Bless you Jerry. You brought a lot a joy to people who didn't have a lot otherwise. Thank God that Vice did the 'Territories show with him. I bought the Season because I knew they would have to cover Memphis and Florida. We are so lucky they filmed them while he was still here.
Just gained more respect for Dutch, by hearing him pay Lance Russell that compliment. People that put guys like Jim Ross or Gordon Solie at the top, as being the best announcers, have either never listened to Lance, or just didnt pay any attention to him. Lance was great. Hearing his voice takes me back to my childhood in the mid 80's. Everybody here in West TN had their TV's dialed in to channel 5 every Saturday morning. Great memories. RIP Jerry and Lance!
When you look back Jerry played a consistent part of a tons of guys who became legends as they were beginning their career in the industry. Off the top of my head I think Taker, Stone Cold, Rock, and Hogan were all guys who spent time in Memphis in their early years and it was fairly common to see a lot o them go from working in Memphis and making the famously awful pay from the territory declines to joining the WWF or WCW. Whatever some may want to say about what they thought about his writing or how he ran his business a lot of guys were finally given a chance to they work full time in wrestling from him and in the end he really was the only territory Vince didn’t sink, granted he didn’t attack them the way he did so many of the others. So gotta salute the guy because there’s no arguing that he didn’t have a clear impact in his industry over his time in it.
Hey Dutch... you may not see this but THANKS For talking about the Estranged Father Son dynamic of the Jarretts. I needed to hear that I've been estranged from my son for 4 years, but nothing negative. Just circumstances. But thanks. I'll be sending him a card in the mail tonight.
I lived right outside Nashville growing up. I always made sure I was inside on Saturday morning to watch Memphis wrestling. It hooked me from the beginning. Thanks for the memories Jerry Jarrett.
There was always subtext in Memphis wrestling. Georgia did it occasionally. Piper’s Face turn defending Gordon Solie and the same with Buzz Sawyer saving his brother. Memphis did it consistently though especially during those early 80s years Dutch referenced. That subtext was a major part of a fan’s willing suspension of disbelief. Memphis tapes were the hottest commodity during the tape trading days.
Damn Dutch deserves his own wing in the HOF just because of the knowledge the guy has about the business. These clips are educating all the 70's and 80's fans and are tremendous.
I'm just glad I got to go to Jerry's house in Hendersonville back in the 80's. It was a teenage party and I didn't see anything that indicated a wrestling promoter lived there. Bill Dundee had a smaller house 10 minutes away in Goodlettsville I had been to because a buddy lived down the street from him. Our heroes are getting old and leaving us.
I always say "yello" instead of "hello" for some reason. I've been watching old Memphis TV episodes lately, and I'm thinking maybe I got it from Lance Russell. He always opened the show that way, and I watched him all the time when I was a little kid.
Jerry Jarrett: If you want to make it to the WWF you can't afford to be on drugs Dutch Mantell: Hell Jerry, the way you're paying us, we can't even afford to be on food!
I feel for Dutch , he was obviously hurting there but he really gave some beautiful words. I’m too young to have known of Jerry as a promoter. I’m not talking about TNA because I never seen any of it. If I’m honest most of what I’ve heard of Jerry hasn’t been the greatest but I don’t judge ppl by what others say. All I can say is there’s a lot of ppl i very much respect in wrestling who really talk very highly of Jerry. All I can say is may the lord grant him eternal rest
In 1973 My Sister rented Jackie Fargo an Apartment On Briley Parkway and Elm Hill Pike IN Nashville Close to the Airport She Then Moved to Memphis and From 1974 till 1984 me and my mom went to visit my Sister every other weekend During this Time I noticed the Matches were a week Behind Now It was My Uncle that Introduced me to wrestling and 1 weekend after Visiting my Sister we went to my Uncles House and I Called Every Match Mutch to His Amazement It was Priceless In 1984 we Moved to Memphis I was 21 and Seen the Best Matches Ever at the TV Taping sometimes Live in Person and at The Mid South Colosseum Thanks Dutch
In the 80’s my friends and I (NYC) would trade VHS tapes with friends and family all over the USA. Memphis TV was AMAZING...! Loads of big matches and exciting angles ! Here we were sending them WWF tapes with 95% Scrub matches ...Hah! We SO got the better part of that deal ! A very sad day for What’s left of Pro Wrestling when Jerry Jarrett passed away . R.I.P. , my condolences to his loved ones
Dutch and Jerry Lawler were born on the same exact day if not mistaken. That is very rare for two friends not only have the same birthday but to be born on same day.
