Welcome to Timeline ‘84, a function that goals to map out all of the occasions that formed the trendy wrestling world as we all know it. Two years in the past, I began Wrestling Playlists with the concept of doing a trek via all the identified wrestling footage that exists in chronological order, beginning with the oldest identified clip on the finish of the nineteenth century.
Whereas the footage facilitates a extra full telling of wrestling historical past than some may assume throughout this period, what I’ve additionally found is that failed plans, fashionable recollections, and the main points of behind-the-scenes maneuvering are maybe an much more essential a part of understanding professional wrestling’s fashionable panorama than something that has occurred within the ring.
July sees the WWF try and develop to the Carolinas to disappointing outcomes whereas the WWF picks up Wendi Richter mid-angle from Mid South Wrestling to arrange a serious crossover effort with Cyndi Lauper and MTV. It’s an enormous month for the WWF as whereas that is occurring, in addition they take management of the wrestling timeslot on WTBS, giving the WWF a quick monopoly over all professional wrestling on cable tv.
July – The WWF secures tv time on Kansas Metropolis’s KEKR-62, placing them in competitors with the struggling Central States territory. The WWF intends to debut available in the market on July 19, however cancels the deliberate present as a result of poor advances. [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 157]
July – Promoter Jerry Jarrett convinces WMC-5 to air The Jerry Lawler Present face to face with the WWF’s Superstars of Wrestling on WMKW-30, which has a big destructive influence on WWF rankings available in the market.
July – Tony Atlas leaves the WWF and makes his first look again within the AWA. In his first televised interview, Atlas explains his WWF departure by saying, “I beat everybody there. The competitors wasn’t powerful. I needed to go away to search out good competitors.”
July – AWA stars Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie and Jim Brunzell again out of plans to leap to the WWF. [WON 1984-07-30]
July – Southwest Championship Wrestling loses a tv hour in San Antonio to World Class Championship Wrestling, who move the time to Mid South Wrestling, forecasting extra partnership between the teams.
July – World Class Championship Wrestling efficiently expands its syndicated efforts into 4 dozen associates, together with Boston, St. Louis, Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis, inserting WCCW in competitors not solely with the WWF, but in addition the NWA’s St. Louis reveals, Championship Wrestling From Georgia, and the AWA. This, mixed with Kerry Von Erich showing in WWF Journal [WON AUGUST 1984], causes paranoia from different NWA promoters. The NWA begins providing assist to Joe Blanchard’s Southwest Championship Wrestling by offering Blanchard with prime NWA expertise. In reality, Fritz doesn’t imagine WCCW is robust sufficient to develop as a result of his expertise roster is skinny and absolutely prolonged. He has no intentions of operating stay reveals within the new markets, however the alienation from different NWA promotions leads him to contemplate partnership with Vince McMahon and the WWF. Fearing a WWF-WCCW partnership within the Twin Cities, the AWA secures a tv spot for All Star Wrestling on KRLD-33 in Dallas. [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 151]
July 1 – Southwest Championship Wrestling bounces again but once more, drawing 6,000 followers to Freeman Coliseum. In the primary occasion, Abdullah the Butcher and Bruiser Brody brawl to a double disqualification. They considerably outdraw the World Class Championship Wrestling card in San Antonio the identical evening, because the group solely attracts 1,400 followers, even with a Freebirds-Von Erichs primary occasion.
July 1 – Mid South Wrestling attracts a “new report” [WON 1984-07-30] 16,100 followers to the Myriad in Oklahoma Metropolis with a $75,000 gate. They principally repeat the identical matches and finishes because the New Orleans Superdome Extravaganza on June 16.
July 1 – Georgia Championship Wrestling promotes its final card on the Omni. Within the prime matches, Dusty Rhodes and Jimmy Valiant face the Highway Warriors, whereas Ron Garvin defeats Jake Roberts to win the vacant NWA World TV Title.
July 2 – Jim Crockett Promotions attracts a sellout 6,800 followers turning away 3,000 extra [WON 1984-07-30] in Greenville, South Carolina. In the primary occasion, NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude defeats Wahoo McDaniel. The Aptitude-Wahoo feud reveals energy within the Carolinas on the power of a wonderful TV angle the place Wahoo turned on Aptitude to align with Tully Blanchard. The Aptitude-Wahoo sequence is “bloody and soiled as hell.” [WON 1984-07-30]
July 2 – The WWF attracts 10,000 followers to the Oakland Coliseum for a card the place “each bout however [the Sgt. Slaughter-Iron Sheik main event] was terrible” [WON 1984-07-09] however they nonetheless draw the most important crowd within the historical past of town. [WON 1984-07-30] Additionally on the cardboard, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeats Tiger Chung Lee.
