1983
1983 Highlights
10 Jan 1983 | goto
Bockwinkel Gets World Title Back
Thanks to outside interference from Jimmy Hart and Andy Kaufman, Nick Bockwinkel was able to get the win over Jerry Lawler
and take the held-up AWA World Heavyweight Title.
14 Feb 1983 | goto
Bockwinkel Returns
In the AWA World title match, Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler were both counted out of the ring.
07 Mar 1983 | goto
Stagger Lee
The previous week, Koko Ware had lost a 'loser leaves town' match against Bobby Eaton. On this card the mysterious 'Stagger
Lee' showed up and caused all types of problems for JImmy Hart's First Family.
13 Mar 1983 | goto
Trying to create lightning in a bottle one more time, the Rock n Roll Express was formed and were nearly as popular
as the Fabs.
04 Apr 1983 | goto
Bockwinkel Gets The Win
AWA Champ escaped Memphis with a dq win over Jerry Lawler.
11 Apr 1983 | goto
Bockwinkel Loses by DQ
Jerry Lawler got the dq win over AWA champ Nick Bockwinkel on a rematch.
02 May 1983 | goto
Lawler-Kaufman II
Jerry Lawler got another win over Andy Kaufman and his 'Colossus of Death' in a handicap match.
16 May 1983 | goto
Ken Patera Arives
Olympic strongman, Ken Patera arrived in the promotion and immediately took the Interntional Title from Jerry Lawler.
06 Jun 1983 | goto
Lawler-Dundee
Southern champ Bill Dundee who had ben a fa avorite for nearly 8 years, had resorted to rulebreaking. Jerry Lawler had been
having problems defeating Bill and it took a 'loser leaves town' match to decide who was the better man. When the dust
settled, it was Lawler that got the win.
27 Jun 1983 | goto
Austin Idol As A Fan Favorite
Austin Idol was called in as a partner for Jerry Lawler and the fans went crazy. Idol who had been coming off and on to
Memphis sin late 1978, had always been a hated rulebreaker. The fans loved the Lawler-Idol teaming.
04 Jul 1983 | goto
Kaufman Here Again
Jerry Lawler got dq in his match against Andy Kaufman and Jimmy Hart.
18 Jul 1983 | goto
Lawler & Kaufman
Jerry Lawler teamed with Andy Kaufman against Jimmy Hart and his Assassin only to have the comic turn on him. Lawler won
by dq while Hart and Kaufman got some revenge on the King.
12 Sep 1983 | goto
Bad Night For Lawler & Idol
Jerry Lawler lost his Southern title to Jesse Ventura and Austin Idol lost his International Title to Stan Hansen on this
card.
03 Oct 1983 | goto
Good Night For Lawler & Idol
Jerry Lawler, along with the San Diego Chicken in his corner defeated Jesse Ventura to capture the Southern title. Also
on that card Austin Idol got a hard fought win over Stan Hansen to take back the International title.
05 Dec 1983 | goto
Big Card
Jerry Lawler had his first match against Randy Savage on this card, getting a dq win. Also on the card, the Road Warriors
challenged the Fabs for the Southern tag titles. The tag match ended in a double dq.
26 Dec 1983 | goto
Dundee Leaves Town Again
Bill Dundee lost another 'loser leaves town' match. This was his 2nd of 1983 and the man who beat him this time was one
of the Fabs, Steve Keirn.
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