I hadn't been following his career or anything, but he found himself as the voice of Tony the Tiger. Those Team Challenge Series reports in the AWA were my own fondest memories of him. Also, the time that he got legit kicked in the head at World War 3 by The Faces of Fear.
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0427/574561/former-wcw-announcer-lee-marshall-passes-away/
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0427/574561/former-wcw-announcer-lee-marshall-passes-away/
At Starrcade 1996, Lee Marshall was brought to the WCW commentary table as an expert on women's wrestling.
ReplyDeleteScott Keith: "Lee Marshall can't even be called an "expert" on writing his own name."
There. That's my favorite Lee Marshall moment.
I always thought he had a great broadcasting voice, and he really did have a niche as Tony the Tiger. Just a shame that ability didn't translate to calling a wrestling match; some of the AWA stuff ESPN runs from time to time features some GODAWFUL announcing.
ReplyDeleteRULED as WOW announcer. He and Heenan rock that pay-per-view.
ReplyDeleteLee Marshall was the voice of Tony the Tiger? Huh...
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The face of the AWA for me. Kinda bland, not terrible, but you knew he'd always show up and do his job adequately.
ReplyDeleteHe was A voice of Tony the Tiger. Not THE voice.
ReplyDeleteLee Marshall is better than Michael Cole...There I said it....
ReplyDeleteWell, sure. Now.
ReplyDeleteYep. And Gordon Solie did the voice of Poppin' Fresh, the Pilsbury Doughboy. Most people don't remember that.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if WCW actually sent Marshall to the site of next week's Nitro every week. While it stands to reason that they could have just stuck him in a booth and pretended he was somewhere, actually paying for a plane ticket and hotel room for a guy who only appeared as an on-screen graphic seems just like the stupid kind of thing WCW would do.
ReplyDelete"Also, the time that he got legit kicked in the head at World War 3 by The Faces of Fear."
ReplyDeleteWhat the what??? What year did this happen?
Lee Marshall Week on the Network!
ReplyDeleteBecause he's dead, right!?
ReplyDelete*slaps knee*
It was obvious when Harley Race would poke him in the tummy during promos.
ReplyDeleteGoodbye Lee Marshall. You sucked, but it is still a shame that you have died.
ReplyDeleteUse my Pillsbury pie crust to make a delicious suplay! Hoo-hoo!
ReplyDeleteMy words are always inadequate. I wish The Big Bossman were still with us to properly express my feelings for the recently demised.
ReplyDeleteWorld War 3 '96. The battle royal had a brawl break out ringside and Marshall got knocked down and kicked a few times. He got pissed at Zbyszko for not helping out.
ReplyDeleteRIP Lee Marshall, expert on WCW women's wrestling.
ReplyDeleteI'll miss your Nitro party road reports
ReplyDeleteThose Road Reports man... I always imagined him phoning them in from a cubicle at CNN Center.
ReplyDeleteWe're talking about a company that regularly flew 150 guys to arena's and only used 35 of them, of COURSE they flew him to Nitro's.
ReplyDeleteEh, gotta disagree.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x172j9j_wcw-world-war-iii-1996-part-4_sport
ReplyDeleteThe kick happens 11 minutes in. You don't see it, you just hear Larry flip his shit that Lee's down.
Also, how did WCW manage to book a 60-man battle royal to only go 30 minutes?
Because, you know, WCW.
ReplyDeleteActually, you do see it in the upper right window. Barbarian just stomps the shit out of him for no apparent reason.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping he calls into Raw from Wrestling Heaven and makes a Weasel joke
ReplyDeleteActually 30 minutes sounds interminable for a battle royal of any size.
ReplyDelete"He was a bastard because his momma said so!"
ReplyDeleteKinda sad about this actually. He did have a good voice for announcing. Maybe just remembering him through the filter of nostalgia, but I thought he was alright back in the AWA. Of course hard to be judged as a great announcer when commentating on matches like Paul Diamond vs. Jake "The Milkman" Milliman or Del Wilkes vs. "The Sodbuster" Kenny Jay...
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not 60 guys in 1 ring; it's 3 rings of 20.
ReplyDeleteMy only memory of Lee was how he always over-pronounced WCW. DOUBLE-u SEE DOUBLE-u.
ReplyDeleteRIP Stagger Lee.
ReplyDeleteI liked Lee. He had a great voice and didn't distract. He wasn't in the league of a Ron Trongard, but few were.
