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Lance Russell
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Lance Russell is a former professional wrestling announcer in the Memphis region from the 1970s through the early 1990s. Partnered with co-anchor Dave Brown, Russell was in a very real sense the central figure of Championship Wrestling for several decades. Russell also used the mike to chastise and exhort wrestlers as matches occurred. Particularly brutal attacks elicited dismay and disgust from Russell; he often encouraged other wrestlers to run in from the locker room and offer assistance. Russell's banter with Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Jimmy Hart, and Dutch Mantel extended many years, and covered these individual's frequent turns between heel and babyface. Russell would get up from his chair to conduct interviews, walking around the front of the desk, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the wrestlers, and using exaggerated facial expressions during the conversation. These interviews were often the highlight of Saturday morning television tapings. Russell also literally rang a bell to begin matches, in addition to pounding it loudly in futile attempts to halt out-of-control melees in the ring.
- He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1996)
- 1984 Best Television Announcer
- 1985 Best Television Announcer
- 1986 Best Television Announcer
- 1987 Best Television Announcer
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