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- 1/25/63: The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was formed when promoters in the Northeast refused to acknowledge Rogers' one-fall loss of the NWA championship. The real reason was that Vince McMahon Sr. wanted to keep Rogers on as his territory's champion since so much money was being made from his title run. Rogers continued to wrestle as the "world champion" in the Northeast region and was recognized as the "WWWF World Champion" starting in April.
World Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Bobo Brazil.
WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers fought Bruno Sammartino to a no contest; it was prior to this bout that Rogers received the WWWF World Title though he had been billed as 'world champion' since January.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (ลิงก์)So in 1961, when he dethroned Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Championship in Chicago's Comiskey Park [...].
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