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The first match was between Tito Santana and The Executioner . Santana won the match after applying a figure four leglock on The Executioner, which was a shot at current Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine, as the figure four was his finishing move as the first WrestleMania match ended in submission.
Merced Solis (born May 10, 1953), better known by the ring name Tito Santana, is an American professional wrestler, trainer, and retired school teacher. [2] [4]Santana has stayed a babyface his entire career [5] [6] and is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1979 and 1993 (missing part of 1980 and returning in 1983) [7] where he was a two-time WWF ...
1976–1977. The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF. Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony ...
Trained by. Verne Gagne [1] Debut. 1972 [1] Retired. 2014. Robert Rudolph Remus[6] (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name Sgt. Slaughter, is an American voice actor and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE in the ambassador program. [7]
billed weight. 460 lb (210 kg; 33 st) [4] Debut. August 1987 [5] Disbanded. April 2, 1989 [6] Years active. 1987–1989. Strike Force was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) composed of Tito Santana and Rick Martel.
Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), [ 3 ] better known by his ring name " Macho Man " Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and professional baseball player, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Savage was described by sportswriter ...
The third bout was a singles match in which WWF Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana defended his title against "Cowboy" Bob Orton. The match ended in a time-limit draw after 20 minutes. This was a dark match that did not air on the television broadcast. [1] [7] [8] The fourth bout was a singles match between Bob Backlund and Butcher Vachon.
Valentine (right) vs Junkyard Dog (left) at Wrestlemania. On September 24, 1984, in London, Ontario Valentine defeated Tito Santana for the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, focusing on Santana's injured knee throughout the match. Santana initially thought he had the match won, but had in fact only achieved a two-count.