
Amusing Injuries: Tex Ferguson acquires a series of injuries over the course of the first season, including getting blinded in both eyes, a broken leg, and had his arm put in an armbar by Greg Valentine for two and a half hours.
Alliterative Name: Chett Chetterfield, Debbie Desperado, and John Johnson.
The Alcoholic: Chett Chetterfield ( Fandango) always has a glass of scotch in front of him, and he is clearly hung over the entire time. Affectionate Parody: The "Southpaw Shuffle" in the first episode of Season Two is one of the AWA's infamous WrestleRock Rumble. Lance Catamaran talking about "paying common people to demean him and tell him that he was bad at reading the news" might be a sly little jab at the WWE fans' frequent comments about John Cena's perceived lack of wrestling ability. Luke Gallows, the man portraying him, worked in Japan for the better part of 3 years. Tex Ferguson is often seen wearing a jacket from Ribera, a famous wrestling-themed steakhouse in Japan. '80s Hair: Appropriately for the era, Susan (Renee Young) and Debbie Desperado ( Natalya) have hairdos that make them look like cast members of GLOW. no other announcement has been made in regards to this series. However due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and WWE releasing several stars, many who are key characters to the series, note The teaser implied that it would be centered on Chett, whose actor Fandango was among those released. On February 29, 2020, ironically enough, a third season was announced to be released in the summer, which would be set in the mid 90s ('94 to be exact). Was given a special DLC pack on February 2020 for WWE 2K20. The series is also sponsored by KFC to promote its ( Woo!) crispy ( Woo!) tangy ( Woo!) honey mustard barbecue-flavored Georgia Gold chicken.ĭue to the positive response the initial series received, a second season, sponsored by Old Spice, was filmed and uploaded to YouTube on August 18, 2017, featuring appearances from AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Rhyno, Daniel Bryan, Jason Jordan, Natalya, Xavier Woods, Big E, and Michael "PS" Hayes. The various characters are played by actual WWE wrestlers, headed by announcers Lance Catamaran ( John Cena), Chett Chetterfield ( Fandango), and interviewer Clint Bobski ( Chris Jericho), with the rest of the cast including Rusev and Lana, Tyler Breeze, Heath Slater, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
Opening title card in the first episodeĪctually, Southpaw Regional Wrestling is a web series that is an Affectionate Parody of early-80s wrestling news segments, interviews, skits, and promos.