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During its heydays, say in the mid 60's to early 70's, what would you say was the biggest card here? Either in terms of impact, attendance, or relevance,
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August 20, 1966
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh, PA
Little Beaver/Cowboy Bradley defeat Sky Low Low/Fuzzy Cupid
Johnny DeFazio/Antonio Pugliese defeat Baron Gattoni/Jim Grabmire
Mr. Kleen defeats Prince Iaukea by DQ
Bulldog Brower defeat Benny Lima/Nick DePaulo in a handicap match
Chief White Owl defeats The Beast
Hurricane Hunt defeats Bulldog Gannon
WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino defeats Johnny Valentine to retain the title
I chose this card because it put Pittsburgh on the map to have a card at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On July 25, 1966 they also ran Forbes Field.
Antonio Pugliese defaeted Smasher Sloan
Jim Grabmire fought Bob Nandor to draw
Arnold Skaaland defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna by DQ
Little Beaver/Jamaica Kid defeated Sky Low Low/Little Brutus
Frank Holtz defeated Ronnie Etchison by DQ
Waldo Von Erich defeated Chief White Owl
Bill Miller defeated Curtis Iaukea
Johnny Valentine defeated WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino by DQ
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Largest att at a Forbes Field card in the 50s and 60s
July 25, 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA
Forbes Field drawing 15,000
Ace Freeman, Chief White Owl, & Johnny DeFazio beat Red Berry, Hans & Max Mortier in two straight falls.
Hurricane Hunt drew The Masked Destroyer (20:00).
Frank Holtz beat Johnny Carr (12:00).
Gorilla Monsoon beat Cowboy Bill Watts via DQ.
Pancho Lopez & Jamaica Kid beat Little Brutus & Irish Jackie (22:43).
Killer Kowalski beat Bobo Brazil (5:22).
WWWF World Champ Bruno Sammartino beat Johnny Powers (18:00) via countout.
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Pittsburgh continued to be a big stop for the WWWF in the Backlund years and surprisingly the largest indoor gate for wrestling in Pittsburgh was a NWA show (JCP show) headlined by Dusty vs. Big Bubba in a cage in 1987.
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Boston, MA Boston Garden April 4, 1987 (11,000)
Debut at venue
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Jimmy Garvin/Ron Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 (sub. for MOD Squad)
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Mike Rotunda)
Ole Anderson defeated Arn Anderson by DQ
Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff/Vladimir Pietrov (sub. for Dick Murdoch)
Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane
US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; only US title was at stake
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at 23:00
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in lights out steel cage match
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Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena February 27, 1987 (either 17,521 or 16,600; sell out)
Hector Guerrero fought Shaska Whatley to draw
Vladimir Petrov pinned Jim Lancaster
Ivan Koloff/Dick Murdoch defeated Wahoo McDaniel/Dutch Mantell
Lex Luger pinned Ricky Lee Jones
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Tim Horner
NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick Rude/Manny Fernandez defeathed Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson when Rude pinned Gibson
US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair by DQ
Bunkhouse Stampede Final Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in steel cage match; stipulations stated winner would win $100,000 Bunkhouse Stampede cash prize
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Forbes field was lucky to get main events against Bruno that never made it to MSG like Johnny Valentine,Johnny Powers and the Crusher. Attendance seemed to flucuate regarding the cards..One match of note had on 7/17/ 65, Wahoo ,White Owl and Big Heart teaming in a losing effort against a super team of Smasher Sloan,Dr Jerry Graham and Monsoon. Another card I'd be knowing about would be the debut of an unmasked Battman at a major Pitt venue.. That would seem to meet the OP's posed question.
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