Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on April 23rd.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 23, 1989) – WWF Maple Leaf Gardens House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1989, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This live event featured Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Greg Valentine defeated The Blue Blazer
Dino Bravo defeated Hercules
Hillbilly Jim defeated the Honkytonk Man by DQ
Jake Roberts defeated Ted Dibiase
Paul Roma defeated Boris Zhukov
Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by count-out
Mr. Perfect wrestled Bret Hart to a 20-minute time-limit draw
The Bushwhackers defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
4/23/89:
Finish of Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage at the Maple Leaf Gardens pic.twitter.com/433MyPuppc
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 23, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 23, 1988) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 23, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
This live event included matches featuring the 1988 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Brady Boone wrestled Steve Lombardi to a draw
Dino Bravo defeated Ken Patera by forfeit
The Islanders & Bobby Heenan defeated Davey Boy Smith, The Dynamite Kid & Koko B. Ware
Jose Luis Rivera defeated Barry Horowitz
Ted DiBiase defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage by count-out
WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Desiree Peterson
The Junkyard Dog defeated Ron Bass by DQ
The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 23, 1988) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 23, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
This live event included matches featuring the 1988 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Scott Casey
Bret Hart wrestled Bad News Brown to a draw
Jake Roberts defeated Greg Valentine (sub. for King Harley Race)
Andre The Giant defeated Jim Duggan by count-out
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
Rick Rude defeated Don Muraco
WWF IC Champion The Honkytonk Man defeated Brutus Beefcake by count-out
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated Rick Martel & Tito Santana
(The ‘Ricky Steamboat vs. Greg Valentine’ match did not take place as Steamboat left the company)
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 23, 1984) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event featured the 1984 WWF Superstars and included a Grudge Match between Sgt. Slaughter and The Iron Sheik.
The results can be found below:
Tiger Chung Lee defeated The Tonga Kid
Rene Goulet defeated Jose Luis Rivera
WWF Intercontinental Title: Tito Santana (C) defeated J.J. Dillon
The Iron Sheik defeated Sgt. Slaughter
Salvatore Bellomo defeated Ron Shaw
David Schultz, Paul Orndorff & Roddy Piper defeated Ivan Putski, Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas
Brian Blair defeated Samula
WWF Women’s Tag Team Titles: Princess Victoria & Velvet McIntyre (C) defeated Peggy Lee & Wendi Richter
Bob Backlund defeated Greg Valentine
4/23/84:
Tito Santana defends the IC title at MSG against JJ DILLON. pic.twitter.com/M3IDLpz1nl
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 24, 2023
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