Wrestling On Memorial Day

Clawmaster



Memorial Day 1971



5/31/71 Abilene, TX @ Fairgrounds Round Building

The Infernos & JC Dykes beat Jerry Kozak & Benny Wilson & The Lawman (sub Dory Funk Sr) dq

Killer Karl Kox drew Ricky Romero 45:00

Duke Myers beat Ron Paul



5/31/71 Charlotte, NC @ Park Center

George Becker & Johnny Weaver & Argentina Apollo beat Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson & Gary Hart 2/3

1. Becker & Weaver & Apollo won 1st fall

2. Hawk & Hanson & Hart won 2nd fall

3. Becker & Weaver & Apollo won 3rd fall

Sandy Scott beat Matti Suzuki

Rock Hunter & Pampero Firpo beat Jesse James & Luther Lindsey

Danny Miller beat Jim Grabmire



5/31/71 Danville, VA @ City Armory

No dq Match

Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler beat Paul Jones & Nelson Royal 2/3

1. Bernard pinned Jones in 10:39

2. Royal pinned Mauler in 3:25

3. Bernard pinned Royal

Koa Tiki beat El Gaucho on a 3rd fall dq

Penny Banner beat Belle Starr via pin in 14:56

Les Thatcher beat Butch Jackson via pin in 8:17



5/31/71 El Paso, TX @ Coliseum

Referee Al Lovelock, Russian Chain Match

Dory Funk Sr (sub Terry Funk) beat Ciclon Negro

Lorenzo Parente & Bobby Hart beat Bobby Duncum & Woody Farmer

Harley Race drew Mr Wrestling

Don Duffy beat Chief Little Eagle

Note: Terry Funk was reportedly suffering from a cracked vertabra.



5/31/71 Fort Worth, TX

Toru Tanaka no contest Fritz Von Erich

Pepper Gomez & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Scandor Akbar & Bob Ramstead

Thunderbolt Patterson beat Gorgeous George Jr

Betty Niccoli drew Sandy Partlow

George Scott beat Benji Ramirez



5/31/71 Greenville, SC @ Memorial Auditorium

Masked Marvels beat Gene Anderson & Art Nelson

Jim Dillon & Joe Furr beat Joe Turner & Bill Bowman

Tommy Seigler beat Nick Russo

Bob Griffin beat Johnny Heidman



5/31/71 Memphis, TN @ Ellis Auditorium

Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Jarrett beat Don Greene & Al Greene to win Southern Tag Title

Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown beat The Alaskans

Gary Martin & Jackie Fargo beat The Samoans



5/31/71 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium

Jack Brisco & Bob Roop beat Dick Murdoch & Dale Lewis

Russian Death Match

Great Malenko beat Louie Tillet

Robert Fuller & Ron Fuller & The Grappler beat Ronnie Garvin & Rene Goulet & Original Grappler

Duke Keomuka beat Mr Okuma

John Heath beat Cisco Grimaldo



5/31/71 Shreveport, LA @ Municipal Auditorium

North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Grizzly Smith on a 3rd fall COR

Billy Red Lyons & Tom Jones beat Spoiler I & Spoiler II 2/3 to win US Tag Title

Bobby Shane beat Pedro Columbo

Randy Curtis drew Chuck Karbo 20:00





Memorial Day 1972



5/29/72 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum

Texas Death Match

Dory Funk Sr beat Moose Morowski

Dick Murdoch & Moose Morowski & Duke Myers beat Dory Funk Sr & Lord Alfred Hayes & Ray Hunter

Dick Murdoch beat Lord Alfred Hayes

Ray Hunter beat Duke Myers



5/29/72 Birmingham, AL

Al Greene & Don Greene beat Dennis Hall & Oni Wiki Wiki

Sam Bass & The Medics beat Bearcat Brown & George Hultz & Kevin Sullivan

Ron Miller & Larry O’Day beat Corsica Joe & Carlos Montez



5/29/72 Charleston, WV @ Civic Center

Johnny Weaver & Argentina Apollo & Art Nelson vs Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler & Homer O’Dell

Frank Hester & Les Thatcher vs Billy Hines & Frank Morrell

Johnny Heidman vs Charlie Fulton

Jesse James vs Nick Russo



5/29/72 Charlotte, NC @ Park Center

No dq Match

Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson beat Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson 2/3

