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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:40:38 GMT -5
Post by pathogen on Dec 21, 2007 12:40:38 GMT -5
When my parents first got cable, about 16 years ago now, Eurosprt used to show a promotion called USWA. Jerry Lawler was the champion, and Jeff Jarrett was fairly prominent. Anyone got any info about the promotion at all?
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Joekishi
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:41:43 GMT -5
Post by Joekishi on Dec 21, 2007 12:41:43 GMT -5
God I hate how the WCCW turned into USWA..
I just hate eric embry
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:43:44 GMT -5
Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 21, 2007 12:43:44 GMT -5
The USWA was the memphis area for many years, at one point being called the CWA. Or is this the Texas version of this( the World Class area that Jerry Jarrett bought from Fritz Von Erich)?
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Joekishi
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:45:08 GMT -5
Post by Joekishi on Dec 21, 2007 12:45:08 GMT -5
Oh it was just absorbed
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Dec 21, 2007 12:45:44 GMT -5
Post by Timmy8271 on Dec 21, 2007 12:45:44 GMT -5
Joekishi I'm the complete opposite of you because I loved Eric Embry. He reminded my a lot of my grandfather.
USWA Memphis was great. Just watch the Mcmahon in USWA for proof of that.
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:46:53 GMT -5
Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 21, 2007 12:46:53 GMT -5
Yeah it all was run by Jarrett, although Embry booked the Texas part for a while. His heel turn and team up with Tom Pritchard a year or so later in Memphis was pretty damn good though. Embry was a much better heel.
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 12:55:24 GMT -5
Post by stevierichardsfan on Dec 21, 2007 12:55:24 GMT -5
uswa was pretty good
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 13:02:19 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2007 13:02:19 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_AssociationThis sums it up better than I can explain it. I was a huge fan of the USWA when we'd get to see their shows in the mid-90s. Really sad the way wrestling fell off in Memphis. The Monday Night Wars did what two and a half decades of Monday Night Football could not do; drive wrestling fans away from Memphis and back into the safety of their own homes. But then again, Power Pro was a nice little substitute. I saw a live show in Mississippi. They really pull out all the stops.
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USWA
Dec 21, 2007 13:39:31 GMT -5
Post by pathogen on Dec 21, 2007 13:39:31 GMT -5
Awesome, cheers guys! Looking through the title histories brought back some memories, and, there's some sirprising names in there!
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USWA
Dec 22, 2007 5:44:13 GMT -5
Post by dsriggs on Dec 22, 2007 5:44:13 GMT -5
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Dec 22, 2007 6:05:18 GMT -5
Post by kaiserfranz on Dec 22, 2007 6:05:18 GMT -5
Wow, I remember this on eurosport. First wrestling I ever watched. I was a huge Jarrett mark .
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USWA
Dec 22, 2007 9:18:38 GMT -5
Post by pathogen on Dec 22, 2007 9:18:38 GMT -5
Wow, I remember this on eurosport. First wrestling I ever watched. I was a huge Jarrett mark . Lol, same here! I remember discovering it when we first got Sky, was well chuffed to discover there was moree wrestling than I'd thought! I remember Dr Tom, and JJ and Lawler. Memory's a little hazy about the rest though! I totally marked the f*** out when JJ arrived in the E, until I realised what a douche he was! Happy times! I remember speculating about Lawlers team for survivor series, thinking JJ would be a part. Then when he finally arrived, I was a little gutted!
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USWA
Dec 22, 2007 11:33:09 GMT -5
Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Dec 22, 2007 11:33:09 GMT -5
I remember catching USWA now and then... I remember one time Jerry Lawler had a box of donuts and he was handing them out to people in the audience. I was like "I want donuts!!"
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Dec 23, 2007 0:01:31 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2007 0:01:31 GMT -5
Wow, I remember this on eurosport. First wrestling I ever watched. I was a huge Jarrett mark . Lol, same here! I remember discovering it when we first got Sky, was well chuffed to discover there was moree wrestling than I'd thought! I remember Dr Tom, and JJ and Lawler. Memory's a little hazy about the rest though! I totally marked the smurf out when JJ arrived in the E, until I realised what a douche he was! Happy times! I remember speculating about Lawlers team for survivor series, thinking JJ would be a part. Then when he finally arrived, I was a little gutted! I remember the house show the WWF had in Memphis at the new Pyramid. After Bret Hart won his I-C title defense, Jeff Jarrett came out of the crowd and challenged him to a match the next time around.
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Dec 23, 2007 0:04:39 GMT -5
Post by Chuckie Finster on Dec 23, 2007 0:04:39 GMT -5
Although I hate what the USWA people did to WCCW, they did leave an indelible mark in wrestling forever.
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Dec 23, 2007 0:16:55 GMT -5
Post by Aaron E. Dangerously on Dec 23, 2007 0:16:55 GMT -5
I reccomend Jerry Lawler's book for further info on USWA and the wrestling scene in Memphis. Though the parts about his luck with the ladies is sometimes hard to swallow.
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Dec 23, 2007 1:15:55 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2007 1:15:55 GMT -5
Although I hate what the USWA people did to WCCW, they did leave an indelible mark in wrestling forever. In all honesty, they didn't do anything to World Class. They had the rights to the talent and the building, but not the name. The WCCW people started another promotion 2 months after they "went away", but went broke not too long afterwards. By then, the Global Wrestling Federation took up shop at the Sportatorium and the ESPN time slot. If anything, bringing the USWA in to Dallas was what kept wrestling there afloat, just long enough for Global to get started.
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