Text about the year 1984
Cool Timeline
A mere three weeks after returning to the WWF following a highly successful run in the AWA, Hulk Hogan defeats The Iron Sheik to capture the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City. To quote Gorilla Monsoon, “Hulk-a-Mania is born!”
The legendary El Santo, unquestionably the most famous and successful luchador in the history of professional wrestling, dies of a heart attack in Mexico City at the age of 69.
The first in a long line of Von Erich family tragedies, David Von Erich dies in a Tokyo hotel at the age of 25. While some maintain that his death was drug related, the official cause is listed as acute enteritis.
In the main-event of the first annual “David Von Erich Parade of Champions,” Kerry Von Erich defeats “Nature Boy” Ric Flair to become the new NWA World Heavyweight champion before a crowd of over 32,000 fans.
Vincent James McMahon, founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation and one of the most powerful and successful promoters in the entirety of professional wrestling history, dies at the age of 69 from throat cancer.
The infamous “Black Saturday” edition of World Championship Wrestling airs on TBS, which, following Vince McMahon’s acquisition of the Georgia promotion’s traditional timeslot, featured WWF performers instead of the familiar NWA stars. For numerous reasons, the WWF/TBS partnership did not work out, to say the least, and many point to…
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Working in partnership, the World Wrestling Federation and MTV present “The Brawl To Settle It All,” which airs in prime time on the cable network. The unique special took place eight months prior to WrestleMania 1 and was a major event in the “Rock ‘n Wrestling Connection” storyline that involved…
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The second collaboration between MTV and the WWF, “The War To Settle The Score,” airs on MTV and delivers the highest ratings in network history to that point in time. In the main event, Hulk Hogan defeats “Rowdy” Roddy Piper by DQ, with both Mr. T and Cindi Lauper involved…
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