WAAAAY better than the Empty Arena match, since this is actually a match with heat and an audience and match structure. This is exactly what you'd expect Funk/Lawler to be, with Funk as insane as ever, and Lawler being his usual great self. Top 10 pick most likely, and a definite nomination.

For now on, whenever you nominate matches, can you please list what disc it is on?

I don't know what disc they're on. I was going through my list and making nominations. I can stop doing that.

OK, but it will be difficult in the future for other people to locate the match and know that we are talking about the same match. We just did this with 2 Flair vs. Kerry matches on the Mid South set. It will probably be best to do what you are doing with the joshi and do the Tape/Disc first before doing the Match.

This is on the 1st Best of Jerry Lawler comm. tape. The date is 3/23/81.

Complete?

I think it is.

This was tremendous. Funk was incredible. Lawler was top notch himself. Both men did everything right. Funk working over Lawler's cut was barbaric and a blast to watch. The way Funk sold the leg damage was trememndous. Lawler's destruction of Funk's leg was great. This should be a lock for a top 5, and a slam dunk nomination.

No DQ: Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Terry Funk (3/23/81)

 

This is simply awesome and as easy as it gets for a nomination. Both men are just insane on offense plus double juice to go with Funk being fantastic in every thing he did.

Was the ending of this match a countout?

Yes.

This was spectacular, bloody and violent. Funk is so much fun bleeding and bumping, and I loved the punch exchanges between two of the great punchers ever. Funk's chairshots to the leg, and Lawler's reciept chairshot were epic too. The version on Highlights 3 has some slight clipping, so if we have it complete on the Lawler commercial tape we should use that.

Easy nomination. I just have to figure out which disc has the best VQ.

Lawler comm. Vol. 1 definitely.