July 3 – A “minor riot” [WON 1984-07-30] happens when the WWF debuts in Fresno, California, earlier than 800 followers. A Sgt. Slaughter-Iron Sheik match is marketed as the primary occasion, however Slaughter no-shows and the ring announcer informs the viewers that the present is over after the Moondogs match in opposition to Billy Anderson and Steve Pardee.
July 4 – World Class Championship Wrestling attracts a sellout 12,700 followers to the Tarrant County Conference Middle for Independence Day Star Wars in Fort Price. In the primary occasion, the Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kerry, Kevin, and Mike Von Erich in a Badstreet match that’s “merely incredible” [WON AUGUST 1984]. The WCCW 6-man titles are held up due to interference from Killer Khan. Additionally on the cardboard, Chris Adams and Stella Mae French defeat Jimmy Garvin and Treasured in a Loser Leaves City cage match, successfully concluding an 8-month feud.
July 5 – In a press convention in Japan, Stan Hansen begins to hype deliberate tag group matches with Bruiser Brody in opposition to the Highway Warriors in All Japan Professional Wrestling by saying, “Many wrestlers within the U.S. paint their faces proper now, they aren’t true wrestlers. We must always wrestle on our deserves.” [WON 1984-07-30]
July 6 – After beginning to flip town round, attendance in Detroit sinks to 2,000 followers for a WWF card at Cobo Area. In the primary occasion, Andre the Big defeats the Iron Sheik, coming off a decisive loss to Sgt. Slaughter on the final present and “thus there was no cause to see Sheik get beat once more.” [WON 1984-07-30]
July 7 – Simply three weeks after collaborating in a primary occasion angle on the New Orleans Superdome for Mid South Wrestling, Vince McMahon workouts his first-use rights with the Fabulous Moolah and recruits Wendi Richter to the WWF. The Mid South angle is dropped totally, because the WWF begins its Cyndi Lauper-infused construct to the July 23 Madison Sq. Backyard present by airing a vignette on tv of Lauper teaching Richter, sporting a brand new and up to date look, via a exercise.
July 7 – Central States Wrestling attracts a profitable 2,500 followers to Kansas Metropolis’s Municipal Auditorium. In the primary occasion, NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude holds Kerry Von Erich to a 60-minute draw, whereas Harley Race defeats Jerry Blackwell in a series match. The Race-Blackwell match was marketed to be a match between Harley Race and Kamala, however Kamala jumped to the WWF. The marketed primary occasion was “sufficient to maintain the WWF out of city this time,” as they’d cancel their July 19 present. [WON 1984-07-30]
July 7 – Championship Wrestling From Florida attracts a powerful 6,000 followers to Lakeland, Florida for a card that’s “much better than the [June 30] stadium present.” [WON 1984-07-30] Within the prime matches, Dusty Rhodes defeats the One Man Gang in a Texas Dying Match whereas Blackjack Mulligan defeats Kevin Sullivan in a Hangman’s Noose match. Additionally on the cardboard, Barry Windham fought Dick Slater in a “bloody and wonderful” [WON 1984-07-30] taped fist match.
July 7 – The WWF runs opposition to Jim Crockett Promotions within the Carolinas, presenting a present on the Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In the primary occasion, Sgt. Slaughter faces the Iron Sheik. Crockett counters with a card on the Greensboro Coliseum that “attracts properly” [WON 1984-07-30]. In the primary occasion, NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude defeats Wahoo McDaniel whereas Tully Blanchard defends the NWA TV Title in opposition to Ricky Steamboat.
July 7 – The WWF attracts a powerful 15,529 followers to the Philadelphia Spectrum. In the primary occasion, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeats Paul Orndorff in a match “higher than their Feb. MSG bout”. [WON 1984-07-30] The cardboard is broadcast on Philadelphia’s PRISM community.
July 7 — Mid South Wrestling attracts a $25,000 home in Hammond, Louisiana. In the primary occasion, the Midnight Specific defeated the Rock N Roll Specific in a cage match with a stipulation that the shedding group needed to go away Mid South Wrestling for 90 days.
