From the Lerner Old Home Movie Vault comes this gem from July 29, 1972 -- "Championship Wresting at Madison Square Garden."
Highlights shown include, George (The Animal) Steele defeating Gorilla Monsoon in a count-out, and World Champion Pedro Morales beating The Spoiler.
Other results:
Chuck O'Conner defeated Mike Conrad
El Olympico defeated the Black Demon
Manuel Soto defeated Juan Caruso
The Fabulous Moolah pinned Susan Green at 5:44
Paul Jones defeated Jerry Brisco
WWWF Tag Team Champions Prof. Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji fought Chief Jay Strongbow & Sonny King to a 60-minute draw
Shot originally on Super 8mm and transferred to MiniDV in 2009.
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Wow, awesome post! This goes way way back!
LT9856 5 days ago
AWESOME!!! Thanks for posting
spoiler2000 1 week ago
@MALANGA1 ...at the time the New York State Athletic Commision banned masks and, actually for a time, women's wrestling
horseman420 2 weeks ago
Why was The Spoiler without his mask?
MALANGA1 3 weeks ago