Very true. My dad never went in for sports, he would talk about the snake Ken Stabler occasionally. But he fairly often enjoyed wrestling with me. I have a great memory of him and my uncle watching tbs on a old black and white tv from 1960 or so, we got down the street at a yard sale for 50 cents , my uncle laying on a foam rubber mattress in front of the tv in living room, one summer day in 85 I always remember,Double A gave an interview I think, then got in the ring and wrestled Mike Jackson. My uncle is like,"Aw man why do they put him in there with this guy!" My uncle would joke with me,like, "I never get why those guys don't just grab the rope when they bounce off there so the other guy can't clothesline em," or I don't remember word for word but yeah...Rest in Peace to Jerry. He and Don Owens are two of my favorite NWA old time promoters multigenerational. And those two kept it afloat the longest vs Vince and the WWF.
Anyone who played a big role , whether it was all positive or not , will eventually become someone you love later in life . Its funny how that works out .
Sorry, but you can't go home again. It would never be the same because they'd get canceled because they'd have to have transexuals and they'd have to be put over every week. After one show you'd be sorry it ever returned. You can't go home again.
I was in the coma in 2014 and my daddy then come see me till Monday night raw was off the air he love wrestling any type of harassment he was a wrestling fanatic his mama was dying one time and he did not go visit her till wrestling was over he was a true fan to the very end or RIP dad
Is there anyone that can save aew? Dutch could. Jeff could. Cornette could. All learned at the feet of Jerry Jarrett. But Tony is too damn stupid to let the book go.
Wrestling became a morality play after WW2 . Thats when we started seeing Evil Germans and sneaky Japanese heels . Cowboys were becoming the heroes of the day . But there were black hat Outlaws too
Dutch is confused; the Universal Hwt title was Puerto Rico. The Memphis angle was over the Southern Hwt title (the main title, then, as Gulas was still going and had the Mid-America titles and the CWA World title had been retired and the International title was introduced the following year).
And in my opinion the industry has forgotten that it's the white hat's and black hat's and the storyline too grabs the attention of the fans in my opinion that is a why the industry is doing so poorly on the TV ratings I have been a fan for close to 50 years now
At a time when perhaps, my father and I didn't have much in common, we would both watch WWF Raw on a Friday night, 20 years ago when it aired. I cherish those moments.
In November 1995 Bob Armstrong went on TV and said that Jerry Jarrett was the lyingest, cheatingest promoter in wrestling history, Armstrong also accused Jarrett of embezzling all the funds from USWA to build a house.
Sadly, That's not true today. It's not good vs bad..... It's good vs good and bad vs bad and the wrestlers vs the federatiojn and the audiences vs the wrestlers and everybody against everybody. good vs bad is gone anymore
I have heard from wrestlers here on youtube that Jarrett turned out to be just like Gulas by bad payouts and putting his son in main events when he didn't deserve to be there.
There will always be negative along with positive. The proof is how many rave about how well they were treated by Jarret vs who wasn't treated well or felt they were underbooked etc. If we go by the statistics (assuming everyone was telling the truth) Jerry was far, far, far more loved and respected than we has otherwise.
