Memphis Wrestling History
1959-1993

Site Updates:

May 09, 2008
For about the past month, I've been writing a little weekly column over at the RRO website. The website covers the current TN wrestling promotions. The owner asked me if I'd be interested in doing a weekly "Flashback" column and I said sure. It's helping me get rid of my rust, (by writing again) and it gives this website access to more fans. It's a win-win scenario.

If you're interested in reading any of the stuff I've already done, below are the links to them:
May 07, 2008: Lawler Wins AWA World Title in 1982
April 30, 2008: Jerry Lawler - 1976 Memphis Magazine Cover
April 23, 2008: Jerry Jarrett's First Supercard in 1977
April 14, 2008: Jimmy Hart on top - 1980

May 03, 2008
From 1976, a classic magazine cover. Click on the cover image to open a full size image of it, or click HERE to win my copy of this magazine on ebay.

April 16, 2008
Sneak peek at Volume 2's cover! MWH Volume 2 will have 100 more pages than Volume 1 did. Click the below image to see a larger size image of the cover.

April 09, 2008
I wanted to let everyone know that I uploaded my final draft to the publisher this morning. I hope to have it in my hands by the end of next week. If everything is ok, "Memphis Wrestling History Volume 2" will be released by the beginning of June 2008. While Volume 1 covered newspaper clippings, this one has the programs that were sold at the Monday night matches in Memphis. The years covered are 1972 through 1976. Volume 2 comes in at over 400 pages!

More info to come!

Feb 29, 2008
Had the opportunity to have lunch with some good guys today, Scott Bowden & Kevin Lawler. We ended up talking about old-school wrestling for 2 hours.

Want To Know What's Here?
I've tried to collect everything I could on Memphis Wrestling, (cards, matches, results, newspaper clippings, program art, etc). I've been lucky enough to get access to some excellent old items that include newspaper clippings & photos all the way back to the 1940's. Some of the people in this special collection include: Wrestlers ( Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Billy Wicks, Tojo Yamamoto, Jerry Lawler, Lou Thesz, Gene Kiniski & Andre the Giant) as well as Promoters (Roy Welch, John Regus & Les Wolfe) from decades gone by. I even threw together an Andy Kaufman page .

In putting this site together, I've even been able to put out a book. There's so many cards & results out here ( 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993), that they are broken down by complete year. Just look at the main menu at the top of this page to access them. We even have all the Memphis cards & results that featured the World Heavyweight Champion for the 60's, 70's & 80's, or all together).

A recent addition to the website is interviews. The first one i did was with Julien Nitzberg, who is the screewriter to the new Sputnik Monroe movie. A more recent interview was done with Scott Bowden. Another new thing I've been trying is online polls If your thing is wrestling belts, I've even got a great collection of photos.

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