LONG TIME MEMPHIS WRESTLING ANNOUNCER LANCE RUSSELL PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91!!

TODAY, SAD NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING WORLD AS LONGTIME MEMPHIS WRESTLING ANNOUNCER LANCE RUSSELL PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91.  LANCE'S CAREER BEGAN IN THE LATE 1950'S AND SPANNED NEARLY 40 YEARS UNTIL HIS SEMI-RETIREMENT IN 1997!  IN THAT ERA, PRO WRESTLING WAS BROKEN INTO TERRITORIES AND MEMPHIS WRESTLING WAS OFTEN WILD AND CRAZY!  LANCE DEVELOPED A LEVEL OF CREDIBILITY AND TRUST WITH TV AUDIENCES THAT RIVALED WALTER CRONKITE!  LANCE WENT ONTO WCW BUT NEVER WORKED IN THE WWF!  IN 2005, I MET LANCE AT WRESTLE REUNION 2 IN VALLEY FORGE, PA!  I DID NOT GET A PICTURE BUT HE SIGNED MY PROGRAM! REST IN PEACE TO LANCE'S FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH JERRY THE KING LAWLER AND LANCE RUSSELL!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM FROM WRESTLEREUNION 2 IN 2005: 
SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
LANCE RUSSELL
LEE MARSHALL
BOBBY EATON
MANKIND
DR. DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS
STEVE CORINO
STAN LANE
JOEY STYLES
JIM CORNETTE
LOVERBOY DENNIS