Recap and Preview

1984 had been a year that left wrestling fans’ heads spinning with all the activity as the WWF began aggressively expanding their business into established territories including the CWA promotion. Despite Vince McMahon’s initial efforts, the Jerry Jarrett-Jerry Lawler promotion had held off the competition. The past year had seen the promotion take a young piece of raw talent named Rick Rood and turn him into a promising star called Ravishing Rick Rude. The star making process though had failed the company as they tried to recreate the success of the Fabulous Ones. Longtime promotional rivals, Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo, made in-roads in the territory as the two, especially Savage, turned a lot of heads in the business. As the new year dawned a number of ring veterans would make life interesting for area fans. Meantime, the long running Lawler-Jimmy Hart feud was still present as Hart’s man Eddie Gilbert was making life miserable for Lawler.

The Famous Final Scene

The Jerry Lawler-Jimmy Hart feud had raged on in the territory since 1980 when Lawler suffered a serious leg injury in a football game. Hart kicked the feud off then by asking fans what they would do if their prize race horse had broken it’s leg. Hart cackled that the horse would be shot. He then likened Lawler, the man he had been managing, to the broken down horse. From that point forward, the feud was on. As 1985 started the feud still had some life.