Tony Schiavone Shares Memories of the Late Bill Dundee

During a recent edition of his What Happened When podcast, AEW broadcaster Tony Schiavone paid tribute to the late Bill Dundee. The wrestling legend passed away earlier this month at 82 years old. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Tony Schiavone on Dundee’s Knowledge

“He knew so much about wrestling, and he knew what worked and what didn’t. And when I think about the Memphis territory, you obviously think about Jerry Lawler, but you think about Bill Dundee in the same breath, at least I did. And he came up with some great angles and some…and look at that picture [of Lawler and Dundee]. That’s Memphis. That’s Memphis right there, buddy. That’s what it’s all about.”

On What Bill Dundee Brought to the Midnight Express

“And they were just…Bill brought his intelligence, like you said, developing the Midnight Express with Jim Cornette, developing the Rock N’ Roll Express. And he came up with a lot of the great angles that Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler was in. I may be wrong, but he may have had something to do with the famous angle between Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler, because Bill Dundee worked very close behind the scenes. So a lot of the very legendary things that you saw with Jim Crockett Promotions in the early 80s, mid-80s, came from Bill Dundee. So it’s one of those guys that, obviously, is going to be missed.”