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On This Day In Wrestling History: January 21st

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 21, 1991) – WWF MSG House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 21, 1991, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show in the world’s most famous arena, the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

This house show took place 2 days after the WWF Royal Rumble 1991 PPV, and originally aired on the MSG-Network.

The results:

Paul Roma defeated Shane Douglas

Tito Santana defeated Koko B Ware

The Undertaker (MSG Debut) defeated Jimmy Snuka

The British Bulldog defeated The Warlord

Legion of Doom defeated Demolition

The Big Boss Man defeated Hercules

Greg Valentine defeated Dino Bravo

The Nasty Boys Sags defeated The Bushwhackers

Steel Cage: Randy Savage defeated The Ultimate Warrior

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 21, 1986) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 21, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Yellowstone Metra in Billings, Montana.

This live event included matches featuring the 1986 WWF Superstars.

The official WWF ring did not arrive for the show, so they borrowed the ‘Billings Amateur Boxing Association’ ring to perform in.

The results can be found below:

Hercules pinned SD Jones

King Tonga pinned Barry O

Adrian Adonis defeated George Wells

Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid defeated Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart

King Kong Bundy defeated Lanny Poffo

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Jesse Ventura by count-out

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 21, 1985) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 21, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Jose Luis Rivera wrestled Charlie Fulton to a draw

David Schultz defeated SD Jones

Johnny V defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Tony Atlas defeated Brutus Beefcake by DQ

Paul Orndorff defeated Ivan Putski

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Nikolai Volkoff

Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch to win the titles (taped for Championship Wrestling – 2/2/85)

 

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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 21, 1984) – WWF Philadelphia House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 21, 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 on commentary.

The card can be found here:

Eddie Gilbert wrestled Rene Goulet to a 20-minute time-limit draw

Swede Hanson pinned Paul Vachon

The Invaders defeated Mr. Fuji & Charlie Fulton

WWF World Champion The Iron Sheik wrestled Tito Santana to a double-DQ

WWF IC Champion Don Muraco pinned Salvatore Bellomo

The Masked Superstar defeated Bob Backlund by count-out

The Haiti Kid & Tiger Jackson defeated Pancho Boy & Dana Carpenter

2-Out-Of-3-Falls: Andre The Giant, Jimmy Snuka, WWF Tag Team Champions Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson defeated Afa, Sika, Samula & Sgt. Slaughter

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 21, 1980) – WWF MSG House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 21, 1980, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show in the world’s most famous arena, the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

This house show originally aired on the MSG-Network back in the day.

The results:

Davey O’Hannon defeated Angelo Gomez

Rene Goulet defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna

Bobby Duncum defeated Mike Masters

Kevin Von Erich defeated Johnny Rodz

Larry Zbyszko defeated Hussein Arab (Iron Sheik) by DQ

Hulk Hogan defeated Dominic DeNucci

Tag Team Title Match: The Wild Samoans defeated Ivan Putski & Tito Santana (C) by count-out

World Title Match: Bob Backlund (c) wrestled Ken Patera to a double-DQ

IC Title Match: Pat Patterson (c) vs. Capt. Lou Albano by count-out

Tony Atlas vs. Swede Hanson

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