• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 01, 1985) – WWF Prime Time Wrestling *DEBUT EPISODE*
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Prime Time Wrestling’.
It featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the first ever ‘WWF WrestleMania’ event.
The card can be found right here:
David Schultz vs Salvatore Bellomo (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
Wild Samoan Afa vs Dick Murdoch (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
Mad Dog Vachon vs Rick McGraw (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
David Sammartino vs Moondog Spot (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
Greg Valentine vs Tito Santana (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
Wild Samoan Sika vs Adrian Adonis (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
Brutus Beefcake vs Tony Garea (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Hulk Hogan vs Big John Studd (10/22/84; Madison Square Garden)
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 1, 1984) – WWF Wrestling At The Chase *Hulk Hogan Returns & Gene Okerlund Debuts*
On this day in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Wrestling At The Chase’.
Originally the ‘Wrestling at the Chase’ TV show was associated with the ‘NWA St. Louis Wrestling Club’ territory, so they featured the NWA Superstars, but in the fall of 1983, the TV channel KPLR-TV, Channel 11 ended the relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance and started to negotiate a deal with the World Wrestling Federation.
This episode was pre-taped in St. Louis, Missouri and featured matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania event.
This show also included the television WWF return of Hulk Hogan, as well as the WWF debut of Mean Gene Okerlund.
You can find the card below:
Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas vs. Jerry Valiant & Dennis Stamp
David Schultz vs. Ken Jugan
Hulk Hogan vs. Bill Dixon (Hogan’s 1st match back, after his return from the AWA)
Big John Studd (managed by Mad Dog Managoff aka Jerry Graham Jr. / Jerry Jaffee) vs. Jimmy Jackson
Ivan Putski vs. Bill Berger
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Terry Daniels & Kevin Collins
*also featuring Mean Gene Okerlund’s WWF debut*
*Big John Studd and the Tag Team of Adonis & Murdoch are managed by Mad Dog Managoff (Jerry Graham Jr. / Jerry Jaffee) here*
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 1, 1984) – WWF All American Wrestling
On this day in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF All American Wrestling’.
Back then there was a brief time when All American Wrestling also showed content from other pro wrestling territories within the United States, including CWF, WCCW, Mid-South, AWA, … & more.
This episode was hosted by none other than Vince McMahon himself.
You can find the card below:
– The Wild Samoans vs. Tony Garea & SD Jones
– Mike Graham vs. Denny Brown (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Pat Patterson vs. Tor Kamata
– Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart vs. Jerry & Marty Oates (Mid-South Wrestling)
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 1, 1983) – WWF Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1983, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Championship Wrestling’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Agricultural Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments involving the 1983 WWF Superstars.
Here’s the card:
Ray Stevens vs. Curt Hennig
Jimmy Snuka vs. Tito Senza
Buddy Rose vs. Barry Hart
Tiger Mask vs. Mr. Saito
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Israel Matia
Salvatore Bellomo vs. Tony Colon
The Wild Samoans vs. Eddie Carson & Tony Rico
Mr. Fuji vs. Bob Bradley
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