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The amazing history of Showdown at Shea: photos
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New York City's Shea Stadium hosted the New York Mets for 44 years and three WWE events, one each in 1972, 1976 and 1980./ P J, G% g P! Q
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7 K! V9 R3 y2 X8 L! WIn the main event of the first Showdown at Shea, Pedro Morales defended the WWE Championship against former champ Bruno Sammartino.
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; W& O) @" L, k. q- |4 UThe unprecedented dream match was battled between the two top fan-favorites in WWE.
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The back-and-forth matchup extended past the hour-long mark.' j, o# r" T0 q* S# i c
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At 11 p.m., the match was ruled a draw due to an imposed curfew by the New York State Athletic Commission.) P) t: i3 {6 @
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In 1976's event, Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf successfully defended the WWE World Tag Team Championships against The Executioners.
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& c$ u+ J+ o& R* F# F) k+ PSammartino defeated the man who broke his neck, Stan Hansen, at 1976's event to retain the WWE Championship.6 j. b. k1 r4 s6 j3 B
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The 1976 event featured two boxer/wrestler matchups. The bout between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki took place in Tokyo and was shown to the Shea crowd via closed circuit television.
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The battle between Chuck Wepner, known as "The Bayonne Bleeder," and Andre the Giant has taken on near mythical status.
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1 S: y: `- n6 T L. xIn 1980, Tony Atlas defeated Intercontinental Champion Ken Patera by count-out, so Patera retained the title.
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1 C( D( L8 r4 n' \/ n6 \Showdown at Shea in 1980 featured the first-ever meeting between legendary adversaries Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.
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4 ~9 L4 |. I7 }: t# A8 u: ZIn one of the main events of 1980's Showdown, Pedro Morales teamed with WWE Champion Bob Backlund to defeat The Wild Samoans for the WWE World Tag Team Championships.
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! n% O# o8 C( ]& g) yIn the other main event of 1980's Showdown, Sammartino defeated former student Larry Zbyszko in a highly emotional Steel Cage Match. |
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