Brickhouse Brown vs Stud Stable - Watermelon Angle 1 of 2 (8-28-88) Memphis Wrestling

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  • Опубліковано 26 бер 2010
  • Part 1 of 2. A racially-charged confrontation between Brickhouse Brown and the Stud Stable that exploded in the studios of TV5 in Memphis when the Stud Stable presented Brickhouse with a nice, cold watermelon as a gift. Here's recap of the entire angle which includes beating Brickhouse Brown's bare back with a strap and the resulting events at the Mid-South Coliseum. References to "Toby" and "Kunte Kinte" from the movie ROOTS are made by Brickhouse.
    Date: August 28, 1988
    Location: WMC TV5 Studio, Memphis
    Hosts: Lance Russell, Dave Brown
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  • @lemondishonor7736
    @lemondishonor7736 3 роки тому +30

    Brickhouse Brown deserves more credit. He was around in a lot of territories back in the day.

    • @tobysgamingworld1550
      @tobysgamingworld1550 Рік тому +3

      Southeastern/Continental they did the same angle but with him and Arn Anderson. Might’ve been BB’s idea. Either way it took guts to do that in Memphis with a large black population.

  • @dont_call_me_anthony89
    @dont_call_me_anthony89 10 років тому +75

    I always thought Brown had a striking resemblance to Carl Weathers back then.

  • @Mr.Majestic77
    @Mr.Majestic77 7 років тому +33

    Imagine if Memphis Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, & Jim Crockett Promotions would have merged in the late 1980's.

    • @johnstrika9170
      @johnstrika9170 6 років тому +6

      Mr. M A J E S T I C XIII . Blackstruggle77 It would have failed miserably just like the AWA /WCCW shows did. Everyone would want THEIR guys at the top.

    • @Beckonor
      @Beckonor 2 роки тому +3

      They tried that already. It was called Pro Wrestling USA

    • @SONOFPEARL315
      @SONOFPEARL315 2 роки тому

      @@Beckonor right

  • @vanillacoker1
    @vanillacoker1 13 років тому +17

    Always loved Skandor Akbar's name for Brickhouse...Outhouse Brown!

  • @dailmcdavid9981
    @dailmcdavid9981 Рік тому +4

    He looks a little like Carl Weathers

  • @meche1230
    @meche1230 2 роки тому +9

    These black dudes had to be strong back in the day💪🏾❤️

    • @paulbenoit6076
      @paulbenoit6076 2 роки тому

      4:53 Did he say rediculing me?

    • @cl-vision5029
      @cl-vision5029 4 місяці тому +1

      Nah they just new they was working and drawing money brothers wasn't caught up in they feelings back then like now.

  • @jonathanturbide2232
    @jonathanturbide2232 6 років тому +42

    Rest in peace Brickhouse. 🌹

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 2 роки тому +1

      R.I.P did you watch wrestling back then?

    • @jonathanturbide2232
      @jonathanturbide2232 2 роки тому

      @@fatalsniper3413 Hey Snipe! Good to hear from you man! No I started watching wrestling a few years later, in 1991! I started watching when they were building up the big Survivor Series showdown between Hulk and Taker, I was hooked! What about you? 😀

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 2 роки тому

      @@jonathanturbide2232 no... I started out during the Attitude Era.

  • @edwardconboy2896
    @edwardconboy2896 6 років тому +20

    Apollo creed

  • @Insomniamodelcars
    @Insomniamodelcars 6 років тому +17

    R.I.P Brick house Brown....I'll remember you from my Saturday morning watching you on U.S.W.A

  • @onesopretty
    @onesopretty 8 років тому +23

    He bought him a JerryCurl hair cap! LOL

  • @dolfnrch13
    @dolfnrch13 11 років тому +8

    Omg that was the first thought that came to my mind to when i saw brick house brown that he looked like Carl Weathers

  • @jaytheinsider8301
    @jaytheinsider8301 3 роки тому +6

    Brickhouse: What you got back there next some chicken 🐔 😋 🤣🤣

  • @smyersfishingadventures
    @smyersfishingadventures Рік тому +2

    Brickhouse Brown looks like Carl Weathers and sounds like New Jack.

  • @khriscaplinger483
    @khriscaplinger483 3 роки тому +8

    Watermelon! lol! Things was so hilarus back then, i remember watching this back then

  • @SteveGaines
    @SteveGaines 12 років тому +6

    Moon Pie and R.C. Cola...LOL

  • @vanealmorrow6024
    @vanealmorrow6024 2 роки тому +3

    Rocky Johnson turned this down on Young Rock.

  • @fredicagoillanoise1309
    @fredicagoillanoise1309 2 роки тому +3

    Nobody did it like the Memphis guys. That's why the ratings were always through the roof.