July 10 – GCW worker Roger Freed denies that the WWF has bought Georgia Championship Wrestling, calling the entire story a “made up lie”. [WON 1984-09-10]
July 10 – The WWF begins operating TV tapings in Brantford, Ontario for All Star Wrestling and Maple Leaf Wrestling, which attracts 6,400 followers, the first-ever sellout within the constructing with followers who have been “very enthusiastic for probably the most half”. [WON 1984-07-30] Kamala debuts within the WWF on the first Brantford taping, contemporary off of profitable runs in Memphis, World Class Championship Wrestling, and Mid South Wrestling. Kamala would have a number of runs within the WWF over the following a number of years and ultimately develop into an incredible field workplace foe for Hulk Hogan and Andre the Big.
July 11 – After months of courtroom battles the place Ole Anderson tried to dam the sale of Georgia Championship Wrestling to Vince and Linda McMahon, the contracts are finalized, giving McMahon full possession of the territory. [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 128]
July 13 – The NWA attracts 3,000 followers to the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, a minor enhance over the earlier month’s attendance. In the primary occasion, Kerry Von Erich and Barry Windham defeat NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude and Jerry Blackwell in a “actually fairly good” [WON 1984-07-30] match that lasted 34 minutes. Kerry pins Aptitude to arrange a singles match the next month. Additionally on the cardboard, Missouri Champion Harley Race retained the title after a double countout in opposition to Wahoo McDaniel. Race was meant to win the match in unique plans, however Wahoo “wasn’t in a gracious temper on this night.” [WON 1984-07-30]
July 13 – The WWF makes its debut in Chicago, Illinois, operating the UIC Pavillion in entrance of 4,000 followers, nearly 75 p.c lower than the AWA’s common. In the primary occasion, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan fights Huge John Studd to a double countout. Cable tv adaption is far slower in Chicago than different main markets [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 146], so it takes the WWF a very long time to ascertain dominance within the metropolis.
July 14 – Buddy Rose returns to Portland after a hiatus the place he was presumed to be WWF sure [WON 1984-07-30], turning heel on Matt Borne.
July 14 – Dubbed “Black Saturday” by WON columnist Mr. Mike Mondo [WON AUGUST 20, 1984], the WWF debuts on Superstation WTBS, occupying the 6:05pm time slot beforehand held by Georgia Championship Wrestling. The present continues to be known as World Championship Wrestling and is co-hosted by Freddie Miller. Matches air from the current card on the Philadelphia Spectrum and the Brantford, Ontario, TV tapings. This implies the NWA not has any presence on cable tv and the WWF has a full monopoly on cable programming throughout the nation. Jack and Jerry Brisco secretly bought their shares in Georgia Championship Wrestling to Vince McMahon, who liquidated the Cape Cod Coliseum [WON 1985-01-10], making the acquisition attainable. Their perception was that promoter Ole Anderson was operating the territory into the bottom, which might make their shares ineffective in a matter of time. [WON JULY 1984] The WWF buy doesn’t embrace tv contracts in Ohio, which leaves Anderson a small opening to proceed operations on his personal, and Ole Anderson does tape an episode of tv in Macon the identical day. Ann Gunkel purchases Anderson’s remaining shares within the territory, which raises questions on her spoken intentions to assist the NWA compete with the WWF, [WON 1984-07-30] though she as soon as once more sides with Anderson when McMahon fails to come back via on his commitments to her. [WON 1984-09-10] Followers arrived the morning of the present to attend the tapings and have been despatched dwelling, some touring from so far as Michigan. [WON 1984-09-10] McMahon affords jobs to all GCW expertise and Gordon Solie, however solely Nikolai Volkoff, The Spoiler, Mike Sharpe, and Les Thornton settle for his provide. After Solie turns down the WWF job, McMahon affords the job to Freddie Miller.
July 15 – Crowds start to wane in Mid South Wrestling following the departure of the Rock N Roll Specific, as they draw 7,000 followers and a $50,200 gate to the Myriad in Oklahoma Metropolis.
July 15 – The AWA continues to battle within the Twin Cities, drawing 8,500 followers to the St. Paul Civic Middle for a present that’s nonetheless “probably the greatest playing cards in just a few years”. [WON 1984-07-30] In the primary occasion, AWA World Champion Rick Martel defeats Nick Bockwinkel in a match that was “fairly good and getting higher because it went on.” [WON 1984-07-30] Additionally on the present, the Highway Warriors debuted within the AWA to an enormous ovation, defeating Curt Hennig and Steve O.
