RIP Champagne Gerry Morrow – The Best Wrestler You’ve Never Heard Of

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Gerry Morrow was one of the all-time great territory wrestlers, a master heel, a world traveler, and one of the toughest (and funniest) guys to ever step in the ring! He was also a mentor and great friend to Jericho, Lance Storm, AEW’s Don Callis, and Paul Lazenby. Hear about Gerry’s legendary giant-hand slaps (and the poor referee who took six in a row), his love for bumping and selling backdrops, and the time he sang Prince’s “Scandalous” at the top of his lungs during a 3am road trip. Don remembers touring South Africa with Gerry, and how his toughness made dangerous situations feel safe. Lance talks about wrestling in Beirut with Gerry, learning to call matches despite Gerry’s thick accent, and one specific crazy “steel can” spot! Paul shares the story of Gerry boxing his ears in his very first tag match, and how Gerry later pulled him aside with calm, constructive advice instead of ripping him a new one. They also cover Gerry’s days in Japan, his Stampede Wrestling legacy, why Vince McMahon & WWF never called him, and the immense respect Gerry earned from Bret Hart and every peer who ever worked with him. Plus, ribs, road stories, and lots of locker room laughs! Thank you for supporting our sponsors! Rula: Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/jericho #ad Watch this episode on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy 👍 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	Talk is Jericho, baby.
0:35.4	Talk is Jericho.
0:43.3	Talk is Jericho, Mama. Talk is Jericho. I'm a talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me. Been a crazy week, 10 days with so many people passing away,
0:48.3	Ozzie and Hulk Hogan and Malcolm Jamal Warner and Lonnie Anderson,
0:53.3	somebody that also passed away is someone that that means a lot to us.
0:57.4	Jerry Morrow, Champagne, Jerry Morrow.
0:59.9	It's one of those things, if you know, you know.
1:02.3	Anybody from the Calgary territory and, you know, Canada-wide and Japan would know Jerry
1:09.0	Morrow, especially for us as guys who started in the Calgary
1:13.1	territory, one of the all-time great territory workers who probably didn't get his due
1:20.1	in a lot of ways. Do you agree with that, Lance? Oh, absolutely. I think he was the backbone of why
1:27.2	a lot of Calgary workers ended up so good.
1:30.9	Like he was that heel that worked with so many of the famous baby faces that succeeded and got out of Calgary.
1:38.4	No, that's true. And we've got Lance Storm, Paul Lazenby, and Don Callis, who's agreed to be civil here.
1:44.2	Was Jerry kind of a mentor for you, Don?
1:46.6	Yeah, I guess I've been fortunate to have a few, but he was, I guess the first one I had
1:52.2	was Brunzel, but Jerry was much more hands-on in the sense that, you know, the first
1:57.6	time he saw me wrestle, Brunzel had got me booked in all Japan as a junior,
2:02.0	which, thank God, that that didn't happen because I probably would have quit the business
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