Boon Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Im interested in finding out as much information on Memphis Wrestling from the time after USWA closed, for example the roots of Memphis Power Pro and Memphis Championship Wrestling etc, and as you guys know your stuff itll be a great help... Quote
Loss Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 http://pwchronicle.blogspot.com/2005/12/hi...ert-shoots.html Here's a good starting point. Quote
Mad Dog Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Memphis Power Pro opened fairly soon after the USWA closed. It aired on tv but I'm not sure how it fared. It ran from 1998-2004 and ran alongside MCW but MCW seemed more popular. The promotions kind of merged after MCW closed and it ran till around Memphis Wrestling getting popular. This fed never used the Southern Heavyweight Championship so it felt less like a spiritual successor to the USWA than the other two. MCW was briefly a WWF developmental promotion and I used to get emails from them with results, etc. A lot of who you would expect from the WWE was there; the Dupps, Hass Brothers, Ron Killings, American Dragon, Spanky the Mean Street Posse, Rosey and Jamal. The WWE pulled the developmental deal and it closed almost immediately. The spiritual successor to MCW was Memphis Wrestling. This one aired on tv and had a good deal of success. They ran that show that had Hulk Hogan vs. the Big Show and it drew over 2000 fans. They also ran an angle with Sid vs. Lawler at some point. I actually watched this one and it was pretty solid television. This one all fell apart because someone did something, I think Brian Christopher, and it got pulled from the air. It limped along after that and became Jerry Lawler's Memphis Wrestling and that fell apart almost instantly. The card to that big crowd they drew: Moondog Cujo (with Sal Corrente) defeated The Barbarian Greg Valentine defeated Mr. Hughes Jazz defeated Christi Ricci and Miss Passion Abdullah the Butcher wrestled Al Green to a no contest. Bill Dundee and Dutch Mantel (with Jimmy Valiant) defeated The First Family (Koko B. Ware and Bobby Eaton) (with Slick) Brutus Beefcake and Bubba the Love Sponge defeated The New Assassins (Ricky Murdoch and Big Nasty Bill) (with Sal Corrente) Brian Christopher defeated Buff Bagwell Ricky Morton and Kid Kash defeated Too Cool II (Tim Grind and Flex) © - Tag Team match for the MW Southern Tag Team Championship Hulk Hogan defeated Paul "The Great" Wight Quote
Tim Evans Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Wow Power Pro lasted till 04? Didn't they lose tv in 01? I liked the promotion even though Randy Hales hick Vince gimmick grew tiring as did Stone Cold Jerry Lawler. Quote
Mad Dog Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 No, I'm sorry, the thing I was reading for that stupid puts the year before the month. So it closed in April of 2001 but the way it was written made me think of January 2004. So 2001 it closed. Quote
Mad Dog Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 And Lawler has several episodes of the Memphis Wrestling show on his website. It's worth checking out. Quote
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