DECEMBER 26 1983 NOBODY BEAT MR. BOB BACKLUND ON 7 YEARS I COME TO THE MOST FAMOUS ARENA IN THE WORLD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TO I BECOME THE WORLD CHAMPION OF THE EARTH. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQ8qmPJbUl/?igshid=130sqrzhq150t | Iron Sheik

38 years ago this week, the Iron Sheik beat Bob Backlund at MSG On December 26, 1983, in Madison Square Garden the Iron Sheik defeated Backlund an ending his reign of 2,135 days as champion. History: The Iron Sheik returned to the WWF in 1983 and challenged Bob Backlund for WWF World Heavyweight Championship again. Backlund accepted, and on the December 24 episode of All- American Wrestling, also accepted Sheik's weekly Persian club challenge. He was successful in his third attempt to swing the

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