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WWE Forty Years Ago: All Star Wrestling airing on April 14, 1984 [Videos]

ALL STAR WRESTLING

Introduction by Vince McMahon

Plus Pledge of Allegiance by Sgt. Slaughter

Aired April 14, 1984

WWF Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana vs Israel Matia

WWF UPDATE

with Vince McMahon

"Cowboy" Bob Orton vs Jose Luis Rivera

Six Man Tag Team Match

WWF Tag Team Champions "The Rock" Rocky Johnson and " Mr. USA" Tony Atlas with S.D. Jones

vs Ron Shaw, Tony Colon and John Callahan

Gene Okerlund Interviews

Bob Backlund, Sgt. Slaughter, Greg Valentine

"Dr. D" David Schultz, Paul Orndorff vs Francisco Vasquez, Johnny Rivera

and then

the orginal broadcast Piper's Pit

and then

Terry Daniel with Sgt Slaughter vs Johnny Ringo

Piper's Pit with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

"Special" Guest Frank Williams

WWF Heavyweight Champion

"The Incredible" Hulk Hogan

vs "Samoan #1" Afa Anoa'i

Gene Okerlund Interviews

The Iron Sheik with Classy Freddie Blassie

about the upcoming match with Sgt. Slaughter

"THE BIG ONE" on April 23, 1984

The Tonga Kid vs Tony Russo

BONUS MATCH

SGT. SLAUGHTER vs THE IRON SHEIK

"THE BIG ONE" - GENE OKERLUND

FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

APRIL 23, 1984

Classic Promos: Dusty Rhodes "Hard Times" [Videos]

Dusty Rhodes "Hard Times" Promo

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling

October 29, 1985

"First of all, I would like to thank the many, many fans throughout this country that wrote cards and letters to Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream, while I was down. Secondly, I want to thank Jim Crockett Promotions for waiting and taking the time, because I know how important it was -- Starrcade '85 -- it is to the wrestling fans and it is to Jim Crockett Promotions. And Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream, with that wait, got what I wanted: Ric Flair, the world's heavyweight champion!

I don't have to say a lot more about the way I feel about Ric Flair. No respect! No honor! There is no honor among thieves in the first place. He put hard times on Dusty Rhodes and his family. You don't know what hard times are, Daddy! Hard times are when the textile workers around this country are out of work and got four, five kids, and can't pay their wages, can't buy their food. Hard times are when the auto workers are out of work and they tell them 'Go home!'. And hard times are when a man has worked at a job thirty years -- thirty years! -- they give him a watch, kick him in the butt and say 'Hey, a computer took your place, Daddy!'. That's hard times! That's hard times.

And Ric Flair, you put hard times on this country by taking Dusty Rhodes out. That's hard times! And we all had hard times together. I admit, I don't look like the athlete of today supposed to look. My belly is just a little big, my hiney is just a little big, but brother, I am bad, and they know I'm bad. And there were two bad people: one was John Wayne -- and he's dead, brother -- and the other one is right here!

Nature Boy Ric Flair, the world's heavyweight title belongs to these people. I'm gonna reach out right now. I want you at home to know, my hand is touching your hand for this gathering of the biggest body of people in this country, in this universe, all over the world. Now reach it out! Because the love that was given me -- and this time I will repay you, now. Because I will be the next world's heavyweight champion, of this Hard Times Blues Dusty Rhodes Tour '85!

And Ric Flair, Nature Boy, let me leave you with this: One way to hurt Ric Flair is to take what he cherishes more than anything in the world. That's the world's heavyweight title. I'm gonna take it. I've been there twice. This time, when I take it, Daddy, I'm gonna take it for you [the fans]. Let's gather for it! Don't let me down now, 'cause I came back for you, for that man up there that died ten, twelve years ago, that never got the opportunity to see a real world's champion. I'm proud of you and thank god I have you. I love you. Love you!"

Bonus Video:

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Scouting Report

with Bill Apter and Ric Flair

Special Guest Dusty Rhodes

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling

October 26, 1985

Classic Promos: Dusty Rhodes “Being the Badest of the Bad, The Bull of the Woods.”

