1 hr 1 min
50 years ago! Morales vs. Hennig at Madison Square Garden Mat Memories From Madison Square Garden
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- Wrestling
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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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
JOIN THE PATREON PAGE FOR THIS PODCAST AND EXPERIENCE 50 YEARS OF HISTORY FROM THE ARCHIVES OF WRESTLING HISTORIAN AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK MAT MEMORIES HERE:
https://www.patreon.com/JohnArezzi
Subscribe to the show's YouTube Channel Here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ProWrestlingSpotlight
Follow John Arezzi Here:
https://twitter.com/johnarezzi https://instagram.com/johnarezzi
https://www.facebook.com/groups/prowrestlingspotlight
https://www.facebook.com/JohnArezzisMatMemories
Order a copy of John Arezzi's best selling memoir "MAT MEMORIES, My Wild Ride in Pro Wrestling, Country Music and with the Mets" here: https://a.co/d/4TXWVAv
Copyright 2023
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 1 min