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BattleRoyal	January 31^st, 2024 16:38 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071554 PT: #1/26	I just watched the Backlund/Afa Houston match from 1983. Paul B notes at the onset that it is the first appearance by Backlund in the Houston ring. I looked up Backlund's results and that is correct. May 20, 1983 WWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund defeats Afa at 8:58 Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX Backlund vs Afa

Eater of the Dead	January 31^st, 2024 17:02 GMT

Topics: 604 Replies: 13659 Member Post: #1071556 PT: #2/26	This has been discussed before but I found it strange that backlund would travel to other areas and wrestle a WWF Run of mill challenger like Afa....i think the apter mags even did a bit at the time questioning this

BattleRoyal	January 31^st, 2024 19:05 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071575 PT: #3/26	They did

Dan P-170	January 31^st, 2024 22:55 GMT

Topics: 1 Replies: 144 Member Post: #1071590 PT: #4/26	This message was edited by Dan P-170 on January 31^st, 2024 22:56 GMT Yeah they said that the WWF wasn't worthy of world title recognition because of this.

BattleRoyal	January 31^st, 2024 23:46 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071593 PT: #5/26	Also right around the time of the debut of Victory magazine in 1983

rhodesfan	February 01^st, 2024 00:46 GMT

Topics: 474 Replies: 3319 Member Post: #1071602 PT: #6/26	It was a good card as was the case most of the time Houston.

The Avenger	February 01^st, 2024 04:15 GMT

Topics: 601 Replies: 4064 Member Post: #1071615 PT: #7/26	*Quoted from: Eater of the Dead, January 31^st, 2024 17:02 GMT* This has been discussed before but I found it strange that backlund would travel to other areas and wrestle a WWF Run of mill challenger like Afa....i think the apter mags even did a bit at the time questioning this Afa was known as a tag wrestler. I'm guessing this was due to Houston fans not being exposed to the WWF.

SHOOTER	February 01^st, 2024 05:17 GMT

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This message was edited by SHOOTER on February 01^st, 2024 05:31 GMT

Quoted from: Eater of the Dead, January 31^st, 2024 17:02 GMT

This has been discussed before but I found it strange that backlund would travel to other areas and wrestle a WWF
Run of mill challenger like Afa....i think the apter mags even did a bit at the time questioning this

I've too have always heard the issue with Backlund was he faced run of the mill WWF challengers in other territories but I don't think that it happened very often...
Besides this match against Afa in Houston, what other areas did Backlund face run of the mill WWF challengers in? I ask because when Backlund came to Florida in the early 1980's he would defend the belt against Florida stars like Ron Bass, King Tonga and Jimmy Garvin. Sure he wrestled Don Muraco too in Florida but Muraco was working in Florida at the time. He defended against Inoki in Florida too.... In Georgia, I know he did title vs. title against Ric Flair in '82 and I know he defended the WWF title against Kevin Sullivan also in Georgia in IIRC, 1979... He defended the WWF title against Billy Robinson and Raymond Rougeau in Montreal in the early 1980's and faced The Sheik too. Was that in Detroit? He faced Ron Starr in L.A. and faced Inoki and Fujinami in Japan.. I'm sure there must be more but I'm just not seing it being true that he only faced or even predominantly faced only WWF challenger's in other territories. I think that was something the Apter mags had us believing but actually didn't happen very often but I can see people being annoyed with seeing him facing Afa in his first Houston appearance especially since Afa wasn't a regular in Houston..


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BattleRoyal	February 01^st, 2024 14:24 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071647 PT: #9/26	He defended the WWWF title against Roddy Piper in LA in 1978

Dan P-170	February 01^st, 2024 18:16 GMT

Topics: 1 Replies: 144 Member Post: #1071662 PT: #10/26	This message was edited by Dan P-170 on February 01^st, 2024 18:16 GMT He worked Toronto as WWF Champion and had a title vs. title match there with Bockwinkel in 1979. He also had one or two title vs. title matches with Race in St. Louis.

BattleRoyal	February 01^st, 2024 19:48 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071675 PT: #11/26	He had a title vs. title match with Race three days after beating Graham for WWWF title. He appeared a lot in Toronto in late 70s and early 80s as WWF Champ

Dan P-170	February 01^st, 2024 21:28 GMT

Topics: 1 Replies: 144 Member Post: #1071680 PT: #12/26	I think he also made some shots for Crockett as WWF Champion. When the NWA and AWA started doing the Pro Wrestling USA collaboration to counteract Vince, Backlund came in for them and was actually referred to as the champion minus the belt and did as close to a shoot promo on WWF as you could get at the time without breaking kayfabe

BattleRoyal	February 01^st, 2024 23:37 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071688 PT: #13/26	He defended the WWF title against Patera if the Carolina

Alvarasus	February 02^nd, 2024 10:17 GMT

Topics: 0 Replies: 6 Member Post: #1071697 PT: #14/26	In my opinion I think it was more PWI being angry at WWF , for not allowing them access to their shows.

BattleRoyal	February 02^nd, 2024 12:30 GMT

Topics: 2521 Replies: 17960 Member Post: #1071701 PT: #15/26	Spot on Vince would not allow PWI photographers at MSG starting in 1983 They responded by dropping world title status WWF

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