MIDNIGHT EXPRESS COMP VOLUME 1

 

1. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED NOVEMBER 23, 1983 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton vs. Ric Rude & Mike Jackson (Very first Midnight Express match)

 

2. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED DECEMBER 7, 1983 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Midnight Express vs. KoKo Ware & Mike Jackson (First Jim Cornette & Jim Ross commentary)

 

3. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED JANUARY 4, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Interview Mr. Wrestling #2 & Magnum TA--Cornette interrupts

 

4. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED JANUARY 4, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Midnight Express tar and feather Magnum TA

 

5. SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM FEBRUARY 10, 1984 (HOUSTON, TX) - Midsouth Tag Team Championship-Midnight Express vs. Mr. Wrestling #2 & Magnum TA (Listen to crowd reaction at end of match when Paul Boesch, fearing a riot, pulls Cornette off Magnum TA)

 

6. MID-SOUTH TV FEBRUARY, 1984 - Interview Jim Ross & Jim Cornette

 

7. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED FEBRUARY 18, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Midnight Express vs. Mr. Wrestling #2 & Magnum TA

 

8. MID-SOUTH TV FEBRUARY, 1984 - Interview Jim Ross & Jim Cornette

 

9. LAFAYETTE, LA. MARCH 13, 1984 MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Mr. Wrestling #2 & Magnum TA (Closing moments--Express win first Tag Team Team Title)

 

10. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED FEBRUARY 29, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (First ever Midnight-Rock & Roll match)

 

11. HOUSTON, TX INTERVIEW MARCH 1984 - Cornette with Jim Ross

 

12. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED MARCH 14, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Express party to celebrate winning Title--Rock & Roll Express put Cornette into cake)

 

13. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED MARCH 14, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Interview between Cornette and Jim Ross--Bill Watts interrupts and slaps Cornette

 

14. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED MARCH 14, 1984 - Midnight Express attacks Bill Watts

 

15. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED MARCH 28, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Bill Watts comes out of retirement for the Last Stampede--Interview with Bill Watts--Interview with Jim Cornette--Watts finds Stagger Lee--Promotional interviews with Cornette and Bill Watts

 

16. MYRIAD ARENA TAPED APRIL 22, 1984 (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK) - Midnight Express vs. Bill Watts & Stagger Lee (This match main evented each of the regular Mid-South Wrestling cities, and drew $1.2 million in 1984 ticket prices for 14 dates. It set gate records in every city but one, the New Orleans Superdome, where it fell $6,000 shy of the record with over 20,000 in attendence)

 

17. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED APRIL 11, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (Cornette dresses as a woman)

 

18. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED APRIL 25, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (Rock & Roll Express win Title)

 

19. MID-SOUTH TV TAPED MAY 23, 1984 (SHREVEPORT, LA) - TAG TEAM TITLE VS. $50,000 - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (closing moments--Cornette uses ether to regain Title)

 

20. HOUSTON, TX. - Interview Ernie Ladd June 1984

 

21. HOUSTON, TX. - Interview Jim Cornette June 1984

THE ESSENTIAL MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 2 (1984-1985)

1. SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM JUNE 8, 1984 (HOUSTON, TX) - Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd vs. Rock & Roll Express & Jim Duggan

 

2. MYRIAD ARENA JULY 29, 1984 (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK) - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (First Express-Fantastics tag match)

 

3. FAIRGROUNDS COLISEUM DECEMBER 2, 1984 (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK) - SCAFFOLD MATCH - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (The Midnight-Rock & Roll) Scaffold match series was the second highest grossing series in Mid-South in 1984, running behind only the Last Stampede)

 

4. WORLD CLASS TV TAPED DECEMBER 3, 1984 (FORTH WORTH, TX) - Interview Cornette and Express (Debut in World Class Wrestling)

 

5. WORLD CLASS TV TAPED DECEMBER 17, 1984 (FORTH WORTH, TX) - Interview Cornette and Express

 

6. REUNION ARENA - WORLD CLASS TV TAPED DECEMBER 25, 1984 (DALLAS, TX) - AMERICAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics

 

7. FORT WORTH, TX FEBRUARY 1985 - Two interviews with Jim Cornette and Express

 

8. SPORTATORIUM - WORLD CLASS TV TAPED MARCH 8, 1985 (DALLAS, TX) - AMERICAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics

 

9. FORT WORTH, TX MARCH 1985 - Interview with Cornette

 

10. WORLD CLASS TV TAPED APRIL 1985 (DALLAS, TEXAS SPORTATORIUM) - Interview Cornette, Express, Fantastics, and introduction of Little John

 

