• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 6, 1998) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 6, 1998, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised overseas house show at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany (Europe).
This live event featured matches on the road to the ‘WWF In Your House 21: Unforgiven’ pay-per-view.
The results can be found below:
Jeff Jarrett defeated Brakkus
Bradshaw defeated Marc Mero
Skull defeated Phinneas Godwinn
Ken Shamrock & Owen Hart defeated WWF IC Champion The Rock & D-Lo Brown
TAFKA Goldust defeated Cactus Jack
The Legion of Doom defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg by DQ
The Undertaker defeated Kane
WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated WWF European Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 6, 1981) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1981, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the world’s most famous arena, the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event featured the 1981 WWF Superstars and included World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund defending his title against Stan Hansen in a cage match.
The results can be found below:
The Great Yatsu defeated Terry Gunn
Killer Khan defeated Dominic DeNucci
WWF Intercontinental Title: Pedro Morales (C) defeated Moondog Rex
Pat Patterson wrestled Sergeant Slaughter to a double-DQ
Mil Mascaras defeated Moondog King
Steel Cage – WWF World Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund (C) defeated Stan Hansen
Special Delivery Jones defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Leilani Kai & The Fabulous Moolah defeated Jill Fontaine & Suzette Ferrara
Rick Martel & Tony Garea defeated Johnny Rodz & Larry Sharpe
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 6, 1979) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 6, 1979, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Witschi’s Sports Arena in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1979 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
SD Jones wrestled Johnny Rodz to a draw
Frank Williams wrestled Jose Estrada to a draw
Allen Coage (Bad News Brown) defeated Steve King
Bulldog Brower wrestled Steve Travis to a double-DQ
Ivan Putski defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Johnny Valiant by count-out
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• Old School WWWF Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWWF Legend “High Chief” Peter Maivia (Real name: Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia).
Peter Maivia was the father-in-law of Old School WWF Veteran Rocky Johnson and the grandfather of Old School WWF Legend & Hollywood Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The High Chief used to wrestle for Vince McMahon Sr.’s World Wide Wrestling Federation, where he feuded with “Superstar” Billy Graham, among many others.
Maivia, who was also the NWA promoter for the Hawaii territory, played a villain in the 1967 James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice”, where he had a memorable fightscene with Sean Connery, who portrayed 007.
In 2008 him and Rocky Johnson were both inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by The Rock.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
April 6, 1937 – June 12, 1982
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