• Old School WWF Gimmicks Returned At MLW Event
Earlier this month, Major League Wrestling held MLW Battle Riot III and later aired it.
This event featured a 41-Man Battle Riot match, a Battle Royal variant, with the winner becoming the new No. 1 Contender for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.
The 41 entrants included several familiar names from the good old days, including:
– #14 Savio Vega
– #23 Kim Chee (not portrayed by Steve Lombardi)
– #31 The Blue Meanie
– #37 Kwang (Savio Vega entering again, using his alter-ego)
Major League Wrestling was originally a promotion that existed from 2002 to 2004 and had many Old School WCW & ECW Veterans on their roster.
The company was brought back in 2017 and is still promoting TV shows these days.
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (August 1, 1987) – WWF Superstars of Wrestling
On this day in 1987, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Superstars of Wrestling’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York and included matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF Survivor Series 1987’ PPV.
Here is the card:
1. Brutus Beefcake & Rougeau Brothers vs. Dave Wagner, Rick Renslow & Bubba Kirk
2. Hercules, Harley Race & Rick Rude vs. Jerry Allen, Mario Mancini & Ricky Hunter
3. Ken Patera vs. Terry Gibbs
4. Intercontinental Title: Honky Tonk Man vs. Joe Malono
5. Posedown Contest: “Superstar” Billy Graham vs. Butch Reed
6. Killer Khan vs. Eric Cooper
