What happened in the WWF the day you were born?

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Go to www.thehistoryofwwe.com to find out what yours is. Mine:

 

WWF @ Buffalo, NY - November 1, 1982

Charlie Fulton defeated Joe Abby

Nick DeCarlo defeated Curt Hennig

Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Johnny Rodz & Jose Estrada

Salvatore Bellomo defeated the Black Demon

Buddy Rose defeated Ivan Putski

Tony Garea defeated Swede Hanson

Rocky Johnson defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna

Superstar Billy Graham defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund via disqualification

 

Was Backlund heel champion at the time?

 

Who is Bellomo? Who is Demon? Fulton? DeCarlo? Hanson? Scicluna?

 

Was Curt Hennig a rookie back then? What were his stints with the WWF?

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Baron Mike Scicluna is the "Master of the Foriegn Object" if I'm not mistaken.

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WWF @ New Haven, CT - Coliseum - November 8, 1984

SD Jones defeated Charlie Fulton

David Schultz defeated Samula

Barry Windham defeated Rene Goulet

David Sammartino defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification

The Tonga Kid defeated Pete Doherty

Brutus Beefcake defeated Rick McGraw

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana via disqualification

Tony Atlas defeated Mr. Fuji

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Paul Orndorff

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They apparently didn't have a show the day I was born (June 20th 1984) but here are the results from the day before and after:

 

WWF @ Scranton, PA - CYC - June 18, 1984

Don Muraco defeated SD Jones

George Steele defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Dick Murdoch defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Andre the Giant defeated Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee in a handicap match

Roddy Piper defeated Rocky Johnson

David Schultz defeated Tony Garea

 

WWF @ Erie, PA - June 21, 1984

Afa defeated Spike Huber

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Roddy Piper defeated Rocky Johnson

B. Brian Blair & Bob Backlund defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch via disqualification

Sgt. Slaughter defeated the Iron Sheik in a steel cage match

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There was no show on my birthday either, there was a tv show on that day though.

 

Championship Wrestling taping:

10/23/82:

Superstar Billy Graham defeated Tony Rico at 1:40

Rocky Johnson defeated Johnny Rodz at 3:25

Buddy Rose defeated Victor Mercado at 2:50

Eddie Gilbert defeated Bob Bradley at 3:08

WWF Tag Team Champions Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito defeated Curt Hennig & Barry Hart

Don Muraco defeated Jeff Craney at 1:40

Ray Stevens defeated Jerry O at 4:15

WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales defeated Tony Russo

 

Was Backlund heel champion at the time?

No, back then the face champion would often lose to the heel by Count Out or Dq before winning the blowoff to the feud in a gimmick match.

 

Who is Bellomo? Who is Demon? Fulton? DeCarlo? Hanson? Scicluna?

 

Bellomo and Scicluna were on tv nearly every week as jobbers.Hanson had a few shots at the IC title when Morales was champ and had matches with Slaughter and Graham at MSG

[Precious Roy 0]

Backlund was the face world champion in 1982. His reign lasted 4 years from 1979 to 1983.

 

Hennig, I think he debuted earlier but that's definitely early in his career, he did a little jobber duty in the WWF before moving on to the NWA and AWA.

 

 

That's Sal Bellomo. He worked in ECW during their first few years, the Eastern days. He was your basic 300 lb brawler.

 

I recognize the name of Fulton, don't know much about him.

 

Swede Hansen was old school, 60's-70's, he played a Swedish strongman, was probably pretty old by 82.

 

Baron was also real old school, I think I have some black and white footage of him somewhere, he was your typical european heel, Maltese to be exact. I can't believe he was still working in the 80's, he must have been 50+ years old.