1. Hawk & Hanson won 1st fall

2. Andersons won 2nd fall

3. Hawk & Hanson won 3rd fall

The Kentuckian Big Boy Brown & Jim Dillon beat Bill Bowman & Joe Turner

Jerry Brisco beat Joe Turco

Bobby Williams beat Tony Romano



5/29/72 El Paso, TX @ County Coliseum

Chain Match

Terry Funk beat Harley Race

Ciclon Negro beat Eric Rommel 2/3 in 32:55

Mr Okuma & Masio Koma & Dingo The Sundowner ddq Chief Little Eagle & Suni War Cloud & Bill Cody

The Hood beat Bobby Garcia

Mando Guerrero beat Zombie Palacio



5/29/72 Fort Worth, TX

Red Bastien ddq Stan Stasiak in 3rd fall

Jose Lothario beat Mr. Fuji dq

The Spoiler beat Dean Ho

Mike York & Frank Monte drew Billy Red Lyons & George Scott

Mike Paidousis beat Apache Gringo



5/29/72 Greenville, SC @ Memorial Auditorium

Klondike Bill & Nelson Royal beat Rock Hunter & Matti Suzuki

Man Mountain Mike & Abe Jacobs beat Krusher Karlson & Joe Soto

Bobby Paul beat Randy Curtis

Bobby Whitlock beat Angelo Martinelli



5/29/72 Long Beach, CA @ Municipal Auditorium

Billy Graham beat John Birch dq when Birch shoved the referee

Black Gordman & Great Goliath beat beat Dory Dixon & Juan Garcia 2/3

Dory Dixon beat Black Gordman

Chris Tolos beat Masked Vigilantes 2/3



5/29/72 Memphis, TN @ Mid South Coliseum

The Interns beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin

Robert Fuller & Tommy Gilbert beat The Samoans

Mr. Pro beat Mike Pappas

Eddie Marlin beat Rufus R Jones



5/29/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium

Louie Tillet beat Paul Jones dq

Mike Graham & Eddie Graham beat Mike Webster & The Professional

Jack Brisco beat Ronnie Garvin

Bob Griffin beat Scorpion

Mike George beat George Harris

Greg Peterson beat George McCreary



5/29/72 Tulsa, OK @ Assembly Center

Mississippi Plowboy won a 7 man battle royal

Ivan Putski beat The Stomper

Dennis Stamp beat Guillotine Gordon

Bob Sweetan beat Silento Rodriguez

Bob Demon beat Joe Hosey



5/29/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium

Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs Bobby Shane

Russian Chain Match

Great Malenko vs Great Mephisto

Bob Roop vs Bearcat Wright

Ron Fuller vs Earl Black

Corsica Jean & Dick Slater vs Tony Garea & Johnny Gray

Smasher Sloan vs Johnny Walker





Memorial Day 1973



5/28/73 Charlotte, NC @ Park Center

Card canceled due to power failure.

Brass Knuckles Match

Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson vs Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson 2/3

Thunderbolt Patterson vs Mike Dubois

Bob Roop vs Joe Soto

Fabulous Moolah vs Penny Banner

Pedro Columbo vs Pancho Valdez



5/28/73 Fayetteville, NC @ Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium

Jerry Brisco beat Killer Karl Kox

Swede Hanson beat Sandy Scott

Klondike Bill beat Charlie Fulton (sub Mike Dubois)

The Kentuckian Big Boy Brown beat George Two Ton Harris

Scott Casey beat Johnny Heidman

Les Thatcher beat Johnny Ringo



5/28/73 Fort Worth, TX

Blackjack Mulligan beat Ivan Putski dq

Wahoo McDaniel beat Brute Bernard

Billy Red Lyons beat Tom Jones

Ricky Hunter beat Ray Glenn

Jose Lothario vs The Viking

Pantera Negra beat Ramon Lopez



5/28/73 Greenville, SC @ Memorial Auditorium

The Alaskans Mike York & Frank Monte ddq Royal Kangaroos Lord Jonathan Boyd & Norman Frederick Charles III

Ronnie Garvin & Nelson Royal beat Frank Morrell & Buck Robley

Terry Sawyer beat Jim Grabmire

Nelson Royal (sub Sal Lothario) beat Mike Paidousis



5/28/73 Memphis, TN @ Mid South Coliseum

Eddie Marlin & Tommy Gilbert beat Jerry Lawler & Great Fuji (sub Jim White)

Jackie Fargo & Tojo Yamamoto beat Al Costello & Don Kent

Lorenzo Parente beat Mike Brown (sub Great Fuji)

Bobby Hart beat Taro Murasaki

att: 3,892



5/28/73 Tulsa, OK @ Assembly Center

Danny Hodge beat Jerry Miller

The Spoiler beat Grizzly Smith

Tarzan Baxter beat Scandor Akbar

Ali Vaziri beat Ronnie Paul

Don Duffy beat Don Anderson





Memorial Day 1974.



