[1992-05-23-USWA-TV] Interview: Eddie Gilbert

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Gilbert is outstanding. I like him with the Ric Flair look (since even Ric Flair doesn't have the Ric Flair look in 1992) doing great heel promos.

[shoe]

Gilbert is the man in these segments.

[Kevin Ridge]

Gilbert is dressed up all nice. Good serious promo.

[WingedEagle]

Gilbert delivers an awesome promo against Lawler & Jarrett, looking like a big deal main eventer. He's a Gilbert and that's why he wins and dominates. Great stuff.

[PeteF3]

This is how to book an outside champion as an outsider, Vince. Gilbert comes across as above everything else going on in the USWA. Also, I approve of more Gilbert/Jarrett matches.

[MikeCampbell]

Gilbert shoots on Jarrett, and his failed basketball career. Gilbert is awesome here. Like Loss said, the Flair look really worked for Eddie.

[garretta]

I don't know. Eddie was almost too much of an outsider here; if he hadn't thrown in a reference to Jeff's basketball career, I would think he'd never been in Memphis before, and considering all he's done there and all the blood he's spilled, that's just wrong. I like the suit and tie look, but I'd prefer just a little more emotional engagement, even if he is supposedly an outsider from Dallas these days.

 

I notice that we didn't get any clips of the unification match, and Eddie acted like it hadn't even happened yet, talking about wanting a shot at Lawler if he gets by Jeff. Does anybody know what happened? Did Eddie pull a no-show? Did they scrap the unification match once everyone got to the MSC? If so, was it because Global threatened the USWA somehow? This whole mess is getting weird.

[dawho5]

Gilbert was really great here.  If Flair had been watching would he have sued?