50 years ago! Morales vs. Hennig at Madison Square Garden

Here is episode 25 of Mat Memories From Madison Square Garden, covering the MSG house show I attended on November 12th, 1973.

Lots of stories from this night are shared by John Arezzi about his breakthrough in being able to finally sit in the front ringside seats at the Garden, and tales about that night, which would turn out to be Pedro Morales's last title defense of the WWWF title (Pedro would lose the title on December 1st 1973 in Philadelphia against Stan Stasiak).

WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – November 12, 1973 (16,148)

Televised on HBO – included Vince McMahon on commentary:

Jose Gonzalez defeated El Olympico at 15:22

Dick Slater defeated Mike Pappas at 6:20

Iron Mike McCord fought Manuel Soto to a 20-minute time-limit draw

Dean Ho defeated Pancho Valdez

WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales defeated Larry Hennig at 12:45 when the match was stopped due to blood

Don Leo Jonathan defeated Tony Garea at 18:45

Verne Gagne defeated WWWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Fuji at 12:16

Chief Jay Strongbow & Andre the Giant defeated Blackjack Lanza & Stan Stasiak in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0

Host - John Arezzi

Co Host - Tim Puttre

Researcher and Writer - Ritchie Garcia

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