5/27/74 Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium

Ole Anderson & Gene Anderson vs Andre the Giant & Bob Armstrong

US Junior Heavyweight Champion Louie Tillet vs Pat Patterson

Great Malenko vs Pat O’Connor

Big Bad John vs Dennis Stamp

Bob Sweetan vs Steve Keirn



5/27/74 Charlotte, NC @ Park Center

Two Referees

Swede Hanson beat Super Destroyer dq when Super D brought a steel chair inside the ring

Mr Ota & Mr Hayashi beat Sandy Scott & Abe Jacobs

Gene Lewis beat Scott Casey

Frank Morrell drew Billy Ash 20:00



5/27/74 El Paso, TX @ County Coliseum

Russian Chain Match

Jim Dillon beat The Lawman

Western States Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Jr & Ricky Romero beat The Patriots

1. Dory Jr beat Patriot II in 4:44

2. Patriot II pinned Dory Jr after a leg drop

3. Ricky Romero beat one of the Patriots via pin with a jack knife

Western States Champion Karl Von Steiger drew Dick Murdoch

Judo Jacket Match

Akio Sato beat Kung Fu Lee dq when Lee tossed Sato over the top rope

Nick Kozak beat Bob Backlund via pin in 18:45 with an Olympic Roll



5/27/74 Greenville, SC @ Memorial Auditorium

Bearcat Wright beat Mid Atlantic Champion Johnny Valentine dq

Mid Atlantic TV Champion Ivan Koloff beat Paul Jones

Rip Hawk & Ric Flair beat Danny Miller & Nelson Royal

Tiger Conway Jr beat George Two Ton Harris

Les Thatcher drew Pedro Godoy



5/27/74 Long Island, NY @ Nassau Coliseum

WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino ddq Nikolai Volkoff at 16:41 when referee

Dick Kroll was tossed out of the ring

Fabulous Moolah beat Sharon Brooks in 16:21

Otto Von Heller drew Dean Ho 13:05

Tony Garea beat Ed Sullivan via pin in 12:25

Jose Gonzalez beat Tito Torres via pin in 10:26

Mark Tendler beat Tony Altomare by default in 10:05

SD Jones beat Luis Torres via pin in 13:59

att: 2,661



5/27/74 Memphis, TN @ Mid South Coliseum

Jerry Lawler dcor Ricky Gibson

No Time Limit, No dq, Hair vs Masks Match

Bobo Brazil & Bearcat Brown beat The Infernos

Eddie Marlin ddq Al Greene

Steve Kovac beat Ronnie Blaystein

Tommy Gilbert beat Red Shadow

Lou Thesz beat Pepe Lopez

Joey Rossi beat Melvin Kimble

att: 9,144



5/27/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium

Lights Out Match

Mike Graham beat Gary Hart

Pak Song beat Dusty Rhodes dq

Don Muraco & Tony Charles beat Bobby Duncum & The Samoan

Tom Jones beat Sputnik Monroe

Les Thornton beat Silento Rodriguez

Sputnik Monroe beat JC Smith



5/27/74 Pine Bluff, AR

Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire vs Mr. Ito & Sung Yung Kung

Siegfreid Stanke vs Don Anderson

Tony Russo vs John Black



5/27/74 Shreveport, LA @ Municipal Auditorium

NWA Jr Heavyweight Champion Ken Mantell beat Buck Robley

Arman Hussian beat Gunga Din

Bull Ramos beat Luke Brown via pin after a body slam

Donna Christantello beat Vicki Williams

Toni Rose beat Joyce Grable

Joyce Brable won a 5 woman Battle Royal



5/27/74 Tulsa, OK @ Assembly Center

Mr Wrestling beat Scandor Akbar

Red McKim drew Terry Lathan

Bill Martinez drew Bob Drummer

Bill Martinez & Randy Tyler beat Chief White Cloud & Chief Thundercloud



5/27/74 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium

North American Champion Buddy Colt vs Eddie Graham

Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown vs Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller

Danny Hodge vs Harley Race

Roberto Soto vs Chris Markoff

Hiro Matsuda vs George McCreary

Terry Sawyer vs Lorenzo Parente

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5/27/74 Long Island, NY @ Nassau Coliseum

Mark Tendler beat Tony Altomare by default in 10:05





Can someone explain this result to me?






Clawmaster



Default usually means count out or dq.