WWF Report Week 3 1984
1/15/84 - The week opened up with a show in Harrisburg, PA. The headline bout was between WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco and Jimmy Snuka. Snuka picked up the victory after Muraco grabbed his title belt and walked out on the match. WWF Champion The Iron Sheik was also in action defeating Salvatore Bellomo with his patented Camel Clutch.
1/16/84 Wrestling at the Chase: The 16th saw the WWF return to the Chase hotel in St Louis, MO for it’s Wrestling at the Chase tapings for the next two weeks. The 1/21 tapings saw Jimmy Snuka as a guest on the Victory Report discussing his upcoming WWF Championship match, Snuka began to talk about how it was his moment to shine before The Iron Sheik interrupted the set. He began degrading Snuka and saying it’s a disgrace someone like him is even getting a title match, Sheik was then restrained and taken off set by his manager Freddie Blassie. The feature bout saw Tony Atlas take on Sika of the Wild Samoans, the two seemed evenly matched in singles competition until Afa and Rocky Johnson both interfered in the match causing a double disqualification and keeping this rivalry going. Bob Backlund was also in action, The Masked Superstar came down uninvited to ringside during the match to watch Backlund, Backlund was distracted at times by this but still ended up picking up the victory. The Masked Superstar himself had a tough contest with SD Jones earlier in the night, going back and forth against Jones before picking up the win. Prior to the match The Masked Superstar was interviewed and said it was time to end this business between him and Backlund once and for all. We also got interviews with Don Muraco and Tito Santana, Muraco continued to insult Santana’s Mexican heritage and using his usual racial stereotypes. Santana said he was sick of hearing Muraco talk and he would shut him up once and for all.
1/18/84 - The next stop for the WWF was Warren, OH. Bob Backlund faced off against old nemesis The Masked Superstar. The Masked Superstar got himself disqualified when he pulled a foreign object from his mask intent on attacking Backlund with it. The other feature bout saw Sgt. Slaughter pick up a victory over the always tough competitor Chief Jay Strongbow with the Cobra Clutch.
1/19/84 - The Monongahela show saw WWF Champion The Iron Sheik defeat Salvatore Bellomo. Sgt. Slaughter defeated Chief Jay Strongbow for the second night in a row whilst Tag Champs Johnson & Atlas fought The Wild Samoans to a double disqualification.
1/20/84 - The Pittsburgh house show was one that was headlined by 4 feature bouts. Once again Bob Backlund and The Iron Sheik fought and once again Sheik got himself disqualified this time Freddie Blassie handed him a foreign object causing the disqualification. WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco defeated Salvatore Bellomo in a tough contest after a sunset flip. Jimmy Snuka fought The Masked Superstar, Snuka defeated The Superstar via countout after Snuka used Superstars momentum to toss him over the top rope, Superstar looked like he may have been able to get back in but seemed to decide against it. 3rd time wasn’t the charm for Strongbow as he lost to Sgt. Slaughter again by the Cobra Clutch.
1/21/84 - The 21st was a huge day for the WWF, in addition to their TV shows the WWF held two shows at major venues. The first an afternoon session at The Capital Centre in Landover, MD always a huge venue for WWF action and this show didn’t disappoint. An 18 man $15,000 battle royal opened up the show and it was a star filled battle royal with Andre the Giant, WWF Champion The Iron Sheik, Tito Santana, Paul Orndorff, The WWF Tag Champs, The Masked Superstar, Ivan Putski, Iron Mike Sharpe, Jose Louis Rivera and The Wild Samoans. Highlights of the battle royal included “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff being eliminated almost immediately as he was too busy boasting to the crowd with his robe still on and he was eliminated from behind by Tito Santana. Half the ring also ganged up to eliminate The Iron Sheik. The Wild Samoans eliminated the tag champs but were then quickly eliminated single handedly by Andre the Giant. The final two were Andre & The Masked Superstar and Andre managed to dump The Masked Superstar over the top rope and win the match and the $15,000. Andre the Giant furthered his successful night with a victory over Samula later in the night. Paul Orndorff also showed he could hang with the big boys with an impressive showing Bob Backlund, Orndorff has been on a roll lately and it continued here against Backlund in a back and forth contest. The match ended in a double countout after both men couldn’t answer the 10 count whilst outside the ring. Tito Santana & The Masked Superstar were other winners on the night.
