Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on March 26th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 26, 1992) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 26, 1992, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
This live event featured matches on the road to the ‘WWF WrestleMania VIII’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Rick Martel defeated JW Storm
Jim Brunzell defeated Col. Mustafa
Shawn Michaels defeated Tito Santana
Bret Hart & The Bushwhackers defeated Jacques Rougeau & the Nasty Boys
WWF Tag Team Champion I.R.S. defeated Virgil
Tatanka defeated the Warlord
Steel Cage: Randy Savage defeated Sid Justice by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 26, 1983) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 26, 1983, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1983 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Jose Estrada defeated Pete Doherty
Pete Sanchez defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Tony Garea defeated Fred Marzino
Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Capt. Lou Albano
Iron Mike Sharpe defeated SD Jones
Jimmy Snuka defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Afa
Texas Death match: WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated WWF IC Champion Don Muraco
Rocky Johnson defeated Superstar Billy Graham by count-out
Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd by count-out
Ray Stevens defeated Jules Strongbow
Johnny Rodz defeated Samula by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 26, 1979) – WWWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1979, the World Wide Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event was televised on the MSG Network and featured Vince McMahon on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Dominic DeNucci defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Allen Coage defeated SD Jones
Steve Travis defeated Mike Hall
Dick Murdoch defeated Johnny Rodz
WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Greg Valentine
Fred Curry defeated Victor Rivera by count-out
Bruno Sammartino defeated Ivan Koloff by count-out
Best 2 out of 3 falls: Capt. Lou Albano, WWWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jerry Valiant defeated Dusty Rhodes, Larry Zbyszko & Tony Garea
Ivan Putski defeated Peter Maivia by referee’s decision
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 26, 2001) – Old School Wrestling Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2001, we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran Benny McGuire (Real name: Benny McCrary) at the age of 54 due to a heart failure.
Him and his brother Billy McGuire not only wrestled as “The McGuire Twins”, by far the heaviest Tag Team in professional wrestling history, they also made the Guinness Book of World Records as the “World’s Heaviest Twins”.
At his heaviest Benny was 814 lbs on his own, and together they weighed around 1500 lbs.
During their professional wrestling career in the 70s, the McGuire Twins wrestled all over the United States in several territories, as well as Canada & Japan.
They were also famous for riding on their Honda motorcycles, which they were referenced for in many different TV shows & movies over the years.
REST IN PEACE BENNY MCGUIRE!
December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001
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