• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 31, 1985) – WWF All American Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF All American Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania, that happened later on the same day.
You can find the card below:
– The British Bulldogs vs. Barry O & Rene Goulet
– Update: Junk Yard Dog
– Big John Studd vs. Jim Young
– Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Cyndi Lauper & Wendi Richter
– Susan Starr vs. Mad Maxine
– Footage of Hulk Hogan & Mr. T preparing for WrestleMania
– Greg Valentine vs. Pete Pompeii
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 31, 1984) – WWF Wrestling At The Chase
On this day in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Wrestling At The Chase’.
The ‘Wrestling at the Chase’ TV show was originally associated with the ‘St. Louis Wrestling Club’ NWA territory, so they featured the NWA Wrestling Superstars, but in the fall of 1983, the TV station KPLR-TV (Channel 11) ended the relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance and started to negotiate a deal with the World Wrestling Federation, the promotion that ended up taking over the famous TV show.
This episode was pre-taped in St. Louis, Missouri and featured the 1984 WWF Superstars.
You can find the card below:
– Tito Santana vs. Alexis Smirnoff
– Interview: Big John Studd & Roddy Piper
– Piper’s Pit: Jimmy Snuka
– Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson vs. Charlie Fulton & Butcher Vachon
– Hulk Hogan vs. Tiger Chung Lee
– Interview: Tony Atlas
– Big John Studd vs. Jose Luis Rivera
– Interview: Hulk Hogan
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 31, 1984) – WWF Superstars of Wrestling
On this day in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation aired the first ever episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Superstars of Wrestling’.
This was the original third nationally syndicated show that later became known as “WWF Wrestling Spotlight” after the August 30, 1986 episode.
NOT to be confused with the famous weekly “WWF Superstars of Wrestling” TV show, that eventually took over WWF Championship Wrestling in September 1986 and ran until 1997 (before becoming a recap/highlights show that ran till 2001).
Here’s the card:
Jimmy Snuka vs. Pete Doherty (from St Louis 3/23/84)
WWF Update: Hulk Hogan
Howard Finkel interviews Hulk Hogan
Piper’s Pit: Paul Orndorff
Big John Studd vs. Jose Luis Rivera (from Allentown, PA 3/6/84)
Howard Finkel interviews Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
David Schultz vs. Angelo Gomez (from Hamburg, PA 3/7/84)
Howard Finkel interviews Rocky Johnson
Paul Orndorff vs. B. Brian Blair (from St. Louis 3/23/84)
Howard Finkel interviews Big John Studd
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 31, 1984) – WWF Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation aired another 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 with several 1984 WWF Wrestling Superstars.
You can find the card below:
– Tito Santana vs. Mike Powers
– Greg Valentine vs. Francisco Vasquez
– Bob Backlund vs. Tony Russo
– Paul Orndorff vs. Santiago Rios
– Bob Orton Jr. vs. Lee Wong
– Roddy Piper vs. SD Jones
– Ivan Putski vs. Frankie Williams
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