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Post by throwingtoasters on Nov 19, 2020 23:28:41 GMT -5
 I believe this is the stub from the first WWF event my dad ever took me to. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I was able to look up the card from that night. WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 17, 1985 (12,000) The Spoiler fought Scott McGhee to a 20-minute time-limit draw Mr. Wrestling II pinned Terry Gibbs with a kneelift Bob Orton Jr. pinned Tony Garea after hitting him with his arm cast Paul Orndorff defeated Terry Funk via disqualification after Orndorff pulled Jimmy Hart into the ring WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage with a lariat Ivan Putski defeated Matt Borne Pedro Morales defeated Alexis SmirnoffMike Rotundo & Dan Spivey (sub. for Barry Windham) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification Bolded the guys in LOW. It's funny, when the LOW card for The Spoiler came out I said, "I don't know who that is." Turns out he was in the very first pro-wrestling match I ever saw live!  |
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Post by pikemojo on Nov 19, 2020 23:29:35 GMT -5
That's funny! And such a cool find!
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Post by Dustin on Nov 19, 2020 23:39:57 GMT -5
Hopefully more of those names will be added to Legends in the future!
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Post by Vegas on Nov 19, 2020 23:51:04 GMT -5
Very cool!
We both saw Randy Savage on our first-ever live wrestling show!
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Post by Justin Case on Nov 20, 2020 8:35:08 GMT -5
I believe this is the stub from the first WWF event my dad ever took me to. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I was able to look up the card from that night. WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 17, 1985 (12,000) The Spoiler fought Scott McGhee to a 20-minute time-limit draw Mr. Wrestling II pinned Terry Gibbs with a kneelift Bob Orton Jr. pinned Tony Garea after hitting him with his arm cast Paul Orndorff defeated Terry Funk via disqualification after Orndorff pulled Jimmy Hart into the ring WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage with a lariat Ivan Putski defeated Matt Borne Pedro Morales defeated Alexis SmirnoffMike Rotundo & Dan Spivey (sub. for Barry Windham) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification Bolded the guys in LOW. It's funny, when the LOW card for The Spoiler came out I said, "I don't know who that is." Turns out he was in the very first pro-wrestling match I ever saw live! Wow, maybe they'll have that card on YouTube to watch? I have found some full events there in the past!? 😉 |
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Post by Tournament Master on Nov 20, 2020 9:14:38 GMT -5
It's funny, when the LOW card for The Spoiler came out I said, "I don't know who that is." Turns out he was in the very first pro-wrestling match I ever saw live! That is hilarious. Thanks for sharing this. Wonder if I still have my first ticket anywhere. |
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Post by Tournament Master on Nov 20, 2020 9:26:45 GMT -5
I didn't find that ticket yet, but did find the lineup. I guess the first wrestler I saw live was Outback Jack...
(03.01.1988) WWF House Show - House Show @ Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, USA
Butch Reed defeats Outback Jack
Ron Bass defeats Lanny Poffo
Demolition (Ax & Smash) defeat The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau)
Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Sika
Don Muraco defeats Hercules
The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid) defeat The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff)
Bunkhouse Brawl Battle Royal: Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Ax and Billy Jack Haynes and Boris Zhukov and Butch Reed and Danny Davis and Davey Boy Smith and Dino Bravo and Don Muraco and Ernie Ladd and George Steele and Hercules and Hillbilly Jim and Jacques Rougeau and Ken Patera and Lanny Poffo and Nikolai Volkoff and Outback Jack and Raymond Rougeau and Ron Bass and Sam Houston and Sika and Smash and The Dynamite Kid and The Junkyard Dog and The One Man Gang and The Ultimate Warrior
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Post by Mike C. on Nov 20, 2020 10:57:43 GMT -5
The good old days, time limit draws and when a knee lift was a finisher!
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Post by cruefan68 on Nov 20, 2020 21:54:26 GMT -5
I unfortunately don't have the ticket stub but here are the results of my first ever card, at MSG no less!
WWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - June 8, 1981
Larry Sharpe defeated Rick McGraw
The Magnificent Muraco (w/ The Grand Wizard) defeated Rick Martel by Count Out (10:27)
SD Jones defeated Frank Savage (6:17)
Dusty Rhodes defeated Killer Khan by DQ (11:45)
Tony Garea defeated Man Mountain Cannon Jr. (6:23)
Bob Backlund (c) defeated Angelo Mosca (10:31) w/ (Special Referee: Pat Patterson) to retain the WWF Heavyweight Championship
Tatsumi Fujinami & The Great Yatsu (w/ Strong Kobayashi) defeated The Moondogs (Moondog Rex & Moondog Spot) (w/ Captain Lou Albano) (22:15) in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match
The Moondogs (Moondog Rex & Moondog Spot) were disqualified
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Moondog Spot
Pedro Morales (c) defeated Sgt. Slaughter (6:53) to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
I remember this show like it was yesterday, and I attended it only a few months after I first began watching wrestling. One disappointment was not seeing Antonio Inoki. I believe he and Fujinami were the scheduled challengers but the rookie Yatsu replaced him instead. Everyone popped thinking Fujinami & Yatsu won the titles but of course the first fall DQ negated that. I was already a huge fan of Muraco and he pulled off a vicious win over Martel, dropping him groin first on the top rope. I am so pumped that we are getting a color Muraco card in the next Legends set! Man Mountain Cannon who lost to Tony Garea would later go on to be King Kong Bundy. I need to find this show, maybe on Youtube.
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