RIP Beautiful Bobby Eaton Midnight Express

[Chin Diesel]

One half of Jim Cornette's Midnight Express with Dennis Coundry and then with Stan Lane.

Midnight Express vs Rock and Roll Express wound up fans at every venue.

Mid to late 80's before easy internet access, before cell phones and before decent gaming systems, this was easy entertainment.

 

[Chin Diesel]

As Arm Anderson would say, if you couldn't get the crowd against you for beating up Ricky Morton, you might as well hang up the boots.

Rock and Roll Express was a phenomenon.

 

[M.S.G.]

We didn't have TBS on basic cable until like 1989 or 1990, having only watched WWF - seeing WCW was a revelation, they really had a unique thing going for a while until the whole thing went south when they became obsessed with poaching all of WWF's stars.

Bobby was a great one, R.I.P.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

One of the best in-ring technicians of that era.

 

[M.S.G.]

Not sure if this is the right venue, but WWE has finally added the entire catalogue of Saturday Night's Main Event on Peacock. It was a badge of honor and right of passage for a young M.S.G. to stay up until 11:30 to watch it on NBC in the late 80's and early 90's. Many a Saturday night I'd be so pumped and make it to like 10:45 only to pass out in my bedroom with the lights on. Ah, memories.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Wow, only 62. RIP.

 

[Waquoit]

Random fun fact that fits here, Sweet Stan Lane is Lauren Boebert's father.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Random fun fact that fits here, Sweet Stan Lane is Lauren Boebert's father.

Yeah I read that.

 

[Dove]

As Arm Anderson would say, if you couldn't get the crowd against you for beating up Ricky Morton, you might as well hang up the boots.

Rock and Roll Express was a phenomenon.

Can you adjust the antenna, please?

 

[the Q]

We didn't have TBS on basic cable until like 1989 or 1990, having only watched WWF - seeing WCW was a revelation, they really had a unique thing going for a while until the whole thing went south when they became obsessed with poaching all of WWF's stars.

Bobby was a great one, R.I.P.

It was more giving their stars way too much creative control and having seemingly no plan for what to do after the single greatest build in pro wrestling history in dec 97