 

I don't know DeCarlo or Black Demon

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WWF @ Lowell, MA - April 30, 1985

Rick McGraw fought Moondog Spot to a draw

Don Muraco defeated SD Jones

King Kong Bundy defeated Tony Garea

George Sanders defeated Mario Mancini

Tito Santana & the Junkyard Dog defeated WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake

 

WWF @ Rochester, NY - April 30, 1985

Jim Neidhart defeated Chief Jay Strongbow

George Wells defeated Moondog Spot

Don Muraco defeated Rick McGraw

The Junkyard Dog defeated Nikolai Volkoff

Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. via disqualification

 

 

as you can see absolutely nothing

[Precious Roy 0]

No show on my birthday, this is the closest one:

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - December 17, 1979

Televised on the MSG Network

Larry Zbyszko pinned Bulldog Brower at 4:43

Riki Choshu & Seji Sakaguchi defeated Bad News Allen Coage & Jo Jo Andrews via submission at 9:44

Mike Graham defeated Johnny Rodz via submission at 5:03

Hulk Hogan (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Ted Dibiase via KO at 11:12 with a bearhug (Dibiase's last match in the WWF for almost 8 years, Hogan's MSG debut, Hulk Still Rules DVD)

Bob Backlund defeated Bobby Duncum in a Texas Death Match to win the vacant WWF World Title at 17:18

Antonio Inoki pinned Hussein Arab at 14:59

NWA World Champion Harley Race defeated Dusty Rhodes at 13:21 when the match was stopped due to blood loss

WWF IC Champion Pat Patterson defeated Dominic DeNucci by turning a monkey flip attempt into a roll up at 6:31 (History of the Intercontinental Title)

WWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Johnny Rivera at 10:17

WWF Tag Team Champions Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated Victor Rivera & Swede Hanson at 6:57

 

Whoa! That's a pretty historic card. Inoki, Fujinami, Choshu and Sakaguchi working MSG. The Hogan-Dibiase match, and I didn't even know the title was vacated between Backlund and Duncum. Plus Harley Race defending the NWA title against Dusty Rhodes!

Edited January 14, 2005 by Precious Roy

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WWF @ Tampa, FL - SunDome - July 2, 1986

King Tonga pinned Moondog Spot

Jim Neidhart pinned Joe Mirto (sub. for David Sammartino)

B. Brian Blair pinned Moondog Rex

Harley Race pinned Brickhouse Brown (sub. for Scott McGhee)

Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts via disqualification

Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine fought Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey to a draw

The Haiti Kid pinned Butch Cassidy

The Junkyard Dog defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via count-out

[deancoles 0]

No show on my birthday, this is the closest one:

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - December 17, 1979

Televised on the MSG Network

Larry Zbyszko pinned Bulldog Brower at 4:43

Riki Choshu & Seji Sakaguchi defeated Bad News Allen Coage & Jo Jo Andrews via submission at 9:44

Mike Graham defeated Johnny Rodz via submission at 5:03

Hulk Hogan (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Ted Dibiase via KO at 11:12 with a bearhug (Dibiase's last match in the WWF for almost 8 years, Hogan's MSG debut, Hulk Still Rules DVD)

Bob Backlund defeated Bobby Duncum in a Texas Death Match to win the vacant WWF World Title at 17:18

Antonio Inoki pinned Hussein Arab at 14:59

NWA World Champion Harley Race defeated Dusty Rhodes at 13:21 when the match was stopped due to blood loss

WWF IC Champion Pat Patterson defeated Dominic DeNucci by turning a monkey flip attempt into a roll up at 6:31 (History of the Intercontinental Title)

WWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Johnny Rivera at 10:17

WWF Tag Team Champions Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated Victor Rivera & Swede Hanson at 6:57

 

Whoa! That's a pretty historic card. Inoki, Fujinami, Choshu and Sakaguchi working MSG. The Hogan-Dibiase match, and I didn't even know the title was vacated between Backlund and Duncum.

The Backlund/Duncum thing was due to the Backlund/Inoki Title switch.

