When it comes to wrestling preservation, World Wrestling Entertainment isn’t doing the best of jobs. Since the company’s major success is predicated on the boom periods in the 1980s and late 1990s, of course they would want to spotlight those respective eras. They get more DVD sales as compared to a singular disc retrospective on Superstar Billy Graham or various two-disc compilations regarding World Class Championship Wrestling or All-Star Wrestling.
This notwithstanding, every now and again the company will dig deeper into their video tape library and issue a release that doesn’t include the Shawn Michaels/Razor Ramon Ladder Match for the tenth time. This year that release will be Legends of Mid-South Wrestling. Arriving to DVD and Blu-ray on September 10, 2013, the set bolsters plenty of notable names before they would become household names in the then-WWF, WCW, etc. Such sports entertainers include Ted DiBiase, Paul Orndorff, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and the other “Hacksaw” Butch Reed, Junkyard Dog, plus the greatest tag team rivalry of all time, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and The Midnight Express.
Here’s the explosive contents listing released by Wrestling DVD News appropriately enough this Fourth of July.
DISC 1
The Beginnings
Ted DiBiase
Ted DiBiase vs. Paul Orndorff
Mid-South Wrestling • December 10, 1981
Junkyard Dog
Andre the Giant, Dusty Rhodes & Junkyard Dog vs. Afa, Sika & Big Cat Ernie Ladd
Mid-South Wrestling • January 14, 1982
Rat Pack – DiBiase & Borne & Duggan
North American & Mid-South Tag Team Championship No Disqualification Match
Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne
Mid-South Wrestling • October 28, 1982
Coal Miner’s Glove Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser Leaves Town Match
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs. Ted DiBiase
Houston, TX • March 22, 1985
Travel of the Territory
Tony Atlas Benches 500 Pounds
Mid-South Wrestling • January 1983
Mid-South Tag Team Championship Match
Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne vs. Andre the Giant & Tony Atlas
Mid-South Wrestling • February 10, 1983
Magnum TA
Announcement of Magnum TA’s Manager
Mid-South Wrestling • November 1983
Mr. Wrestling II Conducts Workouts with Magnum TA
Mid-South Wrestling • December 1983
Magnum TA & Mr. Wrestling II vs. The Midnight Express
Mid-South Wrestling • January 27, 1984
North American Heavyweight Championship Match
Mr. Wrestling II vs. Magnum TA
Mid-South Wrestling • May 17, 1984
DISC 2
“Hacksaw” Butch Reed
A Painted Dog
Mid-South Wrestling • May 1984
A Tar & Feathered Dog
Mid-South Wrestling • May 1984
Ghetto Street Fight
Junkyard Dog vs. “Hacksaw” Butch Reed
Mid-South Wrestling • June 16, 1984
Midnight Express & Rock n Roll Express Rivalry
Mid-South Tag Team Championship No Disqualification Match
The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express
Mid-South Wrestling • May 24, 1984
Jim Ross Interviews The Rock N’ Roll Express
Mid-South Wrestling • October 1984
The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express
Jim Cornette in a Straight Jacket
Shawn Michaels Learns from Ted DiBiase
Shawn Michaels vs. Ted DiBiase
Mid-South Wrestling • December 1984
Terry Taylor’s Big Match against Ric Flair
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor
New Orleans, LA • June 1, 1985
DISC 3
Muhammad Ali
Mid-South Television Championship Match
The Snowman vs. Jake Roberts
New Orleans, LA • June 1, 1985
Ted DiBiase Becomes a Good Guy
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Ted DiBiase
Mid-South Wrestling • November 15, 1985
Mid-South Goes National
Rob Ricksteiner vs. Nick Patrick
Power Pro Wrestling • August 3, 1986
The Bladerunners vs. John O’Reilly & Ken Massey
Universal Wrestling Federation • March 1986
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
UWF Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy vs. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
Universal Wrestling Federation • August 6, 1986
The Fabulous Freebirds
Lumberjack Match
Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death Steve Williams vs. Michael PS Hayes & Buddy Roberts
Universal Wrestling Federation • August 31, 1986
Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy
UWF Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy vs. Dr. Death Steve Williams
Universal Wrestling Federation • September 15, 1986
One Man Gang
UWF Heavyweight Championship Match
One Man Gang vs. Big Bubba Rogers
Universal Wrestling Federation • June 1987
Steve “Dr. Death” Williams
UWF Heavyweight Championship Match
Steve “Dr. Death” Williams vs. Big Bubba Rogers
Oklahoma City, OK • July 11, 1987
BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVES
Mid-South Tag Team Championship Match
The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express
Mid-South Wrestling • April 19 1984
UWF Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Match
Sting vs. Terry Taylor
Universal Wrestling Federation • June 13, 1987
Ted DiBiase gets his tyres slashed
North American Heavyweight Championship
Junkyard Dog vs. Ted DiBiase
Mid-South Wrestling • June 25, 1982
Superdome
Steel Cage Match
Ted DiBiase & Steve “Dr. Death” Williams vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts & The Barbarian
Mid-South Wrestling • August 9 1985
Buzz Sawyer
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer
Mid-South Wrestling • November 11, 1985
Jim Cornette’s Favourite Moment in Mid-South
Cornette Gets Caked
Mid-South Wrestling • March 30 1984
Bill Watts Needs Help
Mid-South Wrestling • March 1984
Last Stampede Match
Bill Watts & Stagger Lee vs. The Midnight Express
Mid-South Wrestling • April 22 1984
Lessons on elevating talent
Dusty Rhodes Travels with Boyd Pierce
Bill Watts tells a story about Ernie Ladd’s Father
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