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10-25-2015, 09:31 PM
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Last night saw one of the more hyped southern independent shows f the year, as Bert Prentice’s USA Champioship Wrestling (formerly Music City and NWA Worldwide when he had syndicated TV) ran a show dubbed an All-Star Tribute to Lance Russell. To salute the 89 year old legendary announcer, he put together a show at he Oman Arena (formerly the Jackson Coliseum), which used to be a regular stop in the Jerry Lawler/Jerry Jarrett territory based out of Memphis.
Besides the tribute to Russell in the city where he started announcing wrestling, the big attraction was the main event: Terry Funk, at 71 years old and wrestling for the first time in over 10 months, returned to face his greatest rival in the area, Jerry Lawler. It was the first match between the two in just over four years.
Here are the results for the card, which also included Russell and long-time broadcast partner Dave Brown interviewing the legends in attendance between matches:
1. Alex Taylor defeated Kevin Zion.
2. Daniel Eads defeated Nathan Starr
3. L T Falk and his father Tony Falk defeated Johnny Dotson and Derrick King (w/ Lucky Pierre in their corner)
4. Danny Dollar defeated “The New Nature Boy” Kevin White
5. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express defeated Rude and Poker Face with the double dropkick
6. The Natural Chase Stevens & Thorn defeated The Young Lions
7. Matt Starr defeated USA Heavyweight Champion Matt Boyce to win the ttle.
8. Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Funk by disqualification when Funk attacked the referee. Lawler threw a fireball at Funk after the match, which you can see in the video embedded at the top of the article.
Last night saw one of the more hyped southern independent shows f the year, as Bert Prentice’s USA Champioship Wrestling (formerly Music City and NWA Worldwide when he had syndicated TV) ran a show dubbed an All-Star Tribute to Lance Russell. To salute the 89 year old legendary announcer, he put together a show at he Oman Arena (formerly the Jackson Coliseum), which used to be a regular stop in the Jerry Lawler/Jerry Jarrett territory based out of Memphis.
Besides the tribute to Russell in the city where he started announcing wrestling, the big attraction was the main event: Terry Funk, at 71 years old and wrestling for the first time in over 10 months, returned to face his greatest rival in the area, Jerry Lawler. It was the first match between the two in just over four years.
Here are the results for the card, which also included Russell and long-time broadcast partner Dave Brown interviewing the legends in attendance between matches:
1. Alex Taylor defeated Kevin Zion.
2. Daniel Eads defeated Nathan Starr
3. L T Falk and his father Tony Falk defeated Johnny Dotson and Derrick King (w/ Lucky Pierre in their corner)
4. Danny Dollar defeated “The New Nature Boy” Kevin White
5. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express defeated Rude and Poker Face with the double dropkick
6. The Natural Chase Stevens & Thorn defeated The Young Lions
7. Matt Starr defeated USA Heavyweight Champion Matt Boyce to win the ttle.
8. Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Funk by disqualification when Funk attacked the referee. Lawler threw a fireball at Funk after the match, which you can see in the video embedded at the top of the article.