 

Edit: Backlund lost the belt to Inoki in Japan, a few days later they had a rematch between Backlund and Inoki, Bob won but WWF "President" Hisashi Shinma reversed the decision on account of Tiger Jeet Singh's interference and gave the title back to Inoki. Inoki refused to accept it that way and it was vacated.

 

The match to fill the vacancy was held in NYC, involved Backlund and Duncum, and was going to be aired in Japan. However, since the fans at MSG had no idea what had happened Japan, they thought it was just a run-of-the-mill title defense. Backlund didn't have the belt in his possession and wasn't announced as the champion in the introductions, which they thought was weird (I believe Shimma actually came out holding the belt), but was nevertheless announced as "still" the champion after he won.

 

So basically, the whole angle was a Japan only deal and the title changes were never officially recognized by the WWF itself until several years back.

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WWF @ Nashua, NH - November 7, 1982

Pete Doherty defeated Victor Rivera

Charlie Fulton defeated Curt Hennig

Jules Strongbow defeated Mr. Saito

Ray Stevens defeated Chief Jay Strongbow

Ivan Putski defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification

 

 

God that show looks awful. But heeeey...Hennig was on the show.

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WWF @ Portland, ME - August 4, 1981

Curt Hennig defeated Pete Doherty

Roberto Soto defeated Johnny Rodz via disqualification

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated George Steele in a Texas Death Match

Curt Hennig defeated Jack Davis via disqualification

WWF Tag Team Champions Tony Garea & Rick Martel defeated the Moondogs

 

Hennig working double duty. I guess someone no-showed.

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I didn't even know Martel was a tag champ with Garea.

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No show on my birthday, so I'll settle for the day before:

 

WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - December 14, 1981

Hans Schroeder fought Tony Altimore to a draw

The Executioner defeated Fred Marzino

Mr. Saito defeated SD Jones

Ivan Putski defeated Mr. Fuji

Rick Martel & Tony Garea defeated Johnny Rodz & Jose Estrada

Pat Patterson defeated Angelo Mosca

Greg Valentine defeated Curt Hennig

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Don Muraco

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WWF @ Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - June 20, 1981

Johnny Rodz fought Curt Hennig to a draw

Larry Sharpe defeated Tony Altimore

Strong Kobayashi defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna

Angelo Mosca defeated Tony Garea

Sgt. Slaughter defeated Rick McGraw

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated George Steele

The Moondogs defeated Dominic DeNucci & SD Jones

Don Muraco pinned WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales to win the title at around the 15-minute mark after hitting him with a foreign object as the referee was knocked out (History of the Intercontinental Title, WWE Hall of Fame 2004 DVD)

 

There you go. Oddly the only match on the Hall of Fame DVD that I didn't bother to watch happened on my birthday.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Wasn't on my B-Day, but here is the result for the show closest to it:

 

WWF @ Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - November 25, 1982

WWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask pinned Eddie Gilbert

Chin Kobiashi pinned Johnny Rodz

Little Brutus & Sunny Boy Blue defeated Sky Low Low & Butch Cassidy when Beaver pinned Cassidy

Superstar Billy Graham defeated Chief Jay Strongbow via count-out

Tony Garea pinned Swede Hanson

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Buddy Rose via submission to the Crossface Chicken Wing

Pedro Morales & Salvatore Bellomo defeated Mr. Saito & Chu Shoue in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1 - Morales defeated Satio; fall #2 - Salvatore defeated Shoue; fall #3 - Morales defeated Saito

Jules Strongbow pinned Baron Mikel Scicluna

Jimmy Snuka & Buddy Rogers defeated Cpt. Lou Albano & Ray Stevens when Snuka pinned Albano with the splash off the top Rocky Johnson pinned Mr. Fuji

[Alro 0]

The day before my birthday:

 

WWF @ Rochester, NY - May 2, 1981

Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan

 

And the day after:

