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Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler.He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 1985.
The first King of the Ring tournament was held by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on July 8, 1985, at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.The inaugural tournament was won by Don Muraco, who defeated The Iron Sheik in the final.
During the tapings, Don Muraco vs Butch Reed was taped but aired on Prime Time Wrestling on April 11, 1988. The match between Hulk Hogan and Harley Race saw Race lay Hogan across a table outside the ring and attempted to hit a diving headbutt from the ring apron, but Hogan moved out of the way and Race crashed through the table, suffering a ...
The inaugural 1985 tournament was won by Don Muraco. In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Hulk Hogan pinned Nikolai Volkoff to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The event drew 23,000 people of which 20,000 were paid. [2]
Surname Siblings Country Note(s) Ref(s) Alvarado: El Brazo Brazo de Oro Brazo de Plata Super Brazo Brazo Cibernético Brazo de Platino Mexico In this branch of the Alvarado wrestling family, Brazo de Oro was the oldest of the six brothers (all six are sons of Shadito Cruz, patriarch and founder of the Alvarado family).
Don Muraco (with Mr. Fuji) vs. Roddy Piper ended in a time limit draw: King of the Ring tournament first round match: 20:00: 2: Harley Race defeated George Steele by disqualification: King of the Ring tournament first round match: 7:42: 3: Billy Jack Haynes defeated The Iron Sheik: King of the Ring tournament first round match: 10:30: 4 ...
Bob Backlund about to perform a belly-to-back piledriver on Don Muraco during a professional wrestling match, circa 1982. Also known as a Texas, Sit-out, or traditional piledriver, this is the classic and original piledriver technique.
Don Muraco: September 30, 1992: Live event: Philadelphia, PA: 1 47: 47 [9] 5 The Sandman: November 16, 1992: Live event: Philadelphia, PA: 1 138: 138 While WWE.com does not include this reign in the title history, it is implicitly included in their description of Sandman as a 5-time former champion. [10] 6 Don Muraco: April 3, 1993: Hardcore TV ...