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WWWF: Madison Square Garden (10.23.78)
Posted by Matt
WWWF: Madison Square Garden
October 23, 1978
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Your current WWWF champions are as follows:
WWWF Heavyweight Champion: Bob Backlund (2/20/1978)
WWWF World Tag Team Champions: The Yukon Lumberjacks (6/26/1978)
Pop Culture #1s of the Time:
#1 Movie of the Week: The Boys from Brazil starring Gregory Peck & Laurence Olivier
#1 Song of the Week: Kiss You All Over by Exile
#1 TV Show of the 78-79 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
Courtesy of TheHistoryofWWE.com, here are the results of the matches that are cut from the WWE Network version:
Larry Zbyszko defeated Spiros Arion via disqualification at 6:12
Ivan Koloff pinned Tony Garea at 2:39 with a rollup and grabbed the tights for leverage
Victor Rivera pinned Dominic DeNucci at 4:11
Dino Bravo pinned Crazy Luke Graham at 3:46 with a dropkick
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