On February 18, 1985 WWF’s The War to Settle the Score took place in front of 22,000 fans at Madison Square Garden and ushered in the “Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection” era. The main event featured Hulk Hogan defending the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Hogan retained the title after Piper got disqualified in the only match of the event that was shown on MTV. After the match, Mean Gene Okerlund interviewed Alan Hunter, Hogan, Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, Captain Lou A

On August 7, 1976 WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino put his title on the line against Stan Hansen inside of a steel cage in the main event in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden. This was the first ever WWWF program that aired on the MSG Network. Commentary for the match is handled by Vince McMahon. Later named “WWF on MSG Network” and also advertised as “WWF from Madison Square Garden”, the show ran on the MSG Network from August 7, 1976 to March 16, 1997. | Davenp

24K views · 395 reactions | On May 21, 1984 the WWF MSG Show took place at a sold out Madison Square Garden. Take a look back as Sgt. Slaughter takes on The Iron Sheik (with Freddie Blassie). After the match, a bloodied SLAUGHTER leads the crowd with the Pledge of Allegiance. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

98K views · 1.7K reactions | On June 25, 1988 the WWF MSG Show took...