WWWF Scene at Madison Square Garden 1974-84 – Looking Back

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I attended 90% of the WWWF Madison Square Garden shows between 1974 and ’84. This is my love letter to the past.

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On most of the old-school WWWF at Madison Square Garden broadcasts, the credits roll, and you then see a long shot of MSG “packed to the rafters” with fans.

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Jones would clunk his head on the top turnbuckle and thus tragically end up prone and “looking at the lights.”

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