66K views · 1.1K reactions | News highlights of the June 16, 1980 WWF show at Madison Square Garden | RassleRama | Facebook

91K views · 1.1K reactions | On November 8, 1980 WWF Spectrum Wrestling aired on the PRISM Network. Take a look back as WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund put his title on the line against Larry Zbyszko. Tony Atlas was the special guest referee for the match. Dick Graham and Kal Rudman handle commentary. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

77K views · 1.4K reactions | On April 4, 1992 WWF Superstars of Wrestling aired from the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama. As the buildup for WrestleMania VIII continues, check out the match between Shawn Michaels and Roddy Piper from the Prime Time Special “March to WrestleMania.” Then we get a WrestleMania VIII Report from Mean Gene Okerlund that features Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Shawn Michaels, Tito Santana and Sid Justice among others. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

WWF @ Madison Square Garden – October 20, 1980 Dusty Rhodes & Pat Patterson defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match via referee’s decision; fall #1: Rhodes pinned Sika with an elbow at 11:47; fall #2: the curfew expired | RassleRama

Rocky Johnson, born in 1944, joined the WWF in the early 1980s after success in the NWA. In 1983, he and Tony Atlas, as “The Soul Patrol,” became the first African-American WWF World Tag Team Champions, holding the titles until 1984. After retiring in 1991, Rocky trained his son, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, helping him enter the WWF. He appeared occasionally, like at WrestleMania 13 in 1997, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008 by The Rock, before passing away in 2020. Dwayne “The R