Championship Wrestling: Bob Backlund was the guest on The Victory Corner, he said that he wants to take off the mask of the Masked Superstar and see what he looks like. The Iron Sheik and Jimmy Snuka were also given a final interview by Gene Okerlund before their big match at MSG. Iron Sheik called Jimmy Snuka a stooge for America and that no one can beat The Iron Sheik and that at Madison Square Garden his place of triumph he would win again and prove the American scum wrong. Snuka said that he was coming for The Iron Sheik and that he was going to take that belt and he would Superfly The Iron Sheik and achieve his dream. The Masked Superstar was also interviewed, he claimed responsibility for costing Bob Backlund the WWF Championship by injuring him and at Madison Square Garden he would finish the job. In action on the show Tag Champions Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas won by disqualification after The Wild Samoans interfered and beat them down. Paul Orndorff picked up another victory and in a post match interview he said the old guard was going to start to fall by the hands of Mr. Wonderful, that means Tony Garea, Bob Backlund, Chief Jay Stongbow the lot of the,. The Iron Sheik picked up a victory over one of Snuka’s friends The Tonga Kid in the feature bout of the night. Other winners were Iron Mike Sharpe, Tony Garea & Chief Jay Strongbow.
All Star Wrestling: Roddy Piper was the guest on The Victory Corner and Piper insulted host Robert Debord calling him boring and stupid. He then ran down various superstars such as Jimmy Snuka, Bob Backlund & Ivan Putski and saying that Roddy Piper was going to take over with his new talk segment Piper’s Pit. Newcomer David Schultz picked up another victory. Ivan Putski gave an interview after his victory and he said he wanted to keep his words short and sweet and show that loudmouth Slaughter what he can do in the ring. The WWF Tag Team Champions were interviewed regarding their rivalry with The Wild Samoans, they said they are thankful to have so many friends that are willing to help them out like Jimmy Snuka, Andre the Giant & Tito Santana but they are going to finish their business with The Samoans straight up sooner rather than later. Big John Studd was also interviewed, he said he is still yet to be body slammed and he said it doesn’t matter if he’s facing 2,3,4 men he’ll beat them all. Tito Santana picked up the victory in the feature bout against Iron Mike Sharpe with a flying forearm. Other winners were The Masked Superstar, Tiger Chung Lee and The Invaders.
Spectrum Wrestling: After that the WWF headed to The Spectrum for a show aired on the PRISM network. This show was headlined by WWF Champion The Iron Sheik in action defending his title against Bob Backlund also there was a 6 man tag match in which Jimmy Snuka teamed with the WWF Tag Team Champions Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas to take on The Wild Samoans. whilst Sgt. Slaughter took on Tito Santana, see the more detailed report below for results from the show as well as the results from other shows.
House Show, Harrisburg, PA - 1/15/84Samula defeated Swede Hanson
SD Jones & Iron Mike Sharpe fought to a time limit Draw
Tony Garea defeated Charlie Fulton
WWF Champion The Iron Sheik defeated Salvatore Bellomo
The Wild Samoans defeated The Invaders
Jimmy Snuka defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco via countout
House Show, Warren, OH - 1/18/84Salvatore Bellomo defeated Butcher Vachon
Tito Santana defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
Paul Orndorff defeated Eddie Gilbert
Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis defeated SD Jones & The Tonga Kid
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Bob Backlund defeated The Masked Superstar via disqualification
House Show, Monongahela, PA - 1/19/84Paul Orndorff defeated SD Jones
Ivan Putski defeated Tiger Chung Lee
Jose Louis Rivera & Invader #1 fought to a time limit draw
WWF Tag Champions Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas fought the Wild Samoans to a double disqualification
The Masked Superstar defeated Swede Hanson
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
WWF Champion The Iron Sheik defeated Salvatore Bellomo
House Show, Pittsburgh, PA - 1/20/84Sika defeated Bob Bradley
Tony Garea defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
SD Jones & The Tonga Kid defeated Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee via disqualification
Rocky Johnson defeated Jerry Valiant
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Jimmy Snuka defeated The Masked Superstar via countout
WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Bob Backlund defeated WWF Champion The Iron Sheik via disqualification
House Show, Landover, MD - 1/21/84Andre the Giant won a $15,000 18 man battle royal
Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis defeated Jose Louis Rivera & The Tonga Kid
Salvatore Bellomo defeated Rene Goulet
Tony Atlas defeated Charlie Fulton
The Masked Superstar defeated Ivan Putski via countout
Tito Santana defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
Bob Backlund & Paul Orndorff fought to a double countout
Andre the Giant defeated Samula
Championship Wrestling, Allentown, PA - 1/21/84 (taped on 1/3/84) Chief Jay Strongbow defeated John Callahan in 3:01 with an overhand chop
The Iron Sheik defeated The Tonga Kid in 2:47 after a Camel Clutch
Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Bobby Colt in 3:41 with a forearm smash
Tony Garea defeated Buthcer Vachon in 3:09 following an abdominal stretch
Paul Orndorff defeated Hercules Vasquez in 4:01 with a Piledriver
Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated Israel Matia & Rene Goulet via disqualification in 4:37 after The Wild Samoans interfered
All Star Wrestling, Hamburg, PA - 1/21/84 (taped on 1/4/84) David Schultz defeated Steve Lombardi in 3:31 following a middle rope elbow drop
The Invaders defeated Israel Matia & Jerry Valiant in 4:55 following a somersault splash from Invader #1 on Matia
Ivan Putski defeated Charlie Fulton after a Polish Hammer in 1:29
Tiger Chung Lee defeated James Burke in 2:11 after a shoulder breaker
The Masked Superstar defeated Victor Rivera in 1:59 after a swinging neckbreak
Tito Santana defeated Iron Mike Sharpe following a flying forearm in 4:02
Wrestling from the Chase, St Louis, MO - 1/21/84 (taped on 1/16/84)The Masked Superstar defeated SD Jones in 6:42 after a swinging neck breaker
Jimmy Snuka defeated Fred Marzino in 1:31 after a Superfly Splash
Bob Backlund defeated Pete Doherty with a Crossface Chickenwing in 3:45
Don Muraco defeated Bob Boyer in 4:12 with a sunset flip
Tony Atlas and Sika fought to a double disqualification in 7:42 after Rocky Johnson & Afa interfered
Spectrum Wrestling on PRISM, Philadelphia, PA - 1/21/84
Commentators Gorilla Monsoon & Dick GrahamSwede Hanson defeated Butcher Vachon in 7:27 following a neck breakerThe opening contest saw Swede Hanson mostly dominate, the two put on a solid showing with Swede hitting a neck breaker to pick up the victory.
