Mid South Moments special part 1 - The Ricky Morton interviews - a podcast by stephengutteridge

This week is the first of two special episodes from the archives of Mid South Moments.

 

Ricky Morton has been a guest on the show four times and this is a supercut of those appearances, over three hours with one of the best of all time chatting wrestling and Mid South memories.

 

The original show notes were as follows :

 

We chat the June 23rd 1984 episode of Mid South Wrestling plus a lot lot more with Ricky Morton.  This episode includes the following : 

- The move from Memphis to Mid South 

- Their video introductions & first feud

- The differences between drawing in the territory days & now

- Ricky’s YouTube show & his wrestling school

- The gruelling schedule in 1984

- Working on top with Ric Flair

- Influence of Dusty Rhodes 

- The art of selling

- One of Ricky’s favourite current British wrestlers

- NWA Power run & working with Nick Aldis

- Visit to WWE performance center 

• Problems with current WWE creative & much more

- Working with Bill Watts

- A great story about Ernie Ladd

- Integrity in wrestling 

- Working with Terri Taylor & Dr Death Steve Williams 

- Wrestling hurt & a crazy story about how Nikolai Volkoff helped him one night in a match

- Memories of Buddy Landel 

- Dan Severn 

- The Midnight Express feud 

- Jim Cornette & the difference between crowds then & now

- Wendi Richter

- Pat Orton & a call to Bob Orton Jnr

- The Superdate at the Superdome & a later incarnation in the NWA

- Ricky’s VHS collection 

- Some thoughts on AEW & Much much more

- Rapid fire Q & A with Ricky, including entrance music, ring outfits, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Krusher Krushev, JYD & the WCW Six Man World tag team titles, the changing face of wrestling in 1984, Eric Bischoff, the move to Jim Crockett, who they would most like to work an extended program with now, working for the WWF, the WWE Hall of Fame, Working for All Japan & their recent tours with New Japan & much more.

 

Former 3 time Mid South Wrestling tag team champion, and all around pro wrestling legend, Ricky Morton (@RealRickyMorton) is back to look over the March 23rd 1985 episode of MSW featuring a four team elimination main event with the Rock N Roll Express vs the Dirty White Boys vs Brad Armstrong & Tommy Prichard vs Jake Roberts & Jack Victory.  In addition, Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams were up against Terry Daniels & Shawn Michaels plus new North American Champion Terry Taylor battled Kamala.

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