I didn't realize how random everything looked back then. When I started watching wrestling in the late 80s and particularly in the early 90s, everything looked like a staged promo. Jerry Lawler just shows up on camera like he stumbled on set and just felt like talking to the host. There was some of that in Stampede Wrestling that I saw as a kid, but primarily, you could practically see the queue cards and almost hear someone yelling "action." It's a dated presentation, but the concept of it would work really well today and I can see why ECW was heavily influenced by Memphis Wrestling. One of the things Extreme did right, at least early on was their sense of spontaneity and making everything feel more real rather than an episode of American Gladiators.
Cornette should have potatoed Lawler for dissing his clothes.
I didn't realize how random everything looked back then. When I started watching wrestling in the late 80s and particularly in the early 90s, everything looked like a staged promo. Jerry Lawler just shows up on camera like he stumbled on set and just felt like talking to the host. There was some of that in Stampede Wrestling that I saw as a kid, but primarily, you could practically see the queue cards and almost hear someone yelling "action." It's a dated presentation, but the concept of it would work really well today and I can see why ECW was heavily influenced by Memphis Wrestling. One of the things Extreme did right, at least early on was their sense of spontaneity and making everything feel more real rather than an episode of American Gladiators.