It's a miracle that Cornette is alive today considering the amount of heat he had with crowd.
@MichaelSmith-fq6hz
2 жыл бұрын
He didn't wear a bulletproof vest for nothing.
@MrSuperdelf
5 ай бұрын
He's got a ton of heat these days too, only he's a face
@theamericanbrotha
2 жыл бұрын
That was riveting. No Pyro, no commentary. Just wrestling, storytelling, and an amazing crowd.
@Conspiracy515
4 жыл бұрын
Listen to the crowd man... I would have killed to lived in the territory days.
@bubblegumrabbit1398
4 жыл бұрын
It was magic back then. Wish you could have been there also. So grateful to be able to relive those days through videos like this.
@evanabbott2737
3 жыл бұрын
@roberto yanez that’s cool! Looks like a fun show to go to.😁
@markbowman6655
3 жыл бұрын
46 and miss them so much.
@colinkillian9265
2 жыл бұрын
@@markbowman6655 46 as well and remember seeing mid south when they came to the Myriad in OKC..Man that place was insane, people where so emotionally invested in these matches..
@horrorfan4-life689
3 жыл бұрын
I'm soon to be 42 and growing up in this era I watched more wrestling on Saturday mornings than cartoons.
@byronyoung293
2 жыл бұрын
Me too and loved every single minute of it
@JHinsonMusic
4 жыл бұрын
Cornette raises his racket and the boos pour in, what a thing of beauty.
@horrorfan4-life689
3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame wrestlers dont work crowds anymore..the way the teams worked the "pulling hair" was a beautiful thing to see. This is wrestling at its finest! Tag team 101. *No face could sell to a crowd and have them ready to jump the heels like Ricky Morton.*
@brodocbetty4856
Жыл бұрын
Those old school wrestlers Ref's and managers knew how to work a crowd...
@heyitsjoe8446
7 ай бұрын
Just the high five sequence at the start, had them eating out of the palms of their hands before anything had even happened
@Mr_Gray_Sky
2 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine being in the room with this much energy?
@brodocbetty4856
Жыл бұрын
I'd be too afraid to be a heel back then, Those crowds were too emotional.
@Kalopsia666
3 жыл бұрын
That body slam at 17:35 was perfection.
@MoreThanWrestling
6 ай бұрын
Silky f’n smooth
@leogetz3570
4 жыл бұрын
"It's still real to me, dammit!!!!"....lol. Love these old classics!!
@slabbusterrtr7690
2 жыл бұрын
Me to!! man it was great back then
@chillachilles8132
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the sequence starting at 00:49, Bobby Eaton gets in fan’s face, fan shoves Bobby Eaton, Eaton smacks him. Dennis Condrey immediately rushes to back up his tag team partner. These guys had major Heat. 00:56 HPD officer draws the baton, just another Friday night at the Coliseum 😆.
@subelildirty491
2 жыл бұрын
Great 👀
@sheep1903
2 жыл бұрын
That is an absolutely fantastic spot. Well done, I'd never have noticed that.
@SuperElninotorres
Жыл бұрын
Ha and cornette is straight over , racket cocked
@moriordan85
11 ай бұрын
How the fuck did u see that
@KingJeremy77
6 ай бұрын
I could watch wrestling like this all day. I am glad I was old enough to see some of this going on when it was still happening.
@chadalpha7983
4 жыл бұрын
Those boos for the midnight were not polite boos for a heal tag team those were legitimate boos of hatred, and the roof hitting blown off for RocknRoll, absolutely legitimate, that's what today's wrestling will never recreate that fan investment
@GooglyMcDoubleface
4 жыл бұрын
as long as mcmahon is in charge absolutely agreed. Thank god I have Roku and tablo, I can watch wrestling when I want to.
@colinkillian9265
2 жыл бұрын
@@GooglyMcDoubleface I think people forget McMahon was responsible for two of the most profitable and most well known eras in wrestling history. Both the mid to late 80's and the Hogan era as well as the attitude era where people expressed similar levels of fandom. What's missing today isn't due to McMahon, it's a few things. One is culture, with society being so damn sensitive it simply doesn't allow for performers to do the things they did in the 80's to get real heat. Not without being immediately cancelled by over sensitive Twitter mobs, and even more importantly the wrestlers themselves don't take it seriously. If the wrestlers aren't willing to truly commit to their gimmick in and out of the ring then how are the fans supposed to suspend their disbelief enough to truly invest emotion into them winning or losing. We rarely if ever saw wrestlers breaking character back in the 80's and 90's, they took their craft seriously and that meant keeping certain parts of your private life out of the public view..
