Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 12th.
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 12, 1985) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 12, 1985, 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 on commentary.
The card can be found here:
Rick McGraw defeated Johnny Rodz
David Schultz defeated Dave Barbie
The Spoiler wrestled George Wells to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Brutus Beefcake defeated Salvatore Bellomo
David Sammartino defeated Paul Orndorff by DQ
WWF Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco
Don Muraco defeated Swede Hanson
Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. wrestled Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas (sub. for The Tonga Kid) to a double count-out
Bruno Sammartino KICKS BOBBY HEENAN'S ASS
Philly Spectrum, 1/12/85 pic.twitter.com/gOhgeGTTld
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) January 12, 2022
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 12, 1980) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 12, 1980, 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 Vince McMahon & Dick Graham on commentary.
The card can be found here:
Rene Goulet defeated Johnny Rodz
Davey O’Hannon defeated Jose Estrada
Bulldog Brower defeated Mike Masters
Bobby Duncum defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund by referee stoppage due to blood loss
Hulk Hogan defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Tito Santana
WWF IC Champion Pat Patterson defeated Capt. Lou Albano by count-out
Larry Zbyszko defeated Hussein Arab by referee’s decision
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Swede Hanson
Ken Patera defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Ivan Putski by count-out
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• Old School WWF Veteran Would Celebrate Her Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF Diva & Manager Luna Vachon (Real name: Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon).
Luna was the step-daughter of Paul “Butcher” Vachon and the niece of fellow Old School Wrestling Legend Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon.
Vachon worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1994 and again from 1997 till 2000.
In 2019 she was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of their annual Legacy Wing inductions.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010
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• Old School Wrestling Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School ECW Veteran Big Dick Dudley (Real name: Alex Rizzo).
He was considered the leader of the Dudley Family in Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled from 1994 till 1999.
Big Dick Dudley was married to ECW Diva Elektra, but they divorced shortly before he passed away in 2002.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
January 12, 1968 – May 16, 2002
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• Old School WWF Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF Tag Team Veteran Brian Blair celebrates his birthday today.
Most Golden Era fans will remember him as a member of the Tag Team ‘The Killer Bees’ alongside his tag team partner “Jumpin'” Jim Brunzell.
They teamed up in the World Wrestling Federation from 1985 till 1988, before they were split up unannounced and both Brian & Jim were used as ‘Jobbers To The Stars’ from that point onwards.
The team later reunited in Herb Abrams’ Universal Wrestling Federation as “Masked Confusion”, though still using their Killer Bees gimmick, only with a different name due to the WWF holding the trademark.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN BLAIR!
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (January 12, 2020) – Old School Wrestling Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2020 we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran Kendo Nagasaki (Real name: Kazuo Sakurada) at the age of 71.
From his debut in 1971 until his retirement in 2001, Kazuo wrestled for several territories such as Calgary Stampede Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), Continental Wrestling Association (Memphis Wrestling), Southeastern Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Super World of Sports (SWS), World Wrestling Council (WWC), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Portland), NWA Big Time Wrestling, … & many more.
He even joined Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1989 as “The Dragonmaster”, a member of Gary Hart’s heel faction “The J-Tex Corporation”.
REST IN PEACE KENDO NAGASAKI!
September 26, 1948 – January 12,2020
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