![Rasslin' History 101 on X: "Iron Sheik defeats Bob Backlund for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden after Backlund's manager,Arnold Skaaland,throws in the towel.December 26,1983. https://t.co/noWAl1RWLW" / X Rasslin' History 101 on X: "Iron Sheik defeats Bob Backlund for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden after Backlund's manager,Arnold Skaaland,throws in the towel.December 26,1983. https://t.co/noWAl1RWLW" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbtMLKXXkAA2dpP.jpg)
Rasslin' History 101 on X: "Iron Sheik defeats Bob Backlund for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden after Backlund's manager,Arnold Skaaland,throws in the towel.December 26,1983. https://t.co/noWAl1RWLW" / X
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38 years ago today at an MSG event. The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund to become the new WWF champion
![December 26th, in 1983 The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund to become the WWF Champion. The win by submission ended the nearly 6 year reign as champ for Backlund. : r/OldSchoolCool December 26th, in 1983 The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund to become the WWF Champion. The win by submission ended the nearly 6 year reign as champ for Backlund. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://i.redd.it/gqub6qdhzn8c1.jpeg)
December 26th, in 1983 The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund to become the WWF Champion. The win by submission ended the nearly 6 year reign as champ for Backlund. : r/OldSchoolCool
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