Re-View #93: USWA 8/10/91 (The Godfather & his Goon Squad)

This week on the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, we head back to August 10, 1991, and what starts as a fairly standard Memphis TV episode quickly turns into one of the more chaotic, heated hours we’ve seen in weeks.Fresh off “Homecoming ’91,” Eddie Marlin announces a Lights Out match for the Mid-South Coliseum featuring:- Dirty White Boy & Dirty White Girl vs. Eric Embry & Miss Texas- No DQ, No Time Limit- LOSER GETS THEIR HEAD SHAVEDEmbry immediately threatens to “make Eddie Marlin pay with his life” (again), because subtlety is overrated.The Goon Squad Arrives- Boss Winters reinvents himself as “The Godfather” and unveils his newest creation… The Goon Squad.The real meat of this episode?- Bill Dundee and Danny Davis take their fractured friendship to another level. The Light Heavyweight Title now carries a $40,000 Japan payday attached to it and suddenly this isn’t about friendship or belts anymore. Dundee calls Davis greedy. Davis calls Dundee a backbiter.What started as mutual respect turns into one of the most emotionally real promos we’ve seen in months. This was Memphis storytelling at its best.Plus We Discuss:Why Memphis constantly undercut its own stipulationsThe long-term damage of not paying off angles and delivering finishesWhether Dirty White Boy was legitimately injured?Awesome Kong vs. Freezer Thompson II (the rematch nobody asked for)And Dave Brown absolutely not tolerating nonsense this weekEpisode #93 delivers chaos, emotional storytelling, and one of the most talked about punches of the year.And yes… we spend entirely too much time talking about The Goon Squad.If you're enjoying WrestleCopia and interested in helping us continue to grow, please consider Subscribing to our Patreon to help us cover some of our costs! https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopiaYOU CAN ALSO GIFT SOMEONE A PATREON MEMBERSHIP (OR ASK THEM TO GIFT YOU ONE) AT https://www.patreon.com/WrestleCopia/giftIncludes the $5 “All Access” Tier $9 "VIP Superfan" Tier, and "The ULLLTIMATE Tier", featuring our various VIDEO-CAST Series, Early Show Releases, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare, Regional Rasslin, Puro Academy, & Retro Re-View), monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure, & more!HELP SUPPORT THE SELF-FUNDED WRESTLECOPIA BRAND, CONSIDER DONATING TO OUR PAYPALWRESTLECOPIA MERCHANDISE - https://www.teepublic.com/user/wrestlecopiaVisit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.comFollow WrestleCopia on “X” (Formerly Twitter) @RasslinGrenadeFollow & LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenadeSubscribe to the WrestleCopia Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★