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Jerry Jarrett’s New Roku Channel – Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV

Wrestling legend Jerry Jarrett has partnered with Adam Parsons for a new a new Roku channel – Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV.

Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV – Professional wrestling from the 1950’s to the current day. Featuring weekly programs, hosted by legends such as Jerry Jarrett, Rip Rogers, Shane Douglas, Bill Eadie, Bill Apter and many others. Also includes documentaries and specials from such notables as Highspots Inc.

Jarrett-Parsons TV Wrestling contains decades of championship wrestling action from many different organizations. All of the content is shown in its original format. Footage is sourced from many different wrestling organizations which are listed below.

  • Reliving Memphis Wrestling: 4 episodes from the Memphis Wrestling organization
  • International Championship Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • Southwest Championship Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • IWA Wrestling: 3 episodes from this show featuring popular 70’s wrestlers
  • Highspots: a collection of interviews and documentary films
  • Indy Retro: various ages of wrestling and wrestling organizations
  • Matchology: Career highlights fro Dick the Bulldog Brower, Luis Martinez and The Love Brothers
  • One on One: Interviews with Tommy Rich and Jerry Jarrett
  • Continental Championship Wrestling: Wrestling footage from 1985
  • Pro Wrestling Time machine: A collection of matches from the 1950’s – 90’s
  • Portland Wrestling: 4 videos from this organization
  • This is the 70’s: Best of the 1970’s wrestling
  • Vancouver’s All Star Wrestling: Best of videos from this organization
  • Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • Real Quality Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show

Each of the “shows” contains the original broadcast footage featuring the pioneers of professional wrestling including Ivan Koloff, Ernie Ladd, Mil Mascaras, Shane Douglas and Eric the Red.

They are working to provide content from independent wrestling promotions, they’ve already got an independent wrestling promotion out of England featured on the channel.

The channel will have fresh content each month.

JPTV is FREE on Roku!

Below is a promo:

Brian Christopher Passed Away At 46

Former WWE Tag Team Champion Brian Lawler aka… Brian Christopher has passed away Sunday morning at the age of 46.

Christopher is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler.

Competing in the WWE as Brian Christopher, Lawler popularized himself in the Light Heavyweight Division as “Too Sexy” Brian Christopher after being a staple for the USWA promotion, following the footsteps of his father Jerry Lawler. Christopher ditched his cocky character before donning a hip-hop style persona as Grandmaster Sexay. Christopher started teaming with Scott Taylor as Too Much, and the change in character also gave them a new team name, Too Cool. The success of the team led them to a reign as WWE Tag Team Champions in 2000.

Since his release in 2001, Christopher has mostly competed for independent promotions, but made a short appearance with Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty) in 2014 in an attempt to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.

Christopher was hospitalized after hanging himself in jail Saturday night, and he was not expected to recover.

F4WOnline reported that Christopher was pronounced brain dead earlier Sunday morning and put on life support for a period of time. The decision was then made to pull him off life support and he officially passed away around 4:40pm ET, according to PWInsider and Brian’s brother, Kevin Lawler.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced at the request of Mark Davidson, the 25th District Attorney General, they have an ongoing investigation into the events surrounding the death of Brian Christopher. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also released a statement earlier today.

“Corrections officers administered CPR until paramedics arrived. Lawler was transported to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis where he died Sunday afternoon.”

Our condolences, hearts and prayers go out to the Lawler family.

WWE remembered Christopher with the following announcement on their website:

“WWE is saddened to learn that Brian Christopher Lawler, who is best known in WWE as Too Cool’s Grandmaster Sexay, has passed away. Lawler, who is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler, competed during the height of the Attitude Era. WWE extends its condolences to Lawler’s family, friends and fans.”

Brickhouse Brown Passes Away At 57

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F4Wonline is reporting Brickhouse Brown has passed away Sunday morning at the age of 57 after his battle with cancer.

According to the report, nine days ago Brown flatlined on July 20 and was pronounced dead by the hospice nurse. Family and friends were notified, but while Brown’s Mother, Victoria Timmins, slept next to him she heard Brown say, “Mom, I’m hungry” and continued speaking with her. The coroner was traveling to take the body at that time. The news of his passing was initially reported by close friend of the family and President of the Cauliflower Alley Club, Brian Blair.

Earlier this year, the Cauliflower Alley Club honored Brown with a Courage Award, which you can see in the video above.

