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Update #7: Final Kickstarter Blowout Memphis Heat Sneak Peek!

Posted on August 25, 2010

Friends and wrestling fans!
Only 5 days to go to reach the bullwhip at the top of the ladder. Help us get there before the heels pull us down!

It has been a blast taking this Kickstarter plunge! We thank everyone who has pledged for all of your help and support raising the final editing funds for this documentary. We have posted 7 insanely great samples of good-times Memphis wrestling clips taken from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'. If you like what you have seen so far (and we hope you have!), please tell your family, friends, and neighbors to make a small donation, pre-order the dvd, or become an Andre the Giant-sized supporter of this soon-to-be finished film. We think we have one of the finest films to come out this year.

Try one more final clip below of Super-Nice, "Superstar" Bill Dundee explaining how he and George Barnes entered the Memphis wrestling world from Australia and developed into one of the longest, best-running feuds with Jerry Lawler of all time!

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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 30, 2010.

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Sherman Willmott began Shangri-la Records & Shangri-la Projects in 1989. Shangri-la Records is now one of the top record stores in the world. Shangri-la Projects has over 50 releases of Memphis culture--from the Grifters' award-winning albums to a documentary on Memphis blues hero Will Roy Sanders to a series of books and cds on Memphis Garage rock in conjunction with Memphis historian & writer Ron Hall. He is currently producing a documentary on Memphis wrestling based on Ron Hall's Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling.

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