Timeline: The History of WWE ā 1977-1978 ā As Told By Superstar Graham
It was before Hogan, before Ventura, and before charisma counted as much, perhaps moreso, as mat skills. It was 1977 in New York and Brunoās run would soon come to an end. Enter The Superstarā¦ Superstar Billy Graham burst onto the scene in the WWWF, unseated Bruno Sammartino, and rewrote the rulebook for pro wrestling heels. And now he wants you to join him on a journey to that pivotal year, where heāll tell you everything that was happening within the walls of the largest wrestling federation in the world! We pick up the action in April of 1977, just before Graham gets the strap, and we follow the action into 1978, when Backlund takes it. The Sammartino title changeā¦the McMahonsā¦the āWizāā¦Japanā¦Backlundā¦the backroom dealingsā¦missed opportunitiesā¦Albanoās anticsā¦working the bladeā¦the TV tapingsā¦ ā¦all that and EVERYTHING that was happening in 1977/78 in WWE!!!
7/8/2010
