A very special episode of Mat Memories from Madison Square Garden! Tim Puttre and I discuss this house show I attended. Notable for John, as it was the first time he shot 8mm movies at the Garden. We share some of those films at:

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WWWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - January 15, 1973 (22,096) 

Sky Low Low & Little Brutus defeated Little Beaver & Farmer Jerome in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Sky & Brutus won at 8:04; fall #2: Sky & Brutus won at 6:58

Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Joyce Grable at 5:45

Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon defeated Lee Wong & Ben Ortiz in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: the Vachons won at 3:04; fall #2: the Vachons won at 3:19

Black Gordman defeated El Olympico at 8:06

Victor Rivera fought WWWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Fuji to a 20-minute time-limit draw

WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales pinned Moondog Mayne at 7:09 with a flying body-press

Ray Stevens defeated Sonny King at 7:35

Bruno Sammartino pinned WWWF Tag Team Champion Prof. Toru Tanaka at 11:34

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