WWF All American Wrestling – 1983 Results

9/4/83 – debut episode; featured Vince McMahon as the host; the episode focused on WWF World Champion Bob Backlund, with all matches joined in progress – vs. Superstar Billy Graham (2/20/78; Madison Square Garden), vs. Ken Patera (1/21/80; Madison Square Garden), vs. Adrian Adonis (3/20/82; Spectrum), vs. Jesse Ventura (3/14/82; Madison Square Garden), vs. Buddy Rose (8/30/82), vs. Swede Hanson (9/14/82; Allentown, PA), vs. Graham (12/28/82; Madison Square Garden), vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (4/30/83; Spectrum), and vs. Ivan Koloff (6/4/83; Spectrum); featured a clip from the Backlund vs. WWF IC Champion Don Muraco match from the 3/20/83 Madison Square Garden event; included a closing segment in which McMahon conducted a studio interview with Backlund

9/11/83 – the episode focused on Jimmy Snuka; included the Snuka / WWF IC Champion Don Muraco brawl from the 6/18/83 Championship Wrestling episode; featured Vince McMahon conducting a closing studio interview with Snuka:
– Jimmy Snuka (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) pinned Jeff Craney with the splash off the top at 2:58; after the bout, Craney was taken out on a stretcher (Snuka’s debut) (1/26/82; Allentown, PA)
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Jimmy Snuka in a steel cage match at 15:10 by avoiding a lunge from the challenger and escaping through the door after Snuka missed a splash off the top of the cage; prior to the match, Vince McMahon conducted ringside interviews with Steve Travis and Freddie Blassie and announced Andre the Giant would face Blackjack Mulligan the following month in a Texas Death Match; before the bout, Capt. Lou Albano escorted Snuka and Arnold Skaaland escorted Backlund to the ring; rules for the bout stated the winner could only win by escaping through the door; voted Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Match of the Year (The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80s, Legends of Wrestling: Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund) (6/28/82; Madison Square Garden)
– Jimmy Snuka fought Ray Stevens (w/ Freddie Blassie) to a no contest when Capt. Lou Albano came out during the introductions and attacked Snuka; Stevens then assaulted Snuka from behind, bloodied him, and twice dropped him with a piledriver on the concrete floor; moments later, Snuka was taken backstage on a stretcher (10/5/82; Allentown, PA)
– Jimmy Snuka defeated Ray Stevens via count-out at 6:50 after Snuka threw Stevens into the corner, with Stevens then falling out to the floor and not being able to meet the referee’s 10-count; after the bout, Snuka again knocked Stevens to the floor (Best of Confidential Vol. 1) (12/28/82; Madison Square Garden)
– Jimmy Snuka defeated WWF IC Champion Don Muraco via count-out at 11:24 when Muraco left ringside; Swede Hanson was the guest referee for the bout (8/13/83; Spectrum)

9/18/83 – the episode focused on Andre the Giant; featured footage of Vince McMahon conducting an empty arena interview with Andre from 1979, where Andre stood on a box to make himself appear that much taller than McMahon; included the Andre vs. Big John Studd bodyslam challenge from the 2/26/83 Championship Wrestling:
– Andre the Giant defeated Johnny Rodz & Jose Estrada in a handicap match at 4:58 by pinning both at the same time after Rodz dived off the top and landed on his partner when Andre moved out of the way; moments earlier, Andre hit a boot to the face and a splash on Estrada (2/16/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Rick McGraw & Andre the Giant defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Mr. Saito & Mr. Fuji in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1: the challengers won via disqualification (3/14/82; Madison Square Garden)
– Andre the Giant pinned Hulk Hogan at 12:18 when Hogan failed a slam attempt and guest referee Gorilla Monsoon made a fast count; prior to the match, Hogan was escorted ringside by Freddie Blassie; just before the finish, Hogan successfully slammed Andre (9/22/80; Madison Square Garden) (Hulk Hogan: The Unreleased Archives)
– Andre the Giant fought Big John Studd to a double disqualification at 23:14 (9/23/83; Capital Centre)

