[1992-04-25-USWA-TV] Brian Christopher vs Tom Prichard

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

From the 04/20 Mid South Coliseum show. Just highlights, but the action looks good. Chain match on a pole. Brian Christopher decks Eddie Marlin, who's the special referee, with the chain. Marlin gets something out of his pocket and gets a receipt, which leads to Pritchard regaining the title.

[Tim Evans]

It's weird seeing all these SMW guys(Prichard, DWB, Robert Fuller) be babyfaces in USWA but heels in SMW. Brian was just getting good during this time period.

[Kevin Ridge]

Marlin decks Christopher with something around his hand but then remembers he is the referee and doesn't fast count the pinfall. Good for him.

[MikeCampbell]

I'm surprised to see Tom winning here, with the Heavenly Bodies having just started and already being established as the top team, I'd guess that Prichard was on his way out of the USWA.

[WingedEagle]

Christopher decks Eddie Marlin with chain, then Marlin gets him back and Pritchard surprisingly wins the Southern title. Definitely not what you'd expect with the Bodies headlining in SMW.

[PeteF3]

The departing Prichard regains the Southern title. Maybe Bill Watts booked this finish.

[garretta]

This was more about Brian getting his comeuppance than Dr. Tom winning the title. Besides, Dr. Tom only has to appear one more time to drop the belt. Knoxville to Memphis isn't exactly a cross-country journey.

 

At any rate, I'm not sure how I feel about Eddie trying to take the chain away from Brian. It just seems like too much physical involvement from a referee, though of course it pales in comparison to Eddie knocking Brian cold with whatever that was in his hand. It will be interesting to see where Brian goes from here; does he regain the belt from Dr. Tom the following week, does he feud with Eddie by proxy (and who would the proxy be?) or both?

 

This feud was destined to be way underrated due to it happening at the same time as the Dogs-Lawler/Jeff feud, but it's consistently delivered good action in the stuff we've seen, and Brian has shown that he'll be a force to be reckoned with in Memphis for some time to come.

[dawho5]

Odd to say, but at this point Brian Christopher is farther along than Eddie Guerrero when we've seen him. 

As an aside, what is the deal with all the national TV networks not wanting all the "violent, hardcore wrestling", but Memphis had kids show up all the time and it's hard to find matches without foreign objects involved.  And that whole Moondog thing.