@ChrisBakerauthor
3 жыл бұрын
The Midnight Express always had the best entrance music.
@patrickdurham7984
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@HalseyHFW
2 жыл бұрын
The composition was called "Chase" and it was originally part of the soundtrack for the movie "Midnight Express". For those who don't know already.
@denisebrewer1350
2 жыл бұрын
Yep until they changed it when Stan lane came
@Chriswatney
Жыл бұрын
God what a scene.. what incredible footage.. what atmosphere.
@michaelvin8632
3 жыл бұрын
There's a TON of little things that I would love to see the WWE adopt: the immediate reach for the tag by the midnight express whenever they're even getting a little resistance. Tripping the opponent when they're going for a tag. No overuse of punches/kicks: more like a real contest. Having the heels cheat, and break rules. ACTUALLY HAVING RULES THAT MAKE SENSE! Not having to beat the opponent to near death to get the 3 count.
@susanesquer1520
2 жыл бұрын
When Wrassling was wrassling! No jumbo-trons, no smoke machines, no over the top entrances. GAWD! I Miss the 1980's!
@gregburke7017
4 жыл бұрын
That crowd brought a tear to my eye!
@Imthecoach1
4 жыл бұрын
That was great
@bigshrimpentertainment
4 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@sheep1903
4 жыл бұрын
I would kill to be a part of a crowd like that now. Everyone who criticises Cornette for being out of date should be made to watch this.
@brodocbetty4856
Жыл бұрын
That crowd was hyped.
@satyayoga
3 жыл бұрын
Bobby getting that beer in the face after the match was epic. Serious heat for the heels.
@peterfichter6843
3 жыл бұрын
The fans threw alot of stuff at him and he was squatting it away. Lol
@Amiga1200Mark
5 ай бұрын
That pop when the Rock n Roll came out ... and the heat for corny and the midnight ... magic. I wish there was somewhere where i could watch this stuff on demand ... dvds with better picture quality etc. Id watch all day and night.
@zamplify
3 жыл бұрын
The psychology in this match is insane. They have 5 minutes of crazy heat off hairpulling.
@boskocam4854
3 жыл бұрын
that crowd is a true wrestling crowd. thank you for supporting wrestling truely. wrestling was amazing the way it was done back then. perfect
@melvinnieves9221
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Beautiful Bobby Eaton. You were one of the greatest to ever lace a pair of wrestling boots...
@mindlessdroid3630
2 жыл бұрын
The Midnight had one of the best entrance themes ever right up there with Iron man. So sad to hear Bobby past away. RIP
@MrSuperdelf
10 ай бұрын
Bobby is the most underrated wrestler of all time, and a fantastic human
@troyancheta3803
2 жыл бұрын
God I love that toss given to Ricky by Robert just to tag him ahaha
@Adronking
4 жыл бұрын
I haven't lol'd at such sneaky heel tactics in a long time. When Condry threw him over the too rope a second time behind the refs back? Pure magic. I love this stuff.
@Man-cv5ws
3 жыл бұрын
Raw emotion from a 10 year old and my grandpa I think we both thought it real.
@robertcranford4001
4 жыл бұрын
The ref was better than any current wwe talent. I like how he was getting heat back on the midnight.
@DJB1PlanetFunksville
4 жыл бұрын
Best tag team rivalry ever
@cpalmer0703
4 жыл бұрын
Fact's💯💯💯
@horrorfan4-life689
3 жыл бұрын
RnR Express my favorite tag team ever. Great guys to. Extremely nice.
@TheGreatDayne1983
3 жыл бұрын
Freebirds were better
@dallasparty316
3 жыл бұрын
I always preferred M.E. against Tully amd arn
@zlinedavid
3 жыл бұрын
One of the last tag team rivalries that was main event level
@AldenRDavis
4 жыл бұрын
Long live the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express
@badboysantana3971
3 жыл бұрын
Midnight Express >>
@ToyGunnTube
2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Beautiful Bobby Eaton. You made Huntsville, Alabama proud.
