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#OnThisDay in 2017: Legendary wrestling announcer/commentator Lance Russell passed away at the age of 91 due to complications from a broken hip.
In my humble opinion, Lance was the greatest wrestling announcer of all time.
RIP.
RIP and respect for Lance Russell who passed away on this date in Pro Wrestling History, October 3rd, 2017 at the age of 91. He was the voice of Memphis wrestling from 1959 into the 1990s, first for Nick Gulas and Roy Welch’s NWA Mid-America and then for Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association.
He started at a station in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved the show to Saturday morning over Gulas’s objection. That slot is what made the program a habit. His longtime partner on the desk was Dave Brown.
He almost never got put into the action, which is why the 1986 spot where Bill Dundee slapped him on live television worked. Fans treated him like a neighbor, not an announcer. He is in the NWA Hall of Fame, the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame.
#OnThisDay in 1976: New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium, Morioka: André the Giant launches Antonio Inoki with a Kanuki Suplex during the main event.
46 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi
We get Terry GORDIE against Ted DEBAISE for the North American Title and a JIM BOWIE DEATH MATCH with JYD against Michael Hayes....
Freebirds are on their way to Georgia so they are doing the honors on the way out
A kinder, gentler Sheik is here for the kids.
During his stint as a fan favorite, Sheik did things that feel out of pocket to those who only know him as a villain.
Young fan Chauncey Clark has a question about Terry Funk and Sheik's answer is very..... Well, it's something.
Look, it's been a real tough pro wrestling week but I wanted to post a clip of Jerry Oates, who passed away on the 4th, doing something cool too. This, against Adrian Adonis, is definitely cool. You almost never see a hold hung on to through a monkey flip out of the corner.
Basically the most bittersweet way a wrestler could possibly go out. Last day alive, surrounded by peers and fans, being celebrated.
very classy stuff from @Mem_Wrestling.
https://t.co/sXFNRbBoq4
Jerry Lawler.....Bill Dundee......
Their epic Loser Leaves Town matches were legendary and so were the videos that chronicled them.....
Here is the 1st one from 1983
RIP Superstar
Bill Dundee was the true originator of the Sliding D kick here in 1980 blasting Wayne Farris right in the face
Then we get some fun Southern tag bullshit with the Blonde Bombers & Dundee which was great as well