11. FORT WORTH, TX APRIL 1985 - Interview with Cornette & Rip Oliver

 

12. TEXAS STADIUM - MAY 5, 1985 (IRVING, TX) - AMERICAN TAG TITLE--2 RINGS--2 REFEREES - Midnight Express w/Cornette vs. Fantastics w/Little John (The 2nd Annual David Von Erich Memorial drew over 20,000 fans and a quarter of a million dollar gate to the home of the Dallas Cowboys)

 

13. FORT WORTH, TX MAY 1985 - Cornette skirmish with Sunshine

 

14. FORT WORTH, TX JUNE 1985 - Interview Cornette and Sunshine

THE ESSENTIAL MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 3

1. WTBS STUDIOS JUNE 29, 1985 (ATLANTA, GA) - Midnight Express vs. Larry Clark & Dale Williams (The Express and Cornette debut both on the Superstation and for Jim Crockett Promotions)

 

2. Interview Jim Cornette following--Cornette's first TBS interview

 

3. THE OMNI FEBRUARY 2, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (on the first-ever TBS prime-time wrestling special, Midnights win World Tag Title for the first time)

 

4. CHARLOTTE COLISEUM APRIL 12, 1986 (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE--CORNETTE IN CAGE ABOVE RING - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (This was the final match of a four-match series in Charlotte which set attendance and gate records. On February 2, the Expresses main evented and sold out the Coliseum for the first time since 1978, drawing 12,000 fans and $100,000 to see the Rock & Roll win a reversed decision. February 23, the Expresses in a co-main event were on the card that drew another 12,000 and $100,000 to wee the R&R win by DQ in two out of three falls. On March 2, over 7,000 paid $73,000 to see the Midnights win two of three. On this night, April 12, 12,000 paid $100,000 to see this card live, and another 1,000 more watched down the street on closed circuit. This match aired on Japanese television.

 

5. NWA TV TAPED MAY 6, 1986 (SPARTANBURG, S.C.) - Interview Cornette and VTR of James Boys (Dusty Rhodes and Magnum TA) attacking and lynching Cornette. (This "lynching" was edited for tv as it was deemed too "graphic" to show the very end)

 

6. NWA TV TAPED MAY 27, 1986 (GREENWOOD, SC) - Interview Cornette, Midnight Express, and Bubba Rogers--unmask fake "James Boys"

(Big Bubba Rogers' first appearance with the Midnight Express)

 

7. WTBS STUDIOS JUNE 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette and Big Bubba Rogers

 

8. MEMORIAL STADIUM - JULY 5, 1986 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - Midnight Express & Jim Cornette vs. Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, & Baby Doll (Part of the fourteen-city Great American Bash Tour, this even drew over 20,000 paying $234,000. Copyguard protection distorts some parts of this match)

 

9. DORTON ARENA JULY 6, 1986 (RALEIGH, NC) - NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Midnight Express vs. Road Warriors (This Raleigh event drew a sellout and city gate record of $75,000, and Baby Doll knocks Cornette legitimately goofy at the end)

 

10. WTBS STUDIOS TAPED SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (Joined in progress--Dusty Rhodes commentary--brawl with Expresses and Dusty)

 

11. WTBS STUDIOS TAPED SEPTEMBER 20, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Jim Cornette (Paul Ellering interrupts) Midnight Express attack Road Warriors and injure Animal

 

12. WTBS STUDIOS TAPED SEPTEMBER 27, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette. Midnight Express vs. Art Pritts & Paul Garner (Cornette color commentary & interview with Express)

 

13. WTBS STUDIOS TAPED OCTOBER 12, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette regarding The Road Warriors

 

14. NOVEMBER 1986--Midnight Express workout on Scaffold

 

15. THE OMNI NOVEMBER 27, 1986 (ATLANTA, GA) - STARCADE '86--NIGHT OF THE SKYWALKERS--SCAFFOLD MATCH - Midnight Express vs. The Road Warriors (This event was the highest-grossing wrestling event ever by Jim Crockett Promotions--over 15,000 paid $300,000 in Atlanta for half the matches, 16,000 sold out the Greensboro Coliseum for over $300,000, another $70,000 was paid for a closed circuit showing in Greensboro, and eight more closed circuit locations in 6 states brought the gate to almost one million dollars. The home video was the first wrestling tape to go gold. Cornette's right knee was destroyed in the fall.)