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - May 4, 1981

Televised on the MSG Network

Sky Low Low & Kid Chocolate defeated Catalina Kid & Farmer Jerome

Tony Garea, Rick Martel, & Gorilla Monsoon defeated Stan Hansen, Moondog Rex, & Cpt. Lou Albano in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match

Dominic DeNucci defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna

Pat Patterson defeated Sgt. Slaugther (w/ the Grand Wizard) in an alley fight at 14:25 when the Grand Wizard threw in the towel after Slaughter had been beaten to a bloody mess; named Wrestling Observer's Match of the Year (WWE Hall of Fame 2004 DVD)

Peter Miavia defeated Rick McGraw

Angelo Mosca defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund via disqualification

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WWF @ Rochester, NY - October 21, 1982

Jules Strongbow defeated Swede Hanson

The Destroyer defeated Curt Hennig

Tony Parisi defeated Johnny Rodz

Salvatore Bellomo defeated Charlie Fulton

Tony Garea defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna

The White Angel defeated Pete Sanchez

Mr. Saito defeated Chico Rodriguez

Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji

Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ivan Putski via count-out

WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales defeated Buddy Rose via disqualification

 

...I didn't even get a WWF title defense on my b-day that year? BOO!

[Guest korndogg123]

Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leaf Gardens - January 23, 1983

Billy Red Lyons defeated Jerry Bryant at 13:52

Johnny Weaver defeated Tim Gerard at 10:21

The Destroyer & Bobby Bass defeated Rudy & Terry Kay at 22:46

Leo Burke fought Tony Parisi to a 20-minute draw

Big John Studd defeated Tony Garea at 15:02

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngbloow defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle via disqualification

Jimmy Snuka defeated Ray Stevens at 8:56

 

On my first birthday:

Hulk Hogan pinned WWF World Champion the Iron Sheik (w/ Freddie Blassie) at 5:40 with the legdrop to win the title after powering out of the Camel Clutch

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Day before, since there's no card on the exact day:

 

WWWF @ White Plains, NY - Westchester County Civic Center - May 14, 1975

El Olympico, Tony Garea, & Dean Ho vs. Butcher VAchon, Jimmy & Johnny Valiant (Best 3 out of 5 falls)

WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated the Wolfmam

Included 3 other bouts

 

Bruno over the "Wolfman" - sounds like an epic encounter!

[Guest sek69]

No show on the day I was born (July 5, 1978 was a wednesday I believe)

 

2 days before:

 

WWWF @ Wildwood, NJ - July 3, 1978

SD Jones fought Davey O'Hannon to a draw

Johnny Rodz defated Johnny Rivera

WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund fought Spiros Arion to a double disqualification

Tony Russo defeated Jim Ray

Tony Garea, Dino Bravo, & Gorilla Monsoon defeated Victor Rivera & WWWF Tag Team Champions the Yukon Lumberjacks

 

 

3 days later:

 

WWWF @ Landover, MD - Capital Centre - July 12, 1978

Nikolai Volkoff pinned Tony Russo

WWWF Tag Team Champions the Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Gorilla Monsoon & SD Jones in a Best 2 out of 3 falls bout; fall #1 - Pierre pinned Jones; fall #2 - Monsoon defeated Pierre via submission with a bearhug; fall #3 - Eric pinned Jones

Tony Garea defeated Sprios Arion via disqualification

Chief Jay Strongbow defeated George Steele via count-out

Dusty Rhodes pinned Luke Graham with a flying bodypress

WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification

 

 

 

Wow, I don't remember SD Jones not being a jobber.

