(Use code PWS for a nice surprise). When a telephone call came in for Cornette, a phone was brought into the studio. He wanted to come out of retirement for a series of shows, teaming with Junkyard Dog (Sylvester Ritter), who had lost a loser-leaves-town match and was working under a hood as Stagger Lee. Before that, things had been hot for In this era, there were some incredible tag teams like The Road Warriors, The Fabulous Freebirds, The Rock N' Rock Express, and many others. But at this point, Austin was a babyface, a partner of Armstrong, whose solid in-ring skills and sincerity had the fans behind him 100 percent. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Ive got take texts and emails, oh God, Im talking over 1000 something from the fans. "The bad machine doesnt know hes a bad machine.". WebAfter their heel turn the Midnight Express started feuding with Flyin Brian and Z-Man Tom Zenk over the recently re-activated US Tag-Team titles, winning the gold from the young team in early 1990. This team was The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson), with whom they started a long-running series of matches that would last well into the 1990s and span several wrestling promotions. WebAt the last minute, Dennis Condrey once again decided to leave the NWA, rather than take his PPV payoff and give Crockett and Scott the satisfaction. Midnight Express feud. Jack Victory was brought in as his replacement and the match went forward. After returning to their cheating ways, the Midnight Express started a feud with the up-and-coming team of Flyin' Brian and "Z-Man" Tom Zenk over the United States Tag team titles.
With two of the promotions best talkers in Paul E Dangerously and Jim Cornette hyping their respective teams and building the feudit seemed that the Battle of the Midnight Express was going to be a surefire hit. During the November 5 episode of World Championship Wrestling, Jim Cornette received an anonymous phone call. Later on, Watts was interviewing top singles heel Butch Reed when Cornette interrupted, distracting the promoter so that Condrey and Eaton could jump him from behind. Well, Dusty (Rhodes) found out about it and asked if we were staying or going. Your email address will not be published. As one-half of the Midnight Express, Eaton teamed with Dennis Condrey before later being paired with Stan Lane. He said Dennis I cant fall off there. Beautiful Bobby & Lover Boy Dennis quickly rose to prominence in Jim Crockett Promotions and won the NWA World Tag Team Titles from The Rock n Roll Express. Currently living in India, he covers wrestling on The Sportster. Cornette recognized the caller and basically asked him to come say it to his face. RELATED: 9 Wrestlers We Forgot Were Managed By Jim Cornette. [1] Besides feuding with the Rock 'n' Roll Express, Eaton and Condrey also had long-running feuds with The New Breed (Chris Champion and Sean Royal) as well as The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk). He decided that if WCW was going to break up his tag team, he would rather sit at home and not bother to work it. Along the way, theyd again light things up with the Rock & Rollsand stake their claim as the greatest tag team of all time. [2] In the book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams Condrey explains that the name did not stem from the movie Midnight Express (although later versions of the Midnight Express would use the film's theme by Giorgio Moroder as their theme music), but from the fact that they all dressed in black, drove black cars, and were out partying past midnight.[3].
