• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 5, 1993) – WWF TV-Taping
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 8, 1995, the World Wrestling Federation held a show at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
They taped several episodes of ‘WWF Wrestling Challenge’ on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 1993’ pay-per-view, but also included various matches that never aired on TV.
Here are the results of the Non-TV-Taping matches:
The Mad Monk defeated Larry Ludden
The Smoking Gunns defeated Barry Horowitz & Reno Riggins (The Gunns’ untelevised WWF debut)
Ron & Don Harris defeated Dale Wolfe & Tim Patterson
Butch Beardon defeated Bill Wolf
The Mad Monk defeated Bobby Young
Louie Spicolli defeated The Lightning Kid (Sean Waltman)
The Brooklyn Brawler defeated Tex Deaton
The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzalez (sub. for Yokozuna) by DQ
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS by DQ
Mr. Perfect defeated WWF IC Champion Shawn Michaels by DQ
Bret Hart defeated Lex Luger
4/5/93:
Giant Gonzalez stands in for Yokozuna to face The Undertaker one day after Wrestlemania IX. pic.twitter.com/1xWCoZF4Zs
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 6, 2023
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History is made as the Smoking Gunns make their WWF debut in this unaired match.
cc: @BillyGunnFact pic.twitter.com/5CGqvHoDrk
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 5, 2023
4/5/93:
In this untelevised match, Shawn Michaels all but "loses" the IC title to Mr. Perfect.
And yes, referee Bill Alfonso. pic.twitter.com/yPtrkEJNnN
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 5, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 5, 1983) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 5, 1983, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show in Erie, Pennsylvania.
This live event included matches featuring the 1983 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Pancho Boy & Sonny Boy Hayes defeated Butch Cassidy & Tiger Jackson
Eddie Gilbert wrestled the Destroyer to a draw
Tony Garea defeated Swede Hanson
SD Jones defeated Samula via disqualification
Big John Studd defeated Jules Strongbow
WWF IC Champion Don Muraco defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Jimmy Snuka defeated Ray Stevens by DQ
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Afa
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 5, 1980) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 5, 1980, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1980 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Jose Estrada defeated Sylvano Sousa
Jim Duggan defeated Fred Marzino
Joe Crugnale defeated Pete Doherty
WWF Tag Team Champions Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated the Wild Samoans by DQ
Larry Zbyszko defeated Bruno Sammartino by DQ
Rene Goulet defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Bobby Duncum defeated Dominic DeNucci
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