@sammydane5988
2 жыл бұрын
When just the entrance of wrestlers were incredible for the fans! Midnight & Rock-N-Roll knew how to make the ppl want more! ❤️👏
@ConsCope
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Beautiful Bobby Eaton
@icarus8471
6 ай бұрын
This match was amazing. So many classic heel tactics all at once and both teams could really put on a show.
@jonathanturbide2232
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, your channel is a true gold mine for fans of old school wrestling. Big thumbs up. 👍👌
@gkell92
4 жыл бұрын
The tennis racquet was effing brilliant.
@thenewpopulists
3 жыл бұрын
Cheating only means something if you don't bury the ref.
@Harambe691
4 жыл бұрын
8:15 you will never hear a crowd react like that to such a simple spot in today’s wrestling !! Never again.
@gordonbelle1375
3 жыл бұрын
Start at 8:10 to get the full effect
@81ghale
3 жыл бұрын
People are just different today. Attitudes have changed so much things will never be like they were pre internet.
@smyersfishingadventures
2 жыл бұрын
Two of the greatest entrance songs/themes ever!
@johnathonleslie756
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the hair pulling bit with the referee. I loved how they set it up for the heels to get it turned back on them. Classic stuff that holds up today.
@jayrodriguez9211
8 ай бұрын
The pops for Ricky Morton are insane
@Deezz1212
2 жыл бұрын
17:37 awseome body slam by Beautiful Bobby.
@MrSuperdelf
10 ай бұрын
This. Is. Wrestling. 1984 sam houston coliseum, mid south wrestling. Two of the top two tag teams of all time. Earliest of many programs against eachother.
@davidharland361
5 жыл бұрын
One word Classic!!
@magnificentone4686
7 ай бұрын
Mid-South and World Class were the top 2 promotions in the World at drawing young female fans to their products.
@budgibson185
8 ай бұрын
Good god the crowd 😮
@Youre_Right
3 жыл бұрын
This was the rivalry of tag team wrestling in the 80s. I was such a mark for the Rock n Roll Express.
@ericmelton5003
4 жыл бұрын
Dont know why this was called an NWA classic. This was a Mid South match. 1984. This was in Houston at the Sam Houston Coliseum. Bill Watts had a percentage of the Houston shows and much of the shows in were Mid South matches. The Mid South wrestlers usually worked Houston twice per month. This was a while before they worked with each otherin the NWA
@HeavyJ713
4 жыл бұрын
It's because Paul Boschs Houston wrestling video library was listened to the NWA. It wasn't included in Uwf/ Mid South's deal with WWE.
@brianezell5790
4 жыл бұрын
Mid South was an NWA territory. The NWA had many territories in the 1980s. World Class Championship Wrestling, Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, & Mid South Wrestling to name a few.
@PhilKenSebben1984
3 жыл бұрын
Do either of you know who the referee was? Never saw a ref get so involved in a match. Pulling Dennis' hair to break the hold then running behind the R&R like they were going to protect him. Really good stuff, never seen it before.
@bentnosewp
3 жыл бұрын
@@PhilKenSebben1984 earl hebner
@russblack443
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianezell5790 Mid-South was not a NWA territory,NWA Tri-state was bit one of the first things that Bill Watts did when he started Mid-South was withdraw from the NWA. It was two states Mississippi and Louisiana. Mid-South was never a NWA promotion. The titles were not NWA titles. The North American championship was called just that and the tag titles were the mid-south tag title's. Watts worked with NWA promoters and shared talent but was not a member. Watts was too much of an egomaniac to allow anyone to have any say in what he did. The only time you ever heard the NWA mentioned was when Ric Flair came in to defend the world title.He also used black balled talent like Bob Roop, Bob Orton Jr. And Lanny Pogo and George wiengroff who would have never used if he was still a nwa member.
@wildnight8776
2 жыл бұрын
Genius.. I loved it when Condrey slapped his leg and Bobby jumped in when the ref wasn't looking.
@nicktucker3437
2 жыл бұрын
wow that crowd
@johnvegar9098
8 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@samthomas1291
4 жыл бұрын
No gimmicks fancy flips high flying fireworks just ring psychology. More entertaining than anything today. Sad really.