I don't know what that guy is talking about WWF superior production put everybody out of business the WWF did not have superior production to anybody. The WWF was garbage then and still is garbage
Bless you Jerry. You brought a lot a joy to people who didn't have a lot otherwise. Thank God that Vice did the 'Territories show with him. I bought the Season because I knew they would have to cover Memphis and Florida. We are so lucky they filmed them while he was still here.
Lance Russel was awesome. Listening to him call matches like they were legitimate sporting events. In my opinion the best there ever was.
“Awww come on,guuuuys!”
Hello everybody...
Yowza!!! Bell time.
@@bigroy38 + Will you lay off. Classic studio host. Loved that man from start to finish.
@@travissloan6864 that was my favorite line from Lance.
So many people have passed away I grow up watching that's how I know I'm old. Rip Jerry Jarrett ❤️
Just gained more respect for Dutch, by hearing him pay Lance Russell that compliment. People that put guys like Jim Ross or Gordon Solie at the top, as being the best announcers, have either never listened to Lance, or just didnt pay any attention to him. Lance was great. Hearing his voice takes me back to my childhood in the mid 80's. Everybody here in West TN had their TV's dialed in to channel 5 every Saturday morning. Great memories. RIP Jerry and Lance!
DUCH is a great story teller I love listening to him !!!!!
When you look back Jerry played a consistent part of a tons of guys who became legends as they were beginning their career in the industry. Off the top of my head I think Taker, Stone Cold, Rock, and Hogan were all guys who spent time in Memphis in their early years and it was fairly common to see a lot o them go from working in Memphis and making the famously awful pay from the territory declines to joining the WWF or WCW. Whatever some may want to say about what they thought about his writing or how he ran his business a lot of guys were finally given a chance to they work full time in wrestling from him and in the end he really was the only territory Vince didn’t sink, granted he didn’t attack them the way he did so many of the others. So gotta salute the guy because there’s no arguing that he didn’t have a clear impact in his industry over his time in it.
Hey Dutch... you may not see this but THANKS For talking about the Estranged Father Son dynamic of the Jarretts. I needed to hear that
I've been estranged from my son for 4 years, but nothing negative. Just circumstances. But thanks. I'll be sending him a card in the mail tonight.
Pray for them and Jerry Jarrett's Soul.
One of my fave Dutch videos on this channel. I can confirm that one of the parts of my relationship with my father was wrestling.
I lived right outside Nashville growing up. I always made sure I was inside on Saturday morning to watch Memphis wrestling. It hooked me from the beginning. Thanks for the memories Jerry Jarrett.
There was always subtext in Memphis wrestling. Georgia did it occasionally. Piper’s Face turn defending Gordon Solie and the same with Buzz Sawyer saving his brother. Memphis did it consistently though especially during those early 80s years Dutch referenced. That subtext was a major part of a fan’s willing suspension of disbelief. Memphis tapes were the hottest commodity during the tape trading days.
Damn Dutch deserves his own wing in the HOF just because of the knowledge the guy has about the business. These clips are educating all the 70's and 80's fans and are tremendous.
So sad to hear glad you got to have some last words with Jerry, RIP
Nothin strange about it, dutch. You were apart of eachothers lives for the majority of your lives. 💚💚💯
Sad to hear this. R.I.P Jerry..
I lived in Memphis from 74 to 81 I was a kid then Memphis wrestling was the best thing going for me at that time. I know what Dutch is talking about
I felt special when I finally got a tape trader to send the 90 minute version since I lived in Lexington.
I'm just glad I got to go to Jerry's house in Hendersonville back in the 80's. It was a teenage party and I didn't see anything that indicated a wrestling promoter lived there. Bill Dundee had a smaller house 10 minutes away in Goodlettsville I had been to because a buddy lived down the street from him. Our heroes are getting old and leaving us.
OMG I SAW Jerry & Tojo against the Interns in Lousiville! So sad he's gone!😢 RIP Jerry!
I always say "yello" instead of "hello" for some reason. I've been watching old Memphis TV episodes lately, and I'm thinking maybe I got it from Lance Russell. He always opened the show that way, and I watched him all the time when I was a little kid.
