Posted April 4, 201114 yr comment_5469006 This is an excellent commercial tape with Tommy Rich in a studio talking about his time in Southern Championship Wrestling in 1988 Starts with Steve Armstrong winning a most popular wrestler award Tommy is displeased Tommy Rich v. Joel Deaton This is a loser gets 10 lashes match. Solid stuff, with Deaton bumping around, and Tommy being intense. Deaton had some nice punches. Tommy takes a big bump to the floor, but reverses a bulldog with a roll up. They have a great post match angle where Tommy tells Deaton he owes him one, and then he jumps Steve Armstrong and he and Deaton whip Armstrong. This isn't very long, but it is a fun TV match and awesome angle and I am going to give it a nomination. Tommy Rich/Johnny Rich v. John Micheals/Jamie Kyle Squash to set up post match brawl with Wrestling 2 and Ranger Ross Tommy Rich v. Bullet Awesome long title match, which may be the longest Bullet match I have seen. Rich is great as a sleazy heel bumping around for all of Armstrongs stuf, stalling jawjacking. When he does get the advantage he does some great hiding of an object.We even get the patented 0-60 Tommy Rich blade job. Finish has a bumped ref which leads to a run in from the Harley Davidson crew. Tommy Rich Promo This is an extra for sure, as Tommy is great and we get our first look at the legendary MR. DONNIE!!! Jerry Lawler v. Tommy Rich 10/2/88 This is an AWA title match in Southern Championship Wrestling in GA. Tommy Rich has turned heel and is accompanied by Mr. Donnie a hollow eyed junky biker, who clearly is Rich's IRL black tar dealer. He is such an amazing scummy second, he sits there at ringside half into a nod, but it still feels like he could pull out a sharpened screwdriver at any minute and shank Lawler in the kidneys. The match is a true hidden Lawler gem, it feels like something which would have finished top 10 in a Memphis set if it was in Mid South Coliseum. Rich is a guy who doesn't have nearly the footage available of his peer, but every big match we have is great. I imagine if more GA arena footage was available, or if more of his big Memphis matches were available he would be considered one of the top workers of the 80's. The match has a cool Lawler title match feel with both guys starting slow and finding ways to sneak in right hands around lock ups and headlocks. Rich gets the advantage choking Lawler with tape and unloading a really pretty suplex, a neckbreaker and a bulldog. Rich is such a great heel, he can cheat and cheap shot with the best, but deliver some really nasty offense if he needs to, all with a totally sleazy smile on his face and a goateed tweaker sitting at ringside ready to snap. Lawler counters a second bulldog by throwing Rich into the cameraman who gets wiped out in an awesome visual. They move into a super hot finish run with some very big near moves including Rich planting Lawler with a piledriver, Rich cracking his hand on the ringpost and Lawler dropping the strap and being The King. Finish is excellent, Lawler missed his second rope fist drop, Rich cracks him with a chain. Lawler gets his foot on the ropes just to have it thrown off by Mr. Donnie. Rich gets awarded the AWA title and the crowd goes batshit. They surround the ring screaming at the ref and Rich. The promoter reverses the decision, and Rich snaps and starts kicking everyones ass, I really expected Mr. Donnie to pull out a straight razor. The crowd is smacking the ring mat and it really feels like a riot. Spectacular discovery, and a hell of a spectacle. Tommy Rich/Bruiser Brody v. Doug Somers/Executioner Squash to showcase the Brody/Rich team
April 4, 201114 yr comment_5469010 Where the hell did this come from? I'm totally gonna send you the Mid-South now so I can get this and Dandy-Pirata.
April 4, 201114 yr Author comment_5469011 I don't know, I was looking through my DVD's for something to watch with Lee, and we threw this in. I assume I got it from Will, but no idea how long I have had it. The talking head segments with Tommy Rich are fucking awesome.
November 26, 201113 yr comment_5489067 You guys should put the matches you want to nominate in the Alabama section.