ReplyDeleteA tad freaky this is for me, because I was watching a Thunder just two night ago, got bored during it and did a google search on Lee Marshall and read up about him for a while. Sad, great voice on him, but not the best announcer. RIP
ReplyDeleteBtw any word on how he died?
His bodily functions ceased, and he gradually settled into a state of rigor mortis.
ReplyDeleteYep. He's Gone.
ReplyDeleteNever cared for his work in AWA or WCW, but a shame to lose another person with ties to the territories. RIP
ReplyDeleteKinda sad about this. Never cared for him as an announcer, but his voice is something I can recognize from my teenaged years thanks to those WCW Road Reports.
ReplyDeleteDid you think he ever called collect on those reports? 1-800-COLLECT and 1-800-CALL-ATT were big things in those days. In fact, wasn't one of those a sponsor?
http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/320942/Daniel-Bryans-Make-a-Wish-Fan-Connor-%5C
ReplyDeleteToday is not a good day (or month for DBry). Bryan's biggest fan just passed away.
Damn RIP.
ReplyDeleteThe story told by Dusty aboutv him crapping his pants In the Wargames match is too funny
I always thought it was funny that he never made it to Nitro b/c he was always in the next town.
ReplyDelete"i bought the show."
ReplyDeleteI stopped reading after that. Legit fell out of my chair.
I bought it too.
ReplyDeleteGood review, but one little nitpick. Magnus brought a prybar (flat crowbar) into the ring, not a hammer.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame Nitro parties don't exist anymore.
ReplyDeleteeh, i was happy to. they need the help
ReplyDeleteI was always confused WHY he was in the next town. What was so exciting to report on?
ReplyDeleteIn this scenario does cappadonna become an official member?
ReplyDeleteAll wrestling road stories must, in some way, involve crap and/or someone crapping themselves
ReplyDeleteThat sucks, I remember him mostly from the Road Reports.
ReplyDeleteOMG! Dixie must be on the phone with a porsche dealer right now!
ReplyDelete(and this is 100% meant to be making fun of TNA, not anyone who bought it) :)
Was there anything more pointless than those road reports?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, RIP.
Will have to watch that again later--was trying to watch it on a 17" laptop screen, I have no idea how anyone could follow the action even on big boxy TVs like we all had in the 90s
ReplyDeleteI never understood it. I mean I imagine he was actually calling from home or back stage but why was he traveling ahead of the crew? Paving the way for WCW to enter a city.
ReplyDeleteBetter that than Jericho's painfully annoying "dubdubE"
ReplyDeleteI remember waiting for the Weasel joke and Heenan's subsequent reaction every week while watching his silly "Road Report" on Nitro. RIP.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking U-God.
ReplyDeleteyou got me. I lied about cappadonna being in wu-tang everyone. I hope I dident ruin your joke. Thanks Daniel.
ReplyDeleteWithout you im not sure how many
More mistakes I would be making in my jokes. Should i post all the jokes ive ever told so you can fact check them for me?
Yeah. That crowd was terrible. There HAS to be small venues in wrestling town they can go to.
ReplyDeleteExcept for Angelina, right?
ReplyDelete..well maybe she DOES suck.
I don't think I could handle the maudlin reaction to each one.
ReplyDeleteand you got in the suplay joke before I even got here. damn.
ReplyDeleteTo me one of the best things he had ever said was for Super Clash III. While doing the hype for it he talks about how other organizations have had ppvs and have seen them fight several times already. But this show is a TRUE Super Clash
ReplyDeleteShe's gotta pay for her heroine somehow. We know TNA ain't paying enough
ReplyDeleteCole is awful and doesnt know when to shut up. In fairness, Lee never had Vince in his ear. Well, that I know of....
ReplyDeleteBro, he was backstage HYPING the next show and encouraging people to buy tickets to see the n...W...O!
ReplyDeleteNoted. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI tend to stay away from the announcer blunders in TNA as the review would be 19 pages long.
ReplyDeleteHe was pretty stellar on those broadcasts compared to Eric Bischoff, Ringside Ralph and Verne Gagne.
ReplyDeleteI liked those reports. They were cheesy, but it made Nitro seem like a big event for the next week. I dunno, it just made it seem like more of a sport since they'd be going to the next venue and hey, at least they recognized where they did the show from! (unlike WWE today)
ReplyDeleteWhaaaaa?
ReplyDeleteMind. Blown.