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Remembering Bobby Eaton

 


Bobby Lee Eaton

Born: August 14, 1958 in Huntsville, Alabama

Died: August 4, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee


Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey) with Jim Cornette

Bobby Lee Eaton had tremendous psychology and timing in the ring, and was one of the best in-ring performers with his flawless working style. Stone Cold Steve Austin referred to working with Eaton as, “A night off” because Eaton’s in-ring offense looked convincing but did not hurt his opponents.

Eaton wrestled from 1976 to 2015, and worked in various wrestling promotions, including NWA Mid-
America, Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Eaton also worked on the independent scene later in his career and three stints with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Eaton was a tag team specialist, and was a member of the framed The Midnight Express, one of the greatest tag teams of all-time, and was managed by Jim Cornette. With the Midnight Express, Eaton used “quick tags” and “innovative double-team maneuvers”. An absolute feat for any in-ring performer is the ability to not repeat moves in a match, and some say the Midnight Express could “go forty-five minutes in the ring and never repeat a move.”

Besides for tagging with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane as the Midnight Express, Eaton also tagged with Arn Anderson, Koko B. Ware, Steve Keirn, and Lord Steven Regal.

Bobby Eaton is a member of two Hall of Fames, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of fame, were he was inducted in 2009 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019. Perhaps in the future, the Midnight Express will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with their manager, Jim Cornette. 

The Midnight Express

 

Championships and accomplishments

    Georgia Championship Wrestling

        NWA Georgia Television Championship (1 time)

    International Wrestling Cartel

        IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dennis Condrey

    Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling

        NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Stan Lane

        NWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Dennis Condrey (1), Stan Lane (1) and     Arn Anderson (1)

        WCW World Television Championship (1 time)

    Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling[a]

        NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rikki Nelson

    NWA Mid-America / Continental Wrestling Association

        AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Sweet Brown Sugar (2) and Duke Myers (2)

        CWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

        NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (11 times)

        NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Lanny Poffo (1), George Gulas (3), Mexican Angel (1) and Great Togo (1)

        NWA Mid-America Television Championship (1 time)

        NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with George Gulas and Jerry Barber (1), George Gulas and Arvil Hutto (1), George Gulas and The Mexican Angel (1), and Secret Weapon and Tojo Yamamoto (1)

    Mid-South Wrestling Association

        Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dennis Condrey

    NWA Bluegrass

        NWA Bluegrass Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dennis Condrey

    NWA Rocky Top

        NWA Rocky Top Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dennis Condrey

    Pro Wrestling Illustrated

        Tag Team of the Year (1987) – with Stan Lane

        Ranked No. 27 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992

        Ranked No. 91 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

    Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

        Class of 2019 - Inducted as part of The Midnight Express with Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose

    Smoky Mountain Wrestling

        SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship (1 time)

    World Class Championship Wrestling

        NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dennis Condrey

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

        Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2009) with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane as the Midnight Express

        Most Underrated (1985, 1986, 1990, 1993)

        Tag Team of the Year (1986) with Dennis Condrey

        Tag Team of the Year (1987, 1988) with Stan Lane

        Worst Worked Match of the Year (1991) with P.N. News vs. Terrance Taylor and Steve Austin in a Scaffold match at The Great American Bash

 

 

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