This particular photo was taken the night of "Superstar" Graham's first Madison Square Garden defense of his newly won World Wide Wrestling Federation title. His opponent, the 420-pound Gorilla Monsoon, nearly defeated Graham very early in the match after nailing his giant splash. The champion escaped, though, and after wearing Monsoon down with an assortment of power-moves, Graham's patented Superstar Bearhug among them, the champion hit a kneedrop from the top rope for the win.
The real winner?
Vince McMahon, Sr., who was able to profit greatly from nearly a dozen more consecutive MSG sellouts with "Superstar" Billy Graham -- led by the nefarious Grand Wizard of Wrestling -- at the top of the bill as the WWWF Heavyweight champ.