TSC Evaluation #63: Eddie Gilbert

mrken12 · Nov 8, 2017

In the last evaluation, Triple H got a score of 6.59.

TSC Evaluation #62: Triple H

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Wednesday. The leaderboard is updated every 5 threads so it's never too late to vote for previous threads.

For #64 it will be Rikishi.

Pending requests: Ted DiBiase, Jake The Snake Roberts, The Godfather, Stan Hansen, Christian Cage, Scott Hall, Alex Wright, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Dusty Rhodes, Chris Candido, Dolph Ziggler, Brutus Beefcake, Alundra Blayze

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Major Accomplishments

Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Ricky Romero

Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1x)
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (4x) – with Tommy Gilbert (2), Tommy Rich (1), and Ricky Morton (1)
CWA International Heavyweight Championship (2x)

Eastern Championship Wrestling
ECW Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Dark Patriot
ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament (1993) – with Dark Patriot

Global Wrestling Federation
GWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1x)
GWF Television Championship (2x)
GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)

Jim Crockett Promotions
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Rick Steiner

NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation
Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1x) - with The Nightmare
NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Ricky Morton (1), and Tommy Gilbert (2)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1x) – with Tommy Gilbert
UWF World Tag Team Championship (2x) – with Sting
UWF World Television Championship (1x)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #83 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

United States Wrestling Association
USWA Heavyweight Championship (1x)
USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1x)
USWA Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Brian Christopher
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (4x)
GWF World Heavyweight Championship (actually GWF North American Championship brought over to USWA)
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)

World Wrestling Council
WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Tommy Gilbert

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (1983) Broken neck angle
Best Booker (1988)

Other Accomplishments
Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)

With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Eddie Gilbert in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

Ed MOTHERFUCKING G · Nov 8, 2017

You still have time to rethink this entry breh.

Ed MOTHERFUCKING G · Nov 8, 2017

mrken12 said:
In the last evaluation, Triple H got a score of 6.59.

Syxx > HHH, filed and understood

mrken12 · Nov 8, 2017

Ed MOTHERfukkING G said:
You still have time to rethink this entry breh.

It was a request. :manny:

He's also somewhat well known so a few people might vote.

The Girl From Innsmouth · Nov 8, 2017

Following. I am unfamiliar with most of his career, except for remembrances from other wrestlers on shoots and interviews. Will be interested to see the best-of recs.

Waterproof · Nov 8, 2017

I seen Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert wrestle and to me he was a solid mid-top tier wrestler, had success tag teaming with Tommy Rich. Gilbert was successful In the Memphis territories, had a heated rivalry with Jerry Lawler.

In the UWF created a staple called Hot Stuff International which had a Young Sting, Ultimate Warrior and Rick Steiner.

He was AWA Southern Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion

NWA United States Tag Team Champion with Rick Steiner

Central States Wrestling
- NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Romero
Continental Wrestling Association
- AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship(4 times) – with Tommy Gilbert (2), Tommy Rich (1), and Ricky Morton (1)
- CWA International Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Eastern Championship Wrestling
- ECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dark Patriot
- ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament (1993) – with Dark Patriot
Global Wrestling Federation
Jim Crockett Promotions
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rick Steiner
NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation
- Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Nightmare
- NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship(3 times) – with Ricky Morton (1), and Tommy Gilbert (2)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) – with Tommy Gilbert
- UWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sting
- UWF World Television Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #83 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[8]
United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- USWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian Christopher
- USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- GWF World Heavyweight Championship(actually GWF North American Championship brought over to USWA)
- Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)[9]
World Wrestling Council
- WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Gilbert
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic(1983) Broken neck angle
- Best Booker (1988)
Other Accomplishments
- Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)[

The Prince of All Saiyans · Nov 8, 2017

eddie gilbert..

Art Barr · Nov 8, 2017

a perfect ten.

if allowed to be great, he could have booked and performed on hof levels.
as good a psychology worker as there was, more innovative that hbk basically is hot stuff rehashed with lower workrate.
one of the best minds in the business ever.
one of the most innovative finishers for the time that was ahead of its time and was the precursor to the goat draw in wrasslin history's finish as well.

great great unheralded performer all time.

art barr

Waterproof · Nov 8, 2017

Art Barr said:
a perfect ten.

if allowed to be great, he could have booked and performed on hof levels.
as good a psychology worker as there was, more innovative that hbk basically is hot stuff rehashed with lower workrate.
one of the best minds in the business ever.
one of the most innovative finishers for the time that was ahead of its time and was the precursor to the goat draw in wrasslin history's fi ish as well.

great great unheralded performer all time.

art barr

I always thought Tommy Rich was a better in ring performer, Tommy Rich was given the keys he was supposed to be the next big thing, and he dropped the ball.

But Eddie Gilbert had a great wrestling mind

WMG the 2nd · Nov 8, 2017

Since art Barr said a perfect ten and we need an accurate vote in saying a solid 1 to even it out

Art Barr · Nov 8, 2017

Waterproof said:
I always thought Tommy Rich was a better in ring performer, Tommy Rich was given the keys he was supposed to be the next big thing, and he dropped the ball.

But Eddie Gilbert had a great wrestling mind

Tommy rich would never really deliver when given the keys in the same way.
plus real talk, I always felt rich was more over by the semantics of what he presented in his gimmick.
than as a worker when put in a large drawing program.

art barr

Art Barr · Nov 8, 2017

WMG the 2nd said:
Since art Barr said a perfect ten and we need an accurate vote in saying a solid 1 to even it out

you are the same person fronting like you know wtf you talembout. Yet you making inquiries about Bryan Danielson matches. You front like you seen but we know you never saw. Plus you will flodge like you saw it and we know you did not.
you never saw Eddie Gilbert in real time, breh.

so stop making negative based comments cause you not built for me damaging your self esteem further lil bih nikka.

art barr

Ill Lou Malnati · Nov 8, 2017

"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert :banderas:

-Mic work/promos: 7.

-Personality/gimmicks: 8. Great heel.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds): 6, I guess. Maybe 7?

Greatest feud with have to be with Jerry Lawler. They worked so well together because they were a lot of alike. Gilbert was like a sleazier version of Lawler. They played off each other so well because they were very similar. They feuded on/off over the years.

I liked the brief feud he had with the Patriot (in GWF). I'd be hard-pressed to remember a great Eddie Gilbert match (I'm sure he has a few during his NWA run and a couple fun ones with Lawler), but I'll always remember him running down Lawler with a car in USWA and always throwing fireballs at people.

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores): 7. Not an ALL-TIME GREAT because he left us so soon, but still a southern rasslin/hardcore legend, IMO. Definitely one of the top guys I think of when I think about USWA and GWF, which I remember watching a lot of both on ESPN in the early '90s. I think if he had a bigger build he would've been a much bigger deal in either NWA, ECW or WWF.

Ill Lou Malnati · Nov 8, 2017

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TSC Evaluation #63: Eddie Gilbert

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