker out in his bullshit too, Mark wouldn't dare speak back to him. Quote
Chico Torres Posted September 6 Posted September 6 Around this time there was also a version of The Truth Commission in the USWA led by The Commandant as the Lethal Weapon 2 esque baddie with some of the same members although they also had Mantaur (I think) as a masked member. Although I’m sure he appeared at least once in WWF as well but standing next to his team mates he looked comically fat and short so he didn’t last long. Quote
BarryOVega Posted September 7 Posted September 7 TIL Bron Breakker is the same age as his dad was when him and JR went to a hotel so JR could watch him knob Robin Greene Quote
Chili Posted September 7 Posted September 7 21 hours ago, Chico Torres said: Around this time there was also a version of The Truth Commission in the USWA led by The Commandant as the Lethal Weapon 2 esque baddie with some of the same members although they also had Mantaur (I think) as a masked member. Although I’m sure he appeared at least once in WWF as well but standing next to his team mates he looked comically fat and short so he didn’t last long. He appeared about once or twice but I think they replaced him with Luc Poirier, who while the gimmick sucked, he looked better than poor Mantaur looking like a portly gimp off to the T.A. for the weekend. Quote
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted September 7 Paid Members Posted September 7 Handsome Jimmy Valiant had his retirement match this year at the age of 83. Went on a bit of a Memphis/Mid South Wikipedia scroll this morning after the Bill Dundee news. Quote
BarryOVega Posted September 7 Posted September 7 2 hours ago, I Bent My Wookie said: Handsome Jimmy Valiant had his retirement match this year at the age of 83. Went on a bit of a Memphis/Mid South Wikipedia scroll this morning after the Bill Dundee news. Always loved Heyman popping JR in 2001 when the camera cut to ZZ Top sitting ringside and Heyman screamed 'It's the Boogie Woogie man Jimmy Valiant!' Quote
Chico Torres Posted September 7 Posted September 7 This is a classic Memphis angle with some of the greatest legends of the territory in Lawler, Dundee, Lance and Jimmy Valiant. Boogie Woogie is awesome here, incredible promo and a great example of how to make a great angle in less than 10 minutes (video won’t embed here for some reason) https://youtu.be/Fq9z8xflUVY?is=0H2-MSMIXvtNCZ7Q Quote
Dai Posted September 7 Posted September 7 There's not much that doesn't make its way onto YouTube, especially when you are talking about mid 90s stuff, but that USWA NOD stuff seems to be one of them. A shame as it sounds class. Quote
Chico Torres Posted September 7 Posted September 7 Most of it is on YouTube just not as individual segments but as part of the full USWA shows. Here’s a good example, I think Memphis wrestling is best watched as full shows Quote
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