Thursday, April 26, 2012

Today in Wrestling History April 26th

1976 - WWWF ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the following results:
- Louis Cerdan defeated Johnny Rodz.
- Tony Parisi defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.
- Dominic DeNucci defeated Louis Cyr.
- Ric Flair defeated Frankie Williams.
- Bobo Brazil defeated Rocky Tomayo.
- Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Haystacks Calhoun & Pat Barrett by countout.
- Andre The Giant defeated Ernie Ladd via countout.


- Stan Hansen defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino when the referee stopped the match due to excessive bleeding.  Because there was no pinfall or submission, Sammartino retained the title.  This was the bout where Hansen accidentally broke Bruno's neck with a bodyslam.  However, the storyline would be that Hansen broke Sammartino's neck with the Lariat clothesline.




 


The WWE holds its final Backlash PPV at Providence, Rhode Island.
 here are the highlights :

 Christian defeated Jack Swagger for the ECW Title 
 Chris Jericho defeated Ricky Steamboat
 Kane defeated CM Punk
 Jeff Hardy beat Matt Hardy in an "I Quit Match" 
 Santino defeated Beth Phoenix in a "Miss Wrestlemania" Match 
 The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase Jr) defeated Triple H (Champion), Batista and Shawn Michaels for the WWE Heavyweight Title 
 Edge defeated John Cena in a "Last Man Standing" Match for the World Heavyweight Title

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