Beyond Wrestling w/Robb Ep. 11 - The USWA Lawsuits Part 3 w/special guest Tony Myers

On Episode #11 of Beyond Wrestling w/Robb, Robb Helt and Gene Jackson return to the Neutral Corner Lounge for Part Three of the ongoing look at the USWA/XL Sports/Larry Burton/Jerry Lawler/Jerry Jarrett legal mess but this time, they aren’t just working from court documents, timelines, and educated guesses. They’re joined by Tony Myers, who was actually around the USWA during the final stretch, hauled the ring, worked as enhancement talent, saw the backstage atmosphere firsthand, and was even subpoenaed for deposition in the case.Tony makes it clear right away that he wasn’t trying to paint himself as a major player in the office. He describes himself as the lowest man on the totem pole, the guy holding and hauling the ring but that’s exactly what makes his perspective so valuable. He was close enough to see the weirdness, hear the arguments, run the errands, deal with the money cuts, watch the locker room react, and later get dragged into the legal side of the fallout, without having a need to cover his own ass like many of the players would feel the need to.The biggest difference in this episode is that Tony Myers lived inside the chaos. Parts One and Two laid out the legal structure and the confusing sale story, but Tony gives the story real insight and context: the boys refusing to sign merchandise papers, Lawler trying to calm everybody down, Burton treating Memphis TV like a movie set, pay getting cut, ring crew problems, and the constant feeling that nobody really knew who was in charge anymore.But the episode isn’t just legal talk. Actually, some of the best moments are Tony’s Memphis stories: Jamie Dundee impressions, Billy Joe Travis tales, Admiral Benbow misery, Jackie and Luna coming to blows in the dressing room, Viscera calling Larry Burton, and believe it or not, a touching story about Brian Christopher and Jamie Dundee that nearly gets everyone on the screen emotional.By the end, Robb sums up the key takeaway: Tony’s stories may be wild, funny, and all over the place, but they also support the larger point that the USWA’s final days were even messier than the paperwork could ever make them look.For fans of USWA, Memphis Wrestling, Jerry Lawler, Jerry Jarrett, Larry Burton, XL Sports, Mark Selker, Tony Myers, Downtown Bruno, Jamie Dundee, Brian Christopher, Bill Dundee, Dave Brown, Corey Maclin, wrestling lawsuits, tape trading, and the real behind-the-scenes wreckage of the last territory, this one is required listening.Part Three isn’t just about the lawsuit.It’s about what the collapse looked like from someone on the inside. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★