Lance Russell interviews Jerry Jarrett. Jarrett was out there so Russell could present a trophy to him on behalf of a bunch of wrestling promoters that wanted to congratulate him on his success at a recent Mid-South Coliseum card. One of the men mentioned was Bill Watts, because lord know I can see Watts sitting in Oklahoma and thinking of a way to praise Jerry Jarrett. Jerry was about to walk away when King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude, and Jimmy Hart stopped him to complain about not being booked on said card. Interestingly enough, Bundy did more talking than Hart here. They took the tropy away until Randy Savage and Jerry Lawler came flying into the screen to make the save. Lawler was swinging a trash can, while Savage was throwing right hands. At one point he punched Hart, and Russell calmly said “hit him again.” There was so much back-and-forth and people are trying to break it up while they’re destroying the set and the walls are coming down, while Lawler is walking around with a torn shirt. The only thing I didn’t like here is that Hart would get punched and eventually get involved again, not laying there dead like a non-wrestler should when getting hit by top guys.
Lawler & Savage promo. This was a local promo for a match in bumfuck, Mississippi. Lawler was good at playing white meat babyface, talking about how happy he was to be back in this little hole-in-the-wall town, while Savage was his usual crazy self. He was pacing while Lawler spoke, then went off into his usual intense promo. This was fucking awesome!
No Disqualification Match: Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage v. King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude (with Jimmy Hart): This was an insanely wild brawl with chairs, a ringside table, ref bumps, and brawling in the crowd. Rude didn’t get his due as a worker until later in his career, but was a phenomenal working heel here, bumping and selling his ass off. I love Jerry Lawler, but Savage overshadowed him here by working so far ahead of his time. Savage gave Rude a back suplex with a bridge, only for Rude to get his shoulder up and the cheap win on Savage. What a wild fucking brawl. I didn’t care for the finish in a match like this, but this was still awesome. ***3/4
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