I'll say that pretty often. I say a lot of old times things.
How about the saying, " and so on, and so forth!"
That's one of my go-2's...
Jerry Jarrett: If you want to make it to the WWF you can't afford to be on drugs
Dutch Mantell: Hell Jerry, the way you're paying us, we can't even afford to be on food!
Thanks for the stories, Dutch!
I feel for Dutch , he was obviously hurting there but he really gave some beautiful words. I’m too young to have known of Jerry as a promoter. I’m not talking about TNA because I never seen any of it. If I’m honest most of what I’ve heard of Jerry hasn’t been the greatest but I don’t judge ppl by what others say. All I can say is there’s a lot of ppl i very much respect in wrestling who really talk very highly of Jerry. All I can say is may the lord grant him eternal rest
In 1973 My Sister rented Jackie Fargo an Apartment On Briley Parkway and Elm Hill Pike IN Nashville Close to the Airport She Then Moved to Memphis and From 1974 till 1984 me and my mom went to visit my Sister every other weekend During this Time I noticed the Matches were a week Behind Now It was My Uncle that Introduced me to wrestling and 1 weekend after Visiting my Sister we went to my Uncles House and I Called Every Match Mutch to His Amazement It was Priceless In 1984 we Moved to Memphis I was 21 and Seen the Best Matches Ever at the TV Taping sometimes Live in Person and at The Mid South Colosseum Thanks Dutch
In the 80’s my friends and I (NYC) would trade VHS tapes with friends and family all over the USA. Memphis TV was AMAZING...!
Loads of big matches and exciting angles ! Here we were sending them WWF tapes with 95% Scrub matches ...Hah! We SO got the better part of that deal !
A very sad day for What’s left of Pro Wrestling when Jerry Jarrett passed away . R.I.P. , my condolences to his loved ones
Dutch and Jerry Lawler were born on the same exact day if not mistaken. That is very rare for two friends not only have the same birthday but to be born on same day.
Very true. My dad never went in for sports, he would talk about the snake Ken Stabler occasionally. But he fairly often enjoyed wrestling with me. I have a great memory of him and my uncle watching tbs on a old black and white tv from 1960 or so, we got down the street at a yard sale for 50 cents , my uncle laying on a foam rubber mattress in front of the tv in living room, one summer day in 85 I always remember,Double A gave an interview I think, then got in the ring and wrestled Mike Jackson. My uncle is like,"Aw man why do they put him in there with this guy!" My uncle would joke with me,like, "I never get why those guys don't just grab the rope when they bounce off there so the other guy can't clothesline em," or I don't remember word for word but yeah...Rest in Peace to Jerry. He and Don Owens are two of my favorite NWA old time promoters multigenerational. And those two kept it afloat the longest vs Vince and the WWF.
Anyone who played a big role , whether it was all positive or not , will eventually become someone you love later in life . Its funny how that works out .
Lance Russel is absolutelly in the conversation of the best Prowrestling comentators ever!
With Soley and Ross and...
Memphis Wrestling on Saturday morning was the bomb.
This was a hard subject for Dutch.RIP Mr Jarret
Every Saturday morning w/friends and family and a presto-matic hamburger cooker , miss my Memphis
Daddy said sell!
My god, don’t let Prichard see this video
My son and I have the best time together watching wrestling more than any other thing.
Thanks for the memories and commentary! Sure wish Memphis Wrestling could be restored.
Sorry, but you can't go home again. It would never be the same because they'd get canceled because they'd have to have transexuals and they'd have to be put over every week. After one show you'd be sorry it ever returned. You can't go home again.
Mr. Jerry actually showed up on the current Memphis Wrestling show. I saw it on TH-cam….very cool how he was used
th-cam.com/video/3KW8gYaL7GQ/w-d-xo.html
I was a kid waiting to watch every saturday!!!!!