July 15 – The WWF runs the Meadowlands Area and attracts 19,000 followers, about 7,000 larger than the NWA present six weeks earlier. Whereas the constructing doesn’t promote out, the quantity remains to be thought-about to be “spectacular” [WON 1984-07-30] as a result of it is just one week earlier than the closely hyped card at Madison Sq. Backyard. In the primary occasion, Hulk Hogan groups with Andre the Big to defeat Huge John Studd, Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch whereas Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka face off in “eight minutes of all-out motion.” [WON 1984-07-30] The cardboard is broadcast on the MSG Community in New York and afterward the USA Community.
Mid-July – When Antonio Inoki must miss just a few reveals for private causes, New Japan Professional Wrestling publicizes that he “should go to New York to assist the WWF win within the wrestling conflict.” [WON 1984-08-20]
July 17 – Alan Patureau of the Atlanta Journal Structure stories that fan complaints have began to come back into WTBS in regards to the WWF taking on the timeslot. Within the article, Vince McMahon responds that, “We’ll present these complainers the distinction between a serious league and a minor league manufacturing, given time.”
July 19 – In cooperation with the WWF, MTV devotes half-hour of prime-time protection to construct for the upcoming Fabulous Moolah-Wendi Richter match at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place Richter will problem for the WWF Girls’s Title and be managed by Cyndi Lauper.
July 19–July 20 The NWA curiously gives help to Southwest Championship Wrestling in its promotional conflict with World Class Championship Wrestling, sending Dusty Rhodes and Blackjack Mulligan to headline a present in Austin, Texas, which attracts 800 followers; and Corpus Christi, Texas, which attracts 1,100 followers.
July 20 – The WWF rebounds in St. Louis, drawing 8,000 followers to the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Within the prime matches, Andre the Big defeats Huge John Studd; Jimmy Snuka pins Roddy Piper in a “Fijian Strap” match; and WWF World Tag Group Champions Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch efficiently defend the titles in opposition to Brian Blair and Spike Huber. A lot of the undercard matches are broadcast on upcoming episodes of World Championship Wrestling and Superstars of Wrestling.
July 20 – New Japan Professional Wrestling attracts 7,000 followers to the Nakajima Sports activities Middle in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. In probably the most anticipated match on the present, billed as the ultimate encounter between the 2, WWF Worldwide Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami pins Riki Choshu for the primary time in a “tremendous” [WON 1984-08-20] match. Additionally on the cardboard, WWF Junior Heavyweight Champion Dynamite Child defeats Davey Boy Smith, whereas Antonio Inoki and Kengo Kimura defeat Unhealthy Information Allen and David Schultz.
Late July – Masa Saito is sad along with his pay in New Japan Professional Wrestling and refuses to work for the corporate once more. [WON 1984-08-20]
July 21 – The WWF and NWA go face to face in Hollywood, Florida, with the WWF drawing 2,100 followers to see WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan vs Huge John Studd on the Hollywood Sportatorium. Championship Wrestling From Florida counters with a card on the Dawn Musical Theater, billed as Evening of the Stars and together with a wrestler autograph session and a “Convey your cameras!” promotional line, headlined by Dusty Rhodes and the One Man Gang going through Ron Bass and Celebrity Graham. Whereas the NWA drew a near-sellout, the larger story was a taking pictures that passed off within the crowd throughout the tag group primary occasion, prompting followers in attendance to run away screaming. One fan was shot within the fracas. [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 147]
July 21 – The WWF attracts a sellout 12,000 followers in Windfall, Rhode Island, for a reasonably commonplace card. In the primary occasion, Andre the Big defeats the Iron Sheik, with Fred Blassie because the particular referee.
July 22 – World Class Championship Wrestling attracts a “full home” [WON 1984-07-30] in Austin, Texas. In the primary occasion, NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude defeats Kevin Von Erich. Later that day, Aptitude and brother Kerry wrestle a 60-minute attract San Antonio.
July 22 – The WWF holds its first present at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens as a part of the brand new partnership, drawing 10,007 followers. In the primary occasion, WWF Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana defeats Paul Orndorff.