[River City Rocker 0]

I was born on September 22, 1976, and these were the two shows closest to my birthday:

 

WWWF @ Long Island, NY - Nassau Coliseum - September 20, 1976:

Mark Tendler vs. Johnny Rodz

Tony Altimore vs. Pinky Larson

Doug Gilbert & Rocky Tomayo vs. Johnny Rivera & Jose Gonzalez

Executioner #1 vs. Bob Brazil

Stan Hansen vs. Gorilla Monsoon

WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Executioner #2

 

WWWF @ Harrisburg, PA - Zembo Mosque - September 24, 1976:

Bruiser Brody defeated Gorilla Monsoon via count-out at 12:32

WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Bobo Brazil & SD Jones in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1 - the champions won at 8:15; fall #2 - the challengers won at 1:32; fall #3 - the champions won at the 42-second mark

 

Hopefully Harrisburg did get more than TWO matches that night...

 

-Ben

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Tokyo, Japan - June 14, 1984

Antonio Inoki defeated WWF & IWGP World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out to win the IWGP title; the WWF championship was not at stake

 

WWF @ Trumble, CT - June 14, 1984

Salvatore Bellomo defeated Mr. Fuji

B. Brian Blair fought Tiger Chung Lee to a draw

Afa defeated SD Jones

Rene Goulet defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Bob Backlund defeated Big John Studd via disqualification

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WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - December 30, 1985

Televised on the MSG Network:

SD Jones pinned Ron Shaw with an inside cradle at 18:36

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/86: Jim Neidhart fought B. Brian Blair to a time-limit draw

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/86: Hercules defeated Jose Luis Rivera via submission with a backbreaker at 9:51

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: Adrian Adonis pinned Lanny Poffo with a bulldog at 8:20

Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out at 9:55 after Savage jumped from the top rope to the floor, hitting Hogan in the head with the world title belt and then waking the referee up so that he could make the count; after the bout, Savage put the title belt around his waist and left ringside with it until Hogan attacked Savage in the aisle, brought him back into the ring, reclaimed his title belt, and beat up Savage until the challenger was able to escape the ring and run backstage (Best of the WWF Vol. 6)

Big John Studd pinned Tony Atlas with a flying bodypress at 12:15

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: The Haiti Kid pinned Butch Cassidy at 10:32 with a reverse roll up (Best of the WWF Vol. 6)

Jim Brunzell pinned Bret Hart

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: WWF Tag Team Champions Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine defeated Uncle Elmer & Hillbilly Jim at 6:50

 

 

WWF @ Detroit, MI - December 30, 1985

King Tonga defeated Ivan Putski

Ivan Putski defeated Terry Gibbs

Pedro Morales defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Jesse Ventura defeated WWF IC Champion Tito Santana via count-out

Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff

The Junkyard Dog defeated Terry Funk

 

 

Big John Studd pinned Tony Atlas with a flying bodypress at 12:15

 

That would have been something to see.

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WWF @ Portland, ME - July 14, 1981

Curt Hennig defeated Pete Doherty via disqualification

The Moondogs defeated Tony Altimore & Dominic DeNucci

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund fought George Steele to a double disqualification

WWF IC Champion Don Muraco defeated Tony Garea

Rick Martel defeated Sgt. Slaughter via disqualification

 

Sounds like a bit of a crappy card.

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WWF @ Portland, ME - July 14, 1981

Curt Hennig defeated Pete Doherty via disqualification

The Moondogs defeated Tony Altimore & Dominic DeNucci

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund fought George Steele to a double disqualification

WWF IC Champion Don Muraco defeated Tony Garea

Rick Martel defeated Sgt. Slaughter via disqualification

 

Sounds like a bit of a crappy card.

Ha!

 

I got the Backlund / Steele blowoff in Portland a few weeks later.

[Guest sek69]

I just had to say...

 

Pedro Morales defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

 

 

OWWWWWWWWW MY ARM, OWWWWWW OWWWWWW

[Guest Fook]

WWF @ Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center - January 16, 1983

Eddie Gilbert defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Mr. Fuji fought SD Jones to a draw

Rocky Johnson defeated Buddy Rose

WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales fought Don Muraco to a double disqualification

Jimmy Snuka defeated Ray Stevens via count-out

 

 

What a shitty card for such a great day.

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Bob Brazil

 

Bobo's brother?