"Flashback" Sept 1984 Part 2 by Mark James

This Week’s Flashsback Highlights Sept 1984 Part 2
This week we cover the last half of Sept 1984.

Sept 17, 1984
The main event featured the dominating team of “Ravishing” Ric Rude and King Kong Bundy facing Jerry Lawler and recently turned fan favorite, “Macho Man” Randy Savage. The match had a No DQ stipulation attached.

When the dust cleared, Rude and Bundy, with the help of their manager, Jimmy Hart were victorious in front

Another big match on the card had the Southern Tag Team Champions, The Nightmares going up against the former champs, the Rock n Roll Express. In recent weeks, Morton and Gibson had been having problems getting a win over the masked champions. The match stipulated the Nightmares masks were up against the Express leaving town. The fans were stunned when the Nightmares emerged victorious and sent Ricky and Robert packing.

Dutch Mantell was crowned the new International Champion as he defeated Eddie Gilbert, while Tommy Rich teamed up with Tojo Yamamoto to defeat the Dirty White Boys. New Generation also got a win over the Poffos (Angelo & Lanny). New Generation had cemented their position as the promotion’s main babyface mid-team.

The fans no doubt left the arena scratching their heads a little. The heels won both big matches this evening, despite the great action.

Sept 23, 1984
This was a Sunday night card at the Cook Convention Center, (the Mid-South Fair was going on at the fairgrounds.) As would usually happen with a Sunday card, attendance was down (with only 1,500 showing up.)

The Lawler/Savage-Rude/Bundy/Hart feud was still in full swing. Tonight’s match featured a “No Ref In The Ring” stipulation. Even with this new stipulation, the King and the Macho Man came up short once again.

In the International Title match, Dutch Mantell would only put up the title against Eddie Gilbert, if Gilbert would put his hair on the line. Gilbert agreed, won the match and the title, (as well as keeping his hair!)

Southern tag champs, the Nightmares, defeated the New Generation. One of my least favorite wrestlers, Rufus R Jones, came in and teamed with Mark Regan to win by dq over the Dirty White Boys.

----Mark James is the author of “Memphis Wrestling History – Cards, Matches, Results, Newspaper Clippings” Vol 1 and "Vol 2: The Programs 1972 - 1976" James also is the webmaster to the BEST Memphis Wrestling site in the area – memphiswrestlinghistory.com/ - Click on his site and order his books!!