[1980-05-24-CWA-TV] Bill Dundee vs Paul Ellering

[Loss]

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[SAMS]

1980-05-24
CWA
Paul Ellering vs Bill Dundee
★★

A really fun match. This is the best I’ve seen Ellering in singles competition as his attempts at exchanging holds looked less choppy than I’ve seen before, but it must help to be opposite a guy like Dundee. It certainly was Dundee carrying the show and this is back to back TV matches now where he’s delivered a banger performance. He walks that line between showing enough vulnerability and being a credible threat and he does it perfectly. When he wants to go for his offense it looks legit, and for Memphis at least, he’s one of the better mat wrestling guys and he’s a top tier seller. 
In the end it looked like Jimmy Hart was going to get involved to take Dundee out after a referee bump, but Sonny King came down and just carried Hart backstage allowing Dundee to roll Ellering up for the win. Clearly Ellering (still Heavyweight Champion) is coming up against King and they are involved in some form of ongoing feud.
Finally it feels like Dundee is getting more involved in events and his TV output has jumped up dramatically. However, it’s sad that the Memphis footage has slowed to a trickle as we move towards the summer.