• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 30, 1988) – WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 16
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 30, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 16’ on NBC.
The entire event was originally taped on April 22, 1988 at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Here are the results:
Jim Duggan defeated Hercules by DQ
Brutus Beefcake defeated Danny Davis
WWF World Heavyweight Championship – Randy Savage (c) defeated One Man Gang
Demolition defeated The British Bulldogs by DQ
Ted DiBiase defeated Don Muraco
Rick Rude defeated Koko B. Ware
WWF Saturday Night's Main Event 16 INTRO pic.twitter.com/dm3fQPuSYx
— Old School Wrestling Fans (@80s90sWWFFans) November 28, 2023
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The British Bulldogs take on Demolition on Saturday Night’s Main Event. pic.twitter.com/kqkdwaYnKs
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 30, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 30, 1994) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 30, 1994, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches on the road to the WWF King of the Ring 1994 PPV.
The results can be found below:
Kwang defeated The 1-2-3 Kid
Mabel defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by count-out
The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Smoking Gunns
Razor Ramon defeated WWF IC Champion Diesel by DQ
WWF Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze defeated Leilani Kai (sub. for Luna Vachon)
IRS defeated Tatanka by DQ
Lex Luger defeated Crush (sub. for Mr. Perfect)
WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 30, 1983) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 30, 1983, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The live event was televised on the local PRISM Network with Gorilla Monsoon & Dick Graham doing commentary.
The results can be found here:
– Eddie Gilbert defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
– Ray Stevens defeated Tony Garea
– Andre the Giant & Rocky Johnson defeated Don Muraco & Big John Studd
– Ivan Koloff defeated SD Jones
– Bob Backlund defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
– Mr. Fuji defeated Johnny Rodz
– Samula & Afa defeated Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 30, 1977) – WWWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 30, 1977, the World Wide Wrestling Federation held a house show at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
The live event included ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham winning the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship from Bruno Sammartino.
The results can be found here:
WWWF Tag Team Champions Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf co-won a 16-man $5000 battle royal
SD Jones defeated Johnny Rodz
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Jan Nelson
Ken Patera defeated Ted Adams
Superstar Billy Graham pinned WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino to win the title
Tony Garea wrestled Baron Von Raschke to a 20-minute time-limit draw
WWWF Tag Team Champion Billy White Wolf defeated Doug Gilbert
Larry Zbyszko defeated Moose Monroe
WWWF Tag Team Champion Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
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