November 2, 201212 yr Author comment_5518672 Dave Brown gets in a pot shot, asking if Christie Brinkley has called to express sympathy for him dropping the title. Lawler is out with Nate the Rat and is a little grumpy. We get some awesome sponsorship, as Lawler asks why they haven't replaced the studio furniture he destroyed the week before. Brown says these things take time, and Lawler calls him an idiot, and says if he called Royal Furniture, this stuff would be delivered quickly. He calls them while on the air, and makes arrangements to get the furniture quickly. I can't tell you how clever that is. Lawler recaps the match, saying he should have been DQd long before Valiant got the win, in which case he would still be champion. Hooray for Honesty. He wants Valiant out, but Valiant isn't there, but Dave cuts to a videotape. Valiant goes crazy, making a bunch of weird noises and making fun of JERRY THE KING LOSER. He PREACHES, getting on his knees about how much he loves the city where his mama and baby were born.
November 6, 201212 yr comment_5519064 IT BELONGS TO JIM-MAY VALIANT. IT BELONGS TO MEMPHO, DADDY! At first I was kind of annoyed that Lawler's first priority was furniture rather than losing the Unified title, but he recovers to cut a strong promo on Valiant then hilariously gets silent and pouty when the fans get on his case too much. KIIIING FISH?? GOOO FISH!
November 17, 201212 yr comment_5520305 Pretty nice way to get a sponsor in a logical manner. Dave getting in some quick digs on Lawler is great. Lawler rationale for the match is also brilliant on his part. Nates reaction shots are great. Jimmy's adidas shirt is awesome and he does a typical Jimmy promo talking about the King Loser and Mempho.
December 21, 201212 yr comment_5523372 For some reason, I really enjoyed Lawler claiming he should have been disqualified for throwing fire. Valiant's promo was suitably wacky.
January 17, 201312 yr comment_5528525 Lawler uses his connections to order some new studio furniture. Lawler tries to make a case that he should have got disqualified in his match with Valiant and not lose the title. He does make some sense here.
July 4, 201312 yr comment_5549983 The set still hasn't been rebuilt after being destroyed by Lawler last week, so Lawler uses his connections to call in some furniture. Valiant cuts a wacky promo and tells Lawler that next week is his only chance at getting his title back. Fun segment.
December 31, 201311 yr comment_5578017 Correct me if I'm wrong, but the guy with Jimmy Valiant during his promo looks like a blonde, Kenny Bolin from OVW. I know he and Cornette were childhood friends so it's entirely possible.
December 17, 201410 yr comment_5645771 Brilliant segment from Lawler, as he turns from furniture-ordering cohost to aggrieved former champion in the blink of an eye. Love Dave getting in his licks, and also Jerry blatantly trying to hide behind the disqualification rule, saying that both him and Jimmy should have been DQ'd before the pin ever took place. For one of the few times in history, a Memphis segment ends with a silent King, rejected (albeit temporarily) by his subjects. More great TV from WMC.
December 10, 20168 yr comment_5778209 Lawler is out with Nate the Rat and he’s got his oversized phone with him again. Dave Brown wonders if Christie Brinkley is going to call and offer some sympathy for him no longer having the belt! There is no set after ‘The King’ destroyed it last week and Dave just has a couple of bar stools for them to sit on. Lawler wonders isn’t Dave a bit embarrassed to be out there like this? It’s been seven days and couldn’t he have organised or got them to build another set yet? He asks couldn’t he get Eddie Marlin to go out and buy one, before stopping himself and saying that Eddie Marlin is so cheap that he paints his ankles black to keep him from having to buy socks! Lawler calls his friends at Royal Furniture (nice bit of advertising!) and asks them to send something for him to sit on as quickly as possible. ‘The King’ is in a lousy mood though and wants Jimmy Valiant bad as he’s got something that belongs to him. He asks Dave how he can call Jimmy Valiant a World champion when he saw him use a foreign object and when even the announcers on the tape admitted it? When Dave questions that he got that object from Lawler in the first place, ‘The King’ says he took it in the ring because he knows what kind of snake in the grass Jimmy Valiant is, but he never used it once. Valiant pummelled him all over the ring with the chain but did the referee disqualify him? No. He then says how when he threw fire and it hit Frank Morrell, he should have been disqualified! Everyone knows you can’t lose a title on a disqualification, so by rights he should still be the champion! He blames Eddie Marlin for sending Jerry Calhoun out there to count the pin, claims that in most people’s eyes he is still the World champion and he wants Jimmy Valiant today. Dave tells him that he’s not here but they do have some tape from him. ‘Handsome’ Jimmy is the happiest man in the world! The belt doesn’t belong to him, it belongs to the people of Mempho, Tennessee baby. He tells Lawler that he’s got once chance next week in a rematch and that’s it. Valiant has got a second/manager with him (who was ringside for the title match) but is someone who I don’t recognise. Back in the studio and Lawler tells Valiant he better get his picture taken with that belt as he’s going to join the long list of seven day wonders like King Cobra, Tommy Rich and The Soultaker. The fans start heckling and getting on Lawler’s case and he just stands there with a face of thunder and his arms crossed. We return and ‘The King’ is still in a lousy mood. Nate says he knows how to cheer him up as he knows what Paula does for him. Dave hopes that whatever it is works, as he prefers him making smart comments as opposed to doing nothing! The advertising for Royal Furniture here was very smartly done and no doubt led to a sharp upturn in business for them. Liked Dave getting his digs in at ‘The King’ especially the line about Christie Brinkley (we never did get that tape of Lawler with her did we?). Lawler trying his best to explain why he should still be the champion was superb and the part about that ‘he’ should have been disqualified for throwing the fire was very clever.
February 8, 20178 yr comment_5787606 Loved this whole thing. Lawler proving his connections then getting all sulky was all kinds of incredible. Also, Jerry Lawler is NOT angry. Don't you even think that for a second. Might get a good right hand for shit like that if you're not Dave.
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