Learn how your comment data is processed. Lane would do a tremendous job of replacing Condrey and The Midnight Express would roll on. Following Condreys departure, Midnight Express carried on with Sweet Stan Lane teaming with Eaton for memorable rivalries against The Samoan S.W.A.T. After which, Paul E Dangerously appeared and the Original Midnight Express attacked and brutalized Cornette and his team. What Is The Legacy Of The Midnight Express In Wrestling? Crockett admittedly had no experience actually booking matches and his big idea for the Midnight feud was to have a loser leave town match. [1] The Midnight Express's next challengers were "Dizzy Ed" Hogan and local wrestler Ken Lucas. By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet), The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast with Dennis Condrey This version was short-lived as Eaton soon started working independent wrestling cards with Dennis Condrey, sometimes with Lane and Cornette as well. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Add to that, Jim Crockett Jr decided to sell his promotion to Ted Turner to form World Championship Wrestling. Thus, the third incarnation He is best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2]. The Express were even in discussions to jump from the NWA to the WWE at one point- a secret Cornette didnt talk about publicly until years later. It was must-see TV for the fans, even though a real resolution was never possible. They engaged in a feud with the Freebirds and Samoans until the 1989 Great American Bash, where they teamed up with the Road Warriors and Dr. Death Steve Williams to defeat the Freebirds and Samoans in a War Games match. Norvell Austin had gone on to team with Koko B. Ware as the PYTsthe Pretty Young Things. "Dennis Condreys work, theres never been anyone (who) worked anything like him," longtime Midnight Express manager Jim Cornette said when asked about the difference between Condrey and Stan Lane during a shoot interview. At first Dusty was against the idea of bringing in the Original Midnight Express because Dennis Condrey had once abruptly quit the NWA and left. Eaton joined with former rival Dennis Condrey under the management of Jim Cornette in this incarnation of the team. Jack Victory was brought in as his replacement and the match went forward. Hello! In both of those iterations, the Midnight Express was managed by Jim Cornette. Jim Cornette came up with an idea to bring in the perfect team to feud with Eaton and Lane and continue making revenue for Crockett. After the Bicentennial Kings broke up in 1979, Condrey formed the Big C's with Don Carson. Every great tag team needs the right dance partners and for The Midnight Express, these proved to be the team of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson - The Rock N' Roll Express. There are many fans who even prefer this version of the team. Pingback: 20 Greatest WCW Rivalries - The Wrestling Estate. The teams wrestled at Starrcade '88, but nothing was solved. Jim Cornette duped the Dudes into thinking he wanted to be their manager but then turned on them during their match against the Midnight Express at Clash of the Champions IX in New York. The pair hung on to the Southeastern tag straps, no matter what, feuding with the Armstrongs, Robert Fuller, and Jimmy Golden. One of those partners was the original Junkyard Dog, Norvell Austin. Jack Victory was brought in as his replacement and the match went forward. 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Bubba Rogers worked a few dates to fulfill obligations, but Dusty Rhodes made the decision to pick Stan Lane who was a singles star in Florida at the time. The Midnight Express would lose the titles to The Steiner Brothers 3 months later. Corny didnt have the money he has today, so he said ok., Condrey talking about leaving the Midnight Express: We had an offer, a great offer I thought we couldnt refuse. 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Collectively Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton held 53 tag team titles, setting the record in all of professional wrestling. WebAs a result, Dennis Condrey was fired and replaced by "Sweet" Stan Lane (who was wrestling in Florida as a solo wrestler after finishing his long-time partnership with Steve Keirn in the Fabulous Ones). He was also able to work a more athletic style than Condrey. Bobby had a couple of kids in school. There, he reunited with his original tag team partner Randy Rose, using the Midnight Express name and adopting Paul E. Dangerously (a.k.a. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Dennis Condrey Discusses Leaving The Midnight Express, The Scaffold Match & More. The two teams repeatedly traded the title until the Midnight Express, using their 3-on-2 advantage, finally reclaimed the championship by the end of July 1983. Despite the name "Midnight Express" and having Cornette in their corner, in shoot interviews Cornette has indicated that he never considered the team as continuing the lineage of the Midnight Express. We thought we were sneaking around. It took a decade, but the Midnight Express finally ran out of trackeven though variations of the group have appeared together at independent or reunion shows from time to time. Irish Mickey Doyle A Journeymans Memorable Tale, Ann Gunkel and the NWAs Heated Battle for Atlanta, Eddie Sharkey The Trainer of Wrestling Champions, Wrestlers Who Shouldnt Have Followed Fathers Footsteps, Al Perez A Wrestling Career That Could Have Been More, Mae Young A Fierce Fighter In (and Out) of the Ring, 12 All-Time Legends the WWE Hall of Fame Did Wrong, The Twisted Legacy of WWEs Montreal Screwjob, Adrian Adonis and Dan Spivey Near-Deadly Locker Room Brawl, Jody Hamilton Behind the Mask of The Assassin. After leaving Mid-South, the Midnight Express competed briefly in WCCW (Dallas) before moving on to Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). Dennis also opens up about almost ending up in the WWF after being recruited by Vince McMahon and why it didn't work out. But lets keep the express train on its tracks. ), FREE PODCAST 4/8 WKPWP Flagship from 10 Yrs Ago w/Keller & Powell: (4-2-2013) Final WrestleMania 