WWWF - Rewrite the Whole Wrestling World(1963)
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WWWF Championship Wrestling - Monday, Wk 3, April 1977
Coleman Coliseum - 10,837 Capacity
Announcers - Vince McMahon and Gorilla Monsoon
Show Rating - 78
TV Ratings - 0.95 (714,400 Viewers)
Match One - Larry Zbyszko vs Rene Goulet [61]
Larry Zbyszko gets the win in 6:07
Segment - In response to Wahoo McDaniel's comments last week, Billy Graham states he will embrace how ''egomaniacal'' he is and will only grant one member of the Tribe a title match next week. The Tribe appears to confront the WWWF champion and tells him he can pick any two members as the Tribe are a unit. Graham decides that at Madison Square Garden, Wahoo McDaniel will take on Chief Jay Strongbow for the right to challenge for the WWWF title. Both McDaniel and Strongbow shake hands but before they can walk away, Graham adds that whilst the winner will challenge for the title, the loser must be forced to state in their contract that they can never challenge for any title again [75]
Match Two - Pat Patterson vs Big John Studd [74]
Pat Patterson secures a countout victory after 9:48
Segment - The USSR assure Andre the Giant that his undefeated stature is only further motivation for them. They will prove they can take down men of any size and then all that stand against them, must fall in line [81]
Match Three - No Disqualification - Wild Samoans vs Strongbows - WWWF World Tag Team Title Match [81]
During the brutal affair which seems to close the chapter on the two teams, Billy Graham spoils the day, dragging Chief Jay Strongbow off of Afa and hitting him with a lead pipe. This costs the match for the Strongbows as Graham pulls Afa onto Strongbow as the Wild Samoans retain their titles after 12:07
Segment - Following there loss, the Strongbows are helped up by the rest of the Tribe. Chief Jay Strongbow tells Wahoo McDaniel that, although he sees him as family, he has personal motives to persue as he may have nothing left in wrestling if he cannot challenge for a title again [69]
Main Event - Andre the Giant vs Lord Alfred Hayes [70]
Andre the Giant gets the victory via disqualification after he is attacked by all members of the USSR after 7:12
Larry Zbyszko gets the win in 6:07
Segment - In response to Wahoo McDaniel's comments last week, Billy Graham states he will embrace how ''egomaniacal'' he is and will only grant one member of the Tribe a title match next week. The Tribe appears to confront the WWWF champion and tells him he can pick any two members as the Tribe are a unit. Graham decides that at Madison Square Garden, Wahoo McDaniel will take on Chief Jay Strongbow for the right to challenge for the WWWF title. Both McDaniel and Strongbow shake hands but before they can walk away, Graham adds that whilst the winner will challenge for the title, the loser must be forced to state in their contract that they can never challenge for any title again [75]
Match Two - Pat Patterson vs Big John Studd [74]
Pat Patterson secures a countout victory after 9:48
Segment - The USSR assure Andre the Giant that his undefeated stature is only further motivation for them. They will prove they can take down men of any size and then all that stand against them, must fall in line [81]
Match Three - No Disqualification - Wild Samoans vs Strongbows - WWWF World Tag Team Title Match [81]
During the brutal affair which seems to close the chapter on the two teams, Billy Graham spoils the day, dragging Chief Jay Strongbow off of Afa and hitting him with a lead pipe. This costs the match for the Strongbows as Graham pulls Afa onto Strongbow as the Wild Samoans retain their titles after 12:07
Segment - Following there loss, the Strongbows are helped up by the rest of the Tribe. Chief Jay Strongbow tells Wahoo McDaniel that, although he sees him as family, he has personal motives to persue as he may have nothing left in wrestling if he cannot challenge for a title again [69]
Main Event - Andre the Giant vs Lord Alfred Hayes [70]
Andre the Giant gets the victory via disqualification after he is attacked by all members of the USSR after 7:12