9/25/83:
– Tito Santana pinned Mr. Fuji at 11:04 with a crossbody off the top (8/13/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– The Wild Samoans (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Jules & Chief Jay Strongbow to win the titles at 5:52 when Sika pinned Jules after a double clothesline and a Samoan Drop (3/8/83; Allentown, PA) (Tag Team Champions)
– Hulk Hogan, Jim Brunzell, & Greg Gagne defeated Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura, & Bobby Heenan when Hogan pinned Heenan with the legdrop (AWA – 3/13/83; St. Paul, MN)
– The Iron Sheik (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Ray Coutu via submission with the Camel Clutch at 2:49 (9/13/83; Allentown, PA)
– North American Heavyweight Champion Butch Reed pinned Magnum TA with a clothesline (Mid-South – 7/27/83; Shreveport, LA)

10/2/83:
– The Invaders defeated Jeff Craney & Frank Rodriguez at 11:27 when Craney was pinned after one Invader hiptossed his partner on top of Craney (The Invaders’ MSG debut) (7/30/83; Madison Square Garden)
– Ron Bass defeated Ray Harris (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka defeated the Wild Samoans at 12:51 when Snuka pinned Sika with a splash off Andre’s shoulders following a boot to the face by Andre; prior to the bout, Capt. Lou Albano escored the Samoans to the ring while Buddy Rogers escorted Snuka & Andre (2/18/83; Madison Square Garden) (Andre the Giant VHS, Andre the Giant DVD)
– Don Muraco pinned WWF IC Champion Pedro Morales to win the title at 11:34 when the champion’s injured knee gave out as he attempted a slam, with Morales falling on top for the pin (Morales’ first pinfall loss at MSG in 18 years) (1/22/83; Madison Square Garden) (Best of the WWF Vol. 2, History of the Intercontinental Title)
– Kevin Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin (WCCW)

10/9/83:
– The Masked Superstar (w/ the Grand Wizard) pinned Eddie Gilbert at 2:58 after two corkscrew neckbreakers; after the bout, Superstar hit a third neckbreaker on the floor; moments later, Gilbert was attended to by Dr. George Zahorian (9/18/83; Allentown, PA)
– David Schultz pinned Buck Zumhoff with the tombstone (AWA – 8/28/83; St. Paul, MN)
– Sgt. Slaughter (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Swede Hanson via submission with the Cobra Clutch at 9:44 (7/30/83; Madison Square Garden)
– Andre the Giant, Ivan Putski, Chief Jay Strongbow, & Rocky Johnson defeated Big John Studd, Samula, & WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match, 3-1; fall #1: Studd’s team was disqualified at 5:13 when all members of the team began fighting in the ring; fall #2: Sika pinned Strongbow at the 46-second mark following a standing and falling headbutt; fall #3: Strongbow pinned Afa at the 23-second mark following a boot to the face from Andre as Andre stood on the ring apron; fall #4: Andre’s team won at 2:46 when Andre pinned Samula with a boot and sit-down splash as Samula came off the middle turnbuckle (The Best of the WWF Vol. 5) (7/16/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– Ric Flair & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tom Lintz & Jerry Grey when McDaniel pinned Lintz (Mid-Atlantic; Worldwide – 9/3/83)

10/16/83:
– Jimmy Snuka (w/ Buddy Rogers) pinned Buddy Rose (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) at 15:26 with the splash off the top (1/22/83; Madison Square Garden)
– Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd in a $10,000 bodyslam match; after the bout, Andre threw the money out to the crowd until he was attacked by Studd (8/29/83; Los Angeles, CA)
– Mil Mascaras pinned Johnny Rodz at 3:18 with an overhead powerslam (4/7/81; Allentown, PA)
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) pinned Iron Mike Sharpe at 19:14 with a reverse roll up into a bridge after ducking Sharpe’s attempt at hitting Backlund with his loaded forearm (4/30/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– Joe LeDuc defeated Bruce Walkup (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson defeated Butcher Vachon & Tony Colon at 3:32 when Atlas pinned Colon with a gorilla press slam and splash (9/14/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Pancho Boy & Sonny Boy Hayes defeated Farmer Pete & Butch Cassidy at 3:02 when Hayes pinned Cassidy with a dropkick after Jackson accidentally dropkicked his partner (3/20/83; Madison Square Garden)