29 hype including Rock-Cena, Punk-Taker angle with Paul Bearers urn (177 min. 04/29/20, Dennis Condrey talking about the scaffold match: Corny was scared to death. The angle was carefully booked by Watts. Cornette showed up the next week on TBS carrying his blood stained suit jacket and the feud was on. He was in the right place at the right time. And it was magic from the beginning. Dennis Condrey on the Midnight Express being over today with fans despite being heels: I just cant believe these fans still remember us from 35 years ago. Dennis Condrey had made his name as a tag team wrestler all over the South. The Express lived to fight another day. Bubba Rogers worked a few dates to fulfill obligations, but Dusty Rhodes made the decision to pick Stan Lane who was a singles star in Florida at the time. At bell time, the Houston County Farm Center in Dothan, Alabama, was packed. But the meeting with Vince McMahon didnt go as expected. Team, Dusty comes in and asks are we leaving or staying. The fans are wonderful, theyre great, I never thought that they would think about us, but they really do. Because Eaton and Lane knew one another from Tennessee, where Eaton had gotten his start and Lane was one of the original Fabulous ones, he got the job. Despite the fact that the Fantastics were more athletic and could work a wider variety of matches than Morton and Gibson, the feud between the two was limited by the fact that the Rock & Rolls were coming back to the territory. Learn how your comment data is processed. It seems like such a deceptively simple formula, but it worked constantly. Dennis Condreys abrupt departure from WCW would bring him to Verne Gagnes Midwest-based American Wrestling Association in 1987. An incensed Cornette began to verbally dress down the Cowboy. [2] After dropping the Southeastern Tag Team titles to Brad and Scott Armstrong, Austin, Condrey and Rose went their separate ways. They were AWA world tag team champions and included a former member Of Cornettes team (Dennis Condrey) They were called Original because Condrey and Randy Rose originally wrestled under the Midnight Express moniker years prior for several southern territories. And they didn't see him again for two years. Condrey returned to Alabama (now known as Continental) in the Spring of 1989 and would become the CWF Heavyweight Champion. Thus, the Midnight Express Inc. was born. They turned out in droves to watch the Midnight Express (and especially Cornette) get their comeuppance. Bobby Eaton was a member of the Midnight Express tag team with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane, and was inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019. In reality, Condrey and AWA owner Verne Gagne were in a dispute over money owed to Condrey and he, Rose, and Dangerously all left the promotion in early 1988 while still being promoted as champions; the AWA decided to retroactively declare the Midnights/Rockers match in December to be a title change in favor of the latter. If anything, the Midnights were now having better matches than ever, and Lane brought a fresh (and good-looking) face that impressed many of the female fans. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Over the years, dream match ups pitting stars like Ric Flair versus Hulk Hogan and Demolition versus The Road Warriors initially fell flat for whatever reason when finally presented to wrestling fans. As one-half of the Midnight Express, Eaton teamed with Dennis Condrey before later being paired with Stan Lane. According to Cornette, the reason Jim Crockett Jr booked this match was because Crockett was not a fan of Randy Rose of the Orginal Midnights. For more than three decades he has been the epitome of old school. Hear him as youve never heard him before every Tuesday at 6am Eastern as you gives you a peak behind the curtain for the first time ever. He said Dennis I cant fall off there. In the ring, The Midnight Express were far ahead of their time and innovators. The feud resulted in a match the promotion billed as "The Last Stampede.". On a Saturday morning episode of World Championship Wrestling, the Midnight Express was wrestling a squash match while Cornette commentated the match with Tony Schiavone and David Crockett. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. "I know it must all sound crazy to you, but this place is crazy.". This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 9 4 comments Best [deleted] 4 Rhodes felt that Condrey was unreliable and the feud wouldnt work. Ricky Morton sold the Midnights offense better than anyone, and fans responded to Robert Gibson as the ass-kicker who received the hot tag to clean house. AEW star Dax Harwood has jokingly called out WWE for not inducting The Midnight Express and Jim Cornette into the WWE Hall of Fame. Yes. Dennis Condrey Leaves And Is Replaced By Stan Lane The Midnight Express would encounter a huge problem in 1987 when Condrey left the group all of a sudden. They were having matches against The Rock N' Roll Express, the likes of which had not been seen at that point in time and played a huge part in taking tag team wrestling to the next level. Paul Heyman) as a manager. In a corporate move to save a few dollars, the decision was made not to bring managers and or valets on the road during house shows. Rose stayed around for a while afterward, teaming with his cousin, Pat, to again capture the tag titles. If you sit and watch a tag team match today, there is a good chance that you are seeing stuff that The Midnight Express either created or popularized. They were not the stereotypical cowardly heels, either. He said, "See you tomorrow." He reconnected with former Midnight Express member Randy Rose and the two began teaming as the Midnight Express under the management of Paul E. Dangerously. While other teams like the Road Warriors, the Koloffs, or Demolition were powerhouses, all five people involved in the Midnights-Rock & Roll feud were tremendously talented and worked on an almost psychic level with one another. On May 16, 1987 the combination of Eaton and Lane won the NWA United States Tag team titles for the first time, a title they would win three times during their time together.
