Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on May 27th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 27, 1989) – WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 21
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 27, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 21’ on NBC.
The entire event was originally taped on April 25, 1989 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Here are the results:
WWF Intercontinental Championship – King Duggan defeated Rick Rude (c) by countout
Randy Savage defeated Jim Neidhart
Steel Cage – WWF Championship – Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Big Boss Man (Zeus was ringside)
WWF Tag Team Championship – The Brain Busters defeated Demolition (c) by DQ
Jimmy Snuka defeated Boris Zuhkov
5/27/89:
Hulk Hogan
Big BossmanSaturday Night's Main Event! pic.twitter.com/SH5iBufbZT
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 27, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 27, 1988) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1988, 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 Rodger Kent & Superstar Billy Graham on commentary (Billy Graham’s debut as a commentator).
The results can be found below:
The Conquistador defeated SD Jones
Greg Valentine defeated George Steele by DQ
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Jim Powers & Paul Roma
Brutus Beefcake wrestled the One Man Gang to a double count-out
Haku, High Chief Afi (sub. for Tama) & Bobby Heenan defeated Koko B. Ware, Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid
Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Jerry Allen
WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase by DQ
Jim Neidhart defeated Don Muraco
Dino Bravo defeated Ken Patera
The Junkyard Dog defeated Ron Bass
5/27/88:
Jim Neidhart, still wrestling as a heel despite Bret's issues with Bad News Brown, takes on Don Muraco at MSG.
Plus, any chance to hear "Jesus Christ Superstar" is a-OK with me. pic.twitter.com/KWygmIjzu1
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 28, 2023
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