• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 5, 1984) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 5, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The live event was televised on the local PRISM Network with Dick Graham & Lord Alfred Hayes doing commentary.
The results can be found here:
Rene Goulet defeated Akira Maeda
Brian Blair defeated Ron Shaw
Afa defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Sgt. Slaughter defeated David Schultz
Tiger Chung Lee defeated Jose Luis Rivera
Buzz Sawyer defeated the Tonga Kid
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan wrestled the Iron Sheik to a double count-out
WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Greg Valentine by DQ
Terry Daniels defeated Rene Goulet
Susan Starr & Donna Christianello defeated Wendi Richter & Peggy Lee
Rocky Johnson defeated Samula
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 5, 1985) – 2nd David Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 5, 1985, Fritz Von Erich’s World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) held the 2nd ‘David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions’ at the Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
This was the 2nd out of 5 “Parade of Champions” events that were held every year from 1984 till 1988.
A highlight of his Non-PPV show was one of the very few appearances of 7ft 5in Little John (aka Silo Sam / Big John Harris) at a major wrestling event.
He was sort of an outside enforcer for The Fantastics, who prevented Jim Cornette from interfering on The Midnight Express’ behalf.
Here are the results:
Johnny Mantell wrestled Skip Young to a draw
Scott Casey & Brian Adias defeated Kelly & Nick Kiniski
Terry Gordy defeated Kamala The Ugandan Giant
Mike Von Erich defeated Rip Oliver
Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams defeated The Great Kabuki & Scott Casey
Vacant NWA American Tag Team Championship: The Fantastics defeated The Midnight Express
The Von Erichs & The Fabulous Freebirds defeated Chris Adams, Gino Hernandez, Rip Oliver, One Man Gang, Kamala & ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair (c) wrestled Kevin Von Erich to a double count-out
Kerry Von Erich defeated One Man Gang
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