Pro Wrestling Moments

Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) & Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) are with me this week to look back over the very newsworthy May 11th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling. We have news of new tag team champions, including clips of the title change from Houston plus a must watch bed side interview with Jim Duggan following his injury at the hands of Skandar Akbar.   Matches :  The Dirty White Boys vs...

Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) & Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) are back to review an absolutely superb episode of Mid South Wrestling. This featured :  Jake 'the Snake' Roberts vs Brad Armstrong - TV title semi final Brickhouse Brown vs Tommy Prichard Edcar Thomas vs Steve Casey 'Dirty' Dutch Mantel vs Terry Daniels Eddie Gilbert & the Nightmare vs Richard Dye & Paul Brown Steve Williams vs Steve...

This Month in History 11 goes back to 1991 for WCW’s Starrcade in the Tokyo Dome headlined by a title vs title match between IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami & NWA World Champion Ric Flair.  In action also was Sting vs the Great Muta plus Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki defended their IWGP tag team titles vs The Steiner Brothers. Jushin Thunder Liger, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion,...

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@coach_canova) are back for a look over the April 27th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This featured many more historic, and must watch, examples of Bill Watts on the attack during what was a very real wrestling war by this point in time.   In action were :    Terry Taylor vs Kamala (clips from their recent match in New Orleans) Hacksaw Jim Dugga...

We welcome back Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@coach_canova) for a look back over the April 20th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling featuring the following :    Kamala vs The Masked Marvel Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Thor  The Barbarian vs Stoney Montana The Dirty White Boys vs Brickhouse Brown & Rocky Montana Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts vs Steve Casey in the TV title tournament Dutch Mant...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) joins me for a bumper show featuring our review of the April 13th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This was the first tv taping after WrestleMania I and it’s fair to say Bill Watts was in a slightly bad mood.  This is a must watch episode as a time capsule of the very real wrestling war that was happening at the time, including a lengthy opening tirade from Watts about...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) is back to review the April 6th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  The TV title tournament is in full swing with Tommy Prichard vs Tim Horner & the ‘Battle of the Brits’ in Steve Casey vs Chris Adams.  In action also are the dream team of Terry Taylor & Kerry Von Erich plus ‘Dr Death’ Steve Williams & Jake Roberts vs Shawn Michaels & Terry Daniels.   The show itself can...

Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6), Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) & I look back on our very first trip across the pond for a WrestleMania, 20 years ago today (which is frightening to type to say the least). Watch along with us as we review the absolutely epic WrestleMania X-Seven event, which most consider to be the greatest 'Showcase of the Immortals' in history & what was a truly life changing exper...

Pete Norris is back to chat all things appendectomy, having recently joined the exclusive club, plus review with me the March 30th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This aired the very same day as a Superdome Spectacular and just a little more than 24 hours prior to WrestleMania I.   Match card :  Brickhouse Brown vs Jack Victory  Shawn Michaels vs Kamala The Barbarian vs Mike Jackson Dr Death...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) joins me for another absolute turd from the archives of World Championship Wrestling - it’s ‘This Month in Wrestling History 10’ - WCW Uncensored 1995.   Match card :    King Of The Road Match Dustin Rhodes  vs.  Blacktop Bully Martial Arts Match (Special Referee: Sonny Onoo) Meng  (w/ Col. Robert Parker ) vs.  Jim Duggan Boxer Vs. Wrestler Match Johnny B. Badd  (w/Rock Fin...

Former 3 time Mid South Wrestling tag team champion, and all around pro wrestling legend, Ricky Morton (@RealRickyMorton) is back to look over the March 23rd 1985 episode of MSW featuring a four team elimination main event with the Rock N Roll Express vs the Dirty White Boys vs Brad Armstrong & Tommy Prichard vs Jake Roberts & Jack Victory.  In addition, Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams were up agains...

J.Michael (@ThisIsJMichael), formerly of USA Today, the Orlando Sentinal, NBC Sports Washington, Ring Magazine and current NBA sleuth at the Indy Star, is here this week to chat all things MSW. We chat his day job following the NBA, his love of boxing and then switch gears and discuss how he first got into Mid South Wrestling having grown up in New Orleans. We chat some of J’s favourites, big time...

