On November 22 1985, at the Philadelphia Spectrum, David Sammartino decides to throw up the match and gives up in a bearhug.
Bearhug starts at  3:30
Theres an odd story behind this thats called either the Phantom Match, Phantom Submission or Phantom Finish, as they call it, in the Wiki link.
Wiki excerpt:
In one of his final WWF appearances, Sammartino was involved in a confusing and controversial finish at the Philadelphia Spectrum on November 22, 1985, quickly submitting to a bear hug by preliminary wrestler Ron Shaw in a match Sammartino is believed to have been booked to win. The alleged changing of the finish by Sammartino (Shaw and the referee apparently were caught by surprise) has caused this to be known as the "Phantom Submission Match." Sammartino later said that he did not enjoy his WWF run, and he had no intention to know Vince McMahon. He called McMahon "arrogant" and he did not like to see him "abusing" |
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