Lance Russell, the longtime Memphis wrestling announcer credited with launching the career of Jerry Lawler, died early Tuesday in Memphis at the age of 91. Russell, who lived in Pensacola ...

There, he called matches alongside Jim Ross, who would become WWE’s signature announcer in the late 90s. Russell left WCW in 1992 and returned to Memphis Wrestling, but by then, WWF and WCW had ...

When Monroe got in the wrestling ring, the announcer introduced him as "Sputnik Monroe," said John Dougherty, who palled around with Monroe during the wrestler's Memphis heyday along with Jerry ...

Wrestling had already been a part of the ... be shown on WMC Channel 5 (soon after WHBQ Channel 13), hosted by Memphis sports announcer Jack Eaton. Prior to 1959, Memphis was already booming ...

For decades, Maclin was one of the icons of Memphis wrestling. He was a wrestler, announcer and promoter for a sport he was passionate about. Reggie B. Fine jumped into the ring taking on some of ...

MS for SmackDown drew 3,500 fans - Legendary wrestling announcer Lance Russell is in Memphis this week for a Jerry Lawler tribute show and will be attending Monday's post-Night of Champions RAW.

and Jerry and Andy would be sitting in an edit booth discussing what had happened and where to go from there,” veteran Memphis wrestling announcer Dave Brown told CNN earlier this year.

The Memphis wrestling legend began commentating ... My all-time personal favorite wrestling announcer, Jesse "The Body" Ventura was absolute gold on the air no matter whom he shared airwaves ...

At a service featuring eulogies from three of his four children as well as family friends including former Memphis wrestling announcer Dave Brown, Jerry's middle son, Jeff, was the first family ...