• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 5, 1985) – WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania.
You can find the card below:
Tito Santana vs. Bobby Bass
The Spoiler vs. Jim Powers
Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Gibbs
Brutus Beefcake vs. Frank Marconi
“Dr D” David Schultz vs. Mohammed Saad
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo vs. Carl Fury & Rene Goulet
• Chris Jericho Wins At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Former WWE Wrestler Loses
At today’s Night 2 of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, AEW World Champion Chris Jericho defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi. This means Tanahashi will not get a match for the AEW World Championship.
Below are some GIFs from this match:
Tokyo Dome! #LeChampion @IAmJericho is here! #AEW #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
.@IAmJericho has no mercy for the Ace! #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
HIGH FLY FLOW! Stay on him, @tanahashi1_100! #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
Codebreaker turns into Dragon Screw! Love this counter by @tanahashi1_100! #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
Lionsault from @IAmJericho! #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
.@tanahashi1_100 dodges the Judas Effect and hits Jericho's own Codebreaker! #njwk14
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
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— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 5, 2020
Also at this event, former WWE wrestler Kenta (fka Hideo Itami in WWE) lost his NEVER Openweight Championship to Hirooki Goto.
Below are the results from Night 2 of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 so far:
– Gauntlet match for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil, Shingo Takagi, and Bushi) defeated The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) and Ryusuke Taguchi (c), Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi, and Robbie Eagles), Suzuki-gun (Taichi, El Desperado, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru), Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens) to win the Titles
– Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee def. Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (with Yoshiaki Fujiwara) in Liger’s retirement match
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Roppongi 3K (Yoh and Sho) (with Rocky Romero) def. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) (c) to win the Titles
– British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Sanada to retain the Title
– IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match: Jon Moxley (c) def. Juice Robinson (with David Finlay) to retain the Title, Minoru Suzuki attacked Moxley after the match
– NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto def. Kenta (c) to win the Title
– Jay White (with Gedo) def. Kota Ibushi
– AEW World Champion Chris Jericho def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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