• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 4, 1998) – WWF Mayhem in Manchester
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 4, 1998, the World Wrestling Federation held an event called ‘Mayhem in Manchester’ at the NYNEX Arena in Manchester, England (UK).
The show was not broadcasted LIVE on television, but was later released on VHS in the United States and in the UK.
Here are the results:
Jeff Jarrett defeated Brakkus
Strap match: Henry & Phineas Godwinn defeated Skull & 8-Ball
Justin Bradshaw defeated Marc Mero
Ken Shamrock & Owen Hart defeated The Rock & D-Lo Brown
The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust defeated Cactus Jack
WWF Tag Team Championship: L.O.D. 2000 defeated The New Age Outlaws (c) by DQ
WWF Championship: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (c) defeated Triple H
The Undertaker defeated Kane
L.O.D. 2000 vs. The New Age Outlaws: Mayhem in Manchester 1998 https://t.co/DXyOteAtdi via @wwe
— Old School Wrestling Fans (@80s90sWWFFans) February 22, 2024
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 4, 1984) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 4, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York.
This live event included matches featuring the 1984 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Women’s Tag Team Champions Princess Victoria & Velvet McIntyre defeated Peggy Lee & Wendi Richter
Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Ron Shaw
Greg Valentine defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Brian Blair & Tony Garea defeated Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee
Ivan Putski defeated Sika by DQ
Jimmy Snuka defeated Afa
The Iron Sheik defeated Sgt. Slaughter by DQ
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• Old School ECW Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School ECW Veteran Ulf Herman (Real name: Ulf Nadrowski) celebrates his birthday today.
The german Wrestler originally made a name for himself in Otto Wanz’s CWA promotion, before he joined Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1998.
In ECW Ulf became a member of Lance Wright’s faction “The Wright Connection”, but later also joined the more famous stable “The Full Blooded Italians”.
He appeared at big ECW events like ‘A Matter of Respect 1998’, ‘November to Remember 1998’ and ‘House Party 1999’.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULF HERMAN!
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 4, 2018) – WWF Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2018, we lost Old School WWF Veteran ‘Luscious Johnny V’ aka Johnny Valiant (Real name: John Sullivan) at the age of 71.
Johnny Valiant won several Tag Team Championships as The Valiant Brothers with his kayfabe/storyline brothers “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant and Jerry Valiant.
Most Old School 80s fans remember Johnny V as a manager for the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team ‘The Dream Team’ (Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo), and also briefly for Demolition, before Mr. Fuji took over.
In 1996 he was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame by The British Bulldog & Owen Hart.
REST IN PEACE LUSCIOUS JOHNNY V!
November 25, 1946 – April 4, 2018
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