10/23/83:
– Tiger Chung Lee (w/ Freddie Blassie) pinned SD Jones at 8:41 with an enzuiguri (10/17/83; Madison Square Garden)
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated Mike Brown & Puppy Dog Peloquin in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Brunzell pinned Brown after a dropkick; fall #2: Peloquin submitted to Gagne’s sleeper (AWA All Star Wrestling – aired 9/11/83; Minneapolis, MN)
– WWF IC Champion Don Muraco defeated Chief Jay Strongbow at 7:12 with a clothesline after breaking out of the sleeper (9/24/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– Butch Reed pinned Jim Duggan with a running shoulderblock (Mid-South – 3/21/83; New Orleans, LA)
– Ivan Koloff (w/ Freddie Blassie) pinned Bob Clement at the 59-second mark with a kneedrop off the top; after the match, Ivan went to the announcer’s table and requested Pat Patterson interview him; moments later, Patterson said American wrestlers were just as good as Koloff, with Koloff then hitting Patterson and Patterson chasing him backstage (9/14/83; Hamburg, PA)

10/30/83:
– Tony Atlas defeated Killer Khan via count-out at 9:49 when Khan walked out of the match after sustaining a gorilla press slam (10/19/81; Madison Square Garden)
– Southern Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo pinned Jim Haley (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Tito Santana fought Iron Mike Sharpe to a 20-minute time limit draw (10/17/83; Madison Square Garden)
– The Masked Superstar (w/ the Grand Wizard) pinned Pete Sanchez with the swinging neckbreaker at 4:36 (8/3/83; Hamburg, PA)
– NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood defeated Bill Howard & the Magic Dragon when Steamboat pinned Howard with the crossbody off the top (10/19/83; Shelby, NC)

11/6/83:
– Mil Mascaras pinned Moondog King (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) at 8:14 with a crossbody off the top (4/6/81; Madison Square Garden)
– Jimmy Snuka pinned Bob Bradley at 4:44 with a headbutt off the top (8/3/83; Hamburg, PA)
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) fought the Invaders to a double disqualification at 8:52 when both teams began brawling in the ring, with Albano entering the ring and being hit with a double dropkick from the Invaders (10/5/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Rocky Johnson pinned Butcher Vachon following two dropkicks (10/5/83; Hamburg, PA)
– The Iron Sheik (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Jeff Craney via submission with the Camel Clutch at 2:15 (9/14/83; Hamburg, PA)
– The Junkyard Dog pinned Boris Zhukov with a powerslam (Mid-South)
– Kevin Von Erich pinned Buddy Roberts with a crossbody off the top (WCCW)

11/13/83:
– Barry Windham pinned Tony Diamato with a lariat (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah pinned Penny Mitchell at 6:06 (10/4/83; Allentown, PA)
– Sgt. Slaughter (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Ken Jugan via submission with the Cobra Clutch at 3:05 (10/5/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Tony Garea fought Iron Mike Sharpe to a 10-minute time-limit draw (10/4/83; Allentown, PA)
– Hulk Hogan vs. Adrian Adonis (no ending was shown) (AWA; 1982)

11/20/83 – featured Pat Patterson interviewing the Iron Sheik and Freddie Blassie in the ring, where Sheik demonstrated how to use his Persian Clubs and challenged any American athlete to attempt an exercise with the clubs themselves (11/15/83; Allentown, PA):
– Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated Iron Mike Sharpe & Charlie Fulton at 10:38 when Atlas pinned Fulton with a double axe handle from the middle turnbuckle as Johnson held Fulton in an overhead backbreaker (10/26/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Mike Graham defeateded Mike Fever via submission with the figure-4 (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– Tito Santana pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Sika at 9:38 with the flying forearm (10/22/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– David Von Erich defeated the Mongol via submission with the claw (WCCW)

