• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 19, 1989) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 19, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF SummerSlam 1989’ pay-per-view.
The results can be found below:
Lanny Poffo defeated Jim Powers
The Honky Tonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim
The Barbarian defeated Jim Neidhart
The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF IC Champion Rick Rude by count-out
Bad News Brown defeated the Blue Blazer
Rick Martel defeated Tito Santana
The Red Rooster defeated The Brooklyn Brawler
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated The Big Boss Man & Akeem by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 19, 1986) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1986, 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 & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.
Below are the results:
Lanny Poffo defeated Tiger Chung Lee (sub. for Moondog Spot)
Bret Hart defeated SD Jones
Hercules defeated Sivi Afi
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner
WWF IC Champion Randy Savage wrestled Tito Santana to a no contest
King Kong Bundy defeated Tony Atlas
Jake Roberts wrestled Ricky Steamboat to a double DQ
Dan Spivey defeated Paul Christy
Jim Neidhart wrestled Jim Brunzell to a 20-minute time-limit draw
WWF Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 19, 1980) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 19, 1980, 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 Vince McMahon on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Rick McGraw defeated Jose Estrada (McGraw’s MSG debut)
Larry Zbyszko won a 16-man $15,000 battle royal
Larry Sharpe defeated Frank Williams
L. Zbyszko pinned Dominic DeNucci
Tor Kamata pinned Johnny Rodz
Texas Death Match: WWF World Champion Bob Backlund pinned WWF IC Champion Ken Patera
Gorilla Monsoon pinned Baron Mikel Scicluna (sub. for Hulk Hogan)
Bobby Duncum defeated Rene Goulet
Best-of-2-out-of-3-falls: Tony Atlas, Ivan Putski & Pat Patterson defeated Peter Maivia & WWF Tag Team Champions The Wild Samoans
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