 

16. CHARLOTTE COLISEUM NWA TV TAPED FEBRUARY 14, 1987 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - UNITED STATES TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin (Cornette sets Garvin on fire)

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 4

 

1. WTBS STUDIOS MARCH 21, 1987 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette regarding Ronnie & Jimmy Garvin

 

2. WTBS STUDIOS APRIL 4, 1987 (ATLANTA, GA) - Jim Cornette introduces Stan Lane as the newest member of the Midnight Express, two interview with Express

 

3. CIVIC CENTER APRIL 10, 1987 (BALTIMORE, MD) - JIM CROCKETT SR. MEMORIAL CUP - Midnight Express vs. Ronnie & Jimmy Garvin

 

4. CIVIC CENTER APRIL 11, 1987 (BALTIMORE, MD) - Midnight Express vs. Road Warriors

 

5. CIVIC CENTER APRIL 11, 1987 (BALTIMORE, MD) - Midnight Express vs. Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff (The Crockett Cup was a two-day, 24 team tournament--as a seeded team, they drew a bye in the first round, defeated the Garvins by countout in the second round, the Warriors by DQ in the third round, and lost to eventual winners Dusty & Koloff in the semi-finals. The event drew over $300,000 and over 18,000 fans for both days.)

 

6. MAY, 1987 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - Interview with Cornette regarding cage match with Ronnie Garvin

 

7. WTBS STUDIOS MAY 2, 1987 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Ronnie Garvin, brawl with Cornette, Midnight, Windham

 

8. WTBS STUDIOS 1987 (ATLANTA, GA) - SUPER SCARY SATURDAY - Interview Grandpa Munster, Jim Cornette, & Michael Hayes

 

9. WTBS STUDIOS MAY 16, 1987 (ATLANTA, GA) - U.S. TAG TITLE TOURNEY FINAL - Midnight Express vs. Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham (Joined in progress--match went the full one hour program--Midnight wins U.S. Tag Title)

 

10. Interview with Midnight Express as the new champions

 

11. MEMORIAL STADIUM JULY 18, 1987 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - U.S. TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. Freebirds Hayes & Roberts (The Great American Bash tour expanded to 26 events in seventeen states over 31 days. This event drew over 15,000 paying $175,000. This is the only straight tag match ever between the Midnights and two of the original Freebirds.)

 

12. LIVE ON WTBS MARCH 27, 1988 (ATLANTA, GA) - CLASH OF CHAMPIONS 1 - U.S. TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (On the very first Clash of Champions specials, the Midnights and Fantastics have a great match voted top three in Match of the Year polls. This event garnered the highest rating to date for a cable wrestling event and highest ever on WTBS.)

 

13. BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW - Jim Cornette and Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond)

 

14. CIVIC CENTER (NOW THE ARENA) JULY 10, 1988 (BALTIMORE, MD) - GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON PPV - U.S. TAG TITLE--CORNETTE IN STRAIGHTJACKET IN CAGE OVER RING - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (This event drew a record $206,000 Baltimore gate and was the first NWA PPV with national coverage)

 

15. GREENSBORO COLISEUM JULY 16, 1988 (GREENSBORO, NC) - BASH ON TOUR - BUNKHOUSE MATCH 3 ON 2 - Midnight Express and Jim Cornette vs. The Fantastics (The Bashes in 1988 expanded to 38 dates in 42 days, coast to coast. This bunkhouse match appeared on 31 of those cards, and the Express faced the Fantastics as well in three regular tags and four scaffold matches to complete the most grueling tour in NWA history.)

 

16. WBTV-3 NEWS JULY 1988 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - Two-part feature on Jim Cornette

THE ESSENTIAL MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 5 (1987-1988)

 

1. MUSIC VIDEOS - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (edited by Jim Cornette from TV matches Spring-Summer 1988)

 

2. WTBS STUDIOS AUGUST 1988 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview with Jim Cornette regarding The Four Horsemen and a confrontation between Cornette and J.J. Dillon

 

3. More Midnight-Horseman confrontations, VTR Lane and Cornette find Eaton attacked in locker room, interviews for match. The Midnight Express defeated Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson for the NWA World Tag Team Championship on September 10, 1988 at the Philadelphia Civic Center before about 7,000 paying $72,000. It was a non-televised event, and Tully and Arn left the NWA for the WWF the next day. The Midnights thus became the only team ever to hold both the World and United States Tag Team Championships at the same time, capping an NWA reign of World Tag Champs from February 2 to August 16, 1988--U.S. Champions July 10, 1988 to September 10, 1988 when they vacated the belts after winning the World Tag Title--World Tag Title September 10, 1988 to October 29, 1988--U.S. Tag Champs May 19, 1990 to August 24, 1990.

