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On This Day In Wrestling History: May 21st

• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 21, 1988) – WWF Philadelphia House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This live event aired on the PRISM Network and featured Dick Graham & Rodger Kent on commentary.

The results can be found below:

Jerry Allen defeated Steve Lombardi

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Jim Powers & Paul Roma

Bret Hart wrestled Bad News Brown to a time-limit

Andre The Giant defeated Jim Duggan by count-out

Haku, High Chief Siva Afi & Bobby Heenan defeated Davey Boy Smith, The Dynamite Kid & Koko B. Ware

Don Muraco defeated Greg Valentine by DQ

Jake Roberts defeated Rick Rude

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 21, 1985) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 21, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Rick McGraw wrestled Terry Gibbs to a draw

Swede Hanson defeated Johnny Rodz

Ken Patera defeated George Sanders

SD Jones defeated Charlie Fulton

Pedro Morales defeated Rene Goulet

Bruno & David Sammartino defeated Brutus Beefcake & Johnny V

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 21, 1984) – WWF MSG House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1984, 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 on commentary.

The results can be found below:

Akira Maeda defeated Rene Goulet

Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee defeated Brian Blair & Tony Garea

Jimmy Snuka defeated Greg Valentine by DQ

Paul Orndorff defeated WWF IC Champion Tito Santana by count-out

Jesse Ventura defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Sgt. Slaughter wrestled The Iron Sheik to a double-DQ

The Wild Samoans & Samula defeated Bobo Brazil (sub. for Tony Atlas), Rocky Johnson, & SD Jones

WWF Women’s Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Wendi Richter by DQ

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated David Schultz

George Steele defeated Terry Daniels

Roddy Piper defeated Ivan Putski by DQ

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 21, 1981) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 21, 1981, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

This live event included matches featuring the 1981 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Frank Savage defeated Fred Marzino

Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Pete Doherty

Rick McGraw defeated Johnny Rodz by

Angelo Mosca defeated Dominic DeNucci

Rick Martel, Tony Garea & SD Jones defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Moondogs & Capt. Lou Albano

 

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