@GooglyMcDoubleface
4 жыл бұрын
I was just watching a bayley interview a few minutes ago and there is no fireworks, the same shit, the entertainers need to watch from years back. Bayley cool heel but the creative team needs to do something and McMahon needs to go back to that adapt part.
@mopanda81
3 жыл бұрын
cornette is a gimmick though
@jeff10455
3 жыл бұрын
Man this is my first time really watching a 80s match after hearing stone cold Jim Ross and Jim Cornette talk about this era so much. And wow now I get it. This is some gooood entertainment. Those crowd noises are crazy
@rudyrusso711
3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!!
@kajalkumari1192
2 жыл бұрын
Crowd was very into it.
@valinda22ify
3 жыл бұрын
Number one entrance music of all time!!❤️❤️💯💯💯
@sweens74
5 жыл бұрын
The rock and roll express were proper over back in the day🖒✌
@vivahernando1
4 жыл бұрын
Lee Sweeney the most over anyone has ever been in wrestling history
@bugzmunny2724
3 жыл бұрын
@@vivahernando1 nah look at old road warriors .. when they came out to iron man
@billblaski9523
3 жыл бұрын
Midnight Express entrance song is tight!
@bahgawd8158
3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS WRESTLING! You cant even call the crap today wrestling...its so terrible today I cant even watch it..but I could watch old school matches like this all day!
@jamiewiesner135
6 ай бұрын
That sequence where Gibson hiptosses ricky Morton into the corner to tag himself in was great.
@durden2480
4 жыл бұрын
It’s a damn shame we can’t go back to when wrestling was hot, and it was real
@freddyvidz
4 жыл бұрын
I miss it so much
@alvintexas5859
3 жыл бұрын
Wrestling has never been real.
@billblaski9523
2 жыл бұрын
@@alvintexas5859 lol of course we all know that, but i guess OP meant back when the emotions were real! Back then we would suspend reality for however many hours and engross ourselves in this wacky world called professional wrestling
@LittleBigKid707b
2 жыл бұрын
@@alvintexas5859 He's talking about the presentation. The believability. No cartoon or scripted interview B.S and spot after spot like a circus.
@philliphwillis2854
9 ай бұрын
I do remember the Midnight Express and Rock and Roll Express Personal Feud and Reveting in NWA and Mid South and Smoking Mountain in 1980,s.
@allancove4483
4 жыл бұрын
And to think, I just had these two teams do battle last night on a scaffold as part of my NWA Outdoor month long stadium tour with my NWA Tabletop rassling!!! Tonight we'll be in Cincinnati as the outdoor stadium tour rocks on!!! GREAT TIMES!!!
@billblaski9523
2 жыл бұрын
On what, a videogame?
@dwlc4288
2 жыл бұрын
RIP to Bobby Eaton, one of best workers of all time.
@zabaleta66
9 ай бұрын
Every video and the R&R Express are over like you wouldn't believe!!
@smallfries6508
3 жыл бұрын
There are some serious mullets in that ring
@shaunclifton5281
Жыл бұрын
Dennis was pretty bad ass before all that road time caught up to them where the gym went away.
@stingray4real
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Jim Cornette and Beautiful Bobby Eaton
@Radentstwo
Жыл бұрын
Cornette isn't dead
@philliphwillis2854
9 ай бұрын
The Rock and Roll Express is a 5 Times NWA World tag team championship. They won other tag team championship. The Midnight Express are 2 time NWA World tag team championship with Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Love Boy Dennis Condrey. Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Sweet Gangister of Love Stan Lane. They Won the NWA USA tag team championship and NWA World tag team championship.
@kingdwight9796
2 жыл бұрын
Good Ole 80’s Wrestling
@careyjohn0144
2 жыл бұрын
you gotta love seeing grown, adult men and women with 100% investment into this, and the pure hatred directed to midnight.
@raleighwelborn1136
2 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is true & genuine pro wrestling!
@johnisanon
3 жыл бұрын
Cornette is so great. Everyone is perfect here.
@softladkirk
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Bobby. The GOAT
@AhtoNajeebRashied
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like I just hit the jackpot. Liked. Subscribed. Notifications on
@paulfields4158
3 жыл бұрын
How Ricky/Robert not in wheel chairs now is unbelievable!..they took beatings like this every night
@HeavyJ713
2 жыл бұрын
Rip Bobby
@NuSocTheKelDor
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Beautiful Bobby Eaton.
