1981. Mid-South Coliseum. Memphis, Tenn.
Lance Russell stands with a microphone in an empty arena talking to the cameraman as the footage rolls.
He's openly doubting that either Terry Funk or Jerry Lawler is going to show for the supposed challenge that Funk had set up the week before for an unsanctioned match. He treats the set-up like he does all of the matches he commentates: cool, calm and collected with his usual heavy drawl and reluctance to seem outrageous and overbearing.
"We'll see what happens," he tells the cameraman, and then casually lights up a cigarette when the same cameraman cues him to run his lead-in. Not a problem for Russell. He disc...
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