Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey ( February 1 , 1952 ) is an American professional wrestler , best known as being one half of the tag team Midnight Express . Career . Dennis Condrey started wrestling in 1973 in the Tennessee territory . He moved on to Alabama ' s Southeast Championship Wrestling and formed the Midnight Express in 1981 with Randy Rose and Norvell Austin . They dominated the tag team scene there until Condrey left for Mid - South Wrestling in 1984 . Once there , he formed a new version of the Midnight Express with Bobby Eaton with Jim Cornette as their manager . They also started a legendary feud with the Rock ' n ' Roll Express that carried over into the NWA ' s Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 . In early 1986 , Condrey and Eaton won the NWA World Tag Team Titles from the Rock ' n ' Roll Express and feuded with them until Condrey left the promotion in early 1987 . He literally left overnight , giving no notice to Cornette , Eaton , or the NWA . Condrey would reunite with former partner Randy Rose in the AWA under manager Paul E . Dangerously . " Loverboy " Dennis and " Ravishing " Randy called themselves " The Original Midnight Express " , and claimed the right to the name , which had since been used by Condrey and Eaton ( and later by " Beautiful " Bobby Eaton and " Sweet " Stan Lane ) in the NWA . They would defeat Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee for the AWA World Tag Team Titles on October 26 , 1987 , in Memphis , TN . They would have a two - month title reign , losing the titles to the returning Midnight Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) on December 27 , 1987 in Las Vegas , NV . At the request of Cornette , because his team of Eaton and Lane didn ' t have a program after their feud with the Road Warriors ended , convinced head booker Dusty Rhodes to give Condrey a second chance with Randy Rose and Dangerously in a " Midnight vs . Midnight " feud . Condrey and Rose resurfaced in the NWA ( with Dangerously ) in late 1988 . During a television broadcast on TBS at the Techwood Drive Studios in Atlanta , Jim Cornette received an anonymous phone call . The caller ridiculed Cornette over Eaton and Lane ' s recent loss of the NWA World Tag Team titles to the Road Warriors . Cornette recognized the caller and basically asked him to come say it to his face . At that point , Dangerously and the Original Midnight Express hit the ring and proceeded to pummel Cornette and Stan Lane , who was wrestling in a singles match . By the time Bobby Eaton showed up , it was three on one . Cornette showed up the next week on TBS carrying his blood stained suit jacket and the feud was on . The teams wrestled at Starrcade ' 88 , but nothing was solved . The Midnights vs . Midnights would be the hottest feud in the NWA for months , building up to a 6 - man tag match involving the managers on pay - per - view in February 1989 . The one who got pinned would have to leave the promotion . However , due to changes in ownership , the NWA was going through booking upheaval with Dusty Rhodes being replaced as head booker by George Scott . Jim Crockett already had a problem with Condrey due to his previous overnight disappearance and Scott had previous animosity with Rose , so Scott ' s appearance as top booker made for the catalyst to bury the team and the feud . The feud was cooled off and the " loser leaves town " match was going to be used to kick one of them out of the territory once and for all and continue to bury the other . At the last minute , Dennis Condrey once again decided to leave the NWA , rather than take his PPV payoff and give Crockett and Scott the satisfaction . Jack Victory was brought in as his replacement and the match went forward . Condrey returned to Alabama ( now known as Continental ) in the Spring of 1989 and would become the CWF Heavyweight Champion . He would also form a short - lived tag team called the " Lethal Weapons " with Doug Gilbert before retiring from full - time action in the early 1990 s Condrey came back to team with Eaton in 2004 and , along with Stan Lane , they have been wrestling as the Midnight Express in the independents and feuding with the Rock ' n ' Roll Express and The Fantastics .