He is historical timeless big part influence of future and past professional wrestling world person
Wow I had no idea it was that fast
I wasn’t even alive for Memphis wrestling and this has me tearing up
Woo hoo! I can hear it, guys!
I was in the coma in 2014 and my daddy then come see me till Monday night raw was off the air he love wrestling any type of harassment he was a wrestling fanatic his mama was dying one time and he did not go visit her till wrestling was over he was a true fan to the very end or RIP dad
Personal issues make money... Jerry Jarrett 🙏
I was wondering when Dutch we’re going to talk about JerryJarrett passing🙏🏽🙏🏽
Is there anyone that can save aew? Dutch could. Jeff could. Cornette could. All learned at the feet of Jerry Jarrett. But Tony is too damn stupid to let the book go.
Lance- will you stop for crying out loud
Gordon Solie was my favorite commentator, but Lance don't get his dues. R.I.P.
Yes he does
Fargo Al Green matches I believed were sell outs in 72.
Wrestling became a morality play after WW2 . Thats when we started seeing Evil Germans and sneaky Japanese heels . Cowboys were becoming the heroes of the day . But there were black hat Outlaws too
Dutch is confused; the Universal Hwt title was Puerto Rico. The Memphis angle was over the Southern Hwt title (the main title, then, as Gulas was still going and had the Mid-America titles and the CWA World title had been retired and the International title was introduced the following year).
And in my opinion the industry has forgotten that it's the white hat's and black hat's and the storyline too grabs the attention of the fans in my opinion that is a why the industry is doing so poorly on the TV ratings I have been a fan for close to 50 years now
Where's the whip!
Who was responsible for initially making Lance Russell an announcer?? Buddy Fuller
Look, these kids need to research it. Mr. Lance and Mr. Gordon were on a level all their own. Bring back Thunderfoot. Its long overdue.
Jerry was the Guy if Vinny went to the clink back in the day! Who better than Mr. Jarrett
Never missed Saturday morning wrestling, late 70s to the late 80s is my favorite, met Dutch " sort of" in Corinth Mississippi in 84 I believe.
At a time when perhaps, my father and I didn't have much in common, we would both watch WWF Raw on a Friday night, 20 years ago when it aired. I cherish those moments.
In November 1995 Bob Armstrong went on TV and said that Jerry Jarrett was the lyingest, cheatingest promoter in wrestling history, Armstrong also accused Jarrett of embezzling all the funds from USWA to build a house.
Memphis wrestling was better than WWF. Jimmy Hart running over Jerry Lawler in a Cadillac.😁 Requiescat in Pace Jerry Jarrett.🙏
Good vs. Evil sounds like our government
He seem be successful smart passionate hardworking background from in the ring classic business creative booker also ex wrestler smooth person
Sadly, That's not true today. It's not good vs bad..... It's good vs good and bad vs bad and the wrestlers vs the federatiojn and the audiences vs the wrestlers and everybody against everybody. good vs bad is gone anymore
I have heard from wrestlers here on youtube that Jarrett turned out to be just like Gulas by bad payouts and putting his son in main events when he didn't deserve to be there.
There will always be negative along with positive. The proof is how many rave about how well they were treated by Jarret vs who wasn't treated well or felt they were underbooked etc. If we go by the statistics (assuming everyone was telling the truth) Jerry was far, far, far more loved and respected than we has otherwise.
Well, You Know. Huh????
Jarrett was the second greatest promoter ever behind Mac mahon jr
Yup. Agree
I don't know what that guy is talking about WWF superior production put everybody out of business the WWF did not have superior production to anybody. The WWF was garbage then and still is garbage
Bruce Prichard was never Fair to Jerry Jarrett!!!
He's a petty liar
Who is Bruce Pritchard?
@@louiowho?
@@marcbasil Mike Jones!
@@marcbasil WWE producer. Has been on and off since the 1980s. He was Brother Love.
eddie graham and gordon solie were better
Everyone loved Lance and Dave... still do..