Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 11th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 11, 1992) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 11, 1992, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 1992’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Chris Chavis defeated Kato
Owen Hart (sub. for Davey Boy Smith) defeated The Berzerker
Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated The Beverly Brothers
The Undertaker defeated Sid Justice by DQ
Kerry Von Erich defeated Skinner
IRS defeated The Big Boss Man
Randy Savage defeated Jake Roberts
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 11, 1986) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 11, 1986, 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 Dick Graham & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.
The card can be found here:
Danny Spivey defeated Ron Shaw
Jim Neidhart wrestled Brian Blair to a time-limit draw
Hercules defeated SD Jones
Adrian Adonis defeated Tony Atlas
King Tonga defeated Tiger Chung Lee
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Andre The Giant defeated King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd & Bobby Heenan
Bret Hart defeated Ivan Putski
No DQ – No count-out – martial arts: Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco
Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake by DQ
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 11, 1986) – WWF Boston House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 11, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
The live event was televised on the local NESN Network with Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura on commentary.
The card can be found here:
Lanny Poffo defeated Terry Gibbs
Scott McGhee defeated Moondog Spot
Cousin Luke defeated Les Thornton
Randy Savage defeated WWF IC Champion Tito Santana by count-out
Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Paul Orndorff & Bruno Sammartino by count-out
Terry Funk defeated Pedro Morales
George Wells defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik defeated The Junkyard Dog & Cpl. Kirchner
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 11, 1980) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 11, 1980, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This live event included matches featuring the 1980 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Baron Mikel Scicluna wrestled Johnny DeFazio to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Larry Zbyszko defeated Swede Hanson
Ken Patera defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Ivan Putski by count-out
Hussein Arab (The Iron Sheik) defeated Tony Altimore
Hulk Hogan defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Tito Santana
WWF IC Champion Pat Patterson defeated Capt. Lou Albano by count-out
The Wild Samoans defeated Dominic DeNucci & Gorilla Monsoon
Bobby Duncum defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund by referee stoppage due to blood loss
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• Old School Wrestling Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Old School Wrestling Legend ‘The Madman from the Sudan’ Abdullah the Butcher (Real name: Lawrence Shreve) celebrates his 83rd birthday today.
Abdullah had a pretty long career in professional wrestling from 1958 until 2010, including working for various promotions such as World Wrestling Council, Jim Crockett Promotions & World Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling From Florida, and World Class Championship Wrestling.
In 2011 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by fellow Old School Wrestling Legend Terry Funk.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER!
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