@blueskyz8097
3 жыл бұрын
Intro Music puts.me bacc at the Arcade
@SteveHill0528
4 жыл бұрын
And THAT is a Pop!
@Bluntz1289
3 жыл бұрын
In Cornette we trust
@johnstorm9314
4 жыл бұрын
NWA Powerrr took me down this rabbit hole. :D
@SlapNuts4Life
4 жыл бұрын
35 years later they can still go, suicide dive and a Canadian destroyer at Full Gear was an amazing sight!
@charlesthoreson4162
3 жыл бұрын
They deserve so much better than all friends gymnastics. Worlds most garbage promotion right now.
@19buseye71
3 жыл бұрын
Two things I like most about the Midnight Express is their entrance music and Jim Cornette's promos.
@stevetackett581
9 ай бұрын
Damn those were the days, we were innocent enough to buy in to the story, I was so pissed at the midnight express half the time lol
@markbeckner2564
2 жыл бұрын
Great Match!!! The Express's were fantastic together
@keithkerns3693
4 жыл бұрын
I long for these days in wrestling
@mbellamy19
Жыл бұрын
Just in case you ever want to know where the term heat comes from. Also, the timing of everything they do is so bang on. Nobody is out of place for a half a second.
@kevingroseclose100
3 жыл бұрын
Not only real men of wrestling but real men of sports
@milotherussianblue3691
4 жыл бұрын
It’s not just the moves. These guys could tell a story and get the crowd into it. This is pro wrestling at its best.
@DRC-of2ci
3 жыл бұрын
This is a work of art, start to finish. Classic, southern territory wrestling at its best. That crowd was invested with thier hearts, white hot heat for the midnite
@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester
4 жыл бұрын
Greatest rivalry ever
@shinigami146
2 жыл бұрын
Genuine heat for the Midnight Express!!
@vanillagorilla6091
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Vince remember when crowds were excited and cheered before you killed wrestling
@dawson6196
3 жыл бұрын
Vince killed wrestling? LMAO Vince made wrestling what it is today. Indie's killed wrestling, take off those wwe hating goggles you fool.
@TheRpf1977
2 жыл бұрын
@@dawson6196 Wrestling is dead as shit has been since 2000
@johnreese3797
2 жыл бұрын
Vince used illegal predatory tactics to drive out the competition. He would lock other promoters out of buildings and also throw them off tv stations by paying huge sums of money for the buildings as well as tv time slots. The other promoters should have filed suit against him for unfair trade practices. If you want exclusive rights to a building you would have to lock every other form of entertainment out, not just other wrestling promoters. This means the circus, concerts, disney on ice, monster trucks, everthing. The same thing applies to tv stations. They finally smartened up in the 2010s which is why WWE no longer has exclusive rights to MSG.
@forever_nocturne4146
2 жыл бұрын
@@dawson6196 There used to be variety in wrestling with territories all over the country. Vince decided to have a monopoly on American wrestling so the only thing to watch for the longest time was wwe.
@marty-cz5ub
3 жыл бұрын
This is so good. Nothing against today's wrestling but this really shows how wrestling wasn't really worse before WWE standardized bumping/running/selling.
@davidballew3963
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, imagine fans caring about who won the match and not how many high spots there were. Great heel and baby face work here.
@grsmasrascas
3 жыл бұрын
Heard about this match from the Vintage Pro Wrestling Watch Along Podcast. This was a great time to be a wrestling fan.
@shtembyduelsson
5 ай бұрын
19:16 absolute chills
@zamplify
3 жыл бұрын
Cornette Heat is amazing.
@bak-mariterry9143
2 жыл бұрын
And he learned it from.... Andy Kaufman !
@kelton8852
4 жыл бұрын
This crowd was insane
@MrDoneboy
3 жыл бұрын
Houston Wresting was awesome, babies!
@cliffordsithole2646
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit the crowd😂😂😂wish I was there to witness it myself
@BloodBoughtMinistries1
3 жыл бұрын
What a pop
@billblaski9523
2 жыл бұрын
Lol 10:30 that simple spot got a crazy pop!
@philliphwillis2854
9 ай бұрын
I do missed old school of wrestling as NWA and AWA and WWF and Smoking Mountain and World Class Championship Wrestling in 1970,s and 1980,s. That is good real Wresling not like today wrestling.
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