Loss Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Eddie brings out PWI and does a promo before the match. Gilbert takes exception to fans calling him Jerry Lawler Jr. Gilbert is proud to be ranked #5 in the world. He wants to be #1 though. Short match with Doug interfering liberally. Wild brawl that ends up involving Lawler, Reno Riggins and Mike Samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Eddie is ranked above Sting and HULK HOGAN!!! Nice brawl between Reno and Samples at the end. I guess the Lawler/Jarrett vs Moondogs feud was on hiatus at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 These guys have had a lot of good matches with each other, and you can see the chemistry here in this short match that lead to a big brawl with the Gilberts, and Samples with Jarrett,Lawler, and Riggins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Gilbert back out with the latest PWI magazine and he is now up to 5th in the rankings. He wants to be number one. Match with Jarrett and we get a couple minutes before Doug interferes. Lawler comes to the rescue. Reno/Samples were really going at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Gilbert back out with PWI showing he's ranked #5 behind Savage, Vader, Rude and Hart, and he points out he's ahead of Flair, Sting and Hogan. Not bad. Doug Gilbert is out and interfering early. Lawler there for the save before out for the save. Reno Riggins & Mike Samples also get involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Well, I would hope Hogan wouldn't be in the top 10. Well-worked studio match with a predictable Doug Gilbert run-in finish. Lawler makes the save for Jarrett, and soon Mike Samples and Reno Riggins follow. Memphis went through a major depth problem toward the end of 1991 but now we've got a number of compelling programs all going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajtroma Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Here's a little tidbit about what a lot of us USWA fans did back then: Put your headphones on, a cd of your choice (REM was always a good pick) and listen to your music while these matches went on. Corey would kill them if you didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Not much of a match at all. It looks like they might have been setting up a six-man for the following Monday night at the MSC: Lawler, Jeff and Riggins against the Gilberts and Samples. Who knew that Reno Riggins, whom I used to see get squashed on almost every WWF television show going in the late eighties, could actually fight? What a fantastic heel performance out of Eddie. He does a promo bragging about his rankings and demanding respect from the announcers and fans, then he and Doug spend the entire match beating up on Jeff two against one. It has to be seen to be believed. Twenty more pounds and he'd have been dynamite at the IC level for Vince, provided he didn't try a hostile takeover of the booking office. We didn't see below Sting in the PWI rankings, but it isn't too far out of the realm of possibility that Apter kept Hogan toward the bottom of their top ten "out of respect for his contributions to the sport" or some such. He probably knew that Vince was bringing Hogan back soon, since we were already into September. It was just a question of how and when. Wasn't Samples an official of some sort, which would explain why he came down in a suit (unless he was channeling Mr. Hughes)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Fun little brawl with great work from Eddie on the stick. Eddie demanding respect and then wrestling straight maybe 1/3 of the match was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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