December 1983.The Iron Sheik achieves his greatest triumph, defeating Bob Backlund for the WWF Title in Madison Square Garden. Backlund came onto the match with a bad back from a prior attack by Sheik. This played into the match as Sheik would eventually get Backlund in the dreaded camel clutch submission. Backlund's manager, Arnold Skaalund, would then throw in the towel in a controversial move, which acted as a submission for Backlund. Backlund had previously reigned for six years as world cha

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