-Originally aired January 16, 1982. -Your hosts are Lance Russell & Dave Brown. DON ANDERSON & DUTCH MANTELL vs.
GYPSY JOE & KEN SHANE -Dutch takes Joe down. Anderson tags in and armdrags Joe. Faces trade off in quick succession to work over Joe.
Lance gives us a little background here, explaining that Anderson was a star in this territory some years back and is re-establishing himself, and he’s been gone so long that the fans in the studio likely don’t remember him. -Shane tags in to get worked over, and Cagematch don’t know nothin’ about Ken Shane. Joe tags back in and takes over with a slam, but then tags Shane back in and that’s the final mistake of the match, as Mantell gives him a double-chop to the throat and pins him.
-Don Anderson says he’s spent six years looking for the best competition in the world, and his search brought him right back to Memphis. Dream Machine comes out to pick a fight with Dutch, accusing him of ducking the number-one contender. Dutch says Jerry Lawler’s claiming to be the number-one contender and tells Dream Machine to sign a match against Lawler, and he promises to defend the Southern Heavyweight Title against whoever wins that match.
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (with Norvell Austin) vs. RICK MCCORD & RICK MORTON -Randy Rose starts with Morton, and Morton manages to back him into the ropes and clamp on a side headlock. Bodypress by Morton gets a one-count.
McCord tags in and avoids a corner charge, with Rose taking a hard bump. Everybody t.