[1990-10-20-USWA-Memphis TV] Interview: Jerry Lawler, Bill & Jamie Dundee

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This is actually the week of 10/20.

 

Jamie Dundee's first chronological yearbook appearance! They show whip marks on his back from an attack by Gilbert and company.

[PeteF3]

I was wondering where Eddie Marlin went and where Lawler came from.

 

Jamie always looks like the scuzziest human being alive.

[soup23]

I also didn't realize how Lawler suddenly appeared. Great promo nonetheless with them laying out the responsibility for Jaime in a match like this.

[Kevin Ridge]

Welt on Jamie Dundee’s back. He’s going to team up with dad and Lawler. Jerry advises Jamie that he will need to carry his load in the match.

[garretta]

We see the debuts on this set of Jamie Dundee and Corey Maclin (neither of whom say anything) and the return of Tojo Yammamoto (who doesn't actually appear, but it's his guys Lawler and the Dundees are after here, not the Gilberts).

 

The bulk of this promo is good old Uncle Kingfish giving advice and counsel to young Jamie about how to act in the ring. The amazing thing is, if you didn't already know from Bill's part of the promo that Jamie was his son, you'd never know it from Lawler's part, as he refers to Bill as "Bill" and "this man" but never as "your dad". Maybe he had the same hangups on Bill's behalf that he had on his own about not acknowledging Brian as his son because it would make him seem old. Regardless, it's creepy to say the least. Bill may not have been the best father in the world off-camera if some of what I've heard is right, but he knows how to act the part on camera much better than Lawler, for what little that's worth.

 

It's amazing that Lawler agreed to wrestle a six-man right after his Unified title defense, and that's not the first time he's wrestled two distinct non-battle royal, non-tournament matches on the same card this year. Was the Memphis talent pool that thin, or did he believe that he was the only one really worth coming to see by this point? At least he and Jarrett were nice enough not to demand championship prices for tickets this week.

[drew wardlaw]

Man Jamie Dundee has been getting really brutalized so far.