11/27/83:
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans & Samula (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated SD Jones, Swede Hanson, & Tony Garea at 11:24 when Afa pinned Hanson following a double headbutt from he and Sika (10/25/83; Allentown, PA)
– Paul Orndorff pinned Rudy Diamond with the piledriver at 3:28; during the bout, Freddie Blassie watched the bout from ringside (11/16/83; Hamburg, PA)
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) defeated Mr. Fuji via submission in a non-title match at 6:54 with the Crossface Chickenwing (10/25/83; Allentown, PA)
– WWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask pinned Mr. Saito in a non-title match at around 3:44 with a crossbody off the middle turnbuckle into a sunset flip (12/7/82; Allentown, PA)
– The Junkyard Dog pinned Krusher Darsow with a powerslam (Mid-South – 9/15/83; Shreveport, LA)

12/4/83:
– Chief Jay Strongbow fought Tiger Chung Lee to a 10-minute time-limit draw (10/26/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Mike Graham & Southern Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Mr. Olympia & Dennis Brown (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– The Iron Sheik (w/ Freddie Blassie) pinned Salvatore Bellomo at 6:20 with a gutwrench suplex (11/15/83; Allentown, PA)
– Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) via disqualification at 2:57 in a non-title match when Afa attacked Johnson when he had the abdominal stretch applied on Sika; after the bout, Pat Patterson interviewed Johnson & Atlas, where they challenged the Samoans to No DQ title match (11/15/83; Allentown, PA)
– The Masked Superstar pinned Hank Hudson at 1:40 with the swinging neckbreaker (11/15/83; Allentown, PA)

12/11/83:
– The Invaders & Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji, Rene Goulet, & Israel Matia at 8:53 when Matia was pinned after one Invader hiptossed his partner on to him (11/16/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Sgt. Slaughter pinned SD Jones at 5:27 after reversing Jones’ small package into one of his own (11/15/83; Allentown, PA) – Jimmy Snuka pinned Samula (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) at 6:36 with a flying bodypress off the top; after the bout, Snuka cleared an interfering Albano out of the ring (11/16/83; Hamburg, PA)
– WWF IC Champion Don Muraco (w/ Capt. Lou Albanno) pinned Buddy Donovan at 2:44 (11/16/83; Hamburg, PA)
– Kerry Von Erich pinned Buddy Roberts (WCCW)

12/18/83:
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) & Eddie Gilbert defeated Rene Goulet & Bob Bradley at 9:04 when Gilbert pinned Bradley with a three-quarter nelson (11/15/83; Allentown, PA)
– Mike Rotundo pinned Jim Haley (Championship Wrestling from Florida)
– The Masked Superstar pinned the Tonga Kid at 2:57 with the swining neckbreaker (12/6/83; Allentown, PA)
– Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) to win the titles in a No DQ match at 8:22 when Atlas pinned Afa after Albano accidentally broke a wooden chair over Afa’s head; after the bout, Pat Patterson interviewed the new champions (Tag Team Champions, The Life & Times of Capt. Lou Albano) (11/15/83; Allentown, PA)
– Gorilla Monsoon pinned the Golden Terror at 4:42 with a giant swing and a splash (3/25/78; Philadelphia Spectrum)

12/25/83:
– Salvatore Bellomo pinned Moondog Spot (w/ Moondog Rex) with a sunset flip at around the 10-minute mark (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
– Los Medicos defeated Maravilla & Chicky Starr (Puerto Rico)
– Tito Santana defeated Big John Studd via disqualification at 6:54 (11/24/83; Philadelphia Spectrum)
– Sgt. Slaughter defeated Nick DeCarlo via submission with the cobra clutch at 1:22 (12/6/83; Allentown, PA) – Paul Orndorff pinned Victor Mercado with the piledriver at 3:30 (12/6/83; Allentown, PA)