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On This Day In Wrestling History: April 20th

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 20, 1991) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 20, 1991, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

This live event included matches featuring the 1991 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Bret Hart wrestled The Barbarian to a draw

Ricky Steamboat defeated Haku

Ted Dibiase defeated Roddy Piper due to referee stoppage

Kerry Von Erich wrestled the Warlord (sub. for Rick Martel) to a double count-out

Sgt. Slaughter defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by DQ

The Berzerker defeated Tugboat

WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect defeated Davey Boy Smith

Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated the Orient Express

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 20, 1986) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 20, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.

This live event included matches featuring the 1986 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Pedro Morales defeated Hercules

Big John Studd defeated Tony Garea

Jake Roberts defeated SD Jones

Ricky Steamboat defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage by count-out

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Dan Spivey by count-out

Adrian Adonis defeated Hillbilly Jim

Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Lanny Poffo

Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake & Johnny V defeated Tito Santana, Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 20, 1986) – AWA WrestleRock ’86

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 20, 1986, Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association promoted ‘AWA WrestleRock 86’ at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This was the AWA’s final stadium show, and it drew a crowd of 23,000+ fans into the arena.

Here are the results:

Brad Rheingans defeated Boris Zukhov

Little Mr. T & Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo

Colonel DeBeers defeated Wahoo McDaniel by DQ

Buddy Rose and Doug Somers defeated The Midnight Rockers

Tiger Mask defeated Buck Zumhofe

Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda defeated The Fabulous Ones

Giant Baba defeated Bulldog Bob Brown

Harley Race wrestled Rick Martel to a double count-out

Sherri Martel won a 10-woman battle royal

AWA America’s Championship: Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeated Kamala by DQ

AWA World Tag Team Championship: Scott Hall & Curt Hennig (c) defeated The Long Ryders

Scott LeDoux defeated Larry Zbyszko by DQ

AWA World Heavyweight Championship: Nick Bockwinkel defeated Stan Hansen (c) by DQ

Greg Gagne & Jimmy Snuka defeated King Kong Brody & The Barbarian (Steel Cage)

Verne Gagne defeated Sheik Adnan El Kassey (Steel Cage)

The Road Warriors defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (Steel Cage)

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