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Wrestle40 @Wrestle40

Tweeting the world of pro wrestling as it happened 40 years ago with daily #OnThisDay updates. It's always 1984! Bitchin', huh? Mod: @calawaycreates 1984 Joined February 2009
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2 days ago

🎂 Happy Birthday to "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell, who turns 35 today! 🥳🎉 The former NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion is currently one-half of the reigning AWA World Tag Team Champions w/ Ken Patera. As The Sheiks, they won the straps from The High Flyers last June. #OnThisDay

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2 days ago

🏆 The Long Riders (Black Bart & Ron Bass) defeated Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo to win the NWA Florida U.S. Tag Team Title on tonight's Championship Wrestling From Florida show at the Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL. #AndNEW #OnThisDay 3,552 fans were in attendance. #CWF 🌴

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2 days ago

🚨SPOILER ALERT!🚨 🏆 The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated The Midnight Express (w/ @TheJimCornette) at 3:44 to win the Mid-South Tag Team Titles at today's Mid-South Wrestling TV tapings. #AndNEW #OnThisDay #MSW This will air this weekend. Please check your local listings.

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4 days ago

🎂 Happy Birthday to Blue Demon, who turns 62 today! 🥳🎉 A long-time rival of El Santo, Blue Demon is a 3x Mexican National Welterweight Champion and 2x NWA World Welterweight Champion. Largely retired, he still wrestles on occasion. 🇲🇽 #OnThisDay #EMLL #CMLL

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4 days ago

🎂 Happy Birthday to one of the greatest of all time, former 3x NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz, who turns 68 today! 🥳🎉 Largely retired, he last competed two years ago in Japan. He now works as a promoter, announcer, trainer, and special guest referee. #OnThisDay

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4 days ago

🤼‍♂️ Tonight, at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium, NWA World Heavyweight Champion @RicFlairNatrBoy battled @REALSteamboat to a 60-min time limit draw. + 6 other bouts #OnThisDay #MACW #JCP Flair and Steamboat also battled to a 60-min time limit draw last night in Charlotte, NC.

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4 days ago

🏆 Humungus defeated @JerryLawler to win the Southern Heavyweight Title tonight at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN! #AndNEW #OnThisDay 👀 Humungus also won a 26-man Back Alley Street Brawl! 🏆 Randy Savage def Austin Idol to win the AWA International Hwt Title! #AndNEW

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5 days ago

🎂 Happy Birthday to Terry Gordy, who turns 23 today! 🥳🎉 One-third of the reigning World Class Six-Man Tag Team Champions #FabulousFreebirds with partners @MichaelPSHayes1 and Buddy Roberts, "Bam Bam" has been wrestling since he was 14, debuting in 1975! #OnThisDay

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Wrestle40 @Wrestle40

5 days ago

🎂 Happy Birthday to "Mr. USA" @RealAtlas, who turns 30 today! 💪🏿🇺🇸🥳🎉 Atlas (w/ Rocky Johnson) dropped the WWF Tag Team Titles to Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch last week. Atlas is also a former NWA Mid-Atlantic and NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion. #OnThisDay #MACW #GCW

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Wrestle40 @Wrestle40

5 days ago

On newsstands everywhere now! 📚 #OnThisDay 🏛️ @TIME #PolicyCollision ⚾️ @SInow @Mets #DarrylStrawberry 📺 @TVGuide #TheFarPavilions #AmyIrving 👨‍🎤 @people @BoyGeorge #CultureClub

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5 days ago

🏆 Angelo Mosca Jr. defeated Ivan Koloff to regain the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title on a Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling show at the Charlotte Coliseum tonight! #AndNEW #OnThisDay 2⃣ This begins Mosca's second reign and ends Koloff's third reign after 35 days.

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Wrestle40 @Wrestle40

6 days ago

🏆 Ricky Steamboat defeated Dick Slater at 27:00 to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title on tonight's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling show at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. #AndNEW #OnThisDay 6,017 were in attendance. + 7 other bouts.

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6 days ago

📺 NWA Champion Ric Flair takes on Tommy Rogers in the main event of today's "World Championship Wrestling" from WTBS in Atlanta, GA. The Spoiler faces Mike Jackson. Also, The Road Warriors, Brad Armstrong, Ted DiBiase, and more in action. #OnThisDay #GCW youtube.com/watch?v=8M4yHC…

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Wrestle40 @Wrestle40

6 days ago

📺 On today's NWA World Wild Wrestling from Spartanburg, SC: 🔷Jimmy Valiant & Brian Adidas vs Gary Royal & Doug Vines 🔷Rufus R. Jones vs Jeff Sword 🔷Pez Whatley vs Adrian Street 🔷NWA US Champion Dick Slater vs Sam Houston 🔷And more! #OnThisDay #JCP youtube.com/watch?v=FJk5CR…

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