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WWF: Championship Wrestling (01.12.80)
WWF: Championship Wrestling
January 12, 1980
Allentown, PA
Agricultural Hall
Your current WWF champions are as follows:
WWF Heavyweight Champion: Bob Backlund (2/20/1978)
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Pat Patterson (9/1/1979)
WWF World Tag Team Champions: Ivan Putski & Tito Santana (10/22/1979)
Pop Culture #1s of the Time:
#1 Movie of the Week: Kramer vs. Kramer starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep
#1 Song of the Week: Escape (The Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
#1 TV Show of the 79-80 Season: 60 Minutes hosted by Mike Wallace
Follow along if you have the WWE Network! We have another big nostalgia dump coming!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: All Star Wrestling (02.09.80)
WWF: All Star Wrestling
February 9, 1980
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
Your current WWF champions are as follows:
WWF Heavyweight Champion: Bob Backlund (2/20/1978)
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Pat Patterson (9/1/1979)
WWF World Tag Team Champions: Ivan Putski & Tito Santana (10/22/1979)
Pop Culture #1s of the Time:
#1 Movie of the Week: The Fog starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis
#1 Song of the Week: Rock With You by Michael Jackson
#1 TV Show of the 79-80 Season: 60 Minutes hosted by Mike Wallace
Your host is Vince McMahon. Yes, that’s right. He’s commentating SOLO since Bruno Sammartino has so much on his mind these days. Read the rest of this entry
Starrcade 1983
NWA Starrcade ’83: A Flair for the Gold
November 24, 1983
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Your hosts are Gordon Solie and Bob Caudle!