• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 27, 1982) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 27, 1982, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1982 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Johnny Rodz defeated Steve King
Pete Sanchez defeated Tony Altimore
WWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Saito defeated Frank Williams
Tony Atlas defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Fuji
WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales defeated Greg Valentine by count-out
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Bob Orton Jr.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 27, 1978) – WWWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 27, 1978, Vince McMahon Sr.’s World Wide Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1978 WWWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
SD Jones defeated Strong Kobayashi
Larry Zbyszko defeated Tank Patton
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Butcher Vachon
WWWF Tag Team Champions Dominic DeNucci & Dino Bravo defeated Stan Stasiak & Johnny Rodz
Spiros Arion pinned Peter Maivia
Luke Graham defeated Ivan Putski by referee stoppage
Dusty Rhodes defeated Superstar Billy Graham by count-out
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• Old School Wrestling Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Legendary Old School Wrestling Personality Eric Bischoff celebrates his birthday today.
After being an announcer for the AWA and WCW, he moved up the ladder and became the President of Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling promotion, as well as the on-screen manager of the most famous faction in Professional Wrestling history: The New World Order (nWo).
The last time we saw him in a major role on TV, was for TNA iMPACT Wrestling from 2010 to 2012.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, the same night the nWo was inducted as well.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC BISCHOFF!
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