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WWWF: All Star Wrestling (12.02.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
December 2, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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 Lord of the Rings starring William Squire & Christopher Guard
#1 Song of the Week: You Don’t Bring Me Flowers by Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
#1 TV Show of the 78-79 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (11.11.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
November 11, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Comes a Horseman starring James Caan & Jane Fonda
#1 Song of the Week: MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
#1 TV Show of the 78-79 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: Madison Square Garden (10.23.78)
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
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (10.07.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
October 7, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Grease starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
#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!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (09.09.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
September 9, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Grease starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
#1 Song of the Week: Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
#1 TV Show of the 78-79 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (08.26.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
August 26, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Grease starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
#1 Song of the Week: Grease by Frankie Valli
#1 TV Show of the 77-78 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (08.05.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
August 5, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Grease starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
#1 Song of the Week: Miss You by The Rolling Stones
#1 TV Show of the 77-78 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (07.15.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
July 15, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
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: Grease starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
#1 Song of the Week: Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
#1 TV Show of the 77-78 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (05.13.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
May 13, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
Your current WWWF champions are as follows:
WWWF Heavyweight Champion: Bob Backlund (2/20/1978)
WWWF World Tag Team Champions: Dominic DeNucci & Dino Bravo (4/1/1978)
Pop Culture #1s of the Time:
#1 Movie of the Week: The End starring Burt Reynolds & Dom DeLuise
#1 Song of the Week: If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman
#1 TV Show of the 77-78 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWWF: All Star Wrestling (03.25.78)
WWWF: All Star Wrestling
March 25, 1978
Hamburg, PA
Hamburg Fieldhouse
Your current WWWF champions are as follows:
WWWF Heavyweight Champion: Bob Backlund (2/20/1978)
WWWF World Tag Team Champions: Mr. Fuji & Professor Tanaka (10/1/1977)
Pop Culture #1s of the Time:
#1 Movie of the Week: Straight Time starring Dustin Hoffman
#1 Song of the Week: Night Fever by Bee Gees
#1 TV Show of the 77-78 Season: Laverne & Shirley starring Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Follow along if you have the WWE Network!
The following wrestling exhibition requires discretionary viewer participation.
Your host is Vince McMahon. Since we last left All Star Wrestling (which has only been about five weeks), BOB BACKLUND has captured the WWWF heavyweight championship defeating Superstar Billy Graham in Madison Square Garden. Sadly, this match is not featured on the WWE Network and only the finish where Backlund lands the Running Atomic Drop is shown on the History of the WWE Championship DVD set from 2006. Read the rest of this entry
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