Mat Memories From Madison Square Garden
Sports:Wrestling
WWWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden – Monday Night February 26, 1973 Bell time 8:30 pm (22,098) Plus 2 from Jan 15thshow another sellout
Susan Green & Lily Thomas defeated Peggy Patterson & Paula Kaye at 18:12 in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Tony Garea defeated Mike Conrad at 15:05
Mike Graham defeated Joe Turco at 5:42
Terry Funk defeated Chuck Richards (sub. for Eddie Graham) at 10:55
AWA World Champion Verne Gagne defeated Eddie Graham (sub. for Ray Stevens) at 14:35 (Graham's last MSG appearance)
WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales pinned King Curtis at 5:37
Victor Rivera defeated Dory Funk Sr. at 11:45
Mil Mascaras defeated Buddy Wolfe at 9:46
In this episode, Tim and I review this MSG house show, when I heard wrestling on the radio for the first time, my filming many of the matches from this show, Mil Mascaras, and other Mat Memories from 1973!
Host - John Arezzi
Co Host - Tim Puttre
Researcher/Writer - Ritchie Garcia
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April 29th 1974 Killer Kowalski battles Bruno Sammartino in a classic bloody brawl at MSG!
April 1st 1974 WWWF Madison Square Garden Show Vokloff vs Bruno!
Bruno Sammartino vs. Nikolai Volkoff from March 4th - 1974
Bruno Sammartino takes on Don Leo Jonathan in his first WWWF Title Defense at MSG after winning back the title
December 10th, 1973 Bruno Sammartino captures the WWWF title from Stan Stasiak
November 12th, 1973 Pedro Morales vs. Larry Hennig (Pedro's last title defense at MSG!) Andre the Giant
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 24 October 15th, 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Big name who never wrestled at MSG with Cary Silken
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 23 August 27th 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 22 July 23rd, 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 21 June 30th 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 20 June 2, 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 19 April 30th, 1973
Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - Episode 18 March 26th, 1973
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