Saturday, September 23, 2006

10 Years Ago in Memphis Wrestling..

----USWA: The September 19th Flea Market show drew 450 fans and a $2,600 gate, which were among the lowest figures in promotion history. Main event of the show saw Jerry Lawler defeat Brian Christopher via DQ, after both Scott Bowden and Mark Henry interfered, setting up a tag team rematch the following week.

----The biggest news of the week occurred on the September 21st Saturday morning tv show, involving an interview that Jerry Lawler did. Lawler said that WCW Nitro would be coming to Memphis on October 14th, and that fans shouldn’t be ‘idiots’ buying tickets, as there would be free tickets all over town, mentioning that the last time WCW came to Memphis, they gave away 7,000 free tickets. He then added that fans shouldn’t attend at all, that they should just stay at home and watch it on tv……. Lawler was now back as USWA booker, replacing Randy Hales……. Brickhouse Brown turned babyface, saving Miss Texas (Jacqueline) from an attack by Luna Vachon and Vampire Warrior (Gangrel).

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