Eddie Graham Memorial Show

The Eddie Graham Memorial Show was an annual professional wrestling event held in 1987 and 1988 as a tribute to wrestler Eddie Graham. The first show was held by Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987, shortly before it merged with Jim Crockett Promotions, and by Mike Graham under the Florida Championship Wrestling banner the following year. The latter show was much larger than the previous one and held as an interpromotional supercard including the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship Wrestling, most notably, featuring a "champion vs. champion" match between WCCW Heavyweight Champion Kerry von Erich and AWA World Heavyweight Champion Jerry "The King" Lawler in the main event.

Show results

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First Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show

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May 9, 1987 in St. Petersburg, Florida (Bayfront Center)

No.Results[1][2]Stipulations
1The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) (c) defeated The MOD Squad (Spike and Basher)Tag team match for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship
2Barry Windham and Ed Gantner defeated Dory Funk Jr. and SamuTag team match
3Mike Rotunda (c) defeated Kevin SullivanSingles match for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
4Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez (c) vs. The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) ended in a double-disqualificationTag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
5Dusty Rhodes (c) defeated Ric Flair by disqualificationSingles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Second Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show

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July 30, 1988 in Tampa, Florida (Expo Hall)

No.Results[3]StipulationsTimes
1Johnny Ace defeated Lazertron by pinfallSingles match
2Scotty the Body vs. Rex King ended in a time-limit drawSingles match
3Brett Sawyer, Mark Starr and Robbie Idol defeated Jim Backlund, Bob Cook and Scotty the BodySix-man tag team match
4Denny Brown (c) defeated Frankie LancasterSingles match for the FCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
5The Star Riders (Rock and Blade) defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) by disqualificationTag team match
6Danny Spivey defeated Dick SlaterSingles match for the vacant FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
7Eric Embry (c) defeated Lou PerezSingles match for the WCCW Light Heavyweight Championship
8Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) (c) defeated Mike Graham and Steve KeirnTag team match for the AWA World Tag Team Championship
9Kerry Von Erich (c - WCCW) defeated Jerry Lawler (c - AWA)Singles match; AWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. WCCW World Heavyweight Championship20:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ "Championship Wrestling from Florida". Results. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2009.
  2. ^ "Eddie Graham Memorial Show". Championship Wrestling from Florida Misc. Events. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  3. ^ "Eddie Graham Memorial Show". Florida Championship Wrestling/Professional Wrestling Federation Cards. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
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