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The WWF now fully owned by Vince McMahon seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance at the annual NWA Convention. September 4: WWF All-American Wrestling debut on the USA Network November 15: Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson made WWF history as they became the first African-Americans to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in a no-disqualification ...
1983-1984 1992 Edward Ferrara: Oklahoma 1999 2001 David Ferrier † Jimmy Backlund Jimmy Graffiti Jim Richland 1985 1987 1996 Wayne Ferris: Honky Tonk Man 1994 1994 Tonga Fifita: Meng 1994 2001 David Finlay Jr. Belfast Bruiser Fit Finlay 1996 2001 David Fliehr: David Flair: 1998 2001 Richard Fliehr [n 2] Ric Flair: 1974–1991 1993–1998 1998 ...
March 8, 1983: Championship Wrestling: Allentown, PA: 3 252 Aired on Tape Delay on March 19, 1983. [4] 32 Soul Patrol (Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas) November 15, 1983: Championship Wrestling: Allentown, PA: 1 154 This was a no disqualification match. Aired on tape delay on December 10, 1983. [5] World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 33 The North ...
December 26, 1983: WWF on MSG Network: New York, NY: 1 28: 28 The Iron Sheik won by submission when Bob Backlund's manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel to prevent any major injury. The title was renamed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship when the WWF ended its affiliation with the NWA. [36] [37] World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 10 ...
1983–1987 CWA [15] Plasee Conway Jr. Tiger Conway Jr. 1983 1987 [1] [16] Wendell Cooley: Wendell Cooley / Rick Casey 1985–1986 [5] Thomas Couch † Tommy Rogers 1984–1987 [17] [18] Eddie Crawford † The Snowman 1985 [19] Art Crews: Art Crews 1983–1984 1986–1987 [5] [20] Pablo Ordaz Crispín † Great Goliath 1984 William Cruickshanks ...
The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was a competing professional wrestling promotion that was expanding nationally with the use of cable television and attempted to take over the market. Promotions under the governance of the NWA only operated within their territory, and the WWF was affecting their business and acquiring their top wrestlers.
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On December 23, 1983, the WWF signed Hogan to return after appearing in Rocky III (1982) and developing a babyface gimmick in the AWA. Vince McMahon, owner of then World Wrestling Federation, changed professional wrestling fundamentally in the 1980s. Fortune for the WWF came at the expense of the AWA and WCCW.