• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 18, 1987) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event aired on the MSG Network and featured Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Sam Houston defeated Terry Gibbs (Prime Time Wrestling – 5/25/87)
Jim Powers & Paul Roma defeated Bob Orton Jr. & Don Muraco (Prime Time Wrestling- 5/25/87)
Danny Davis defeated Koko B. Ware (Best of the WWF Vol. 14 VHS)
Lanny Poffo defeated Dave Barbie (Prime Time Wrestling – 6/8/87)
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Harley Race
Debbie Combs defeated WWF Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah by count-out (Best of the WWF Vol. 13 VHS / The Women of the WWF VHS)
Demolition defeated Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
Ron Bass defeated Jose Luis Rivera (Prime Time Wrestling – 5/30/88)
Ken Patera (sub. for Jake Roberts) defeated The Honkytonk Man by DQ (Patera’s MSG return after a 2-year absence)
5/18/87:
Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Lord Alfred welcome us to MSG! pic.twitter.com/b4zg0WbJ8Z
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 18, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 18, 1986) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 18, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.
This live event included matches featuring the 1986 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Hercules Hernandez defeated Lanny Poffo
Jim Neidhart defeated Jim Brunzell
Danny Spivey defeated Bret Hart
Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy defeated George Steele & Cousin Luke (sub. for Uncle Elmer)
Ricky Steamboat wrestled Jake Roberts to a double-DQ
Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage by DQ
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Adrian Adonis by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 18, 1985) – WWF Boston House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 18, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an televised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This was the first Boston Garden WWF event that aired on the NESN channel and it featured Gorilla Monsoon & Gene Okerlund on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Moondog Spot defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Swede Hanson defeated Steve Lombardi
Big John Studd defeated Rocky Johnson
Tito Santana defeated Brutus Beefcake by count-out
Ken Patera defeated Tony Garea
WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated the Junkyard Dog
Ivan Putski defeated Barry O
Pete Doherty defeated Mario Mancini
Tony Atlas defeated Matt Borne
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Snuka defeated Don Muraco (sub. for Roddy Piper) & Bob Orton Jr. by DQ
5/18/85:
Intro to the first ever televised WWF Boston Garden show! pic.twitter.com/aUW0BHEvSo
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 19, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 18, 1983) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 18, 1983, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Ludlow High School Gym in Ludlow, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1983 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Barry Hart wrestled Samoan #4 (Tonga Kid) to a draw
Mac Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Pete Doherty defeated Barry Hart (sub. for Eddie Gilbert vs. Charlie Fulton)
Swede Hanson defeated Bob Bradley
Chief Jay Strongbow defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Sika by DQ
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Samula
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