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He had decent matches with Savage, Bret etc. but never as good as the brawls he had in Mid South and those guys all had GREAT matches with other people but never with Technical Ted. What a shame. Also, most brawlers use those wrestling moves. Suplexes and piledrivers were pretty standard weapons in most 80s offensive wrestlers. My point is't that Ted couldn't wrestle a standard wrestling match. My point is that he was GREAT when he was involved in brawls. Exactly. Lawler and Gordy used piledrivers and were some of the best brawlers of all time, as well as Funk. I think people are taking it as an oversight to his ability and not as a shining on what hes best at. It's like saying Bret Hart is a great technical wrestler and having someone point out he had good brawls with so and so. Well yea he can have good brawls but hes still a better technical wrestler. All and all i agree Dibiase is in the brawling category to me. I mean his best matches were against guys like Duggan and Murdoch who are definitely brawlers.

How many technical wrestlers used a loaded glove as a finish too if we're going by the use of a finisher to define a technique. Hell Shawn was a pretty good technician and used a kick.

To me a mat technician were guys like Bret and Malenko and the like. Crisp holds and very fluid movement with little gaps between moves. And it isnt always about having the widest range of moves but executing a few moves very well and occasionally slipping in the hidden gem they had in their back pocket.

I can see both point of views on this one actually. I think what Will means is that Dibiase was a better brawler than technical wrestler so thats what he should be considered as. His stuff in Mid South is light years ahead of any of his other stuff and those were for the most part brawling matches. He was a good stooge seller and had excellent punches a lot like Lawler. In fact i think you can compare the two styles wise but thats just my opinion. Whether he was a babyface with a fiery comeback or a dick heel with the likes of Matt Borne and such i agree that he is better off labeled as a brawler. I mean really his technical stuff that ive seen is more because he's working with technical wrestlers like Flair and Savage or whomever. All of that is not to say that he wasnt a good techincal wrestler though because he definitely was and could work holds and tell great stories like a lot of others in the 80's i just think his brawling is what outshined everything else.

I have Memphis, NJ, Texas, and Midsouth and definitely think Memphis is the best complete set of them all. MidSouth and NJ may have had the better top matches but even thats a stretch. I just think Memphis has the complete package in promos, angles, and great story telling in the ring. I'm big on angles and such and Memphis was definitely the best for it. Lawler is easily a top ten if not top 5 worker of all time for me now and i never would of thought that before the set.It also doesnt hurt to see guys like Dundee, Funk, Mantell, and Blackwell. I'm as yankee as it gets being from Chicago but damn i love southern wrestling.

GMC was a little boring himself though the guys did a good job to carry him. The Stevie Richards and Bruno Lauer ones are better imo. Especially Bruno, he was so infomative and really wanted to be a part of the show. The show is pretty much money on every episode though so you cant go wrong, they have really good chemistry and dont act like smarky pricks that know everything. They have a very informative yet laid back/comical slant on wrestling and its a breeze to listen to.