April 21, 1979 WWWF Championship Wrestling results

The April 21, 1979 Edition of WWWF Championship Wrestling is a Professional wrestling television show of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, which took place April 17, 1979 at the Agriculture Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The WOR-TV (New York) broadcast only had a special empty-arena interview with Bob Backlund about his April 30 title defense against Bulldog Brower at Madison Square Garden. To help sell the match (which would not be televised) and push Brower as a heel who needed to use sneak attacks to gain the upper hand, Brower's manager Captain Lou Albano kept interrupting and impatiently demanding his time with Brower. Eventually, Brower was able to sneak-attack Backlund by jumping from the ring apron with a chair, before the two beat on Backlund before André the Giant, who had already been interviewed, made the save. Backlund then screamed bloody revenge as André and Vince McMahon restrained him.

The show was also known for the debuts of future WWE Hall of Fame members Tito Santana and Pat Patterson. Santana -- known in his earliest appearances as "Dino" Santana -- was a solid fan favorite, while Patterson was paired with The Grand Wizard and pushed as an arrogant heel.

Results

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.


 * Nikolai Volkoff pinned Frank Williams (8:02)
 * Pat Patterson pinned Steve King (6:05)
 * Tito Santana (announced here as "Dino Santana") pinned Mike Hall (2:58)
 * Greg Valentine pinned Billy Martinez (3:44)
 * Ivan Putski pinned Jose Estrada (6:08)
 * The Valiant Brothers (Jimmy Valiant, and WWF Tag Team Champions Johnny and Jerry Valiant) defeated Johnny Rivera, SD Jones and Nick Busick in a non-title 6-man tag team match (6:36) when Jerry pinned Busick.