The Invaders defeated Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee in 7:49 after Invader #2 pinned Fuji following a somersault splash.The second match of the night saw The Invaders take on Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee. Tiger and Lee kept trying to use underhanded tactics to pick up the victory and it ended up costing them as Fuji tried to bring a cane into the ring and it was taken by the referee leading to The Invaders setting up Fuji for the somersault splash.
The Masked Superstar defeated Eddie Gilbert in 5:05 with 3 swinging neck breakers.The Masked Superstar dominated this match pretty much from start to finish. Eddie Gilbert showed some fight but ultimately Superstar was just too much delivering 3 swinging neck breakers for good measure.
Iron Mike Sharpe & SD Jones fought to a 15 minute time limit draw.These two guys who are looking to break through put on an even back and forth match without either man being able to put the other away. SD Jones had Sharpe in a small package and looked like he may have been able to pick up the victory if it wasn’t for the time limit.
WWF Champion The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund in 12:56 via countout.The match everyone came for, loud USA chants greeted Sheik on his way to the ring as he flipped off the crowd. Backlund was getting his rematch and the crowd was heavily behind him. Backlund started out pounding the Sheik relentlessly and it looked like it might be a short night and a short reign for Sheik. However Sheik battled back and began to wear down Backlund. Backlund however fought back and after the referee was “accidentally” bumped out of the ring by Sheik, the fight spilled to the outside. Freddie Blassie got himself involved and Sheik rammed Backlund’s injured shoulder into the ring post. Sheik then got back in the ring as Backlund was on the ground in agony and picked up the count out victory much to the hatred of the Philadelphia crowd. Sheik quickly got out of the way as rubbish was being pelted at him.
WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco defeated Tony Garea in 10:39 after a cross body from Garea was rolled over into.
Former tag champ Tony Garea stepped up to the challenge here to attempt to take the Intercontinental Championship from Muraco. Garea came out like a house on fire but Muraco used his wily tactics to gain the advantage. A back and forth match saw Garea attempt a cross body but Muraco roll through it and pick up the victory.
Sgt. Slaughter & Tito Santana fought to a double countout in 18:01 after both men brawled on the outside and didn’t answer the 10 count.These two stars put on a great match for the fans. Slaughter managed to bust open Santana with some vicious right hands, but Santana being as resilient as he is continued to fight. Eventually the match went to the outside and the two men ignored the referees instructions to get back in the ring and got themselves counted out.
Jimmy Snuka, Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated The Wild Samoans in 9:32 after Snuka pinned Samula following a Superfly Splash. Jimmy Snuka looked like he was ready for a title match after this performance as he and the tag champs were on fire throughout this match. The Samoans started off good isolating Johnson but it quickly turned after that as Superfly pinned Samula after a Superfly Splash. After the match The Samoans attempted to attack Snuka, Johnson & Atlas but were chased away.
After the match Jimmy Snuka was interviewed by Gene Okerlund. Snuka said he had been waiting his whole life for this title match and he was going to make sure he was going to walk out of Madison Square Garden the new WWF Champion. Atlas & Johnson hugged Snuka and wished him luck in his match.
Madison Square Garden Show
Monday, January 23, 1984
Airing on MSG & USA NetworksWWF Heavyweight Championship - The Iron Sheik defends vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
2 out of 3 Falls - Don Muraco & The Wild Samoans vs. Tito Santana, Andre the Giant, Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas
Grudge Match - Bob Backlund vs. The Masked Superstar
Paul Orndorff vs. Tony Garea
Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis vs. The Invaders
Chief Jay Strongbow vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Ivan Putski
Big John Studd vs. SD Jones & The Tonga Kid
Salvatore Bellomo vs. Tiger Chung Lee