April 8th in Pro Wrestling Volume 2 #todayinhistory #sportshistory #wrestlinglegends #prowrestling

April 8th in Pro Wrestling Volume Two. On April 8, 1961, Argentina Apollo and Johnny Valentine defeated NWA Capitol Wrestling United States Tag Team Champions The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) in a two out of three falls match 2 falls to one. However, the title did not change hands as one of the falls is by disqualification. What else happened in #prowrestling on this date?

@wrestlingsgreatestmoments looks at some of the key matches and events from today.

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“ECW Results—1995” Historyofthewwe. https://thehistoryofwwe.com/ecw-results-1995/ Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

“NWA Capitol Wrestling.” Cagematch.net. Events Database. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=133582 Accessed 4 Apr.. 2025.
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