This episode looks at some of the classic matches from Southwest Championship Wrestling from Texas. As any classic wrestling fan knows, Texas was once a hot bed for pro wrestling and SCW provided some of the best.
The first match is Ken Lucas and Ricky Morton against Tully Blanchard and Gino Hernandez. It seems to me that every match with Blanchard and Hernandez was classic and out of control, and this is no exception.
Next is Blanchard and Hernandez against Ivan Putski and Terry Funk whcih also quickly gets out of control. The ladies are talked about next as we see a match between Judy Martin and Sherri Martel.
The shows veers off to Memphis Tennessee for a look at the match between Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman because both men were involved with SCW back in the 80's.
We then are shown a great match between Lawler and Bob Sweetan which is a "Piledriver Match" from the Hemisphere Arena. Sweetan is then featured in a match against El Santo Negro in which the Mongolian Stomper and his manager Don Carson interfere and create chaos.
Dick Slater goes against the Mongolian Stomper in a classic battle in Dallas and this match is followed by Nick Bockwinkle against Manny Fernandez. The show wraps up with Bruiser Brody going against Nick Bockwinkle for the AWA title.
Most of these classic matches take place at the Hemisphere Arena in and around 1982 which was a time when wrestling was extremely fun to watch and the talent rosters were the best.
I have never heard of the Classic Wrestling Series before, but I am glad I discovered it on Shout, and I will be bringing more of these episodes to the blog very soon.
Very HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all classic wrestling fans.
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