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May 27, 2023 · Peter Maivia heel turn saga-Pt 1- TV w/backlund vs spiros arion & victor rivera
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🛡Here's a peek at the kind of historic mat memory you'll enjoy as a GMC Patron. This clip shows highlights. The entire incident is on the patron page. If yo...
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After finally winning the Title, Backlund would team with Peter Maivia to win the Tag team championship. Maivia would end up turning on Backlund and costing the duo the titles in the process.
Jun 4, 2020 · When Graham lost his prized championship to Bob Backlund in February of 1978, the promotion went on to create a shocking angle in which Maivia, a career-long fan favorite, turned heel on the young champion and their shared manager, Arnold Skaaland.
- Bob Backlund Defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 1978 to Win The WWE Championship
- Bob Backlund Defended The Title Successfully 876 Times
- Bob Backlund Dropped The Title to The Iron Sheik on December 26, 1983
Backlund had an amateur wrestling background -- attending North Dakota State University -- and winning the Division II NCAA Championship at 190 pounds in 1971. He debuted in 1973 for the AWA, before competing for several NWA territories and winning multiple singles and tag team championships. He joined Vince McMahon Sr.'s WWWF in 1976, and with his...
Three days after winning the championship, Backlund had a huge title-for-title match with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race in a best two-out-of-three falls match in Championship Wrestling in Florida. The two battled to a time limit draw, as was often the case when champions from different promotions wrestled. He also had matches against o...
Backlund also had great title matches and rivalries with the likes of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Don Muraco, Sgt. Slaughter, and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka during the latter part of his reign. After Vince McMahon Jr. took control of WWE from his father, he wanted to put the title on the younger, bigger, and more charismatic Hogan. Vince wanted Backlu...
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund teams up with the samoan High Chief Peter Maivia (the grandfather of Dwayne The Rock Johnson) accompanied to the ring by Gold...
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He joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation in mid-1977. [3] He was one of the company's biggest stars, working matches with many top wrestlers such as Superstar Billy Graham, Ivan Putski and Bob Backlund. [3] [4] He turned heel for the first time in his career in 1978 on Backlund in a match against Spiros Arion and Victor Rivera.
