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The match ended in controversial fashion after Patterson placed his right leg on the ropes just before the three count was made. On May 4, 1981, Patterson's feud with Sgt. Slaughter culminated in an alley street fight match in Madison Square Garden. The match was voted Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. [8]
Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera Texas Death Match: World Wrestling Federation WWF on MSG Network New York, New York May 19 1981 Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter Alley Fight: WWF on MSG Network New York, New York May 4 1982 Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid New Japan Pro-Wrestling Summer Fight Series II Night 19 Tokyo, Japan August 5 1983
Patterson accepted on television and was escaping from the hold when Slaughter released it and put a beat-down on Patterson. This started a hot feud that culminated in an " Alley Fight " in New York, New York 's Madison Square Garden between the two, which is widely regarded as the best "hardcore" match of the Kayfabe era.
Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrestling star and a WWE Hall of Famer, has died, the organization announced Wednesday. “From the Intercontinental Title to the Royal Rumble Match and ...
WWE Madison Square Garden Classics is a professional wrestling television program on the MSG Network, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment.It debuted in a two-hour block on July 12, 2006 and was hosted by longtime wrestling announcer "Mean" Gene Okerlund, primarily recapping and reairing WWF on MSG Network shows throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Patterson became the first champion as a result of defeating Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship on June 19, 1979 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and defeating Johnny Rodz in a fictional tournament final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to unify the North American Heavyweight Championship with the fictional South American ...
He still made occasional appearances in ring, and the first came at Fully Loaded: In Your House where he hugged Vince McMahon, Sgt. Slaughter, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco. [30] His first match back he lost to Bob Holly on Shotgun Saturday Night episode October 3, 1998 (taped September 28, 1998).
In Your House was a series of monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) events first produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs (WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble), and were sold at a lower cost.