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On This Day In Wrestling History: May 20th

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 20, 1985) – WWF MSG House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1985, 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, Gene Okerlund & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.

The results can be found below:

Rocky Johnson defeated Rene Goulet

Bret Hart defeated Rick McGraw

Pedro Morales defeated Terry Gibbs

Jim Neidhart defeated Ivan Putski

Jesse Ventura defeated Tony Garea

Bruno & David Sammartino defeated Brutus Beefcake & Johnny V

The Missing Link defeated SD Jones

WWF Tag Team Title Match: Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik (C) via count-out

Jesse Ventura defeated Tony Garea

Ken Patera defeated Tony Atlas

WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Don Muraco via DQ

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 20, 1984) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 20, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

This live event included matches featuring the 1984 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Jose Gonzalez defeated Charlie Fulton

Terry Daniels defeated Tony Colon

Salvatore Bellomo defeated Butcher Vachon

Jesse Ventura defeated Jose Luis Rivera

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana & Ivan Putski defeated Ron Shaw & Samula

WWF Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Judy Martin

The Iron Sheik defeated Sgt. Slaughter by DQ

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Wild Samoan Sika

 

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 20, 1983) – WWF Houston House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 20, 1983, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas.

This Live Event included matches featuring the 1983 WWF Superstars.

Here are the results:

Mr. Wrestling II & the Junkyard Dog defeated Mr. Olympia & King Kong Brody by DQ

The Super Destroyer & The Masked Superstar (Demolition Ax) defeated Tito Santana & Mil Mascaras

Butch Reed defeated Rip Rogers

Gran Markus defeated Johnny Rich

Nick Bockwinkel defeated Dusty Rhodes

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Afa

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