• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 8, 1987) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 8, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1987 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Jerry Allen (sub. for Cpl. Kirchner)
Sika defeated SD Jones
Demolition defeated The Islanders
Koko B. Ware defeated Danny Davis
Billy Jack Haynes (sub. for Jake Roberts) defeated The Honky Tonk Man
Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated The Shadows (Randy Colley & Jose Luis Rivera)
Steel Cage: WWF IC Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 8, 1988) – WCCW Parade of Champions 5
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 8, 1988, Fritz Von Erich’s World Class Championship Wrestling held the ‘5th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions’ at the Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
This was the last out of 5 “Parade of Champions” events that were held once a year from 1984 till 1988.
Here are the results:
The Missing Link & Jason Sterling defeated Vince Apollo & The Angel of Death
WWA World Heavyweight Championship: Mike George (c) defeated Jeff Raitz
Steve Casey defeated Eric Embry
Black Bart defeated Bill Irwin by DQ
Triple Dome of Terror: Terry Gordy defeated Michael Hayes
Texas Heavyweight Championship: Terry Taylor (c) defeated Chris Adams
Triple Dome Texas Roundup: Jason Sterling, Steve Casey & John Tatum defeated Angel of Death, Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, King Parsons, Buddy Roberts, Jack Victory, Shaun Simpson and 6 others
Bruiser Brody & Kevin Von Erich defeated Buddy Roberts & a Masked Man
Vacant Wild West Tag Team Championship: John Tatum & Jack Victory defeated Terry Gordy & Steve Simpson by count-out
WCCW World Heavyweight Championship: Kerry Von Erich defeated Iceman Parsons (c)
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 8, 2018) – Old School WWF Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2018 we lost Old School WWF Veteran Big Bully Busick (Real name: Nick Busick) at the age of 63 due to a brain tumour.
The former police officer and former professional powerlifter made a name for himself when he was working for the World Wrestling Federation for a few months in 1991.
Big Bully lived up to his character when he bullied the kids in the audience and also harassed female ring announcer Mike McGuirk.
Busick was originally booked to be in a classic Survivor Series team with Skinner, The Berzerker & Col. Mustafa, but left the WWF shortly before the pay-per-view and was eventually replaced with Hercules.
REST IN PEACE BIG BULLY BUSICK!
June 1, 1954 – May 8, 2018
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