  • @fredflinstone988
    @fredflinstone988 Рік тому +1

    Brickhouse looking like Apollo Creed(Carl Weathers) little brother

  • @landismithCOJ
    @landismithCOJ 6 років тому +9

    RIP Brickhouse

  • @Lewis-pr8cr
    @Lewis-pr8cr 6 років тому +15

    4:52 - "Ridickling me?"

  • @ttwarrior1
    @ttwarrior1 11 років тому +14

    brickhouse brown is actually the one that came up with this idea

  • @Rob-nh5sj
    @Rob-nh5sj 5 років тому +5

    Picture a booker in the back handing Brickhouse Brown a script 30 minutes before taping.....ridicule......redickling...oh hell....close enough !!!!! New word in the English language and another 15 minutes of listening to it over and over till I cry laughing so damn hard......ok....1 last time !!!!

    • @michaelscurlock5371
      @michaelscurlock5371 5 років тому

      Man...you are too silly!! Respect💯. Those were the good ole days. My granddad would take me to the mid-south colosium(please check my spelling)on monday nights. Plus we had studio tickets.

  • @lennymo36
    @lennymo36 7 років тому +11

    damn ROBERT WAS NOT THE TENNESSEE STUD, HIS BROTHER RON WAS

  • @amtlin
    @amtlin 12 років тому +8

    The Black birds ; Iceman & Brickhouse.

  • @mankind2112
    @mankind2112 13 років тому +14

    Yea baby, back when we could make fun of one another and not take it so personal - good times. Made for great wrestling segments.

    • @jayc6395
      @jayc6395 3 роки тому

      Seriously! Really! Smh

    • @googlemyself4091
      @googlemyself4091 2 роки тому

      Yeah back when white people could make racist jokes about black people and get away with it. Wait white people, Hispanics, Asians can still make racist jokes about black people and get away with it.

  • @stiffpeeter
    @stiffpeeter 12 років тому +8

    memphis "rasslin" was the SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rexdart9841
    @rexdart9841 5 років тому +1

    I know Miss Sylvia competed in a few matches with the likes of Candi Divine and Downtown Bruno in the CWA. However do you know if any of these matches were actully televised or recorded??

  • @arkansoul
    @arkansoul 12 років тому +3

    @vanillacoker1 Skandor sure did used to call him Outhouse. Like, what did Skandor know about "outhouses"?

  • @arkansoul
    @arkansoul 12 років тому +6

    @pharcexx2 That was funny as hell!!! His pronunciation made this whole angle funny.

  • @syahminorizan8064
    @syahminorizan8064 11 місяців тому

    Imagine what would happen when they brought KFC and watermelon and Kool Aid durkng that feud

  • @todddavis9437
    @todddavis9437 2 роки тому +1

    i see where the nation of domination and rock got this years earlier

  • @missumenimsatanass
    @missumenimsatanass 4 роки тому +3

    B.H. was a HORRIBLE talker...lol. He thought he was better then he really was. When he would showboat it was very cringeworthy...lol

  • @MusicDude86
    @MusicDude86 8 років тому +2

    He only offered him watermelon and he flipped his shit lol

    • @Mr.Majestic77
      @Mr.Majestic77 7 років тому +3

      Brickhouse Brown is the Samuel L. Jackson of Pro Wrestling lol.

  • @norms3913
    @norms3913 3 роки тому +1

    Brickhouse looks like a beefed up Lionel Richie

  • @4thandinches
    @4thandinches 4 роки тому +2

    "Let me tell you something."

  • @ComicBookGuy420
    @ComicBookGuy420 3 роки тому +3

    The legendary
    Stud Stable

  • @arkansoul
    @arkansoul 12 років тому +3

    @sammys70 Yep. He started out as Downtown Bruno in Memphis with his "Downtown Connection," from Fort Duquesne Blvd. baby!

  • @ed2kou1
    @ed2kou1 11 років тому +4

    Where's the angle where Sylvia talks about a match where Dowtown Bruno has to wear a diaper. Foley talks about it, in his book.

  • @WOOTRIGG
    @WOOTRIGG 12 років тому +2

    I remember this.

  • @bigsmushybug
    @bigsmushybug 14 років тому +1

    Who the hell doesn't like watermelon? Stan Frazier is rolling in his grave.

  • @sammys70
    @sammys70 12 років тому

    Is that harvey whippleman that fuller gave the rolex to?..lol..

  • @MemphisWrestlingVideoVault
    @MemphisWrestlingVideoVault  11 років тому +5

    And we hate rat-faced incestual New Yorkers.

    • @tommyisaacs6607
      @tommyisaacs6607 6 років тому +1

      Memphis Wrestling Video Vault
      Yeah Yeah !! Fuck New Yorkers !!!

