musings on the first two months of 1982 in mid-south wrestling
This was planned to be a month-by-month overview of my thoughts on mid-south as I watch from the beginning of 1982. I was not expecting my pace of consumption to overtake my initial plan so here we are two months in and honestly most of the way through month three. I want to very consciously take note of the non-wrestler portion of the roster first. Boyd Pierce deserves more respect as the early anchor for mid-south commentary especially with the way his partners tend to rotate. Of Pierce's commentary partners maybe the least favorite of them for me is Dibiase but that's cause he has to carry the neutral respectable tone which kind of makes him a bit bland in the role. Watts and Ross are both great and Jr feels shockingly well defined in his first few episodes. Onto the in ring. For as meh as Dibiase is as a face commentator he's my favorite babyface as a total package deal. No shade on JYD at all his star power is undeniable and he's always fun just a matter of prefere...