Rock n Roll Express at NWA Legends Fanfest DVD Review

NWA Legends Fanfest DVD Review: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express

By Phil Allely

In their 1980s/90s heyday Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were the wrestling tag team everybody loved, they had good looks, cool ring gear and worked superbly together in the ring. The duo had some blistering feuds with many of the worlds top teams and had a long-running and highly engaging series of matches with the various incarnations of Jim Cornette’s Midnight Express team.

The RNR Express were a slick team who knew their strengths, worked hard in the ring and became an innovative pairing that many up and coming wrestlers copied and looked up to. Morton often taking a beating before Gibson hit the hot tag to clean house and then they could hit their double drop kick move to round off a great crowd pleasing match-up. The formula worked well in every territory they worked in, not many teams can say they headlined for the WWE, WCW, NWA, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and across the globe can they.

This DVD release (the first in the NWA Fanfest range) features Ricky and Robert honestly and openly talking about their careers with legendary wrestling writer Bill Apter on hand as host.

Recorded in 2004 the main feature here has the good friends joking about their connectivity, some interesting chats and conversations on the subjects of favourite feuds, trivia notes and of course the questions offered up by the gathered fans are answered in such a way that you grow even more fond of Ricky and Robert than before, if that is possible.

With over three decades on in-ring action to cover and many a historic bout under their collective belts there is never a dull moment in this hard to find gem of a DVD.

Great for the loyal fan base of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and anyone with an interest in wrestling history this is a great addition to your collection.

The extras are wonderful too, as they are a whole disc of 2004’s Fanfest highlights, so after you’ve savoured the banter and comic tales of life on the road with Morton and Gibson, you can also sit down to hear snippets of interviews with such legends as Mick Foley, Magnum TA, the late Sherri Martel, Ivan Koloff and Ole Anderson, amongst many others.

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