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Buzz Sawyer is in maniacal overdrive in this video. Lots of promos and jobber matches. His promos are insane. Around the 29:00 minute mark is Sawyer vs a guy Solie refers to as this man Mulley. He almost kills him. I am wondering if it’s Randy Mulkey.

Just an FYI, that guys YouTube channel from above has an amazing collection of old school Florida stuff. I think it’s been taken down a couple of times but is currently up. Great stuff.

It’s hard to explain to fans that weren’t around in the 80’s how fast Luger was pushed. It was crazy. I had never heard of the guy then all of a sudden he was on the cover of a major magazine having defeated Wahoo for the Southern title. He won it in about a month after his debut. I didn’t get Florida wrestling where I lived so that’s how I first heard of Luger and then he was just pushed to the moon.

Bill Mercer plus the Freebirds equals gold.

Bob Armstrong heel turn. He costs Ron Fuller the NWA title against Ric Flair while he was the special referee. Not much footage of heel Armstrong is out there but it has been said it was an amazing run. Southeastern/Continental was a lot fun.

Great thread Loss. Lots of great memories. I don’t watch much wrestling anymore but when I do it’s usually something from the 80s. A couple of observations: Buzz Sawyer was a wrestling machine, he was amazing when he was at his peak. My first exposure to wrestling was seeing him on TBS in GCW. He is probably the biggest what if of the decade. He just had so many demons and plus he was brutal to the squash guys. There is one match in particular from Georgia in 1983 where he literally almost killed a guy. I am pretty sure it was Randy Mulkey but Gordon Solie said Randy Mulley. I can’t find it in YouTube unfortunately. Tully Blanchard was one of the best heels of the decade. He was amazing in Mid-Atlantic-Crockett. The fans hated him. You could hear it anytime he wrestled. They wanted to kill him. You are so right about the ring entrances with the music. They added so much to the matches. Especially in World Class. It was a huge part of why the Freebirds were so great. It gave them an aura. When watching on the network it’s just not the same. I can remember to this day when Rude and Manny Fernandez came out to We Will Rock You as a brand new team in Crockett. It was just perfect for them. They were a great short lived team. That Terry Funk truck video is hilarious. I can’t stop laughing. That opening with him driving the truck with that music is all time great. What was the source? Is that Ken Resnick at the very beginning? So is it Pro Wrestling USA? What you really see is the lost art of the promos. They were such a huge part of what we grew up with and weren’t scripted. I miss listening to Jim Cornette during a Midnight Express squash match.

A couple of others Terry Funk vs Bruce Walkup Barry Windham vs Ron Bass battle over the saddle Mike Davis as the "American Dream Dusty Rhodes" Rhodes vs Race for NWA title Bass is ref and turns on Rhodes.

Rhodes vs Sullivan cage match Roberts shows up as Santa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KgPQER0UPWU

Yes you are correct.

Nothing at all. I just figure give some props to the jobbers that they won a match no one expected them to. Kind of a positive note at the end of a lot of ways not to do it. End the disc with the Mulkeys winning. I liked the angle.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?ebc=ANyPxKrkvdD9pS6YgOfeStPzJegPKmRPOUbAMy_71lrqZ9jBJ9o8RGnn5FIvS_tCtq6ZR5y96LdCQHL5gDWpzqe5-inM1QrFDw&v=bJtyIv6aFls Here is Buzz Sawyer vs Randy Mully. I think it's Randy Mulky though. It's an awkward match but not because of Mully. Buzz was terrible with jobbers and took liberties with them. I am watching a lot of Mid South and it struck me how old he looked at the age of 27-28. But man he could still go. His matches with Duggan and pretty underrated I think. I think he is one of the biggest what ifs in wrestling history. The guy was just a wrestling machine and so tough. But he had way to many demons and appeared to be certifiably insane. Should also include Mulkymania when the Mulkys beat the Gladiators to get into the Crockett Cup.

Any Midnight Express squash match. Listening to Jim Cornette ranting and raving while Bobby Eaton was flying off the top rope and literally going into the TBS rafters was great. New Breed were good too. Also Ken Patera versus Judo Joe Black. The guy was literally the worst I have ever seen. I don't think he ever made it back on tv. Muraco sand match. The Bulldogs destroying Mick Foley in one of his first televised matches.