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Mar 26, 2018 · members include my favorite pro wrestling manager of all time Jim Cornette he managed the tag team known as the midnight express which consisted the team of ...
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Jul 6, 2012 · NWA/WCW Midnight Express Theme. HeartBreakKidDmitriy. 11.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 184. 19K views 12 years ago.
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The Midnight Express was the name used by several professional wrestling tag teams of changing members, usually under the management of Jim Cornette. The group started in 1980 with Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose in Southeast Championship Wrestling. In 1981 they were joined by Norvell Austin.
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The Midnight Express was originally formed in 1983 as a three-man tag team with Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose and Norvell Austin in Alabama's Southeast Championship Wrestling. The group's gimmick was the so-called "Freebird Rule"; which allowed any two members of the team to wrestle their matches on any given night, thus their opponents who had only (kayfabe) signed to face "The Midnight Express", didn't know which combination they would get.
Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton
In 1983 Bobby Eaton joined the Mid-South territory under booker Bill Watts. Being good at spotting young talent, Jim Cornetterecruited him to team up with Dennis Condrey. Condrey was a former rival of Bobby Eaton so they were familiar with each other's styles and with the addition of cornerman Jim Cornette they became a tight knit unit. Cornette including Eaton into the group led to dissension within the original 3 members, with first Rose and then Austin leaving the stable. The Express had u...
Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
In the early parts of 1987 Dennis Condrey left JCP from one day to the next, he literally abandoned the team when they were scheduled to appear at an event in Los Angeles as he changed his plane ticket to go somewhere else so he could drop out of sight. No specific reason has ever been given by Dennis Condrey only speculations from people around him. However Rose did reunite in the AWA for a long run with ex-partner Randy Rose as "The Original Midnight Express" with Paul E. Dangerously" for w...
Eaton and Lane had for a time what many considered the best finishing move in all of wrestling. The "Veg-O-Matic" consisted of Lane bear-hugging an opponent while Eaton ascended to the top rope. When Eaton was in position, Lane would lower the opponent to a horizontal position a few feet above the mat with Eaton then jumping from the top rope and l...
The Midnight Expresses' intro song was a revamped rendition of the song "Chase" by composer Giorgio Moroder for the 1978 Midnight Express film. Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere frequently use "Chase" by composer Giorgio Moroder as their team music as a tribute to Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, and Jim Cornette after Eaton and Lane granted them permission to...
Midnight Express Wrestling Theme aul106 • 909K views • 5.5K likes. This is the rarest of wrestling themes around the internet and trust me, it took me months to get hold of it! It's the...
Oct 29, 2013 · Report. 11 years ago. Prowrestling Entrance Theme for the Midnight Express. Show less.
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