• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 23, 1986) – WWF All American Wrestling
On this day in 1986, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF All American Wrestling’.
It featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF WrestleMania II’ PPV.
The card can be found right here:
The Killer Bees vs. Barry O & Les Thornton
AJ Petruzzi vs. The Junkyard Dog
Frank Marconi vs. “Adorable” Adrian Adonis
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 23, 1985) – WWF Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Championship Wrestling’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York and featured matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania.
You can find the card below:
The Junkyard Dog vs. Mr. X
Brutus Beefcake vs. Joe Mirto
Susan Starr vs. Leilani Kai
David Sammartino vs. Bob Wade
Piper’s Pit w/ Hulk Hogan & Mr. T
The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Jim Powers & Tony Garea
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 23, 1985) – WWF All-Star Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF All-Star Wrestling’.
This episode was taped at the Brantford Civic Centre in Brantford, Ontario, Canada and fearued matches & interviews on the road to WWF WrestleMania I.
You can find the card below:
Ricky Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka vs. Terry Gibbs & Goldie Rogers
WWF Update
Brutus Beefcake vs. Mario Mancini
Interview with Hulk Hogan & Mr. T
Greg Valentine vs. Jim Powers
Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Barry O & Rene Goulet
Highlights of Piper’s Pit from MSG
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo vs. Matt Borne & Frank Marconi
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 23, 1985) – WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling on TBS
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their TV show ‘World Championship Wrestling’ on Ted Turner’s channel TBS.
‘World Championship Wrestling’ originally belonged to the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory, which Vince McMahon bought in July 1984 (leading to the infamous “Black Saturday”).
After the first ever WrestleMania event in 1985, McMahon sold the TV-show and the timeslot on TBS that came with it, to the Atlanta based Jim Crockett Promotions, who kept the ‘World Championship Wrestling’ name and continued the show as a weekly saturday night Wrestling show.
Ted Turner eventually bought Jim Crockett Promotions in late 1988 and renamed it ‘World Championship Wrestling’, which ironically was also the name of its weekly A-show, until they changed the show’s name to ‘WCW Saturday Night’ in 1992.
The World Wrestling Federation product ran on this show from July 14, 1984 until March 30, 1985.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania event.
You can find the card below:
Tito Santana vs. Jobber
Rick McGraw vs. Barry O
??? vs. The Demon
Brutus Beefcake vs. Aldo Marino
Bob Orton Jr. vs. Swede Hanson
Ricky Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka vs. Tony Russo & RT Reynolds
The Junkyard Dog vs. Snake Brown
WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine vs. Joe Mirto
Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff vs. Jim Young & Hollywood Brown
Handicap: Big John Studd vs. Chance Myers & Richie Dye
https://twitter.com/ovppodcast/status/1639008868427767818
https://twitter.com/ovppodcast/status/1638934126232498178
*Click on the NEXT button below to continue reading this article
