• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 19, 1986) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 19, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1986 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Jim Brunzell defeated Hercules
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Lanny Poffo
Jake Roberts defeated SD Jones
Brian Blair defeated Mr. X (sub. for Bob Orton Jr.)
George Steele defeated The Iron Sheik
Hillbilly Jim defeated The Gladiator (sub. for Adrian Adonis)
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & The Junkyard Dog defeated Dory Funk Jr. & Bob Orton Jr. (sub. for Terry Funk)
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• Old School Wrestling Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School Wrestling Legend Ox Baker (Real name: Douglas Baker Sr.).
Baker most famously competed in several different territories during his long, illustrious career, including the WWWF/WWF, NWA (JCP), AWA, NJPW, WCCW, GCW, CWF, CWA, AJPW, … & many more.
Those of you who didn’t see him in the ring during his professional wrestling career, will certainly remember him for his role in John Carpenter’s movie “Escape from New York”, where he was fighting Kurt Russell.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 19, 2005) – Old School Wrestling Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2005, we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran Silo Sam (Real name: John Harris) at the age of 52.
Standing 7ft 5in (billed as 7ft 7in), John Harris ranks #3 on the list of the tallest professional wrestlers ever, which can be seen here: https://wwfoldschool.com/the-11-tallest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/4/
Known as Silo Sam in Verne Gagne’s AWA (1986), he was known as Big John Harris on CWA Memphis Wrestling TV (1984-1985) and as Little John in Fritz Von Erich’s WCCW.
In 1987 he wrestled on untelevised WWF House Shows, but they didn’t end up hiring him.
Quite a lot of people remember him for chasing Pee-wee Herman because of a girl in the movie “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”.
REST IN PEACE!
September 12, 1952 – April 19, 2005
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