• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (February 18, 1985) – WWF The War To Settle The Score
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 18, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held ‘WWF The War To Settle The Score’ at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Only the Hogan/Piper main event for the World title aired on MTV, while the rest of the card were basically dark matches.
This was the event that was used to build up the storylines for the very first WrestleMania, that happened a little over a month later.
Here are the results:
Moondog Spot wrestled Rick McGraw to a draw
Johnny Rodz defeated Jose Louis Rivera
Hillbilly Jim defeated Rene Goulet
WWF Women’s Championship: Leilani Kai defeated Wendi Richter (c)
David Sammartino defeated Moondog Rex
Nikolai Volkoff (with Freddie Blassie) defeated Swede Hanson
Jimmy Snuka defeated Bob Orton
Paul Orndorff defeated Tony Atlas
WWF Tag Team Championship: The U.S. Express (c) (with Lou Albano) defeated The Spoiler & The Assassin
Don Muraco defeated Salvatore Bellomo
WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Roddy Piper by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (February 18, 1984) – WWF Philadelphia Spectrum Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 18, 1984, 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 card can be found here:
Brian Blair wrestled Rene Goulet to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Jose Luis Rivera pinned Steve Lombardi
WWF Tag Team Champions Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson defeated Roddy Piper & Don Muraco
WWF IC Champion Tito Santana wrestled the Iron Sheik to a double count-out
Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee defeated Eddie Gilbert & Tony Garea
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Masked Superstar by DQ
Salvatore Bellomo pinned Butcher Vachon
Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka defeated Sgt. Slaughter & David Schultz by count-out
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