April 1st 1974 WWWF Madison Square Garden Show Vokloff vs Bruno!

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Here is Episode 29 of Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden - where we review the April 1st, 1974 house show from the mecca of all arenas. We welcome former owner of Ring of Honor - Cary Silkin as a co-host of the show beginning with this episode. Cary has a rich history - and attended most of the MSG shows in this era. He's a great storyteller and we are happy to have him with us for each episode going forward!

WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – Monday night April 1, 1974 bell time 8:30 (22,090; sell out)

The scheduled Butcher Brannigan vs. Manuel Soto match did not take place

Jumbo Tsuruta pinned Johnny Rodz

Otto Von Heller fought Jose Gonzalez to a 20-minute time-limit draw

Larry Zbyszko defeated Ed Sullivan at 7:29

WWWF Tag Team Champions Dean Ho & Tony Garea defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji via disqualification

WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Nikolai Volkoff at 13:09

Gorilla Monsoon pinned Don Leo Jonathan at 14:07

Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Stan Stasiak at 7:15

Pedro Morales pinned Larry Hennig at 11:04

Host - John Arezzi

Co-Hosts - Tim Puttre and Cary Silken

Writer / Researcher - Ritchie Garcia

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