July 23-July 24 – With no TV, posters, or different promotion to talk of, the UWF attracts two consecutive sellouts of three,300 followers at Korakuen Corridor. In the primary occasion of the primary evening, Akira Maeda and Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeat Nobuhiko Takada and Tremendous Tiger (Satoru Sayama), with stories that Sayama is “fairly sensational” [WON 1984-08-20]. Channel 12 in Tokyo deliberate to air a minimum of one card, however backed out on the final minute. Leo Burke and Pierre Martel are “shocked and embarrassed” by their matches [WON 1984-08-20], as they got here in anticipating work an “American showman model.” After the present, Fujiwara points open challenges to Seiji Sakaguchi and Tatsumi Fujinami to find out who the perfect “sturdy model” wrestler is; in the meantime, Maeda challenges Bob Orton Jr. to an actual battle and returns the WWF Worldwide title as a result of he stays “very bitter about American-style wrestling and needs no reminders nor ties to it.” [WON 1984-09-10] Going additional, Maeda declares that he needs all UWF wrestling to be “strong-style” or “Karl Gotch-style” which prompts Leo Burke and Bob Dellaserra to stop due to Fujiwara’s headbutts. Martel additionally quits after Maeda “landed a number of arduous kicks.” [WON 1984-09-10]
July 23 – The WWF companions with MTV to supply satellite tv for pc protection of The Brawl To Finish It All, which attracts 15,000 followers to Madison Sq. Backyard for a present the place “of the 11 matches, solely seven have been horrible.” [WON AUGUST 1984] In a match that airs stay on MTV, Wendi Richter defeats the Fabulous Moolah to develop into the brand new WWF Girls’s Champion in a match the place “…any attainable benefit of being on MTV and choosing up some members of a brand new viewers was destroyed by how horrible that match was. Between Moolah’s age and Wendi’s ‘stage-fright’, it might have been the worst bout I’ve seen this yr.” The match attracts appreciable publicity however fails to promote tickets at regular ranges for MSG playing cards. Additionally on the cardboard, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeats Greg Valentine whereas Tito Santana goes to a 20-minute match in opposition to Bob Orton within the “greatest match” on the cardboard. [WON AUGUST 1984] As a result of the present features a battle royal received by Antonio Inoki, the Japanese press is on the occasion offering protection and are kicked out for taking photographs, which suggests no Japanese magazines have photographs of Inoki’s victory. [WON 1984-08-20] The total card airs on the MSG Community in New York.
July 23 – Florida’s Solar Sentinel stories that the West Palm Seaside Auditorium is not going to renew its lease with Championship Wrestling From Florida and can as an alternative work solely with the WWF. The auditorium is one among promoter Eddie Graham’s prime venues, however attendance averages have fallen from 4,000 to lower than 1,500 followers per present. [DEATH OF THE TERRITORIES, pp. 148] “We’re going from a mother and pop retailer to a nationwide group,” says Normal Supervisor Randy Carillo.
July 23 – Worldwide Wrestling From Montreal reveals that they nonetheless have potential to attract some large crowds, promoting 11,000 tickets, as Jacques Rougeau Sr. comes out of retirement to group with sons Jacques, Armand, and Ray to tackle Masked Celebrity, Pierre Lefebrve, Richard Charland, and Tarzan Tyler.
July 23 – After seeing early declines of softening attendance numbers following the departure of the Fabulous Freebirds, World Class Championship Wrestling promoter Fritz Von Erich decrees that the territory wants contemporary prime heels and creates a brand new WCCW Texas Title. Within the event finals to crown a brand new champion, Gino Hernandez defeats NWA World Champion Ric Aptitude. Hernandez will quickly be joined by Jake Roberts, Nickla Roberts, and a newly-turned “Gentleman” Chris Adams to comprise the brand new heel group. The San Antonio card attracts solely 2,500 followers, roughly the identical as rival Southwest Championship Wrestling.
July 23 – With solely 200 tickets bought, the WWF is compelled to cancel its second present in Louisville, Kentucky, as followers are advised that the truck bringing the ring to Louisville broke down. Whereas refunds are supplied to followers who bought tickets, they make the announcement so late that almost all had already paid for parking, which primarily eliminates the marketplace for them. [WON AUGUST 1984] The identical evening, promoter Jerry Jarrett attracts 8,493 to Mid South Coliseum. Within the prime matches, Jerry Lawler faces Rick Impolite in a match the place Lawler provides a piledriver to Impolite’s valet Angel, whereas the Rock N Roll Specific face Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo, in a match the place Savage piledrives Ricky Morton via a desk in an “unbelievable” [WON 1984-08-20] spot. Additionally on the cardboard, the Highway Warriors go to a double disqualification in opposition to the Fabulous Ones in a “excellent match”. [WON 1984-09-10]
July 24 – The WWF makes an attempt to return to Memphis and solely attracts 800 followers, a quantity so disappointing that the WWF opts to not return to town for greater than two years.