Debuting in 1982 in Texas, Brown worked for multiple promotions in the 80s and 90s including AWA, USWA, and the CWA where he would feud with Terry Funk, Scott Steiner, Jerry “The King” Lawler, and others. Brown reintroduced himself to a new generation of wrestling fans through shoot interviews about his time in pro wrestling.

Our condolences to the family and friends of Brickhouse Brown.

Reports Of Brickhouse Brown’s Passing Were Incorrect

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As noted, former WWE Superstar and current President of the Cauliflower Alley Club, B. Brian Blair, originally reported that Brickhouse Brown had passed away from his battle with cancer.

Blair noted on Twitter that he was informed that Brown was indeed still alive and would provide more details on his Facebook page.

https://twitter.com/Starshot9/status/1020666456600702976

https://twitter.com/Killerbee1B/status/1020705684344754177

Here is Blair’s statement from his Facebook:

“Hello my friends!Brick was dead but n’w he’s alive! Let me explain:

Got a call from Reggie B. Fine (one of Brick’s best friends) yesterday morning when he told me that Brick’s Biological Mother, Victoria Timmons, called him in tears and said “We just lost Fredrick” (Fredrick Seawright is Brick’s real name), then she asked Reggie to call me, KoKo B Ware and a couple others…about an hour later Ms. Timmons called me to say that she appreciated everything that Ya’ll (being the CAC) did for Brick and was crying…neither on of us could speak very much so we ended the call, both very upset.

I get a call last night from Victoria (Ms. Timmons) and she said that Brick was alive…I said WHAT? She then told me that when Brick’s eye’s were rolled back in his head with his mouth open and was lifeless…the Preacher came in (Hospice facility) and that they prayed…and she refused to leave until the Coroner got there and was done…about 30 minutes later she was sitting next to him with her eyes closed…exhausted after being up most of the past three days…and all of the sudden she heard “Mama, I’m Hungry”…her and the Hospice lady could not believe it and they hurried up and got him some chipped ice, as he had not eaten for almost 3 days…they wound up giving him some liquid food…she said that was the most he had eaten in almost two weeks at one time, although it took about 30 minutes for him to eat and be full…She said it is a “Miracle from God” and I believe her.

Got a call from Reggie B. fine early this morning to tell me the same story…this is amazing and as accurate as the words that I just said…don’t know what will happen from here as it is in God’s hands, but it’s nothing short of a miracle, as far as I am concerned…so happy that I may be able to see him this Wednesday on the way to Iowa…changing my ticket back again to go through Jackson, MS.

On my way to meet some people, but will see your responses when I get back tonight.

Thank you all and God Bless,

Brian”

Jerry “The King” Lawler Announced Memphis Wrestling Returning To Local TV

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler recently announced the return of Memphis Wrestling to television. During the latest edition of the “Cerrito Live” podcast, Lawler said the promotion would be returning to local TV in Memphis, TN this April.

According to Lawler, Memphis Wrestling will air on Saturday mornings at 11AM EST on Channel 30.

WWE Hall Of Famer, Jerry “The King” Lawler may have a new TV show entitled; “Jerry Lawler’s Classic Memphis Wrestling”. According to PWInsider, Lawler has already filmed the pilot for the first episode and if the show is picked up locally, it would air classic matches and live events from Mid-South Championship Wrestling.

Cerrito Live, which is a radio sports show based in Memphis, had Lawler on for an interview and discussed the show coming to fruition. The WWE Hall Of Famer suggested that WWE could air the show after it debuts on local Memphis TV. He also stated that he technically owns a lot of the Memphis Wrestling library, so he could pull content off of YouTube if needed be.

Source: EWRESTLINGNEWS

Jerry Lawler Says Memphis Wrestling May Be Headed To The WWE Network, ‘Dinner With the King’ Podcast

On the latest episode of Dinner With The King, hosted by Jerry “The King” Lawler and Glenn Moore, The King discussed the Memphis wrestling library and revealed that he owned the footage.

“Yes, I do own [the library],” Lawler said. “There’s just some controversy about USWA footage, which would have been from ’88 to ’96. But all the other, from ’77 to ’88 and from ’96 on, yeah, I own that footage.”

When asked about the library being on the WWE Network, his answer was, “Yes, absolutely. Without a doubt.”

Lawler also discussed the leaked photos and videos of Paige and how it’s unfortunate. He also talked about Jim Cornette inducting the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express into the WWE Hall of Fame later this month and whose idea it might have been, as well as Jim Ross’ wife, Jan, and her recent accident. You can listen to the full episode at this link.

Source: WrestlingINC