I grew up on the WWF and only knew Alfred Hayes as the clown sidekick of Vince McMahon on TNT or the sometimes heel leaning announcer at house shows. Found a tape in my basement of odds and ends from 1980 and 81 with this nice obnoxious heel promo from Hayes introducing the King James Valiant. Short but interesting and ultra rare stuff.
June 15, 1977 from the WRAL-TV studio.
What a piece of history this is. Credited with being the match that made Ricky Steamboat a star. Ric Flair is the TV Champion. His partner Greg Valentine is on color and spends the match talking about this "young punk" Steamboat being in his first main event.
From the WPCQ-TV studio.
One of the true pleasures of pro wrestling in the 1980's was hearing manager Gary Hart talk about "da grate ka-boo-key". According to Hart nobody wants to take on Kabuki. Jimmy Valiant says he's game, gets a quick pin and a face full of red mist as a reward.
Before they "took it to the extreme," Todd Gordon's Eastern Championship Wrestling was a small local indy with a time slot on SportsChannel.
In the opening segment of the May 4, 1993 show Eddie Gilbert and Don Muraco faced J.T. Smith and Glen Osborne. The end of the match saw a surprise run in by Gilbert, Muraco and Snuka's new manager Paul E. Dangerously.
The rest is history.
From the June 14, 1997 edition of USWA wrestling.
Hot on the heels of Jerry the King Lawler invading Philadelphia at Wrestlepalooza '97 the ECW invades Memphis. Tommy Dreamer calls out Jerry Lawler in an interview on Memphis television.
May 12, 1984 from Memphis Wrestling.
Not the greatest day of Jimmy Hart's life. Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart quits the first family and takes the Mouth of the South's entire stable with him. Neidhart's Raiders is formed.
Sgt. Slaughter demonstrates the Cobra Clutch on the future Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony. Check out the future Boris Zukov as a member of the Cobra Corps.
Continuing on from the July 26, 1980 edition of Georgia Championship Wrestling (what a show that was).
Mephisto and Mark Lewin narriate their turn on Abdullah the Butcher. After the match Kevin Sullivan faces Eddie Mansfield in the WTBS studio when Mark Lewin attacks.
From the WTBS studio. The Natureboy takes on future World Class Champion Black Bart when he was known as Rick Harris. I believe this is from April 4, 1981.
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