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In 1979, Dory Funk Jr. and Tully Blanchard had some meetings for the Southwest title. Was Tully still a face at this point and was Dory the bad guy chasing him or were they face v face psuedo scientific encounters? I know Tully became a bad guy somewhere in '79 turning on Tom Jones.
I also know later in 1981 the Funks were out for revenge for what Tully did to Terry Funk with the claw hammer incident. The Funks were top good guys at that time teaming with Wahoo and others battling Gino & Tully. Thanks.
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You are correct, Tully was the face and Dory was the heel. I attended a show where Tully wrestled Dory and being the local guy he was very well over, this made it a shocker when he turned heel. If I recall he turned on a match with Al Madril for the SW belt.
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Forgot to mention by 81 Tully was the lead heel and the funks were the faces, and Tully had a savage attack on Terry. I would like to see that again.
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This message was edited by oldsoutherwrestlingfan on June 18th, 2012 15:41 GMT
Thanks Will. I'm not sure, but I think the claw hammer footage or incident may have not survived. I look for it from time to time, but get nada. Southwest is one of those promotions that is getting passed over with time, but should not. It has a rich history and did well in Texas with some really great stories and double crosses or angles. Plus, most every Texas wrestling legend of the time period passed through.
I found this on the KM territories page or writeups:
Al Madril was the first SWCW champion but was defeated by Tully Blanchard a short time later, at this time Tully was the main Face of the promotion. Being a hometown hero made him even more popular, he lost the belt a short time later to Dale Valentine they would exchange the belt a total of seven times. This was once of the first hot feuds in the area, after a year long run as a face Tully stunned his hometown fans by turning heel in a series of matches versus Tom Jones who had taken the title from him earlier.
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SCWILL,
What did you think about the RNR Express v The Fabulous Blondes series? I guess Lawler had the RNR come in for a mini feud with the Blondes. Thanks.
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Quoted from: oldsoutherwrestlingfan, June 18th, 2012 15:33 GMTThanks Will. I'm not sure, but I think the claw hammer footage or incident may have not survived. I look for it from time to time, but get nada. Southwest is one of those promotions that is getting passed over with time, but should not. It has a rich history and did well in Texas with some really great stories and double crosses or angles. Plus, most every Texas wrestling legend of the time period passed through.
I found this on the KM territories page or writeups:
Al Madril was the first SWCW champion but was defeated by Tully Blanchard a short time later, at this time Tully was the main Face of the promotion. Being a hometown hero made him even more popular, he lost the belt a short time later to Dale Valentine they would exchange the belt a total of seven times. This was once of the first hot feuds in the area, after a year long run as a face Tully stunned his hometown fans by turning heel in a series of matches versus Tom Jones who had taken the title from him earlier.
I think that footage does not exsists, who knows maybe one day it will pop-up. Now I saw a show from 79 that Madril talks about the heel turn of Tully. I think it was a tourney and Tully cheated in both matches to win the belt.
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Will,
What was your favorite time period in Southwest and which matches stood out to you?
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Here is the card from that show, it was held at a high school football stadium and had about 10k at the show.
Bo Beck beat Rudy Gonzales
Chicky Starr beat Don White
Tony Falk beat Steve DuPree
Buzz Sawyer beat Juan Reynosa
Al Perez and Al Madril beat The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony)
Manny Fernandez beat Voodoo Mulumba
Blackjack Mulligan beat Kevin Sullivan By Disq Sullivan thru a fireball at Mulligan
Killer Brooks beat Jimmy Valiant (Southwest Title) by disq
Evelyn Stevens def Susie Green (Texas Death for the Texas Women's Title) Cage match
The Sheepherders def Zambuie Express (A big-time WILD brawl) cage match
Eric Embry vs A San Antonio D.J. ("Rick The Stick")
Fabulous Blonds (Eric Embry and Dan Greer) def Rock n Roll Express (Southwest Tag Titles)
MAIN EVENT
Carlos Colon vs Abdullah The Butcher double countout
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