Eddie Gilbert - Uncrowned King ShirtIn the late 1980s and early 1990s, the fight for Memphis ran through two men: Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and Jerry Lawler. Gilbert arrived in the United States Wrestling Association as more than a worker. He was a booker. A strategist. A heat magnet. Lawler was already the crown jewel of the territory, The King of Memphis wrestling. What followed wasnt a quick program. It was a war for control of the city. Gilbert positioned himself as the outsider