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Singles match for the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship: 10:28: 4: Antonio Inoki (c) defeated Larry Sharpe: Singles match for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship: 08:52: 5: Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales defeated the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) (c) 2-0: Two-out-of-three falls match for the WWF World Tag Team Championship: 13:06: 6
April 21 - At New York's Madison Square Garden, Ken Patera pinned Pat Patterson to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. May 2 - Bret Hart captured his first Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship by beating Leo Burke in Bret's hometown of Calgary, Alberta.
Hogan's return to the WWF in February 1993, episode of Monday Night Raw (which replaced another WWF program during the 1980s, Prime Time Wrestling) received a lackluster reaction from the crowds. Hulk Hogan left the WWF during the summer of 1993, and joined WCW the following spring, while Randy Savage left the WWF for WCW in November 1994. [14]
August 9, 1980: Showdown at Shea: New York, NY: 1 1 This was a two out of three falls match, which Backlund and Morales won 2–0. [1] [1] — Vacated: August 10, 1980 — — — — The championship was vacated due to Backlund's status as WWF Heavyweight Champion. [1] 23 The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) September 9, 1980: Championship ...
Hulk Hogan pictured in 1985, during his first reign as WWF World Champion, was the biggest WWF star during the 1980s professional wrestling boom. Prime Time Wrestling was a two-hour long, weekly TV program that featured stars of the World Wrestling Federation (1985-1993)
In the summer of 1980, Garea returned to the WWF and continued to wrestle in the tag team division, with another former WWF Tag Team Champion Rene Goulet. The two participated in a tag team tournament for the titles, where they were defeated by The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) in the finals on 27 September 1980. [12]
The show was a major event in the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection in the mid-1980s WWF, and began a storyline that ultimately culminated in the first WrestleMania. The main event featured The Fabulous Moolah defending the WWF Women's Championship against Wendi Richter. Richter pinned Moolah to win the Women's Championship. It was the only match ...
Morales and Bob Backlund as WWF Tag Team Champions in 1980. On May 6, 1980, Morales returned to the renamed World Wrestling Federation, defeating Moose Monroe, Frank Savage, Mark Pole, Brute Bernard and Ben Alexander during the course of the following weeks. [42] He formed a tag team with Bob Backlund, which won its first two contests.