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...card at the Garden Saturday night was a classic. For the main event, Bruno Samartino and Chief Jay Strongbow challenged Bepo and Gaeto Mongol for the tag team championship of the world. Crusher Verdue, Gorilla Monsoon, the Black Demon, and Little Brutus headlined the openers...
...against Gaeto, the lesser Mongol, and the Mongols took the first fall when Gaeto tossed the Chief out of the ring and the Chief stayed there. Some fans were angry at the call, alleging that Gaeto got some help from his partner when the referee wasn't looking. Samartino fans were upset with the quality of the officiating in general. "The referees seem to spend most of their time advising the villains of their constitutional rights," said...
...match became a battle of the giants as Bruno took on Bepo, the 6'9", 390-pound Mongol. Aided by a few illicit power punches from Gaeto when the referee was distracted, which seemed to be most of the time, Bepo managed to do the impossible-he pinned Samartino and held him for the count. Fortunately, the ref wheeled around in time to see Gaeto sneaking out of the ring, and awarded the match to Bruno and the Chief on a technicality. The Mongols will retain the tittle, pending a rematch...
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