Boston Garden
Boston, MA
January 9, 1971
One day after the Boston Celtics defeated the Phoenix Suns in the Boston Garden, the WWWF came to town. We got a stacked card on this one compared to the house shows in Buffalo and North Attleboro recently. Ivan Koloff is on a collision course with Bruno Sammartino at Madison Square Garden but he's got Chief Jay Strongbow here. Bruno himself has a tune up against Beppo Mongol while Pedro Morales defends the US title against The Black Demon. Its a 9 match card so fans were going to get their money's worth.
Match 1
"Unpredictable" Johnny Rodz vs "Golden Boy" Arnold Skaaland
Skaaland gets the unpredictable one in the match top open the show. As per norm, Skaaland got the victory.
Winner: Skaaland
Match 2
Mike Conrad vs "Nobleman" Joe Turco
Speaking of jobbers, here's Conrad going up against everyone's most hated Italian. Apparently Conrad got himself disqualified so Turco gets the duke.
Winner: Turco by disqualification
Match 3
Vincente Pometti vs Tony Marino
The Argentinian is no fan of Battman so he wants to take his frustrations out on Tony Marino. Unfortunately for the Bull, Marino got the pinfall victory.
Winner: Marino by pinfall
Match 4
Manuel Soto vs The Wolfman
The rising star faces the Canadian wildman. Wolfman gets a BIG victory to launch himself up there with Ivan Koloff as opponents for Bruno Sammartino.
Winner: The Wolfman
Match 5
Hurricane Rivera vs Geeto Mongol
The Hurricane (no, not THAT one) takes on one half of the tag team champions in Geeto Mongol. Geeto got the win.
Winner: Geeto Mongol
Match 6
Gorilla Monsoon vs Bulldog Brower
Monsoon has had it up to HERE with the likes of Brower so he gets him in the ring one on one. The bout ended in a draw
Winner: No one (Draw)
Match 7
Chief Jay Strongbow vs Ivan Koloff
Koloff has a date with Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF title but first he's got to deal with Chief Jay Strongbow. Koloff maintained his hot streak with a big victory.
Winner: Koloff
Match 8
The Black Demon vs Pedro Morales for the WWWF United States Championship
This was originally scheduled to be Morales against Crusher Verdu but Crusher couldn't make it so Demon took his place. Pedro gets the win to keep his title.
Winner: Morales (still US Champion)
Match 9
Beppo Mongol vs Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship
The other half of the tag team champions, Beppo Mongol gets a shot at Bruno in the main event of the evening. Bruno gets the win over the future Nikolai.
Winner: Bruno (still WWWF Heavyweight Champion)
A nine match card with a lot of action, too bad its been lost to time. You still had the main players in the right spots. Wolfman needed to be a strong number 2 heel so beating Soto made sense. Needed to keep Koloff strong and beating Strongbow accomplishes that. Morales and Bruno kept their belts for now and it was all heading to MSG. Would have been nice to see something from this show but oh well.
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