July 24 – The WWF believes Jerry Blackwell is coming in, to the purpose that Vince McMahon publicizes his upcoming arrival on Tuesday Evening Titans. Nevertheless, Blackwell opts to remain within the AWA out of loyalty to Verne Gagne. [WON AUGUST 1984]
July 25 – The WWF-AWA conflict continues in San Francisco, because the AWA attracts 1,500 followers to the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Within the prime matches, the Fabulous Ones face Nick Bockwinkel and Mr. Saito whereas the Highway Warriors, who “have been cheered greater than anybody else on the present”, defeat Curt Hennig and Steve O.
July 25 – All Japan Professional Wrestling attracts 6,200 followers to the Sports activities Middle in Fukuoka. In the primary occasion, NWA Worldwide Champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeats AWA World Champion Rick Martel. Martel’s AWA title isn’t on the road. Additionally on the cardboard, NWA United Nationwide Champion Genichiro Tenryu defeats Dick Slater.
July 28 – After securing tv earlier within the month on KTSU-20, the WWF runs its first present in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, face to face with the AWA. The WWF’s present attracts 3,705 followers. In the primary occasion, Andre the Big wins an 18-man battle royal. In the meantime, the AWA card registered a lot larger, drawing 8,552 followers. In the primary occasion, the Fabulous Ones defeat Nick Bockwinkel and Mr. Saito.
July 28 – After fielding over 200 complaints from followers sad with the standard of the WWF’s tv reveals on the community [WON 1984-07-30], Superstation WTBS permits promoter Ole Anderson to return to the community to air Championship Wrestling From Georgia. The one-hour present is hosted by Gordon Solie and airs on Saturday mornings at 7:35am. The WWF continues in its present 6:05pm time slot. The time slot is lower than supreme, which WTBS public relations official Michael Ogelsby explains is as a result of the community rushed to get the present on the air, with a WTBS secretary including that, “80 p.c of the calls we get regard wrestling. [WON AUGUST 1984] The deal is for 4 weeks of tv, after which WTBS will consider the rankings and present high quality to find out if it’ll proceed to air. “We anticipated numerous cellphone calls, while you cancel something you’ll hear from individuals,” Ogelsby added. “What we have been shocked at was the quantity of people that known as not saying they missed the previous wrestlers, however that they didn’t need to see the brand new wrestlers. Most calls introduced up that they will see the identical wrestlers on the USA community and WOR-TV and that issues us.”
July 28 – The WWF attracts 15,000 followers to the Capital Centre. Within the prime matches, Paul Orndorff defeats WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by disqualification whereas Roddy Piper defeats Jimmy Snuka. The cardboard is later broadcast on the USA Community.
July 29 – After securing tv earlier within the month on KXNV-15, the WWF runs its first present in Phoenix, Arizona, on the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. In the primary occasion, Andre the Big wins an 18-man battle royal. In the primary occasion, Andre the Big wins an 18-man battle royal.
July 29 – The WWF attracts 10,500 followers in Hartford, Connecticut. In the primary occasion, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeats Paul Orndorff. Additionally on the cardboard, Roddy Piper defeats Jimmy Snuka by countout in an “excellent” [WON 1984-08-30] match.
July 31 – The WWF begins operating TV tapings in Poughkeepsie, New York, for Championship Wrestling. Brutus Beefcake, a younger wrestler and private buddy of Hulk Hogan, debuts on the taping. Beefcake would ultimately type a prime tag group with veteran Greg Valentine earlier than having a memorable run as “The Barber”, one of many prime singles babyfaces close to the top of the last decade. Nikolai Volkoff, who stays with the WWF for the remainder of his profession and goes on to win the WWF World Tag Group Titles with the Iron Sheik, additionally debuts on the taping.
July 31 – In Tampa’s Solar Dome, Dusty Rhodes wrestles on his remaining Championship Wrestling From Florida card for promoter Eddie Graham, accepting a job as booker for Jim Crockett Promotions. In becoming a member of JCP, Rhodes additionally brings Ron Bass, Barry Windham, JJ Dillon, and different prime expertise into the Crockett territory, a serious blow to Florida.
July 31 – All Japan Professional Wrestling attracts 12,500 followers and a $200,000 gate [WON 1984-07-30] to the Sumo Corridor in Tokyo. Within the prime matches, Shohei “Big” Baba defeats Stan Hansen to win the PWF Heavyweight Title, whereas AWA World Champion Rick Martel goes to a double countout with Jumbo Tsuruta.
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