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On March 30, 1998, they won the NWA World Tag Team Championship from The Headbangers, but did not achieve much more success in the WWF. Other topics include more on The Midnight Express, Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Randy Rose, Norvell Austin, his runs in Jim Crockett Promotions, Mid South, World Class, Memphis, the AWA, and more. Beautiful Bobby & Lover Boy Dennis quickly rose to prominence in Jim Crockett Promotions and won the NWA World Tag Team Titles from The Rock n Roll Express. Before that, things had been hot for Rose was paired with Leon "Tarzan" Baxter, who worked as a masked wrestler named "The Wrestling Pro." Tag Team wrestling was arguably at its peak during the 1980s when it was a legitimate top-of-the-card attraction and sold-out arenas all over the country. Thus, the third incarnation They were the best in the business at that point in time and instead of dissolving the team, Stan Lane was instead brought in as the replacement. For the first time these two partners are back together for "Of course, the other Midnights went on and on, and we went on to go against them in WCW, and that was one of the hottest feuds (at the time), I believe.". Dennis Condrey on the Midnight Express being over today with fans despite being heels: I just cant believe these fans still remember us from 35 years ago. I said ok, I will tell Dusty. Cornette presented this idea of a feud between the two Midnight Express tag teams to then booker Dusty Rhodes. The one who got pinned would have to leave the promotion. "Loverboy" Dennis and "Ravishing" Randy called themselves "The Midnight Express", and claimed the right to the name, which had since been used by Condrey and Eaton (and later by "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton and "Sweet" Stan Lane) in the NWA. The Original Midnight Express were managed by another boisterous manager by the name of Paul E. Dangerously. Jim Crockett, Jr. already had a problem with Condrey due to his previous overnight disappearance and Scott had previous animosity with Rose, so Scott's appearance as top booker made for the catalyst to bury both teams and the feud. As the show quickly approached, Dennis Condrey found out that Randy Rose was to be fired and replaced. The Kings would trade the Mid-America tag team titles back and forth between themselves and the babyface contingent, but the pair eventually split up, with Hickerson taking a babyface role and Condrey leaving the territory in 1979. The names and faces changed over time, but the train kept rolling. Both iterations of the team, whether it be Eaton-Condrey or Eaton-Lane, were magnificent in the ring while Cornette is considered to be one of the greatest managers ever, largely thanks to his work with The Midnight Express. With the Midnights vs. the Rock & Roll, tag team wrestling had reached its apex. Ultimately, it did not last very long though, as Cornette and Lane would end up leaving WCW in 1990 due to creative differences while Eaton stayed on. The Express had until this point been a group of wrestlers, but now worked exclusively as a two-man team. When Chi Town Rumble went on air, Dennis Condrey was a no show. After dispatching of a couple of no-name teams, the Express was challenged by the masked Dynamic Duo, billed from Gotham City, who pinned the Express and unmasked as Ace and Douglas. They began a program with another red hot tag team and members of the Four Horsemen (Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson) The two heel teams were doing great business for Jim Crockett Promotions and helped sell out several venues. Dennis Condrey on the Midnight Express being over today with fans despite being heels: I just cant believe these fans still remember us from 35 years ago.
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