Fowl Original (@fowl_original) of the very popular wrestling YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/FowlOriginalWrestling ) is back today to review the March 9th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling. We recap what Fowl has been up to over the last 12 months since he was last on the show, what he’s enjoyed wrestling wise during the pandemic and also end up in a great tangent on the wonderful ea...

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@Coach_canova) are back to review the March 2nd 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This was a real star studded affair, with the ‘Modern Day Warrior’ Kerry Von Erich going up against Buddy Landell plus Gino Hernandez in action.  Terry Taylor defends the Television Title against Tim Horner & we have the big Iceman King Parsons vs Kamala rematch from...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) & Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) join me for 'This Month in Wrestling History' 9 & a look back at All Elite Wrestling’s ‘Revolution’ 2020 pay per view event. This took place on February 29th 2020 from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois & featured the following : CHRIS JERICHO (C) VS JON MOXLEY – AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PAC VS ORANGE CASSIDY CODY VS MJF NYLA ROSE (C) VS KRIS...

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@Coach_canova) are back to review the excellent February 23rd episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This featured a phenomenal, and must see segment between Ted Dibiase & Jim Duggan that started as a rematch of the ‘Best Dressed Contest’ that we saw the previous week. Butch Reed also goes up against Buddy Landell, plus the Dirty White Boys vs Tom Prichard &...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) is back to look at the February 16th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This is a loaded show with debut of the The Dirty White Boys, Dr Death Steve Williams in tag action along with another debut in Edcar ‘Boo’ Thomas. We have the best dressed man contest between Duggan & Dibiase plus Butch Reed vs Kamala in a surprise Dream match main event.  If that’s not all, the Roc...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) is here with me to review the February 9th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  In addition we have a quick look at GCW’s recent ‘Fight Forever’ wrestling telethon to support independent wrestlers that Mid South Moments were proudly one of the many sponsors of.   On the Mid South show we have :   Brad Armstrong vs Buddy Landell Tim Horner vs Kamala Private Terry Daniels vs...

Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) & Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) are back with me to review the February 2nd 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This is a star studded show, with 8 future WWE Hall of Famers appearing PLUS three video packages (of varying quality).     Card :    Rock ’N’ Roll Express vs The Golden Terror & Tennessee Terry Ellis Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Ted Dibiase & Ste...

Dan Phillips joins me for ‘This Month in Wrestling History 8’, as we review NWA Bunkhouse Stampede from January 1988 so you know not to ever watch this absolutely wretched show. The card was :  NWA World television Championship  Nikita Koloff (c) vs Bobby Eaton NWA Western States Heritage Championship  Barry Windham (c) vs Larry Zybysko NWA World Heavyweight Championship Ric Flair (c) vs Road Warr...

James Coleman (@MrJamesMargate) is back for some inter-generational family 80s wrestling fun, looking back at the January 26th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling. This featured the Guerrero’s in action up against Private Terry Daniels & Shawn Michaels, Jim Rose vs Brad Armstrong, Tim Horner vs Jake Roberts & from Houston Billy Jack Haynes vs Kamala.   Unfortunately there were a tiny amount of tec...

UFC superfan James Coleman (@mrjamesmargate) is here as we run down, potentially, the biggest combat sports card of the year in a special betting guide bonus show.  

Friends of the show Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) & Terry Canova (@Coach_Canova) are back to review the January 19th 1985 episode of Mid South Wrestling.  This featured TWO championship matches, firstly the Guerrero’s challenging the Rock N Roll Express for the tag team titles & later Brad Armstrong vs Ted Dibiase for the North American title.

Pollo Del Mar (@theGlamazonPDM) from the Arm Drag Takedown Podcast (@ADTwithPDM) joins me this week.     We chat Pollo growing up as a huge Pro Wrestling & Mid South fan, favourite wrestlers & feuds plus later working for the Huffington Post covering the sport, nerves prior to interviewing Steve Austin compared with mainstream celebrities & much much more.     There are some really gre...

Unfortunately, thanks to some last minute guest host difficulties, this turned into an 11th hour solo watch along show (though you don’t have to watch along to enjoy the episode, it works just as well audio only!) So, if you can, load up the WWE Network, find the incorrectly labelled January 6th 1985 episode of MSW, whack it on in the background & listen along while I try not to lose my voice & al...