Dusty Rhodes "Bull of the Woods"

Bunkhouse Stampede Promo

WrestleMania IV Press Conference - March 2, 1988 [Videos]

On Wednesday, March 2, 1988, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City (now known as Hyatt Grand Central New York), the World Wrestling Federation held the WrestleMania IV Press Conference. Speakers included Bobby “the brain” Heenan, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase with Virgil, Andre the Giant, Gene Okerlund, and Hulk Hogan. World Wrestling Federation "President" Jack Tunney was also in attendance and seated on the main stage.

WrestleMania IV Press Conference

New York, New York

March 2, 1988

WrestleMania IV Commerical

Narrated by Vince McMahon

Massachusetts Media Market

Aired March 1988

Promo for WrestleMania IV

British Bulldogs and Koko B. Ware

Talk about Bobby Heenan

March 1988

World Wrestling Federation President Suspends Referee Danny Davis FOR LIFE!!! [Videos]

WWF World Tag Team Championship Match

British Bulldogs vs Hart Foundation

"Special Referee" Danny Davis

Filmed January 26, 1987

Tampa, Florida

WWF President Jack Tunney with Danny Davis

"The Statement"

Tito Santana vs Terry Gibbs

WWF President Jack Tunney suspends Danny Davis

Filmed January 26, 1987

Tampa, Florida

The Hart Foundation Promo

"Lay Off Danny Davis!"

February 1987

Jimmy Hart with Danny Davis

"The Newest Member of the Hart Foundation"

WWF PRIME TIME WRESTLING

Aired February 16, 1987

WrestleMania III Report

Danny Davis to wrestle with Hart Foundation

WWF Wrestling Challenge

Aired February 22, 1987

"Dangerous" Danny Davis with Jimmy Hart

WWF Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Aired August 29, 1987

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper Appears on Portland, Oregon Televison Program [Videos]

In March 1985, Piper appeared in the main event match against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T at the first Wrestlemania held in Madison Square Garden. By May 1985, next to Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper was one of the biggest professional wrestling superstars in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

On May 21, 1985, Piper visited the set of Portland, Oregon's KATU television program Two for Four to promote his match against Buddy Rose as a favor for Owen Promotions Portland Wrestling's 60th Anniversary Extravaganza. Piper had roots in Oregon and wrestled earlier in his career for the Portland-based promotion operated by Don Owen. In fact, Piper and his wife resided in Oregon and ended up having four children there, and after he passed away in 2015 at the age of 61, he was laid to rest in Tigard, Oregon.

Two at Four

KATU-ABC

May 21, 1985

The Match

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs Buddy Rose

Memorial Coliseum

May 21, 1985

Piper's Pit

with guests Buddy Rose and Bobby Heenan

WWF Championship Wrestling

Aired December 22, 1984

Controversial Moments: Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs Gary Starr [Videos]

While the match between Randy Savage and Gary Starr lasted 22 seconds, the controversial moments occurred prior, when Savage slapped his wife (in-ring/character manager) Miss Elizabeth with a bouquet of flowers. Savage's character recently selected his real-life wife Elizabeth as his manager on July 30, 1985, in Poughkeepsie, New York, to later be broadcast on the August 24, 1985 edition of WWF Championship Wrestling. In the weeks that followed Miss Elizabeth's introduction, Savage began to show his character's brutish "bad guy" heelish behavior toward his female manager. By late 1985, it was clear that Elizabeth was a vital part of the "Macho Man" Savage's success as a hated professional wrestler, as fans loved to hate the way he treated the lovely Miss Elizabeth.

Randy Savage vs Jim Young

Filmed on July 30, 1985

Mid-Hudson Civic Center

Poughkeepsie, New York

Aired on August 24, 1985

WWF Championship Wrestling

Randy Savage vs Gary Starr

Filmed on December 3, 1985

Mid-Hudson Civic Center

Poughkeepsie, New York

Aired on December 21, 1985

WWF Championship Wrestling

Special Promos

Randy Savage with Miss Elizabeth

Interview by Gene Okerlund

WWF Championship Wrestling

Aired on December 21, 1985

"Merry Christmas, Hulk Hogan!"

"Is Boston, Massachusetts in the world?"

Randy Savage with Miss Elizabeth

Interview by Gene Okerlund

WWF All American Wrestling

Aired December 22, 1985

Macho Lifestyles: At Home with Randy Savage and Elizabeth [Video]

As previewed on

Prime Time Wrestling

with Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon

Aired on September 8, 1986

The entire segment was featured on the VHS COLISEUM VIDEO cassette release titled, THE MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE & ELIZABETH, released in late August 1986.