  • @ShakShak1999
    @ShakShak1999 6 років тому +3

    Rip

  • @daviddavidson8050
    @daviddavidson8050 4 роки тому +1

    And I thought that the Harley Race Ron Simmons race angle in WCW was bad, this was before that! Omg! You try anything like this today or that 'you can only carry my luggage' bit in a given wrestling promotion and see how fast your license gets pulled, "okaaayyy"--Lance Russell (RIP) --????

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 2 роки тому +1

      Memphis, awa, deep south, rocky mountain, even early wcw was full of racism

    • @daviddavidson8050
      @daviddavidson8050 2 роки тому +1

      @@petesmart1983 hi Pete! That's what I hear a lot these days. Especially since so much has come out about Jim Cornette and some of the other guys from back in the day. Even Jerry Lawler sadly. We still got work to do! Thanks for your comments Pete.

  • @celebrategout1008
    @celebrategout1008 Рік тому

    watermelon angle LMAO

  • @dasteelers75
    @dasteelers75 13 років тому +3

    Was that Harvey Whipleman?

    • @travissloan6864
      @travissloan6864 6 років тому +3

      Yes, then he was known as Downtown Bruno. His name is Bruno Bauer.

  • @josephgeorge1315
    @josephgeorge1315 2 роки тому +1

    That was one angle I hated as a kid

  • @syahminorizan8064
    @syahminorizan8064 2 роки тому +2

    Damn, they could pull racism in wrestling in the 80s

    • @Filmation77
      @Filmation77 2 роки тому +3

      It's was regional,so you could get away with A LOT of Bullshit

  • @Warchief01
    @Warchief01 11 років тому +1

    I never did get it either.

  • @kennethbobo2752
    @kennethbobo2752 10 років тому +8

    Ridiculing???

  • @dr.roberts4508
    @dr.roberts4508 2 роки тому

    Col. Parker said Arkansas

  • @defiantone8556
    @defiantone8556 9 років тому

    Didn't Sylvia pass away? Seems I remember either seeing or reading that somewhere, but I cant remember for sure. But then again, I'm old & I'm allowed. lol

  • @girthbrooks4730
    @girthbrooks4730 6 років тому +6

    Robert was just being thoughtful and Brick house got mad.
    Come on Brick, can't we just have fun?

  • @michaelallanrubin2376
    @michaelallanrubin2376 3 роки тому +1

    I bet brown didn't.like robert

  • @arkansoul
    @arkansoul 12 років тому +6

    @arkansoul Only Memphis,with its racial history, could pull this off. It's great to see athletes with thick hides doing angles like this just for wrestling.

  • @johndoe-bw8wx
    @johndoe-bw8wx 2 роки тому +1

    Sylvia is pure 🔥

  • @johnny5805
    @johnny5805 3 роки тому

    RIP Brickhouse.

  • @joemamaluke
    @joemamaluke 3 роки тому

    Busy McGraw. Busy fucking McGraw.

  • @jonathanmitchell8752
    @jonathanmitchell8752 3 роки тому +2

    Hilarious.

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 Рік тому

    Send in a few bulldogs to scare those coots away.

  • @ShutUpYouMong
    @ShutUpYouMong 11 років тому +5

    Never mind the race angle; someone is wearing a party hat on top of their cowboy hat. Even Malcolm X and George Wallace would be nudging each other and chuckling at that.

  • @Doug41160
    @Doug41160 5 років тому

    who's the blonde lady?

  • @Filmation77
    @Filmation77 5 місяців тому

    2:06 that's very TRUMPian language by Robert Fuller lol

  • @flipgood89
    @flipgood89 11 років тому +2

    lol

  • @dewaynewhite2928
    @dewaynewhite2928 6 років тому

    Daaamn!

  • @harveyandrews4252
    @harveyandrews4252 Рік тому

    Food stuff

  • @fatcat9927
    @fatcat9927 6 років тому

    😄

  • @Warchief01
    @Warchief01 11 років тому +1

    Good call.

  • @dariusdynamite
    @dariusdynamite 11 років тому +2

    [Dave Chappelle]"I'll do it for free, chicken!! It's the least I can do!"[/Dave Chappelle]

  • @TheTexasViper
    @TheTexasViper 13 років тому +3

    Couldnt do this type of skit today..Sheila Jackson Lee and the ACLU would be suing!!

    • @sprayarm
      @sprayarm 4 роки тому +1

      Lawler needs to give Shelia Jackson Lee a piledriver.

  • @Col92519
    @Col92519 5 років тому +3

    Slyvia was a nice looking woman

  • @baliw33
    @baliw33 5 років тому +4

    This very, very racist where is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson when you need them?

  • @danggles4686
    @danggles4686 Рік тому

    Today his face would of gotten bash in live on tv. He call that man boy several times. Today’s world youll get your spine broken live on tv