 

4. DOWNTOWN AUDITORIUM OCTOBER 29, 1988 (NEW ORLEANS, LA) - NWA WORLD TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. Road Warriors (Express loses title)

 

5. WTBS STUDIOS NOVEMBER 5, 1988 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette & Express, Stan Lane vs. The Menace (Original Midnight Express Condrey, Randy Rose, and Paul E. Dangerously attack Cornette, Eaton, & Lane)

 

6. WTBS STUDIOS NOVEMBER 12, 1988 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette & Express about attack

 

7. THE SCOPE DECEMBER 26,, 1988 (NORFOLK, VA) - STARCADE '88 PPV - Midnight Express w/Cornette vs. Original Midnight w/Paul E. (This would be the last Starcade appearance of the Midnights after appearing on the biggest NWA event of the year in '85, '86, and '87 as well. This event drew more than $150,000 live and was broadcast on Pay Per View nationally.)

 

8. UTC ARENA DECEMBER 7, 1988 (CHATTANOOGA, TN) - CLASH ON TBS - Midnight Express w/Cornette vs. Ric Flair & Barry Windham w/Dillon (The only match ever held between the Midnights and Flair and a partner)

 

9. UIC PAVILION FEBRUARY 20, 1989 (CHICAGO, IL) - CHI-TOWN RUMBLE PPV - LOSER OF FALL LEAVES NWA - Midnight Express & Cornette vs. Rose, Dangerously, and Jack Victory (Condrey had left due to dispute with management-Victory filled in on the undercard of the Flair World Title loss to Ricky Steamboat. Over 7,000 saw it live and it was broadcast nationally on PPV.) (Includes pre-match interviews with both teams)

 

10. WTBS STUDIOS JUNE 3, 1989 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview Cornette & Express (Express and Cornette return to WCW after two month hiatus due to contract dispute)

 

11. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND ARENA JULY 23, 1989 (BALTIMORE, MD) - Jim Cornette vs. Paul E. Dangerously (Includes prematch Cornette interview--the end of the Conrette-Dangerously rivalry was on the undercard of a War Games including the Midnights which drew a sellout of almost $200,000 live, and was broadcast nationally on Pay Per View.)

THE ESSENTIAL MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 5 (1987-1988)

To commemorate the reunion of all four members of The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, Stan Lane, and Jim Cornette) in Philadelphia on October 2nd, we are offering a six-volume video tape set of the Express' great matches, career milestones, and memorable moments! It's twelve hours of the Express that includes rarities and background info as well. This is the essential video collection of the 1980's top tag team and manager. EACH TAPE COMES WITH CONTENTS SHEET AUTOGRAPHED BY JIM CORNETTE!

THE ESSENTIAL MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & JIM CORNETTE - VOLUME 6

 

1. WTBS SEPTEMBER 30, 1989 (ATLANTA, GA) - Interview with Cornette and Midnight Express (Dynamic Dudes begin to come between Cornette and Midnights)

 

2. RPI FIELDHOUSE NOVEMBER 15, 1989 (TROY, NY) - CLASH ON TBS - CORNETTE IN NEUTRAL CORNER - Midnight Express vs. Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace & Shane Douglas) (Cornette betrays the Dudes and returns to the Midnights on this Clash of Champions TBS Special.)

 

3. TBS MAIN EVENT NOVEMBER 20, 1989 (COLUMBUS, OH) - NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - Bobby Eaton vs. Ric Flair (The first ever singles match between Eaton and Flair)

 

4. TBS MAIN EVENT DECEMBER 14, 1989 (PEORIA, IL) - NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - Bobby Eaton vs. Ric Flair (The rematch, and the last Eaton-Flair match ever) (Includes prematch Cornette & Express interview)

 

5. GREENSBORO, NC COLISEUM FEBRUARY 25, 1990 (GREENSBORO, NC) - 1990 Wrestlewar PPV - Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express (Includes prematch interview--Nearly 6 years after their first match, the two Expresses have the best broadcast match of their careers on this national pay per view.)

 

6. JOFFA MOSQUE FEBRUARY 28, 1990 (ALTOONA, PA) - U.S. TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk (The Midnights injured Pillman's throat--includes prematch interview)

 

7. THE ARENA JULY 7, 1990 (BALTIMORE, MD) - GREAT AMERICAN BASH PPV - U.S. TAG TITLE - Midnight Express vs. The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) (The Midnights return to Baltimore and have what was widely regarded as the best tag team match of 1990 with the Southern Boys. In WCW's infinite wisdom, the two teams never wrestled each other again.)

 

8. UIC PAVILLION OCTOBER 27, 1990 (CHICAGO, IL) - HALLOWEEN HAVOC - Midnight Express vs. Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich (End of match only--the very last Midnight Express match--Lane and Cornette quit WCW after a dispute with management over the disrespect of the team, which remained possibly the best in-ring tag team in the sport to its last match, just under seven years after the original team was formed.)